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	Orlando, FL	Rank	Atlanta, GA	Rank	Austin, TX	Rank	Baltimore, MD	Rank	Boston, MA	Rank	Charlotte, NC	Rank	Chicago, IL	Rank	Cincinnati, OH	Rank	Dallas, TX	Rank	Denver, CO	Rank	Detroit, MI	Rank	Houston, TX	Rank	Las Vegas, NV	Rank	Los Angeles, CA	Rank	Miami, FL	Rank	Minneapolis, MN	Rank	New York, NY	Rank	Philadelphia, PA	Rank	Phoenix, AZ	Rank	Pittsburgh, PA	Rank	Portland, OR	Rank	Riverside, CA	Rank	Sacramento, CA	Rank	San Antonio, TX	Rank	San Diego, CA	Rank	San Francisco, CA	Rank	Seattle, WA	Rank	St. Louis, MO	Rank	Tampa, FL	Rank	Washington, DC	Rank
GDP	$ 175,313,253	25	$ 471,655,708	10	$ 207,470,114	19	$ 213,539,532	18	$ 515,386,134	8	$ 206,547,241	20	$ 725,745,075	3	$ 160,107,599	26	$ 613,381,002	5	$ 258,989,249	17	$ 276,493,740	15	$ 550,795,536	7	$ 142,816,754	30	$ 1,075,056,705	2	$ 431,882,272	12	$ 286,739,259	14	$ 1,905,237,359	1	$ 459,530,623	11	$ 322,794,256	13	$ 159,581,389	27	$ 182,035,397	24	$ 201,185,094	21	$ 153,782,657	28	$ 150,320,285	29	$ 261,671,687	16	$ 681,890,371	4	$ 487,774,172	9	$ 184,764,129	23	$ 198,914,787	22	$ 600,169,021	6
Five-Year GDP Growth	24.2%	4	14.2%	13	39.0%	1	6.6%	26	14.2%	14	20.4%	10	5.0%	29	10.2%	22	21.2%	8	22.6%	6	5.7%	28	12.1%	18	16.4%	12	8.5%	23	20.0%	11	7.9%	24	7.9%	25	6.3%	27	25.4%	3	3.4%	30	11.9%	19	13.5%	15	12.3%	17	20.7%	9	13.5%	16	21.6%	7	23.3%	5	10.9%	20	25.9%	2	10.7%	21
Number of Businesses	76,253	20	161,474	6	64,019	25	68,557	24	133,233	10	70,346	23	248,377	3	47,965	30	185,487	5	91,212	17	101,642	14	158,828	7	53,591	28	410,554	2	218,093	4	99,204	15	561,125	1	154,092	9	112,182	12	61,691	26	72,964	21	87,594	19	54,894	27	51,012	29	92,799	16	132,861	11	110,844	13	71,536	22	89,630	18	158,130	8
Five-Year Growth in Number of Businesses	17.5%	2	12.3%	8	21.1%	1	1.6%	27	1.8%	24	14.1%	6	0.5%	29	3.1%	21	12.3%	9	7.2%	16	1.6%	26	11.7%	12	16.9%	4	10.3%	13	12.1%	10	1.8%	25	-3.4%	30	3.9%	19	14.1%	5	3.3%	20	4.0%	18	17.4%	3	12.0%	11	10.3%	14	9.1%	15	2.2%	23	4.4%	17	0.9%	28	14.1%	7	2.5%	22
Five-Year Employment Growth	11.1%	5	8.3%	10	22.4%	1	-1.0%	29	1.0%	21	11.0%	6	-0.3%	26	2.9%	18	12.8%	2	8.2%	12	-0.3%	28	8.2%	11	10.3%	8	0.7%	23	7.3%	13	0.1%	24	1.6%	20	1.8%	19	12.3%	3	-4.5%	30	3.2%	17	11.4%	4	6.6%	14	8.4%	9	4.2%	16	0.1%	25	4.4%	15	-0.3%	27	10.9%	7	0.7%	22
Projected Five-Year Employment Growth	7.9%	13	8.3%	9	14.9%	1	3.6%	24	8.0%	11	7.0%	17	2.7%	26	3.2%	25	9.9%	3	7.9%	12	2.3%	28	7.8%	14	9.4%	4	5.6%	19	4.1%	22	2.7%	27	9.1%	5	3.9%	23	8.2%	10	0.1%	30	6.4%	18	10.7%	2	8.8%	7	8.8%	6	7.6%	15	7.0%	16	8.5%	8	1.9%	29	5.0%	20	4.4%	21

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	Orlando, FL	Rank	Atlanta, GA	Rank	Austin, TX	Rank	Baltimore, MD	Rank	Boston, MA	Rank	Charlotte, NC	Rank	Chicago, IL	Rank	Cincinnati, OH	Rank	Dallas, TX	Rank	Denver, CO	Rank	Detroit, MI	Rank	Houston, TX	Rank	Las Vegas, NV	Rank	Los Angeles, CA	Rank	Miami, FL	Rank	Minneapolis, MN	Rank	New York, NY	Rank	Philadelphia, PA	Rank	Phoenix, AZ	Rank	Pittsburgh, PA	Rank	Portland, OR	Rank	Riverside, CA	Rank	Sacramento, CA	Rank	San Antonio, TX	Rank	San Diego, CA	Rank	San Francisco, CA	Rank	Seattle, WA	Rank	St. Louis, MO	Rank	Tampa, FL	Rank	Washington, DC	Rank
