Plano Ranked Among The Best Places To Find A Job In U.S.

PLANO, TX -- Personal-finance website WalletHub released a report on 2019’s best places to find a job at a time when the unemployment rate is at an 18-year low of 3.7 percent. Employers are expected to hire 16.6 percent more college graduates from the class of 2019 than from the previous graduating cohort, WalletHub added.

The organization compared more than 180 cities across 30 key metrics, including job opportunities, employment growth, and monthly average starting salary. Data was compiled from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Kellogg School of Management, and Indeed, among other sources.

Plano was ranked 7 while Scottsdale, Arizona, ranked first. The city also had the fewest part-time employees for every 100 full-time employees, 32.86, which is 3.6 times fewer than in Burlington, Vermont, the city with the most at 118.23, WalletHub added.

Some other findings from WalletHub:

• Gilbert, Arizona, has the highest median annual household income (adjusted by cost of living), $92,175, which is 3.5 times higher than in Hialeah, Florida, the city with the lowest at $26,495.
• San Jose, California, has the highest monthly average starting salary, $5,270, which is three times higher than in Brownsville, Texas, the city with the lowest at $1,728.
• South Burlington, Vermont, has the lowest unemployment rate, 2.0 percent, which is 4.7 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 9.3 percent.

• Fremont, California, has the lowest share of workers living in poverty, 1.84 percent, which is 10.3 times lower than in Huntington, West Virginia, the city with the highest at 18.86 percent.

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