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Fortune 500 headquarters are located in 106 of America's 379 metro areas. In fact, more than half of all Fortune 500 firms are headquartered in just these 18 metro areas.
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Chicago-Naperville-Joilet, IL Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA Philadelphia, PA Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Denver-Aurora, CO San Franciso-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI St. Louis, MO-IL Warren-Farmington Hills, Troy, MI
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Services, retail trade, finance, and real estate are where you are likeliest to find work. Here are ten places with the rosiest job forecasts in those industries.
Annapolis, MD Georgetown, TX Henderson, NV Lake Conroe, TX Loudoun County, VA Naples, FL Palm Springs-Coachella Valley, CA Placer County, CA Scottsdale, AZ Wickenburg, AZ
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Long commutes and high pay go hand in hand in metropolitan America. If you're searching for a good job, plan on driving over a lot of road and sitting in lots of traffic once you land one. Still, here are some metros whose workers - employed mainly in manufacturing - get above average earnings and commute less than 20 minutes to work.
Appleton, WI Bloomington-Normal, IL Carson City, NV Decatur, IL Elkhart-Goshen, IN Fairbanks, AK Green Bay, WI Kokomo, IN Midland, TX Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Rochester, MN Sheboygan, WI Sioux Falls, SD
Short commutes and low earnings are strongly related. In these fifteen metro areas, however, it takes up to an hour to get to and from jobs with lower than average pay.
Anderson, SC Anniston-Oxford, AL Cumberland, MD-WV Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL Gadsden, AL Hattiesburg, MS Kingston, NY Madera, CA Merced, CA Morristown, TN Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Ocala, FL Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL Punta Gorda, FL Top