Population	2,940,513	20	6,411,149	8	2,550,637	25	2,859,024	22	5,025,517	11	2,883,370	21	9,408,576	3	2,302,815	30	8,344,032	4	3,052,498	19	4,400,578	14	7,796,182	5	2,398,871	29	12,927,614	2	6,457,988	6	3,757,952	16	19,940,274	1	6,330,422	9	5,186,958	10	2,429,917	28	2,537,904	26	4,744,214	12	2,463,127	27	2,763,006	24	3,298,799	18	4,648,486	13	4,145,494	15	2,811,927	23	3,424,560	17	6,436,489	7
Five-Year Population Growth	12.7%	2	6.5%	8	14.5%	1	2.1%	22	3.1%	19	9.3%	5	-0.5%	27	3.7%	17	10.2%	4	2.9%	20	1.9%	24	10.3%	3	5.8%	9	-2.2%	30	4.7%	12	3.2%	18	3.8%	15	3.7%	16	4.8%	11	4.8%	10	1.8%	25	2.0%	23	4.2%	13	8.3%	6	-1.2%	28	-1.8%	29	4.2%	14	0.3%	26	7.2%	7	2.5%	21
% of Population Foreign-Born	21.9%	10	15.8%	18	16.0%	17	12.2%	23	19.9%	13	11.7%	25	18.9%	15	5.8%	28	20.0%	12	12.4%	21	11.0%	26	24.8%	5	22.1%	9	32.9%	2	42.7%	1	10.6%	27	30.5%	4	12.0%	24	14.2%	19	4.3%	30	12.3%	22	22.3%	8	19.8%	14	12.5%	20	23.1%	7	32.8%	3	21.3%	11	5.7%	29	16.1%	16	24.6%	6
Annual Net Migration	67,579	6	48,363	12	41,926	14	7,313	29	47,995	13	51,539	10	51,231	11	15,643	24	127,252	3	20,118	23	28,721	18	149,543	1	39,926	15	7,660	28	111,924	4	22,165	22	141,105	2	39,849	16	70,197	5	8,071	27	12,812	25	22,270	21	24,033	20	35,242	17	292	30	27,770	19	52,366	9	8,616	26	53,836	8	61,060	7
Median Age	38.9	15	37.6	6	36.3	5	39.4	20	39.7	22	38	10	39	19	38.4	14	35.8	2	37.5	6	40.5	26	35.7	1	38.9	15	38.9	15	42.3	28	38.3	12	39.9	24	39.5	21	38	10	42.8	30	39.8	23	36.1	3	38.9	15	36.2	4	37.6	6	40.7	27	37.8	9	40.2	25	42.4	29	38.3	12
Labor Force	1,475,761	21	3,233,047	9	1,454,802	24	1,488,081	20	2,796,857	10	1,458,158	23	4,925,286	3	1,142,341	29	4,376,741	4	1,742,191	17	2,182,561	14	3,621,778	5	1,186,493	27	6,604,502	2	3,242,098	8	2,023,956	16	10,367,853	1	3,255,590	7	2,645,280	11	1,178,628	28	1,357,909	25	2,171,536	15	1,129,187	30	1,284,414	26	1,596,432	19	2,517,448	12	2,262,482	13	1,474,868	22	1,692,288	18	3,482,499	6
Five-Year Labor Force Growth	11.4%	5	4.8%	13	22.1%	1	-2.6%	29	-0.9%	26	11.1%	6	-0.7%	25	1.8%	18	13.4%	3	7.2%	10	0.7%	24	7.9%	9	8.3%	8	-2.0%	28	4.5%	14	0.9%	22	1.0%	21	3.9%	16	13.6%	2	-3.2%	30	4.2%	15	6.2%	12	3.7%	17	8.9%	7	1.1%	20	-1.6%	27	6.7%	11	0.9%	23	11.6%	4	1.7%	19
Five-Year Employment Growth by Sector	11.1%	5	8.3%	10	22.4%	1	-1.0%	29	1.0%	21	11.0%	6	-0.3%	26	2.9%	18	12.8%	2	8.2%	12	-0.3%	28	8.2%	11	10.3%	8	0.7%	23	7.3%	13	0.1%	24	1.6%	20	1.8%	19	12.3%	3	-4.5%	30	3.2%	17	11.4%	4	6.6%	14	8.4%	9	4.2%	16	0.1%	25	4.4%	15	-0.3%	27	10.9%	7	0.7%	22
— Advanced Manufacturing	12.9%	5	3.4%	12	20.0%	3	6.8%	10	-3.1%	26	-0.4%	20	-2.4%	23	1.5%	17	8.9%	8	-0.4%	19	-2.5%	24	1.5%	16	21.3%	1	-5.7%	29	8.8%	9	2.7%	13	-4.5%	28	-0.4%	21	17.1%	4	-2.6%	25	-2.1%	22	-3.2%	27	12.3%	6	20.2%	2	2.5%	15	4.5%	11	-8.2%	30	-0.3%	18	9.3%	7	2.6%	14
