10 Easiest Cities to Find a Job in 2016

10. Cincinnati, OH

Indeed Rank: 19 (35 jobs openings per 1,000)
WalletHub rank: 27
Average rank: 23

Population: 2,149,449
Unemployment rate: 4.3
Average hourly earnings: $24.12
Job growth rate 2015: 1.9
Per capita personal income: $45,878

We start with Cincinnati, the area which recorded one of the smallest job growths among listed places. In the last twelve months, the city gained 19,700 new positions which accounted for 1.9 percent in employment growth. With 10,000 new posts, trade, transportation, and utilities saw the greatest surge of job openings. On the other side, the number of people employed in leisure and hospitality, on one side, and the government, on the other, decreased by 2 and 2.8 percent, retrospectively. In the last six months, the unemployment rate has slightly dropped down from 4.6 to 4.3, which means that there were around 45,700 jobless people at the end of 2015. Although the numbers seem promising, the average hourly wage of $24.12 is one of the lowest on the list. At the same time, per capita personal income of $45,878 is a little less than the national average of $46,049.

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