If you want to work in a good work environment with a small business employer, the best place in the nation is Denver, according to a study released Monday by .
CardHub said it used 10 different metrics – ranging from industry variety and job turnover to hours worked and wages for new hires – to evaluate the state of small business in the 30 largest metropolitan areas in the United States.
“We then ranked the cities based on their overall effectiveness for job seekers, ultimately finding that Denver, Boston and Minneapolis are the best cities in the U.S. for small business employees, while Sacramento, Riverside and Detroit are the worst,” said the report.
CardHub.com is a credit card comparison website operated by Evolution Finance Inc., based in Arlington, Va.
Among other findings in the report were that Miami, Denver and New York have the most small businesses per capita. Las Vegas, San Antonio and Riverside, Calif., have the least.
Phoenix, Denver and Riverside have the fastest growing small business communities, while Detroit, Chicago and New York have the least.
Rounding out the top 10 best places for employees working for small businesses were Seattle, San Francisco, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Tampa and Kansas City.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939, hpankratz@denverpost.com or twitter.com/howardpankratz