— Aviation/Aerospace/Defense	26.8%	9	11.5%	14	45.5%	1	8.4%	18	3.2%	23	31.0%	5	-1.0%	28	9.5%	17	31.4%	4	35.0%	3	-3.9%	30	16.7%	12	30.9%	6	0.2%	27	29.0%	7	4.3%	20	6.6%	19	0.6%	26	15.1%	13	-3.8%	29	11.3%	15	21.1%	10	3.2%	22	43.5%	2	3.6%	21	18.2%	11	9.9%	16	2.8%	25	28.2%	8	3.0%	24
— Business Services	20.7%	3	16.1%	8	52.1%	1	-2.2%	28	8.3%	14	20.3%	5	1.6%	21	-0.5%	25	20.6%	4	13.1%	10	1.7%	20	11.1%	12	15.6%	9	-0.3%	24	17.0%	7	-1.0%	26	2.8%	19	0.0%	23	11.3%	11	-6.5%	30	3.5%	18	4.7%	15	-2.6%	29	10.5%	13	4.7%	16	0.4%	22	37.4%	2	-1.5%	27	17.4%	6	4.3%	17
— Digital Technology	18.0%	9	9.1%	17	51.0%	1	-0.7%	24	3.3%	21	15.3%	11	-2.9%	27	6.8%	18	38.1%	2	23.5%	4	-5.4%	30	14.2%	13	33.0%	3	-2.8%	26	19.6%	8	-4.3%	28	11.9%	15	0.8%	23	15.2%	12	-5.2%	29	10.3%	16	17.3%	10	-1.9%	25	13.1%	14	6.0%	19	19.7%	7	23.3%	5	2.0%	22	22.2%	6	3.4%	20
— Life Sciences	19.0%	5	18.2%	7	26.4%	1	1.5%	28	11.7%	16	17.5%	8	4.5%	26	8.9%	20	12.7%	15	8.0%	21	-1.0%	29	14.9%	12	23.3%	2	9.9%	18	13.3%	14	4.7%	25	15.8%	11	6.0%	22	22.6%	4	-3.8%	30	5.1%	24	16.8%	10	17.0%	9	9.9%	17	22.8%	3	14.1%	13	5.8%	23	1.6%	27	19.0%	6	9.8%	19
— Logistics & Distribution	31.9%	4	16.2%	13	19.8%	10	13.9%	17	3.3%	26	23.3%	8	9.3%	22	15.3%	14	23.4%	7	18.5%	11	14.9%	16	15.0%	15	42.6%	1	-1.0%	28	17.9%	12	5.0%	25	1.9%	27	13.8%	18	30.1%	5	-1.9%	29	12.2%	19	40.4%	2	20.3%	9	24.1%	6	7.7%	24	-2.1%	30	9.7%	21	8.3%	23	33.7%	3	10.3%	20
Union Membership	3.7%	4	5.0%	10	3.6%	3	10.4%	13	10.9%	14	2.4%	1	12.9%	19	11.1%	16	3.8%	5	7.2%	11	14.9%	25	4.3%	8	13.4%	21	13.6%	22	4.1%	6	12.8%	18	19.1%	29	14.4%	23	4.3%	7	13.2%	20	14.6%	24	16.8%	28	22.0%	30	4.5%	9	11.8%	17	15.6%	26	15.7%	27	11.1%	15	3.1%	2	8.0%	12
Enrolled Students Within 100 Miles	507,702	12	455,169	16	410,854	19	1,016,088	5	835,319	7	362,971	21	635,284	11	441,561	18	479,031	14	319,425	24	459,223	15	452,652	17	83,421	30	1,358,758	4	313,101	25	334,282	22	1,541,807	2	1,543,293	1	507,632	13	327,210	23	150,237	29	1,512,727	3	698,525	10	288,153	26	878,158	6	709,530	9	215,814	27	196,662	28	387,913	20	783,215	8
Annual Graduates Per 10,000 Residents	210.9	5	111.2	25	154.9	13	153.9	14	213.4	4	88.1	28	158.5	11	156.9	12	117.8	22	133.1	19	83.2	29	92.1	27	81.8	30	221.6	3	161.7	9	187.2	6	135.2	18	146.7	15	277.1	1	160.0	10	103.7	26	124.6	21	176.7	7	114.4	24	243.0	2	142.5	17	116.0	23	132.7	20	146.3	16	171.2	8
% of Population Age 25+ with Associate’s Degree or Higher	48.9%	17	50.4%	13	58.8%	4	51.8%	9	58.9%	3	50.7%	12	49.0%	16	47.4%	20	47.3%	21	57.1%	6	43.6%	27	44.2%	26	37.3%	29	45.7%	23	46.9%	22	56.6%	7	51.5%	11	49.9%	14	44.7%	25	49.4%	15	52.9%	8	33.5%	30	47.8%	19	42.0%	28	51.7%	10	59.6%	2	57.5%	5	48.6%	18	44.8%	24	60.2%	1
% of Population Age 25+ with Bachelor’s Degree or Higher	38.1%	21	42.6%	12	52.1%	4	44.4%	9	52.2%	3	41.3%	15	42.1%	14	38.4%	20	40.0%	16	49.9%	5	34.5%	27	36.0%	24	28.7%	29	38.5%	19	37.6%	23	46.2%	7	44.6%	8	42.3%	13	35.5%	25	38.8%	18	43.8%	10	25.2%	30	38.1%	21	39.1%	17	33.1%	28	43.5%	11	53.1%	2	48.6%	6	35.0%	26	54.8%	1

