California's Best Summer Job Locations: LIST

With Memorial Day bringing the unofficial start of the summer, many of the nation's youth will soon head into the workforce for temporary employment over the next few months. Fortunately for those in California, there are many great places to look for the perfect job.

The personal-finance website WalletHub says they took an in-depth look at the nation's 150 largest markets to compile their list of 2017’s Best Places for Summer Jobs. As some locations will have better pay than others and the cost of living can vary greatly, one of the goals of this study was to find the the locations where workers have the best potential for saving.

"With summer-job seekers in mind, WalletHub’s analysts compared the relative strength of the 150 largest markets in the U.S. across 21 key indicators of employment outlook, affordability and downtime-friendliness," the company says.

"Our data set ranges from median income of part-time workers to availability of summer jobs to rental price for a one-bedroom property." (Click here to read the full methodology.)

Orlando came up top on the list, followed by Scottsdale, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando. Salt Lake City and San Francisco rounded out the top five.

Here are some of the main findings from the WalletHub study:

• Orlando, Fla., has the most part-time job openings per 1,000 civilian population aged 16 to 24 in the labor force, 127.31, which 16.2 times higher than in North Las Vegas, Nev., the city with the fewest at 7.86.
• Scottsdale, Ariz., has the highest median income for part-time workers (adjusted for cost of living), $22,841, which is than 3.5 times higher than in New York, the city with the lowest at $6,481.
• Sioux Falls, S.D, has the highest labor-force participation rate of the population aged 16 to 24, 74.47 percent, which is 1.9 times higher than in Irvine, Calif., the city with the lowest at 38.51 percent.
• Madison, Wis., has the lowest unemployment rate for the population aged 16 to 24, 8.84 percent, which is 4.7 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 41.50 percent.
• Gilbert, Ariz. has the lowest share of the population aged 16 to 24 living under the poverty line, 9.1 percent, which is 6.3 times lower than in Tallahassee, Fla., the city with the highest at 57.7 percent.

As for California in particular, here are how the largest cities stacked up, with their national ranking in parenthesis:

1. San Francisco (no. 5 nationally)
2. Modesto (no. 8 nationally)
3. Irvine (no. 18 nationally)
4. Fresno (no. 40 nationally)
5. Santa Rosa (no. 42 nationally)
6. Sacramento (no. 45 nationally)
7. Fremont (no. 46 nationally)
8. San Diego (no. 57 nationally)
9. Oakland (no. 67 nationally)
10. Huntington Beach (no. 73 nationally)
11. Glendale (no. 78 nationally)
12. San Jose (no. 85 nationally)
13. Stockton (no. 88 nationally)
14. Los Angeles (no. 95 nationally)
15. Oceanside (no. 102 nationally)
16. Bakersfield (no. 104 nationally)
17. Rancho Cucamonga (no. 115 nationally)
18. Long Beach (no. 121 nationally)
19. Anaheim (no. 124 nationally)
20. Santa Clarita (no. 126 nationally)
21. Ontario (no. 130 nationally)
22. Santa Ana (no. 132 nationally)
23. Chula Vista (no. 134 nationally)
24. Garden Grove (no. 139 nationally)
25. Riverside (no. 140 nationally)
26. San Bernardino (no. 141 nationally)
27. Oxnard (no. 146 nationally)
28. Fontana (no. 148 nationally)
29. Moreno Valley (no. 150 nationally)

Click here to read the full report and to see how the rest of the nation scored.

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