The following information came from the following article in bizjournals (http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/pages/115.html). Some of you are in these markets (follow the link for the coldest employment markets), do these numbers like 20% plus job growth mean your market is already doing well or do you at least see a light at the end of tunnel with news like this.
I would love your thoughts.
Percent growth in private-sector jobs (2002-07)
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Fla. | 32.2% |
| Las Vegas | 29.2% |
| Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. | 27.3% |
| Phoenix | 23.4% |
| Orlando | 21.5% |
| Boise, Idaho | 21.3% |
| Lakeland, Fla. | 20.9% |
| Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla. | 20.7% |
| Bakersfield, Calif. | 18.7% |
| Tucson | 16.6% |
Percent growth in private-sector jobs (2006-07)
| Salt Lake City | 5.2% |
| Wichita, Kans. | 4.9% |
| Austin | 3.7% |
| Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif. | 3.7% |
| Charleston, S.C. | 3.6% |
| New Orleans | 3.6% |
| Tucson | 3.6% |
| Oklahoma City | 3.5% |
| Houston | 3.3% |
| Boise, Idaho | 3.2% |
| Phoenix | 3.2% |
Unemployment rate (June 2007)
| Boise, Idaho | 2.1% |
| Salt Lake City | 2.8% |
| Honolulu | 2.9% |
| Phoenix | 3.0% |
| Richmond | 3.2% |
| Washington | 3.3% |
| Des Moines, Iowa | 3.4% |
| Knoxville, Tenn. | 3.4% |
| Lancaster, Pa. | 3.4% |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk | 3.4% |
SOURCE: Bizjournals.com
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