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	Orlando, FL	Rank	Atlanta, GA	Rank	Austin, TX	Rank	Baltimore, MD	Rank	Boston, MA	Rank	Charlotte, NC	Rank	Chicago, IL	Rank	Cincinnati, OH	Rank	Dallas, TX	Rank	Denver, CO	Rank	Detroit, MI	Rank	Houston, TX	Rank	Las Vegas, NV	Rank	Los Angeles, CA	Rank	Miami, FL	Rank	Minneapolis, MN	Rank	New York, NY	Rank	Philadelphia, PA	Rank	Phoenix, AZ	Rank	Pittsburgh, PA	Rank	Portland, OR	Rank	Riverside, CA	Rank	Sacramento, CA	Rank	San Antonio, TX	Rank	San Diego, CA	Rank	San Francisco, CA	Rank	Seattle, WA	Rank	St. Louis, MO	Rank	Tampa, FL	Rank	Washington, DC	Rank
Annual Operating Cost for a Manufacturing Facility	$ 25,348,493	1	$ 27,541,168	7	$ 28,531,398	11	$ 29,366,726	18	$ 34,890,199	29	$ 26,802,285	5	$ 30,930,143	23	$ 28,782,360	12	$ 28,185,662	8	$ 29,877,533	20	$ 29,346,909	17	$ 29,089,586	14	$ 28,346,797	10	$ 33,729,046	27	$ 28,996,373	13	$ 29,703,548	19	$ 34,358,106	28	$ 29,301,065	16	$ 26,259,576	3	$ 27,395,014	6	$ 29,143,475	15	$ 29,899,325	21	$ 30,838,613	22	$ 26,267,401	4	$ 32,306,246	25	$ 38,411,918	30	$ 33,182,079	26	$ 28,316,584	9	$ 25,939,384	2	$ 32,280,853	24
Annual Operating Cost for an Office Facility	$ 22,101,009	2	$ 24,235,552	14	$ 25,988,818	24	$ 23,630,650	9	$ 27,267,782	26	$ 24,351,200	15	$ 25,623,527	22	$ 22,000,857	1	$ 24,819,741	18	$ 25,772,509	23	$ 23,812,447	10	$ 25,333,879	20	$ 23,365,640	8	$ 26,811,239	25	$ 24,705,492	17	$ 24,182,066	13	$ 30,787,454	29	$ 25,172,885	19	$ 22,108,851	3	$ 22,601,268	7	$ 23,935,497	12	$ 23,901,807	11	$ 24,477,716	16	$ 22,415,288	6	$ 25,611,627	21	$ 31,990,466	30	$ 27,622,901	27	$ 22,369,207	4	$ 22,399,059	5	$ 28,446,700	28
Average Asking Rate, Warehousing/Distribution Industrial Space	$8.48	13	$6.96	4	$12.16	19	$7.64	10	$14.92	23	$8.08	11	$7.33	6	$6.33	2	$8.12	12	$9.24	14	$6.70	3	$7.25	5	$12.52	21	$17.02	25	$16.43	24	$7.61	8	$29.38	28	$12.44	20	$12.75	22	$7.42	7	$10.54	17	N/A	N/A	$9.66	15	$7.61	8	$17.10	26	$20.65	27	$11.50	18	$5.27	1	$9.93	16	N/A	N/A
Average Asking Rate, Class A Office Space	$30.14	8	$35.27	14	$50.84	25	$27.96	5	$51.19	26	$37.07	17	$41.67	21	$23.49	2	$38.25	19	$36.51	16	$21.13	1	$37.70	18	$35.65	15	$49.24	23	$65.14	28	$33.25	10	$86.27	30	$31.51	9	$35.00	12	$28.19	6	$38.45	20	$29.91	7	$27.56	4	$47.13	22	$71.26	29	$33.74	11	$49.90	24	$24.36	3	$35.03	13	$61.23	27
Construction Cost Index	88.3	8	90.7	10	83.3	1	95.6	13	112.4	24	87.9	7	117.1	28	91.1	12	85.2	4	91.0	11	96.8	15	84.7	3	104.1	18	114.5	26	85.5	5	106.2	20	125.7	29	113.5	25	89.3	9	103.3	17	104.8	19	112.0	23	116.3	27	84.0	2	110.6	22	128.0	30	107.6	21	97.6	16	86.1	6	95.9	14
Average State Industrial Electricity Rate	9.39¢	19	6.88¢	7	6.60¢	2	9.94¢	22	17.88¢	25	7.15¢	9	8.20¢	16	7.03¢	8	6.60¢	2	8.50¢	17	8.16¢	15	6.60¢	2	10.36¢	23	18.64¢	26	9.39¢	19	9.20¢	18	6.87¢	6	7.75¢	11	8.11¢	14	7.75¢	11	7.52¢	10	18.64¢	26	18.64¢	26	6.60¢	2	18.64¢	26	18.64¢	26	6.35¢	1	7.90¢	13	9.39¢	19	10.85¢	24
