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The 10 Best Cities to Start Your New Career

  • 1. Salt Lake City, Utah (Score: 65.12)
  • 2. Orlando, Florida (Score: 63.69)
  • 3. Atlanta, Georgia (Score: 63.17)
  • 4. Austin, Texas (Score: 62.58)
  • 5. Seattle, Washington (Score: 61.38)
  • 6. Boise, Idaho (Score: 60.97)
  • 7. Miami, Florida (Score: 60.81)
  • 8. Tampa, Florida (Score: 60.74)
  • 9. Portland, Maine (Score: 60.63)
  • 10. Columbia, South Carolina (Score: 59.93)

Source: WalletHub, 2022 (Shared with permission)

About This List

Looking to settle down or at least find a place to launch your budding postgrad career? You might want to check out opportunities in the areas below; they're the 10 best cities for starting a career, according to WalletHub's research. Each listing includes the cities total score out of 100—you can learn more about the metrics used to develop this list and how COVID has affected these scores on their website.

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