{"id":1351,"date":"2020-09-03T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T11:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nixq4qvp95-staging.onrocket.site\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2020-09-03T12:04:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T12:04:34","slug":"where-are-all-the-jobs-the-cities-sectors-and-companies-hiding-4-1-million-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adzuna.com\/blog\/where-are-all-the-jobs-the-cities-sectors-and-companies-hiding-4-1-million-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Where are all the jobs? The cities and sectors hiring now"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding a job during the pandemic can feel like an impossible task. Covid-19 has ravaged the economy and stalled hiring, with 14.8 million Americans remaining unemployed, hiring activity slipping significantly and competition for jobs increasingly intense. <\/span>But, if you can be flexible on location, following in the footsteps of many big corporates and moving to cities with a lower cost of living and strong sector growth could be a way to turbocharge your job hunt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here at <\/span>Adzuna<\/span><\/a>, we analyzed the top 20 major cities in the US to reveal the best and worst places to find a job, comparing over 4.1 million live vacancies<\/strong> with local unemployment trends. Here’s what we found.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to our research,\u00a0<\/span>Louisville<\/b> is the top city to find a job, with the lowest competition for positions at 4.0 jobseekers\/vacancy. The city currently boasts 10,400 open positions and is an established manufacturing stronghold, home to Ford and GE Appliances among over 1,000 others. It could be a great place to start your job hunt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Austin<\/strong>, Denver<\/strong> and Seattle<\/strong> are three more cities well worth considering.\u00a0<\/span>Austin<\/b> also offers lower competition for jobs, with 6.5 jobseekers\/vacancy, making it the second best city in the US to find work, and\u00a0<\/span>Denver<\/b> (6.7) and <\/span>Seattle<\/b> (7.4) come in third and fourth.<\/span><\/p>\n

By comparison, competition for jobs is steeper in the biggest three city labor markets: <\/span>New York<\/b><\/a> (9.0), <\/span>Los Angeles<\/b> (15.0) and<\/span> Chicago<\/b> (18.3). These cities are currently hiding over 275,000 jobs between them, but with more people hunting down each role they are much more competitive job markets. Coupled with the high costs of city living and an increase in remote working, this is fuelling internal migration of skilled workers from these areas to cheaper cities like Denver and Austin.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the West Coast, <\/span>San Diego<\/b> beats both San Francisco and Los Angeles as the easiest city in which to find work in California<\/a>, with 7.9 jobseekers\/vacancy in comparison to 13.3 and 15.0.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the bottom end of the scale, <\/span>Baltimore<\/b> is the hardest city to find a job, with 27.9 jobseekers competing for each job opening. The scarcity of job opportunities in Baltimore is particularly concerning given 21.8% of Baltimore residents are living below the poverty line, according to estimates by the United States Census Bureau.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Table 1: The Top 20 cities to find work in the US<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Rank<\/th>City<\/th>Live Vacancies<\/th>Applicants per Vacancy<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>Louisville<\/td>10,400<\/td>4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Austin<\/td>12,600<\/td>6.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Denver<\/td>21,800<\/td>6.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>Seattle<\/td>26,500<\/td>7.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Charlotte<\/td>13,800<\/td>7.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>San Diego<\/td>26,400<\/td>7.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Dallas<\/td>30,000<\/td>8.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>Sacramento<\/td>14,500<\/td>8.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>New York<\/td>163,200<\/td>9.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Indianapolis<\/td>11,000<\/td>10.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>Phoenix<\/td>16,800<\/td>10.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>Atlanta<\/td>19,400<\/td>12.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>Portland<\/td>12,400<\/td>12.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>San Francisco<\/td>17,200<\/td>13.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>Los Angeles<\/td>74,300<\/td>15.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>Chicago<\/td>38,300<\/td>18.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>Miami<\/td>15,800<\/td>19.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>Boston<\/td>16,200<\/td>20.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>Philadelphia<\/td>16,200<\/td>27.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>Baltimore<\/td>21,100<\/td>27.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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Logistics & Warehouse Jobs double since Covid-19 pandemic<\/b><\/p>\n

We also took at look at different sectors within the US, to see how they had each been affected by the pandemic. In fact, despite hiring stalling earlier this year, several industries are now seeing hiring surges as they look to rebuild their workforces after layoffs and staff exoduses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Logistics & Warehouse<\/b><\/a> sector is aggressively hiring with nearly 746,000 live vacancies listed on Adzuna, more than doubling hiring levels seen before the pandemic. <\/span>Amazon<\/b>, which is currently hiring for over 309,000 positions across the US and are the top hiring company, represents 1\/13 of total hiring activity across the nation. Delivery company<\/span> Shipt<\/b> and trucking giant <\/span>C. R. England<\/b> are also hiring tens of thousands of workers to meet rising demand for home delivery services.<\/span><\/p>\n