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We’re on a mission at Zippia to criss-cross the country looking for the best and worst places for jobs.
Today, we set our sites on the worst cities to find a job in California after looking at the best places in California a short while ago.
These cities did not have the grit needed to make it to the big leagues and get that big promotion we all hope to get.
After looking at the data for the 100 biggest cities in California, the ten worst cities to find a job in the Golden State are:
Stockton Modesto Salinas Fresno Visalia Fresno Santa Maria San Bernardino Bakersfield Oakland
Read on to see how we did it.
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How We Determined The Worst Places For Jobs In The Golden State
After getting the data for every place in California, we ultimately decided to limit our analysis to the biggest places with over 5,000 people.
That left us with 100 cities.
We then ranked each place across a number of criteria from one to 100, with 1 being the worst in any given category.
Finally, we took the average rank across all criteria, with the place posting the lowest overall score gaining the title “Worst City In California To Find A Job”.
The criteria we looked at were:
1. Stockton
Population: 292,262Recent Job Growth: 0.18%Future Job Growth: 26.20%
2. Modesto
Population: 201,986Recent Job Growth: -0.11%Future Job Growth: 29.20%
3. Salinas
Population: 150,634Recent Job Growth: 0.19%Future Job Growth: 27.20%
4. Fresno
Population: 495,777Recent Job Growth: 0.91%Future Job Growth: 30.40%
5. Visalia
Population: 123,905Recent Job Growth: -2.84%Future Job Growth: 26.00%
6. Fresno
Population: 495,777Recent Job Growth: 0.91%Future Job Growth: 30.40%
7. Santa Maria
Population: 98,715Recent Job Growth: 0.20%Future Job Growth: 31.80%
8. San Bernardino
Population: 210,624Recent Job Growth: 1.17%Future Job Growth: 31.00%
9. Bakersfield
Population: 347,091Recent Job Growth: -0.24%Future Job Growth: 31.60%
10. Oakland
Population: 392,890Recent Job Growth: 0.69%Future Job Growth: 32.50%
Wrapping It Up With Friday Night Drinks
After crunching all the numbers, Stockton took the “top” spot as the worst city in California for a job.
So while the economy continues to improve and jobs become available across the state of California, these cities lag behind.
Hopefully they can catch up before they miss their next bonus.
Detailed List Of Worst Places In California To Get A Job
City
Rank
Population
Recent Job Growth
Future Job Growth
stockton 1
292,262
0.18%
26.20%
modesto 2
201,986
-0.11%
29.20%
salinas 3
150,634
0.19%
27.20%
fresno 4
495,777
0.91%
30.40%
visalia 5
123,905
-2.84%
26.00%
fresno 6
495,777
0.91%
30.40%
santa maria 7
98,715
0.20%
31.80%
san bernardino 8
210,624
1.17%
31.00%
bakersfield 9
347,091
-0.24%
31.60%
oakland 10
392,890
0.69%
32.50%
bakersfield 11
347,091
-0.24%
31.60%
rialto 12
100,009
1.17%
31.50%
richmond 13
104,225
0.70%
31.30%
vallejo 14
116,417
0.64%
32.60%
santa ana 15
326,608
0.67%
33.20%
victorville 16
115,069
1.17%
32.20%
el cajon 17
99,680
1.04%
33.80%
el cajon 18
99,680
1.04%
33.80%
moreno valley 19
193,758
1.17%
32.60%
ontario 20
165,260
1.17%
33.40%
oxnard 21
197,456
0.71%
33.00%
fairfield 22
105,407
0.65%
33.60%
lancaster 23
155,496
2.50%
34.10%
anaheim 24
337,471
0.67%
34.80%
fairfield 25
105,407
0.65%
33.60%
inglewood 26
110,225
2.50%
35.40%
anaheim 27
337,471
0.67%
34.80%
inglewood 28
110,225
2.50%
35.40%
sacramento 29
467,467
1.31%
34.20%
el monte 30
114,032
2.50%
35.50%
garden grove 31
171,377
0.67%
35.00%
el monte 32
114,032
2.50%
35.50%
riverside 33
306,128
1.17%
33.90%
garden grove 34
171,377
0.67%
35.00%
fontana 35
196,129
1.17%
33.60%
jurupa valley
36
97,673
1.17%
34.00%
fontana 37
196,129
1.17%
33.60%
jurupa valley
38
97,673
1.17%
34.00%
antioch 39
102,575
0.69%
34.50%
palmdale 40
151,841
2.50%
35.50%
antioch 41
102,575
0.69%
34.50%
escondido 42
144,311
1.04%
35.80%
hayward 43
145,165
0.69%
35.00%
escondido 44
144,311
1.04%
35.80%
concord 45
122,683
0.69%
34.80%
hayward 46
145,165
0.69%
35.00%
concord 47
122,683
0.69%
34.80%
pomona 48
149,431
2.50%
36.50%
los angeles 49
3,804,503
2.50%
36.50%
chula vista 50
242,499
1.04%
35.00%
chula vista 51
242,499
1.04%
35.00%
long beach 52
463,589
2.50%
36.60%
east los angeles 53
126,751
2.50%
37.40%
fullerton 54
135,419
0.67%
35.70%
east los angeles 55
126,751
2.50%
37.40%
fullerton 56
135,419
0.67%
35.70%
berkeley 57
112,662
0.69%
35.90%
berkeley 58
112,662
0.69%
35.90%
san diego 59
1,308,619
1.04%
36.10%
oceanside 60
167,799
1.04%
36.40%
costa mesa 61
110,322
0.67%
36.80%
ventura san buenaventura
62
106,273
0.71%
35.90%
norwalk 63
105,603
2.50%
36.90%
costa mesa 64
110,322
0.67%
36.80%
orange 65
136,891
0.67%
36.70%
glendale 66
192,537
2.50%
38.40%
glendale 67
192,537
2.50%
38.40%
corona 68
153,644
1.17%
36.20%
roseville 69
119,537
1.32%
36.40%
corona 70
153,644
1.17%
36.20%
simi valley 71
123,942
0.71%
36.40%
huntington beach 72
191,403
0.67%
37.20%
huntington beach 73
191,403
0.67%
37.20%
downey 74
111,807
2.50%
38.90%
temecula 75
100,621
1.17%
36.70%
downey 76
111,807
2.50%
38.90%
thousand oaks 77
126,570
0.71%
36.70%
west covina 78
106,290
2.50%
38.30%
rancho cucamonga 79
165,775
1.17%
36.90%
murrieta 80
102,345
1.17%
36.90%
elk grove 81
151,639
1.32%
36.90%
irvine 82
213,880
0.67%
37.60%
elk grove 83
151,639
1.32%
36.90%
irvine 84
213,880
0.67%
37.60%
fremont 85
215,188
0.69%
37.30%
fremont 86
215,188
0.69%
37.30%
daly city 87
101,538
1.66%
38.00%
daly city 88
101,538
1.66%
38.00%
burbank 89
103,420
2.50%
38.90%
carlsbad 90
105,097
1.04%
38.20%
burbank 91
103,420
2.50%
38.90%
carlsbad 92
105,097
1.04%
38.20%
santa rosa 93
167,207
2.81%
40.40%
pasadena 94
137,316
2.50%
39.20%
san francisco 95
807,755
1.66%
38.90%
san jose 96
954,379
2.52%
39.10%
santa clarita 97
175,922
2.50%
40.40%
santa clara 98
116,301
2.52%
40.20%
torrance 99
145,443
2.50%
41.30%
sunnyvale 100
141,123
2.52%
40.50%
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