Graduation season upon us and employers are planning to hire 4 percent more graduates from the Class of 2018 than they did from the Class of 2017, according to the personal-finance website WalletHub which released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst Places to Start a Career. The report from WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities based on 27 key indicators of career-friendliness. The data set ranges from the availability of entry-level jobs to monthly average starting salary to housing affordability. Share with new graduates to help them launch their careers.
| Best Places to Start a Career |
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Worst Places to Start a Career |
| 1 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
|
173 |
Detroit, MI |
| 2 |
Orlando, FL |
|
174 |
North Las Vegas, NV |
| 3 |
Atlanta, GA |
|
175 |
Jackson, MS |
| 4 |
Charleston, SC |
|
176 |
Newport News, VA |
| 5 |
Tempe, AZ |
|
177 |
Montgomery, AL |
| 6 |
Austin, TX |
|
178 |
Newark, NJ |
| 7 |
Columbia, SC |
|
179 |
Hialeah, FL |
| 8 |
Denver, CO |
|
180 |
Oxnard, CA |
| 9 |
Raleigh, NC |
|
181 |
Shreveport, LA |
| 10 |
Grand Rapids, MI |
|
182 |
Santa Clarita, CA |
Best vs. Worst
- Durham, N.C., has the highest monthly average starting salary (adjusted for cost of living), $3,746, which is 2.7 times higher than in Honolulu and Pearl City, Hawaii, the cities with the lowest at $1,396.
- Gilbert, Ariz., has the highest median annual household income (adjusted for cost of living), $90,085, which is 3.5 times higher than in Hialeah, Fla., the city with the lowest at $25,474.
- Oxnard, Calif., has the highest workforce diversity, which is 2.4 times higher than in New Haven, Conn., the city with the lowest.
- South Burlington, Vt., has the lowest unemployment rate, 1.80 percent, which is 5.5 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 9.90 percent.
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