Seattle 14th easiest market to find jobs

Seattle has the 14th best job market among major cities, according to a recent survey by a leading job search engine. With 5.1 unemployed individuals per advertised job, Seattle improved from 18th place on December’s survey.

The Index was calculated by Juju.com to provide a useful guide to the relative difficulties faced by job seekers in particular geographies. To compute it, Juju.com divides the number of unemployed workers in each metro area, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), by the number of jobs in Juju's comprehensive index of millions of online jobs in the United States.

The survey declared Washington D.C. to be the easiest place to find work, with just 1.91 unemployed people per advertised job, followed by San Jose (2.50) and Baltimore (2.93). Detroit placed last on the list of 50 cities, with 20 unemployed people per advertised job. (See chart for list of top 20 cities for job hunters.)

Juju also compares job search difficulty among states. Washington was 25th on January's survey, slipping five spots from the previous month. The District of Columbia topped the list, followed by Virginia and North Dakota, the same 1-2-3 rankings reported for December.
In a statement accompanying the survey results, Juju – a job search engine, not a job board -- noted its guide of relative difficulties faced by job seekers "should be considered in the context of the well known challenges of measuring and analyzing unemployment data."