And not only did Salt Lake top the charts of Forbes' latest "Best Cities for Jobs" ranking, but it also "had almost the lowest rate of unemployment in 2006, a tick behind Honolulu, and ranked 19th overall."
Forbes also ranked several other cities among its "Best Cities for Jobs," using a scale that included unemployment rate, job growth, income growth, median household income, and cost of living for a full year in 2006. According to the magazine's website, "[Forbes] measured the largest 100 metropolitan areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, and obtained the data from Moody's Economy.com."
Top cities other than Salt Lake included Raleigh, NC; Phoenix, AZ; Tulsa, OK; Albuquerque, NM; and Wichita, KA.
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