The hospitality and experience economies in America's hottest jobs markets are booming, with music venues and restaurants driving growth in top-ranked cities like Jacksonville (3), Atlanta (6), Orlando (7), and others.
Indeed, if the report tells any story about America's shifting preferences, it's that expensive coastal cities are on the outs, sunshine is in, and the pandemic is disappearing in the rearview mirror: Los Angeles came in 49th, Philly 41st, and Chicago 25th. That had the Big Apple ranking 54th out of 56 cities with populations of over 1 million, meaning if you can make it there you really can make it anywhere. Gone are the days of moving to the big city as the only way to find big opportunities, at least according to WSJ ranking, which uses Moody's Analytics study of 2022 Labor Department data to weigh cities by unemployment rate, labor-force participation rate, changes to employment levels, the size of the labor force, and wages. Nashville, Tennessee topped the list, followed by Austin, Texas in the runner-up spot - with the rest of the top ten reading like a concert touring schedule through America's southeast. This weekend, The Wall Street Journal published its annual ranking of the hottest metro area job markets in America.
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