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Which US metro areas have the most job postings?

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the most job postings: 3,585,703.

Postings

  1. 1New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,585,703
  2. 2Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,159,356
  3. 3Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,045,257
  4. 4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,030,226
  5. 5Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,977,793
  6. 6Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,645,049
  7. 7Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,497,605
  8. 8Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL1,393,295
  9. 9Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,366,060
  10. 10Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,303,908
  11. 11Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ1,246,516
  12. 12Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,174,339
  13. 13Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO1,048,789
  14. 14San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,008,883
  15. 15Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI1,000,602
  16. 16Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI988,821
  17. 17St. Louis, MO-IL812,605
  18. 18Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD764,955
  19. 19Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL754,397
  20. 20Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC743,749
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Metro areaPostings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,585,703
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,159,356
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,045,257
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX2,030,226
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,977,793
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,645,049
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,497,605
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL1,393,295
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD1,366,060
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,303,908
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ1,246,516
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA1,174,339
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO1,048,789
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,008,883
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI1,000,602
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI988,821
St. Louis, MO-IL812,605
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD764,955
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL754,397
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC743,749

How this is measured: Postings by metro area. Deduplicated US job postings from the most recent 12 months of Canaria's data. Data through Aug 20, 2026.

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