Average State Commercial Electricity Rate	11.95¢	17	10.70¢	9	8.82¢	1	12.77¢	21	19.62¢	25	9.67¢	5	11.24¢	11	10.75¢	10	8.82¢	1	11.64¢	14	13.40¢	22	8.82¢	1	11.91¢	16	23.91¢	26	11.95¢	17	12.39¢	20	18.01¢	24	11.26¢	12	11.79¢	15	11.26¢	12	9.92¢	6	23.91¢	26	23.91¢	26	8.82¢	1	23.91¢	26	23.91¢	26	9.92¢	6	10.14¢	8	11.95¢	17	16.94¢	23
Hourly Median Wage by Occupation	$ 20.73	1	$ 23.26	12	$ 24.07	17	$ 26.03	21	$ 30.32	27	$ 23.00	11	$ 23.94	16	$ 22.73	7	$ 23.29	13	$ 28.12	25	$ 23.53	15	$ 22.58	6	$ 20.92	2	$ 24.27	19	$ 22.36	5	$ 26.37	22	$ 28.55	26	$ 24.12	18	$ 23.37	14	$ 22.77	8	$ 26.89	24	$ 22.81	9	$ 26.58	23	$ 21.34	3	$ 25.52	20	$ 34.64	30	$ 31.38	29	$ 22.83	10	$ 22.32	4	$ 31.30	28
— Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$ 17.11	4	$ 17.60	7	$ 18.00	9	$ 19.06	21	$ 21.37	26	$ 17.01	2	$ 18.20	12	$ 18.74	19	$ 18.08	10	$ 20.88	24	$ 18.69	17	$ 17.49	6	$ 17.93	8	$ 18.16	11	$ 17.18	5	$ 21.83	28	$ 18.72	18	$ 19.30	23	$ 18.84	20	$ 18.25	14	$ 21.04	25	$ 22.27	30	$ 19.19	22	$ 17.07	3	$ 18.27	15	$ 22.25	29	$ 21.71	27	$ 18.23	13	$ 16.89	1	$ 18.44	16
— Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	$ 38.40	17	$ 48.50	30	$ 37.24	12	$ 44.13	27	$ 40.42	24	$ 27.88	1	$ 37.65	14	$ 35.84	8	$ 40.22	23	$ 37.81	15	$ 34.06	6	$ 37.85	16	$ 45.74	29	$ 38.72	20	$ 31.10	4	$ 39.34	21	$ 44.15	28	$ 36.05	9	$ 36.07	10	$ 29.31	2	$ 38.57	19	$ 37.17	11	$ 37.43	13	$ 33.33	5	$ 38.43	18	$ 41.96	25	$ 39.83	22	$ 35.75	7	$ 31.02	3	$ 43.59	26
— Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$ 29.49	2	$ 39.51	26	$ 30.11	4	$ 39.51	26	$ 31.52	11	$ 31.51	10	$ 37.21	20	$ 35.26	16	$ 31.09	9	$ 34.15	13	$ 30.39	6	$ 32.44	12	$ 38.03	23	$ 37.82	22	$ 30.81	8	$ 34.72	14	$ 37.02	19	$ 29.58	3	$ 37.43	21	$ 30.70	7	$ 35.15	15	$ 38.30	24	$ 38.45	25	$ 30.35	5	$ 36.87	18	$ 39.51	26	$ 39.51	26	$ 36.64	17	$ 29.31	1	$ 40.46	30
— Software Developers	$ 53.85	5	$ 62.36	16	$ 63.14	17	$ 66.52	22	$ 66.87	23	$ 65.26	21	$ 62.11	13	$ 51.87	3	$ 62.26	15	$ 64.90	20	$ 51.68	2	$ 60.44	9	$ 58.57	7	$ 73.83	28	$ 62.18	14	$ 61.40	12	$ 71.68	26	$ 61.13	11	$ 60.53	10	$ 51.50	1	$ 63.88	18	$ 64.59	19	$ 68.38	25	$ 59.91	8	$ 73.36	27	$ 82.86	30	$ 80.30	29	$ 52.60	4	$ 57.56	6	$ 68.03	24
— Computer User Support Specialists	$ 24.25	2	$ 29.08	15	$ 27.27	10	$ 28.92	14	$ 36.43	28	$ 28.03	12	$ 29.24	17	$ 25.38	4	$ 27.53	11	$ 33.34	25	$ 28.28	13	$ 26.45	9	$ 23.33	1	$ 33.22	24	$ 26.42	8	$ 30.80	20	$ 32.52	23	$ 29.19	16	$ 29.49	18	$ 25.49	5	$ 30.09	19	$ 31.03	21	$ 48.06	30	$ 24.70	3	$ 31.90	22	$ 39.13	29	$ 35.18	27	$ 26.00	6	$ 26.00	6	$ 34.74	26
— General and Operations Managers	$ 48.04	7	$ 50.34	18	$ 49.32	15	$ 48.07	8	$ 61.65	24	$ 52.11	20	$ 51.42	19	$ 46.74	5	$ 48.92	11	$ 64.05	25	$ 49.24	13	$ 48.69	10	$ 40.52	2	$ 57.17	23	$ 49.33	16	$ 49.26	14	$ 66.65	27	$ 53.23	21	$ 45.31	4	$ 48.60	9	$ 47.87	6	$ 50.19	17	$ 55.70	22	$ 42.54	3	N/A	30	$ 68.87	29	$ 64.44	26	$ 39.98	1	$ 49.02	12	$ 68.62	28
