With Low Wages And Slow Population Growth, Baltimore Low In Rankings For Jobseekers, Report Says

If you’re looking for a new job in 2017, you might have a better chance looking outside of Baltimore than within the city.

That’s according to a new report by NerdWallet that found the Baltimore ranks 71st out of 100 markets for jobseekers next year. Go here to see the full ranking and methodology.

Austin, Texas came in first in the NerdWallet ranking, followed by Nashville, Seattle and Durham, North Carolina. Baltimore finished 10 spots lower than Philadelphia, and lagged far behind Washington, D.C., which ranked 16th.

This lines up with the fact that Baltimore ranked No. 50 out of all major metros in the U.S. for job growth in the past year, according to an American City Business Journals analysis of annual private-sector job growth for 106 cities.

Click here to read the rest of the article written by Will Anderson over at the Washington Biz Journal

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