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A new analysis of the Best Cities for Jobs in 2025 ranks Michigan’s largest nearly dead last. The personal finance website WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 31 key indicators of job-market strength – from opportunities per job seeker, to employment growth, to monthly average starting salary – to determine the best for finding work.
The analysis produced an overall rank for 182 cities, as well as a job market rank and socio-economics rank, and Detroit ranked among the worst in all three. Overall, the Motor City came in 181st out of 182, one spot ahead of last place Memphis, Tenn. Detroit ranked 176th for job market and 178th for socio-economics.
For the job market, WalletHub considered indicators like job opportunities, employment growth, starting salaries, unemployment, job security and satisfaction, full time employment, and workers in poverty, among others. Memphis was the worst, followed by Detroit, San Bernardino, Calif.; Augusta, Ga.; Baton Rouge, La.; Gulfport, Miss.; Bakersfield, Calif.; Huntington, W. Va.; Stockton, Calif.; and Shreveport, La. Detroit’s persistently high unemployment is due in part to bigger problems in Michigan under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. In just the last year, 36,000 more Michiganders became unemployed, marking a 17.3% increase since November 2023.