— Customer Service Representatives	$ 18.17	3	$ 18.75	7	$ 18.69	6	$ 19.26	11	$ 23.19	28	$ 19.43	14	$ 21.36	20	$ 18.76	8	$ 19.18	9	$ 21.73	22	$ 20.39	16	$ 18.14	2	$ 18.05	1	$ 21.97	23	$ 18.22	4	$ 22.98	27	$ 22.82	26	$ 21.20	18	$ 19.51	15	$ 19.24	10	$ 22.17	24	$ 21.20	18	$ 22.18	25	$ 19.35	12	$ 21.36	20	$ 24.88	30	$ 24.06	29	$ 19.40	13	$ 18.62	5	$ 21.03	17
— Human Resources Specialists	$ 29.06	1	$ 31.86	12	$ 32.57	14	$ 37.68	23	$ 37.76	24	$ 35.04	18	$ 32.64	15	$ 30.46	10	$ 30.22	7	$ 38.04	26	$ 32.21	13	$ 30.42	9	$ 29.82	4	$ 36.85	20	$ 29.35	2	$ 37.30	21	$ 39.45	27	$ 33.31	17	$ 30.54	11	$ 29.50	3	$ 36.10	19	$ 33.16	16	$ 37.47	22	$ 29.83	5	$ 37.92	25	$ 47.19	30	$ 41.87	28	$ 30.40	8	$ 30.07	6	$ 44.75	29
— Registered Nurses	$ 38.88	4	$ 44.34	14	$ 44.94	17	$ 42.94	12	$ 48.25	21	$ 39.03	5	$ 40.94	10	$ 38.85	3	$ 44.85	15	$ 41.99	11	$ 40.34	9	$ 44.87	16	$ 46.40	18	$ 62.02	27	$ 40.19	7	$ 48.46	22	$ 52.18	23	$ 46.50	19	$ 42.97	13	$ 38.28	1	$ 56.18	25	$ 61.09	26	$ 75.87	29	$ 40.26	8	$ 63.82	28	$ 87.14	30	$ 52.74	24	$ 38.83	2	$ 39.58	6	$ 47.12	20
— Pharmacy Technicians	$ 18.20	2	$ 18.75	9	$ 22.01	19	$ 18.25	3	$ 22.05	20	$ 19.16	10	$ 20.81	13	$ 18.60	7	$ 20.96	14	$ 22.77	22	$ 18.65	8	$ 20.96	14	$ 20.97	16	$ 23.64	25	$ 19.67	11	$ 23.10	23	$ 20.31	12	$ 18.46	5	$ 22.11	21	$ 18.30	4	$ 24.77	27	$ 23.10	23	$ 26.31	28	$ 21.50	18	$ 23.64	25	$ 29.56	30	$ 27.56	29	$ 18.48	6	$ 18.15	1	$ 21.46	17
State Business Tax Climate Ranking	4	N/A	26	N/A	7	N/A	46	N/A	41	N/A	12	N/A	37	N/A	35	N/A	7	N/A	32	N/A	14	N/A	7	N/A	17	N/A	48	N/A	4	N/A	44	N/A	50	N/A	34	N/A	15	N/A	34	N/A	30	N/A	48	N/A	48	N/A	7	N/A	48	N/A	48	N/A	45	N/A	13	N/A	4	N/A	N/A	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	5.50%	13	5.39%	12	None	1	8.25%	22	8.00%	21	2.25%	8	9.50%	29	None	1	None	1	4.40%	10	6.00%	16	None	1	None	1	8.84%	23	5.50%	13	9.80%	30	7.25%	17	7.99%	19	4.90%	11	7.99%	19	7.60%	18	8.84%	23	8.84%	23	None	1	8.84%	23	8.84%	23	None	1	4.00%	9	5.50%	13	8.25%	22
Personal Income Tax Rate	None	1	5.39%	18	None	1	5.75%	19	9.00%	21	4.25%	13	4.95%	17	3.50%	12	None	1	4.40%	15	4.25%	13	None	1	None	1	13.30%	26	None	1	9.85%	22	10.90%	25	3.07%	10	2.50%	9	3.07%	10	9.90%	23	13.30%	26	13.30%	26	None	1	13.30%	26	13.30%	26	7.00%	20	4.70%	16	None	1	10.75%	24
Combined State & Local Sales Tax Rate	6.9%	8	7.4%	13	8.2%	16	6.0%	2	6.3%	5	7.0%	11	8.9%	29	7.2%	12	8.2%	16	7.9%	14	6.0%	2	8.2%	16	8.2%	20	8.8%	24	6.9%	8	8.1%	15	8.5%	23	6.3%	6	8.4%	22	6.3%	6	0.0%	1	8.8%	24	8.8%	24	8.2%	16	8.8%	24	8.8%	24	9.4%	30	8.4%	21	6.9%	8	6.0%	2
State Workers' Compensation Employer Insurance Costs Per $100 of Payroll	$ 0.99	18	$ 0.85	15	$ 0.41	2	$ 0.78	12	$ 0.64	9	$ 0.66	10	$ 0.80	13	$ 0.61	7	$ 0.41	2	$ 0.66	10	$ 0.56	6	$ 0.41	2	$ 0.84	14	$ 1.43	26	$ 0.99	18	$ 0.87	16	$ 1.17	25	$ 1.10	22	$ 0.63	8	$ 1.10	22	$ 0.96	17	$ 1.43	26	$ 1.43	26	$ 0.41	2	$ 1.43	26	$ 1.43	26	$ 1.16	24	$ 1.02	21	$ 0.99	18	$ 0.34	1
Unemployment Insurance Tax Rate	0.10	1	0.26	7	0.32	9	0.20	5	0.79	28	0.33	13	0.60	24	0.50	21	0.32	9	0.46	20	0.51	23	0.32	9	0.83	29	0.35	14	0.10	1	0.44	19	0.50	21	0.60	24	0.20	5	0.60	24	1.12	30	0.35	14	0.35	14	0.32	9	0.35	14	0.35	14	0.73	27	0.11	4	0.10	1	0.30	8
