Develop Austin Texas » best cities to get ahead http://www.developaustintexas.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:08:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Austin is #7 in “Best Cities to get Ahead” http://www.developaustintexas.com/austin-is-7-in-best-cities-to-get-ahead/ http://www.developaustintexas.com/austin-is-7-in-best-cities-to-get-ahead/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:27:02 +0000 admin http://www.developaustintexas.com/?p=128 From Forbes:

“Total Population: 1,249,763
Number of Top Companies: three
Median Household Income: $56,422
Cost of Living: 94.93 (average is 100)
Unemployment Rate: 5.8%

With one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, Austin’s popularity streak continues. This has quite a bit to do with the metro area’s employers, which include the University of Texas, Advanced Micro Devices and Dell.”

Accolades just keep coming in for Austin!

If anyone’s curious about the rest of the list:

10. New York, NY

9. Kansas City, MO

8. St. Louis, MO

7. Austin, TX

6. Washington D.C.

5. Boston, MA

4. Pittsburgh, PA

3. Minneapolis, MN

2. Dallas, TX

1. Houston, TX

 
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