Ranking: Indy Among Best For Mid-Career Workers
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndianapolis is ranked near the top of a national list of the Best Cities for Mid-Career Professionals. Forbes considered data including unemployment rates, job growth projections and cost of living.
Other factors that were weighted equally include cost to buy a home, median salaries of college-educated workers with at least 10 years of experience and percentage of local population with a bachelor’s degrees or higher and are 25 or older.
The full list includes:
- 1. Columbus, Ohio
- 2. Indianapolis, Indiana
- 3. Warren, Michigan
- 4. (t) Cincinnati, Ohio
- 4. (t) Raleigh, N.C.
- 6. Dallas, Texas
- 7. Omaha, Nebraska
- 8. Austin, Texas
- 9. Atlanta, Georgia
- 10. San Francisco
- 11. Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
- 12. (t) Silicon Valley, California
- 12. (t) Charlotte, North Carolina
- 14. Seattle, Washington
- 15. Ogden, Utah
- 16. Dayton, Ohio
- 17. Denver, Colorado
- 18. (t) Wichita, Kansas
- 18. (t) Salt Lake City, Utah
- 20. Akron, Ohio
The publication considered the top 100 Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the U.S. It used figures from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Moody’s, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Payscale.com, the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Association of Realtors. Indy’s metro area stretches into Carmel and Anderson.
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