Taxable Wage Base for Unemployment Insurance	$ 7,000	1	$ 9,500	17	$ 9,000	11	$ 8,500	10	$ 15,000	24	$ 31,400	26	$ 13,590	23	$ 9,000	11	$ 9,000	11	$ 23,800	25	$ 9,500	17	$ 9,000	11	$ 40,600	27	$ 7,000	1	$ 7,000	1	$ 42,000	28	$ 12,500	22	$ 10,000	19	$ 8,000	9	$ 10,000	19	$ 52,800	29	$ 7,000	1	$ 7,000	1	$ 9,000	11	$ 7,000	1	$ 7,000	1	$ 68,500	30	$ 10,000	19	$ 7,000	1	$ 9,000	11
Average Annual Cost Paid by Employers for Health Premiums for Family Coverage	$23,597	6	$24,360	26	$23,976	17	$23,945	16	$26,355	29	$22,650	2	$24,290	24	$23,895	10	$23,976	17	$23,980	21	$22,718	3	$23,976	17	$21,956	1	$23,943	11	$23,597	6	$25,212	27	$26,355	30	$24,000	22	$23,758	9	$24,000	22	$22,796	4	$23,943	11	$23,943	11	$23,976	17	$23,943	11	$23,943	11	$24,355	25	$23,387	5	$23,597	6	$25,793	28
Right to Work State	Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	No	N/A	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A

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	Orlando, FL	Rank	Atlanta, GA	Rank	Austin, TX	Rank	Baltimore, MD	Rank	Boston, MA	Rank	Charlotte, NC	Rank	Chicago, IL	Rank	Cincinnati, OH	Rank	Dallas, TX	Rank	Denver, CO	Rank	Detroit, MI	Rank	Houston, TX	Rank	Las Vegas, NV	Rank	Los Angeles, CA	Rank	Miami, FL	Rank	Minneapolis, MN	Rank	New York, NY	Rank	Philadelphia, PA	Rank	Phoenix, AZ	Rank	Pittsburgh, PA	Rank	Portland, OR	Rank	Riverside, CA	Rank	Sacramento, CA	Rank	San Antonio, TX	Rank	San Diego, CA	Rank	San Francisco, CA	Rank	Seattle, WA	Rank	St. Louis, MO	Rank	Tampa, FL	Rank	Washington, DC	Rank
International Airports Within 100 Miles	9	2	2	19	2	19	4	11	4	11	3	18	8	4	4	11	2	19	1	27	8	4	2	19	2	19	4	11	4	11	2	19	10	1	9	2	1	27	2	19	1	27	5	9	4	11	2	19	6	7	4	11	6	7	1	27	8	4	5	9
Number of Nonstop Domestic Destinations	143	5	150	4	69	22	75	20	62	25	141	6	176	3	47	26	190	1	184	2	90	17	117	11	134	8	114	12	96	14	109	13	92	16	89	18	141	6	42	28	68	23	29	30	43	27	34	29	71	21	88	19	96	14	65	24	118	10	122	9
Number of Nonstop International Destinations	57	9	70	5	11	22	17	21	50	11	40	12	63	7	7	26	71	4	33	14	23	19	67	6	26	17	78	3	119	2	33	14	120	1	36	13	25	18	6	30	10	23	8	25	7	26	7	26	10	23	57	9	33	14	7	26	21	20	60	8
Deepwater Ports Within 100 Miles	5	9	0	20	0	20	4	12	8	2	2	18	7	3	0	20	0	20	0	20	11	1	6	8	0	20	3	13	3	13	0	20	7	3	5	9	0	20	0	20	7	3	3	13	7	3	0	20	3	13	7	3	5	9	0	20	3	13	2	18
Space Launch Ports Within 100 Miles	3	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	1	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	N/A

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	Orlando, FL	Rank	Atlanta, GA	Rank	Austin, TX	Rank	Baltimore, MD	Rank	Boston, MA	Rank	Charlotte, NC	Rank	Chicago, IL	Rank	Cincinnati, OH	Rank	Dallas, TX	Rank	Denver, CO	Rank	Detroit, MI	Rank	Houston, TX	Rank	Las Vegas, NV	Rank	Los Angeles, CA	Rank	Miami, FL	Rank	Minneapolis, MN	Rank	New York, NY	Rank	Philadelphia, PA	Rank	Phoenix, AZ	Rank	Pittsburgh, PA	Rank	Portland, OR	Rank	Riverside, CA	Rank	Sacramento, CA	Rank	San Antonio, TX	Rank	San Diego, CA	Rank	San Francisco, CA	Rank	Seattle, WA	Rank	St. Louis, MO	Rank	Tampa, FL	Rank	Washington, DC	Rank
