Best Cities for Jobs in Finance Industries
The methodology for the 2013 rankings for best cities for financial activities jobs parallels that used for our 2013 Best Cities for Job Growth rankings. Instead of using Total Nonfarm Employment, the financial activities rankings use employment in the financial activities sector (supersector 55) in the BLS MSA employment data. The Financial Activities rankings include the 323 MSAs for which there are sectoral employment data for all 12 years used in our analysis.
| 2013 MSA Fin Activ Ranking - Midsized MSAs |
Area | Weighted INDEX | 2012 Emplymnt - Fin Activ (1000s) |
2012 MSA Fin Activ Ranking - Midsized MSAs |
Fin Activ 2013 Change from 2012 - Midsized MSAs |
| 1 | Ann Arbor, MI | 98.0 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Green Bay, WI | 81.4 | 13.7 | 54 | 52 |
| 3 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 77.6 | 8.8 | 22 | 19 |
| 4 | Provo-Orem, UT | 77.3 | 6.6 | 44 | 40 |
| 5 | El Paso, TX | 76.3 | 12.6 | 3 | (2) |
| 6 | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 74.5 | 9.1 | 52 | 46 |
| 7 | Columbia, SC | 73.0 | 29.1 | 36 | 29 |
| 8 | Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC | 72.6 | 14.2 | 38 | 30 |
| 9 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 72.3 | 8.9 | 6 | (3) |
| 10 | Lafayette, LA | 71.4 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 11 | Boise City-Nampa, ID | 71.2 | 14.6 | 45 | 34 |
| 12 | Mobile, AL | 71.1 | 9.5 | 2 | (10) |
| 13 | Tacoma, WA Mtr Div | 70.1 | 13.1 | 77 | 64 |
| 14 | Lincoln, NE | 68.9 | 14.2 | 12 | (2) |
| 15 | Kansas City, KS | 67.6 | 33.5 | 19 | 4 |
| 16 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 67.4 | 21.0 | 18 | 2 |
| 17 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 66.9 | 7.7 | 23 | 6 |
| 18 | Springfield, MO | 66.1 | 12.5 | 40 | 22 |
| 19 | Madison, WI | 63.8 | 28.7 | 48 | 29 |
| 20 | Tucson, AZ | 63.4 | 19.2 | 41 | 21 |
| 21 | Roanoke, VA | 62.3 | 8.3 | 85 | 64 |
| 22 | Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 61.0 | 16.9 | 4 | (18) |
| 23 | Dayton, OH | 61.0 | 17.6 | 50 | 27 |
| 24 | Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 60.9 | 5.3 | 8 | (16) |
| 25 | Corpus Christi, TX | 60.8 | 7.6 | 60 | 35 |
| 26 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 60.3 | 52.0 | 15 | (11) |
| 27 | Knoxville, TN | 59.7 | 17.2 | 35 | 8 |
| 28 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 59.5 | 19.8 | 43 | 15 |
| 29 | Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Mtr Div | 58.7 | 21.3 | 67 | 38 |
| 30 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 58.1 | 25.1 | 16 | (14) |
| 31 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 57.7 | 5.7 | 31 | 0 |
| 32 | Worcester, MA-CT NECTA | 56.2 | 13.6 | 33 | 1 |
| 33 | Gary, IN Mtr Div | 55.4 | 9.0 | 72 | 39 |
| 34 | Akron, OH | 55.2 | 13.6 | 39 | 5 |
| 35 | Spokane, WA | 54.5 | 12.4 | 34 | (1) |
| 36 | Savannah, GA | 54.3 | 6.0 | 86 | 50 |
| 37 | Canton-Massillon, OH | 53.2 | 7.9 | 24 | (13) |
| 38 | Anchorage, AK | 52.5 | 8.6 | 7 | (31) |
| 39 | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 52.0 | 12.6 | 13 | (26) |
| 40 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 50.7 | 7.1 | 11 | (29) |
| 41 | Fort Wayne, IN | 49.7 | 11.5 | 5 | (36) |
| 42 | Wichita, KS | 49.4 | 10.7 | 55 | 13 |
