10 Easiest Cities to Find a Job in 2016

9. San Jose, CA
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara

Indeed Rank: 1 (71 jobs openings per 1,000)
WalletHub rank: 44
Average rank: 22.5

Population: 1,952,872
Unemployment rate: 3.8
Average hourly earnings: $40.89
Job growth rate: 4.4
Per capita personal income: $73,887

San Jose ranks high by a few parameters among listed place. The area has the highest number of job openings per 1,000 on Indeed, the average hourly wage of $40.89 greatly exceeds earnings of residents from other nine listed places, and PCPI of $73,887, which is 160 percent of the national average, is the highest on the list. Moreover, 46,100 new job openings accounted for employment growth of 4.4 percent, while the percent of unemployed residents has declined to 3.8. Professional and business services, and education and health services recorded highest gains in new posts while mining has remained the industry in which people continue to lose jobs.