Thousands of college graduates across the U.S. are preparing to start their careers post-graduation, but apparently, some cities are better than others when it comes to finding job success.
A new study from WalletHub ranked 2015’s best and worst cities to start a career and things don’t look too good for Chicagoans.
The city ranked among the 50 worst cities for recent grads searching for work.
Researchers looked at 19 key metrics to determine the strength of job markets in the 150 largest U.S. cities, including the number of entry-level positions per 10,000 residents, monthly median starting salary, job growth rate, economic mobility, workforce diversity, unemployment rate, percentage of population aged 25 to 34 and percentage of population with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Other factors looked at in the report were strength of social ties, housing affordability, the number of arts, leisure and recreation establishments, and weather.
Chicago made the list at no. 105.
Among the best places to work were Irving, Texas; Grand Prairie, Texas; Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and Houston, Texas.
The worst cities listed in the rankings were Cleveland, Ohio; Stockton, California; Columbus, Georgia; Toledo, Ohio; Fresno, California; and Detroit, Michigan.