| 43 | Huntsville, AL | 47.6 | 6.0 | 29 | (14) |
| 44 | Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME NECTA | 47.5 | 15.0 | 20 | (24) |
| 45 | Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Mtr Div | 47.3 | 38.8 | 14 | (31) |
| 46 | Baton Rouge, LA | 47.3 | 17.2 | 56 | 10 |
| 47 | Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC | 47.0 | 14.6 | 37 | (10) |
| 48 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 45.8 | 7.7 | 65 | 17 |
| 49 | Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 45.5 | 13.6 | 26 | (23) |
| 50 | Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 45.2 | 8.0 | 63 | 13 |
| 51 | Jackson, MS | 44.7 | 15.4 | 66 | 15 |
| 52 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 44.0 | 15.0 | 75 | 23 |
| 53 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 43.7 | 8.0 | 47 | (6) |
| 54 | Lancaster, PA | 42.6 | 8.5 | 70 | 16 |
| 55 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 41.9 | 7.6 | 71 | 16 |
| 56 | Boulder, CO | 41.2 | 7.2 | 28 | (28) |
| 57 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 40.5 | 11.4 | 61 | 4 |
| 58 | Albuquerque, NM | 40.2 | 17.6 | 87 | 29 |
| 59 | Asheville, NC | 39.3 | 5.6 | 17 | (42) |
| 60 | Baltimore City, MD | 39.1 | 18.3 | 59 | (1) |
| 61 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 38.6 | 10.7 | 81 | 20 |
| 62 | Chattanooga, TN-GA | 37.6 | 17.1 | 51 | (11) |
| 63 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | 37.2 | 9.8 | 49 | (14) |
| 64 | Colorado Springs, CO | 36.5 | 15.4 | 21 | (43) |
| 65 | Montgomery, AL | 36.0 | 7.2 | 91 | 26 |
| 66 | Fresno, CA | 35.6 | 12.9 | 58 | (8) |
| 67 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA | 35.2 | 40.6 | 57 | (10) |
| 68 | Reno-Sparks, NV | 35.1 | 9.0 | 76 | 8 |
| 69 | Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 35.1 | 7.5 | 89 | 20 |
| 70 | Calvert-Charles-Prince George's, MD | 34.7 | 14.0 | 84 | 14 |
| 71 | Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, CA | 34.6 | 6.6 | 74 | 3 |
| 72 | York-Hanover, PA | 34.5 | 5.1 | 62 | (10) |
| 73 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 34.0 | 22.2 | 69 | (4) |
| 74 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 33.4 | 14.0 | 42 | (32) |
| 75 | Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 33.3 | 11.7 | 32 | (43) |
| 76 | New Haven, CT NECTA | 32.2 | 12.1 | 78 | 2 |
| 77 | Syracuse, NY | 31.0 | 16.6 | 30 | (47) |
| 78 | Evansville, IN-KY | 24.0 | 5.1 | 68 | (10) |
| 79 | Tallahassee, FL | 23.2 | 7.1 | 25 | (54) |
| 80 | Toledo, OH | 22.1 | 10.8 | 73 | (7) |
| 81 | Winston-Salem, NC | 21.8 | 11.5 | 53 | (28) |
| 82 | Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 21.8 | 6.5 | 82 | 0 |
| 83 | Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 20.9 | 8.6 | 64 | (19) |
| 84 | Peoria, IL | 20.5 | 7.4 | 90 | 6 |
| 85 | Tulsa, OK | 20.0 | 22.2 | 86 | 1 |
| 86 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 17.5 | 18.7 | 9 | (77) |
| 87 | Stockton, CA | 17.5 | 7.4 | 79 | (8) |
| 88 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 14.2 | 8.0 | 46 | (42) |
| 89 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 12.7 | 18.2 | 83 | (6) |
| 90 | Springfield, MA-CT NECTA | 11.8 | 14.8 | 80 | (10) |
| 91 | Reading, PA | 3.5 | 6.0 | 88 | (3) |
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