Full Rankings

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

# Metro Grade Score Unemp. Wage YoY Emp. YoY LF YoY DOM
1 Raleigh Raleigh-Cary A+ 80.7 3.0% +4.2% +2.2% +0.6% 50 days
2 Charlotte Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia A+ 73.3 3.6% +3.9% +1.4% +0.3% 51 days
3 Atlanta Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell A+ 70.6 3.2% +4.3% +0.0% +1.6% 52 days
4 Kansas City Kansas City A+ 70.4 3.5% +8.3% +0.2% -0.7% 45 days
5 Cincinnati Cincinnati A+ 69.3 3.1% +5.4% +0.5% -1.0% 37 days
6 Nashville Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin A+ 69.1 2.8% +7.2% +0.3% -0.8% 53 days
7 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City-Murray A 66.0 3.4% +4.1% +2.1% -0.1% 50 days
8 Hartford Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford A 65.5 2.7% +3.4% +1.9% +2.8% 29 days
9 San Jose San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara A 65.0 3.5% +1.0% +1.5% -0.8% 37 days
10 Austin Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos A 63.5 3.5% +5.7% +1.1% +0.4% 63 days
11 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh A- 61.3 3.8% +6.5% -0.5% +2.0% 47 days
12 San Diego San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad B+ 58.9 3.9% +7.8% +0.8% -1.4% 43 days
13 Las Vegas Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas B+ 56.1 5.3% +5.0% +2.1% +1.3% 55 days
14 New York New York Newark-Jersey City B 54.0 4.3% +4.5% +0.5% +0.5% 47 days
15 Orlando Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford B 53.6 4.4% +4.2% +1.2% +1.1% 70 days
16 Seattle Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue B 52.6 4.8% +7.2% +0.0% -0.3% 37 days
17 San Francisco San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont B 52.3 3.6% +6.5% +0.3% -1.8% 37 days
18 Cleveland Cleveland B 51.3 3.4% -0.3% +0.6% +1.8% 55 days
19 Dallas Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington B 51.2 4.0% +2.1% +0.6% +0.2% 51 days
20 Miami Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach B 50.7 3.6% +7.5% -0.3% -0.9% 82 days
21 Philadelphia Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington B 50.6 4.1% -0.1% +0.2% +1.5% 39 days
22 Columbus Columbus B 50.0 2.7% +3.6% +0.2% -1.5% 39 days
23 Fresno Fresno B- 49.9 7.4% +5.2% +2.0% 0.0% 55 days
24 Houston Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands B- 49.0 4.6% +2.0% +0.6% +0.0% 50 days
25 Los Angeles Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim B- 48.8 4.8% +4.2% +1.8% -1.9% 50 days
26 Memphis Memphis B- 48.6 4.1% +7.7% -0.1% -1.1% 64 days
27 Birmingham Birmingham B- 48.4 3.2% +0.4% +0.6% -0.8% 54 days
28 St. Louis St. Louis B- 47.9 3.6% +1.5% -0.3% -0.7% 44 days
29 Tampa Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater B- 45.8 4.5% +5.9% -0.0% -0.3% 68 days
30 Denver Denver-Aurora-Centennial B- 45.1 3.6% +1.9% -0.6% -2.6% 48 days
31 Providence Providence-Warwick B- 45.0 4.3% +3.5% +0.6% +1.7% 32 days
32 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City B- 44.9 4.2% +6.5% -0.5% -1.1% 51 days
33 Baltimore Baltimore-Columbia-Towson B- 44.6 3.9% +4.2% -0.7% -0.2% 36 days
34 Phoenix Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler B- 44.5 4.1% +2.5% +1.0% -1.3% 64 days
35 Boston Boston-Cambridge-Newton B- 44.1 3.9% +3.5% -0.4% +2.9% 37 days
36 Virginia Beach Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk C+ 42.9 3.7% +6.1% -1.0% -1.3% 37 days
37 Milwaukee Milwaukee-Waukesha C+ 42.9 3.2% +1.3% -0.9% -0.1% 33 days
38 Indianapolis Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood C+ 41.5 3.0% +0.4% -1.1% -0.2% 45 days
39 Riverside Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario C+ 40.7 4.6% +5.7% -0.1% -2.3% 59 days
40 Washington DC Washington-Arlington-Alexandria C+ 40.3 3.9% +5.3% -3.0% -2.7% 36 days
41 San Antonio San Antonio-New Braunfels C 37.1 4.1% +1.2% +0.4% -0.1% 61 days
42 Portland Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro C 35.7 4.7% +6.4% -2.8% -1.1% 51 days
43 Sacramento Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom C 35.0 4.2% +1.2% +0.6% -1.5% 43 days
44 Richmond Richmond C- 31.7 3.5% +3.0% -0.9% -1.0% 37 days
45 Detroit Detroit-Warren-Dearborn C- 30.8 5.5% +1.7% -0.8% +2.2% 38 days
46 Minneapolis Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington C- 29.9 3.9% +0.5% +0.3% -1.4% 37 days
47 Chicago Chicago-Naperville-Elgin C- 28.5 4.9% +3.6% -0.0% -1.7% 33 days
48 Grand Rapids Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood D 21.1 4.4% +2.7% -0.6% -6.2% 33 days
49 Louisville Louisville-Jefferson County D 20.2 4.6% +1.8% -0.8% -1.0% 40 days
50 Jacksonville Jacksonville D 19.9 4.7% -0.2% -0.4% -0.1% 59 days