Full Rankings

50 metropolitan statistical areas ranked by composite economic health score — November 2026

# Metro Grade Score Unemp. Wage YoY Emp. YoY LF YoY DOM
1 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City-Murray A+ 77.6 3.2% +4.9% +2.7% +1.2% 63 days
2 St. Louis St. Louis A+ 73.7 3.4% +4.3% +1.0% -0.1% 51 days
3 Austin Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos A+ 73.6 3.7% +5.4% +1.1% +1.0% 84 days
4 Hartford Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford A+ 73.0 2.7% +5.0% +1.9% +2.8% 37 days
5 Charlotte Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia A+ 72.4 3.3% +4.4% +1.8% +0.7% 65 days
6 Raleigh Raleigh-Cary A 71.0 2.7% +3.2% +2.3% +0.9% 64 days
7 Philadelphia Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington A 69.8 3.6% +3.5% +0.5% +1.0% 48 days
8 Miami Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach A- 65.2 3.2% +8.8% +0.4% +0.9% 79 days
9 Baltimore Baltimore-Columbia-Towson A- 64.7 3.5% +6.4% -0.2% +0.4% 46 days
10 Dallas Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington B+ 63.3 4.1% +4.7% +1.0% +0.6% 64 days
11 Kansas City Kansas City B+ 62.8 3.4% +7.6% +0.5% -2.1% 52 days
12 Orlando Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford B+ 61.0 4.2% +6.0% +1.0% +0.7% 78 days
13 Cincinnati Cincinnati B+ 60.0 3.6% +8.9% +0.4% -1.2% 44 days
14 Las Vegas Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas B 59.8 4.8% +3.6% +1.7% -0.6% 59 days
15 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh B 56.9 3.0% +3.5% -0.5% +0.2% 57 days
16 Nashville Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin B 56.1 2.9% +3.7% +1.1% -0.6% 63 days
17 Los Angeles Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim B 55.3 4.4% +3.6% +1.8% -1.3% 57 days
18 Memphis Memphis B- 54.9 4.1% +3.6% +0.2% -1.7% 73 days
19 Tampa Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater B- 54.3 4.3% +4.0% +1.1% +0.8% 77 days
20 Cleveland Cleveland B- 52.6 3.4% +1.8% +0.6% +1.8% 55 days
21 Seattle Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue B- 51.0 4.9% +5.5% +0.7% +1.4% 51 days
22 San Diego San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad B- 50.3 4.7% +7.8% +1.3% -0.8% 48 days
23 San Antonio San Antonio-New Braunfels C+ 49.7 4.3% +3.9% +0.4% +0.2% 74 days
24 Portland Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro C+ 49.3 4.1% +5.7% -0.6% -0.6% 71 days
25 Washington DC Washington-Arlington-Alexandria C+ 49.0 3.7% +6.0% -1.8% -2.2% 43 days
26 Columbus Columbus C+ 47.7 3.3% +4.5% -0.1% -2.0% 50 days
27 San Francisco San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont C+ 47.1 4.4% +5.6% +0.3% -1.4% 38 days
28 Phoenix Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler C+ 45.8 4.2% +3.2% +1.0% -3.0% 59 days
29 Houston Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands C+ 45.1 4.6% +2.2% +1.0% +0.7% 57 days
30 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City C+ 44.8 3.7% +4.0% +0.5% -0.2% 60 days
31 Boston Boston-Cambridge-Newton C 43.4 3.9% +3.3% -0.0% +2.9% 38 days
32 Providence Providence-Warwick C 43.3 4.3% +3.5% +0.6% +1.7% 39 days
33 Atlanta Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell C 42.9 3.5% +2.9% -0.1% +2.6% 61 days
34 Fresno Fresno C 41.8 7.3% +4.2% +1.9% -0.5% 61 days
35 San Jose San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara C 40.3 4.2% -0.5% +1.6% -0.3% 37 days
36 New York New York Newark-Jersey City C 38.8 4.5% +1.8% +0.2% -0.5% 53 days
37 Sacramento Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom C 38.6 5.0% +2.6% +0.8% -1.3% 52 days
38 Minneapolis Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington C- 37.1 4.5% +0.7% +1.1% -0.7% 43 days
39 Virginia Beach Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk C- 35.6 3.8% +4.5% -0.2% -1.4% 45 days
40 Milwaukee Milwaukee-Waukesha C- 34.9 3.2% -0.2% +0.2% +0.4% 37 days
41 Denver Denver-Aurora-Centennial C- 34.7 4.3% +1.9% +0.2% -2.4% 60 days
42 Birmingham Birmingham C- 34.3 3.5% -0.4% +1.2% -0.7% 66 days
43 Riverside Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario C- 33.6 5.7% +4.7% +0.6% -0.9% 62 days
44 Jacksonville Jacksonville C- 30.7 4.5% +1.0% +0.3% -0.1% 66 days
45 Indianapolis Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood D 28.2 3.4% +0.5% -0.6% -1.1% 55 days
46 Grand Rapids Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood D 26.1 3.7% +1.2% +0.1% -8.5% 43 days
47 Richmond Richmond D 25.1 3.8% +1.6% -1.0% -2.2% 44 days
48 Detroit Detroit-Warren-Dearborn D 24.5 5.6% +2.1% -0.2% +0.5% 45 days
49 Chicago Chicago-Naperville-Elgin D 22.5 4.4% +3.2% -0.1% -2.0% 37 days
50 Louisville Louisville-Jefferson County D 22.0 4.4% +1.4% -0.0% +0.2% 45 days