Full Rankings

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

# Metro Grade Score Unemp. Wage YoY Emp. YoY LF YoY DOM
1 Raleigh Raleigh-Cary A+ 71.7 3.0% +5.3% +1.2% +0.5% 46 days
2 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh A+ 71.5 3.6% +8.0% +1.1% +0.7% 65 days
3 Memphis Memphis A+ 68.0 4.0% +7.5% +0.1% +1.4% 62 days
4 Nashville Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin A 67.7 3.0% +3.6% +1.0% +3.4% 53 days
5 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City-Murray A 64.5 3.4% +3.6% +1.8% +0.6% 45 days
6 Hartford Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford A 64.5 2.7% -0.5% +1.9% +2.8% 39 days
7 Birmingham Birmingham A 64.1 2.2% +1.2% +0.6% +1.1% 56 days
8 Columbus Columbus A- 62.3 3.6% +1.6% +1.2% +0.3% 41 days
9 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City A- 61.1 3.6% +4.8% +0.5% +0.2% 55 days
10 Phoenix Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler A- 59.5 3.5% +5.8% +0.9% +2.4% 54 days
11 Denver Denver-Aurora-Centennial B+ 58.3 3.6% +6.3% +0.1% -1.5% 38 days
12 San Antonio San Antonio-New Braunfels B+ 58.2 3.7% +4.1% +1.1% +1.5% 61 days
13 Miami Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach B+ 56.9 3.5% +7.7% +0.2% +1.4% 74 days
14 Atlanta Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell B+ 56.5 3.3% +8.3% -0.0% +0.5% 51 days
15 Charlotte Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia B+ 56.4 3.6% +0.1% +2.7% +2.3% 49 days
16 Austin Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos B+ 56.4 3.2% +4.5% +0.7% +1.0% 53 days
17 Houston Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands B+ 56.0 4.2% +4.5% +0.4% +0.9% 50 days
18 Los Angeles Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim B+ 55.4 4.8% +4.8% +1.8% +0.7% 45 days
19 Philadelphia Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington B 54.9 4.0% +1.9% +1.2% +0.9% 43 days
20 Dallas Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington B 53.9 3.6% +4.5% +0.3% +0.6% 48 days
21 Indianapolis Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood B 53.1 2.5% +5.6% +0.1% -0.4% 51 days
22 Richmond Richmond B 53.0 3.3% +6.8% +0.3% -1.2% 39 days
23 New York New York Newark-Jersey City B 52.6 4.5% +5.5% +0.5% +1.2% 51 days
24 Louisville Louisville-Jefferson County B 51.8 3.1% +2.7% -0.1% +0.4% 45 days
25 Cleveland Cleveland B 51.3 3.4% -1.6% +0.6% +1.8% 55 days
26 Tampa Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater B 50.9 4.6% +6.1% +0.9% +0.8% 66 days
27 Grand Rapids Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood B 50.7 4.0% +3.1% +0.5% -5.0% 44 days
28 Kansas City Kansas City B 50.3 3.5% +6.8% -0.3% +2.1% 45 days
29 Jacksonville Jacksonville B- 49.2 4.6% +7.5% +0.7% +0.8% 58 days
30 Las Vegas Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas B- 47.1 5.2% +6.5% -0.8% +3.2% 52 days
31 Boston Boston-Cambridge-Newton B- 45.3 3.9% +3.2% +0.7% +2.9% 30 days
32 St. Louis St. Louis B- 45.2 3.5% +0.7% -0.0% +1.0% 46 days
33 Providence Providence-Warwick B- 45.1 4.3% +2.9% +0.6% +1.7% 48 days
34 Riverside Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario C+ 41.5 5.1% +7.5% +0.2% +1.1% 54 days
35 Cincinnati Cincinnati C+ 39.6 3.6% +1.0% -0.5% -0.8% 45 days
36 Seattle Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue C+ 38.4 5.0% +8.8% -0.1% -0.7% 34 days
37 Minneapolis Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington C+ 38.1 4.0% +1.8% +0.6% +0.6% 36 days
38 Chicago Chicago-Naperville-Elgin C 37.2 4.5% +4.2% +0.6% -1.7% 35 days
39 Fresno Fresno C 36.9 8.2% +7.0% +0.2% +1.9% 51 days
40 San Diego San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad C 36.1 4.4% +2.8% +0.3% +1.7% 38 days
41 San Jose San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara C 34.8 4.0% +0.6% -0.2% +0.8% 24 days
42 Milwaukee Milwaukee-Waukesha C 33.7 3.1% +3.8% -0.9% -3.1% 33 days
43 Virginia Beach Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk C 33.6 3.6% +11.8% -1.3% -2.4% 36 days
44 Baltimore Baltimore-Columbia-Towson C- 31.9 3.6% +1.4% -0.1% -0.6% 37 days
45 San Francisco San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont C- 31.1 4.1% +2.3% -0.5% +0.4% 29 days
46 Detroit Detroit-Warren-Dearborn C- 31.0 4.7% +1.0% +0.0% +0.6% 45 days
47 Washington DC Washington-Arlington-Alexandria C- 28.7 3.8% +2.4% -1.6% -1.8% 30 days
48 Sacramento Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom C- 28.6 4.8% +3.6% -0.3% +1.2% 39 days
49 Orlando Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford C- 26.4 4.4% +1.4% +0.2% +0.2% 67 days
50 Portland Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro D 25.1 4.9% +3.9% -0.7% +0.0% 49 days