The Denver had the third fastest job growth of any metropolitan area with a million workers or more when comparing January 2012 with January 2011, according to an Arizona State University study.
The overall growth rate for the United States, for the same time frame, was 1.5 percent, the study said. The actual number of jobs went up by nearly two million nationwide.
“As far as the cities, Houston and Dallas have fared especially well since they’re located in Texas, a state that has stayed ahead of most, throughout the recession and recovery,” Lee McPheters, the ASU JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center at the W. P. Carey School of Business.
The top ten cities for job growth:
Houston – up 3.7 percent
Atlanta – up 3.1 percent
Denver – up 2.5 percent
Dallas – up 2.4 percent
Seattle – up 2.2 percent
Cincinnati – up 2.1 percent
Phoenix – up 1.9 percent
Riverside, Calif. – up 1.7 percent
Tampa, Fla. – up 1.7 percent
Pittsburgh – up 1.6 percent
Mark Jaffe: 303-954-1912 or mjaffe@denverpost.com