Average Daily Temperature (°F)	75.0	N/A	66.2	N/A	73.1	N/A	58.7	N/A	53.7	N/A	64.0	N/A	55.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	70.1	N/A	N/A	N/A	54.1	N/A	74.2	N/A	71.7	N/A	62.7	N/A	79.2	N/A	50.9	N/A	57.9	N/A	58.9	N/A	77.7	N/A	54.7	N/A	56.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	63.5	N/A	73.2	N/A	64.0	N/A	59.5	N/A	53.6	N/A	61.2	N/A	76.2	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cost of Living Index (U.S. = 100)	96.4	8	96.0	6	97.4	9	100.4	13	145.9	25	91.2	2	115.1	19	96.1	7	101.7	14	108.6	18	103.3	15	94.2	5	98.5	12	149.4	26	120.8	21	93.6	4	230.6	28	103.3	15	106.3	17	98.2	11	116.6	20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	91.2	2	145.3	24	166.8	27	145.1	23	89.1	1	97.6	10	141.9	22
Median Home Price	$ 445,000	15	$ 374,700	8	$ 466,300	16	$ 411,600	14	$ 735,700	26	$ 409,300	13	$ 369,600	7	$ 296,300	4	$ 382,500	10	$ 650,900	24	$ 270,700	3	$ 340,200	6	$ 480,400	18	$ 939,700	28	$ 635,000	23	$ 386,100	11	$ 708,500	25	$ 376,500	9	$ 476,400	17	$ 225,400	1	$ 589,300	20	$ 597,500	21	$ 550,000	19	$ 314,500	5	$ 985,000	29	$ 1,315,600	30	$ 785,300	27	$ 270,300	2	$ 406,000	12	$ 623,400	22
Monthly Rent for a Two-Bedroom Apartment	$1,690	12	$1,464	5	$1,849	16	$1,695	13	$3,993	28	$1,562	8	$3,240	25	$1,416	3	$1,572	9	$1,899	18	$1,560	7	$1,322	2	$1,576	10	$2,988	21	$3,211	23	$1,419	4	$5,719	29	$1,851	17	$1,792	14	$1,602	11	$2,574	20	N/A	N/A	$2,241	19	$1,521	6	$3,153	22	$3,749	27	$3,259	26	$1,128	1	$1,796	15	$3,212	24
Average Tuition Cost - Two-Year Degree	$ 2,506	7	$ 3,174	15	$ 2,859	11	$ 5,562	26	$ 4,367	20	$ 2,524	10	$ 4,204	19	$ 4,498	21	$ 2,859	11	$ 3,329	16	$ 3,871	17	$ 2,859	11	N/A	N/A	$ 1,281	1	$ 2,506	7	$ 5,795	28	$ 5,660	27	$ 5,549	24	$ 2,182	6	$ 5,549	24	$ 5,204	23	$ 1,281	1	$ 1,281	1	$ 2,859	11	$ 1,281	1	$ 1,281	1	$ 4,727	22	$ 3,909	18	$ 2,506	7	N/A	N/A
Average Tuition Cost - Four-Year Degree	$ 4,613	1	$ 7,632	7	$ 8,187	9	$ 14,023	26	$ 9,851	20	$ 7,337	6	$ 14,993	30	$ 10,456	22	$ 8,187	9	$ 9,573	19	$ 14,112	27	$ 8,187	9	$ 6,564	5	$ 8,559	14	$ 4,613	1	$ 12,345	25	$ 8,541	13	$ 14,920	28	$ 11,452	23	$ 14,920	28	$ 11,871	24	$ 8,559	14	$ 8,559	14	$ 8,187	9	$ 8,559	14	$ 8,559	14	$ 7,842	8	$ 9,944	21	$ 4,613	1	$ 6,152	4
Annual Hours Lost in Congestion	62	12	82	25	62	12	54	7	73	23	48	2	72	22	49	4	68	16	66	14	61	10	69	18	50	6	122	30	79	24	59	9	92	28	68	16	69	18	47	1	70	20	70	20	61	10	48	2	66	14	109	29	82	25	49	4	57	8	85	27
MICHELIN Starred Restaurants	7	8	9	7	7	8	0	16	0	16	0	16	19	5	0	16	1	15	4	12	0	16	6	10	0	16	29	3	14	6	0	16	74	1	0	16	0	16	0	16	0	16	0	16	2	14	1	15	4	12	33	2	0	16	0	16	5	11	26	4
Number of Pro Sports Teams	5	12	7	6	2	26	2	26	8	4	3	20	11	3	3	20	8	4	4	17	4	17	6	9	5	12	15	1	5	12	7	6	15	1	6	9	5	12	3	20	3	20	1	29	2	26	1	29	5	12	4	17	6	9	3	20	3	20	7	6