All rankings

Every list is the same open formula applied to a different slice of the data — 468 in all. Pick a place, a field, or a situation.

By situation

Best jobs without a degree

487 occupations

Best paying jobs

825 occupations

Best jobs for students

474 occupations

Best jobs for the future

Best jobs with no experience

710 occupations

By metro area

389 metros with enough published wage data · grouped by state

AK · 2

Anchorage, AK Fairbanks, AK

AL · 12

Anniston, AL Auburn, AL Birmingham, AL Daphne, AL Decatur, AL Dothan, AL Florence, AL Gadsden, AL Huntsville, AL Mobile, AL Montgomery, AL Tuscaloosa, AL

AR · 5

Fayetteville, AR Fort Smith, AR Hot Springs, AR Jonesboro, AR Little Rock, AR

AZ · 7

Flagstaff, AZ Lake Havasu City, AZ Phoenix, AZ Prescott Valley, AZ Sierra Vista, AZ Tucson, AZ Yuma, AZ

CA · 25

CO · 7

Boulder, CO Colorado Springs, CO Denver, CO Fort Collins, CO Grand Junction, CO Greeley, CO Pueblo, CO

CT · 5

Bridgeport, CT Hartford, CT New Haven, CT Norwich, CT Waterbury, CT

DC · 1

DE · 1

FL · 22

GA · 13

Albany, GA Athens, GA Atlanta, GA Augusta, GA Brunswick, GA Columbus, GA Dalton, GA Gainesville, GA Macon, GA Rome, GA Savannah, GA Valdosta, GA Warner Robins, GA

HI · 2

Kahului, HI Urban Honolulu, HI

IA · 8

Ames, IA Cedar Rapids, IA Davenport, IA Des Moines, IA Dubuque, IA Iowa City, IA Sioux City, IA Waterloo, IA

ID · 6

Boise City, ID Coeur d'Alene, ID Idaho Falls, ID Lewiston, ID Pocatello, ID Twin Falls, ID

IL · 8

Bloomington, IL Champaign, IL Chicago, IL Decatur, IL Kankakee, IL Peoria, IL Rockford, IL Springfield, IL

IN · 12

Bloomington, IN Columbus, IN Elkhart, IN Evansville, IN Fort Wayne, IN Indianapolis, IN Kokomo, IN Lafayette, IN Michigan City, IN Muncie, IN South Bend, IN Terre Haute, IN

KS · 4

Lawrence, KS Manhattan, KS Topeka, KS Wichita, KS

KY · 6

Bowling Green, KY Elizabethtown, KY Lexington, KY Louisville/Jefferson County, KY Owensboro, KY Paducah, KY

LA · 10

Alexandria, LA Baton Rouge, LA Hammond, LA Houma, LA Lafayette, LA Lake Charles, LA Monroe, LA New Orleans, LA Shreveport, LA Slidell, LA

MA · 6

Amherst Town, MA Barnstable Town, MA Boston, MA Pittsfield, MA Springfield, MA Worcester, MA

MD · 4

Baltimore, MD Hagerstown, MD Lexington Park, MD Salisbury, MD

ME · 3

Bangor, ME Lewiston, ME Portland, ME

MI · 15

Ann Arbor, MI Battle Creek, MI Bay City, MI Detroit, MI Flint, MI Grand Rapids, MI Jackson, MI Kalamazoo, MI Lansing, MI Midland, MI Monroe, MI Muskegon, MI Niles, MI Saginaw, MI Traverse City, MI

MN · 5

Duluth, MN Mankato, MN Minneapolis, MN Rochester, MN St. Cloud, MN

MO · 8

Cape Girardeau, MO Columbia, MO Jefferson City, MO Joplin, MO Kansas City, MO St. Joseph, MO St. Louis, MO Springfield, MO

MS · 3

Gulfport, MS Hattiesburg, MS Jackson, MS

MT · 5

Billings, MT Bozeman, MT Great Falls, MT Helena, MT Missoula, MT

NC · 15

Asheville, NC Burlington, NC Charlotte, NC Durham, NC Fayetteville, NC Goldsboro, NC Greensboro, NC Greenville, NC Hickory, NC Jacksonville, NC Pinehurst, NC Raleigh, NC Rocky Mount, NC Wilmington, NC Winston, NC

ND · 4

Bismarck, ND Fargo, ND Grand Forks, ND Minot, ND

NE · 3

Grand Island, NE Lincoln, NE Omaha, NE

NH · 1

NJ · 3

Atlantic City, NJ Trenton, NJ Vineland, NJ

NM · 4

Albuquerque, NM Farmington, NM Las Cruces, NM Santa Fe, NM

NV · 3

Carson City, NV Las Vegas, NV Reno, NV

NY · 13

Albany, NY Binghamton, NY Buffalo, NY Elmira, NY Glens Falls, NY Ithaca, NY Kingston, NY Kiryas Joel, NY New York, NY Rochester, NY Syracuse, NY Utica, NY Watertown, NY

OH · 12

Akron, OH Canton, OH Cincinnati, OH Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH Dayton, OH Lima, OH Mansfield, OH Sandusky, OH Springfield, OH Toledo, OH Youngstown, OH

OK · 3

Lawton, OK Oklahoma City, OK Tulsa, OK

OR · 8

Albany, OR Bend, OR Corvallis, OR Eugene, OR Grants Pass, OR Medford, OR Portland, OR Salem, OR

PA · 16

Allentown, PA Altoona, PA Chambersburg, PA Erie, PA Gettysburg, PA Harrisburg, PA Johnstown, PA Lancaster, PA Lebanon, PA Philadelphia, PA Pittsburgh, PA Reading, PA Scranton, PA State College, PA Williamsport, PA York, PA

PR · 5

Aguadilla, PR Arecibo, PR Mayaguez, PR Ponce, PR San Juan, PR

RI · 1

SC · 8

Charleston, SC Columbia, SC Florence, SC Greenville, SC Hilton Head Island, SC Myrtle Beach, SC Spartanburg, SC Sumter, SC

SD · 2

Rapid City, SD Sioux Falls, SD

TN · 10

Chattanooga, TN Clarksville, TN Cleveland, TN Jackson, TN Johnson City, TN Kingsport, TN Knoxville, TN Memphis, TN Morristown, TN Nashville, TN

TX · 25

UT · 5

Logan, UT Ogden, UT Provo, UT St. George, UT Salt Lake City, UT

VA · 9

Blacksburg, VA Charlottesville, VA Harrisonburg, VA Lynchburg, VA Richmond, VA Roanoke, VA Staunton, VA Virginia Beach, VA Winchester, VA

VT · 1

WA · 11

Bellingham, WA Bremerton, WA Kennewick, WA Longview, WA Mount Vernon, WA Olympia, WA Seattle, WA Spokane, WA Walla Walla, WA Wenatchee, WA Yakima, WA

WI · 13

Appleton, WI Eau Claire, WI Fond du Lac, WI Green Bay, WI Janesville, WI Kenosha, WI La Crosse, WI Madison, WI Milwaukee, WI Oshkosh, WI Racine, WI Sheboygan, WI Wausau, WI

WV · 7

Beckley, WV Charleston, WV Huntington, WV Morgantown, WV Parkersburg, WV Weirton, WV Wheeling, WV

WY · 2

Casper, WY Cheyenne, WY

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