Unemployment Rate

2.1 % – Nashville metro
2.6 % – Oklahoma City metro
2.6 % – Richmond metro
2.8 % – Indianapolis metro
2.9 % – Cincinnati metro
3.0 % – Birmingham metro
3.0 % – Atlanta metro
3.1 % – Raleigh metro
3.2 % – St. Louis metro
3.3 % – Charlotte metro
3.5 % – Memphis metro
3.5 % – Louisville metro
3.9 % – Detroit metro

Employment Growth

0.3 % – Detroit metro
0.8 % – Louisville metro
1.0 % – Indianapolis metro
1.2 % – Raleigh metro
1.3 % – Memphis metro
1.5 % – Richmond metro
1.6 % – St. Louis metro
1.7 % – Oklahoma City metro
1.9 % – Birmingham metro
2.1 % – Cincinnati metro
2.5 % – Charlotte metro
2.8% – Nashville metro

Median Household Income

$50,194 – Memphis metro
$52,088 – Birmingham metro
$54,624 – Louisville metro
$54,946 – Oklahoma City metro
$56,339 – Detroit metro
$56,624 – Indianapolis metro
$57,871 – Charlotte metro
$59,046 – St. Louis metro
$59,365 – Nashville metro
$59,478 – Cincinnati metro
$61,733 – Atlanta metro
$63,599 – Richmond metro
$68,870 – Raleigh metro

Cost of living index:

64.29 – Oklahoma City
65.14 – Louisville
69.13 – Cincinnati
70.20 – Detroit
70.76 – St. Louis
70.98 – Richmond
71.40 – Raleigh
71.88 – Nashville
72.95 – Memphis
74.64 – Birmingham
74.72 – Indianapolis
74.97 – Atlanta
75.35 – Charlotte
97.85 – San Francisco
100.00 – New York City

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