These Are The 10 Best Places Places In Pennsylvania To Get A Job

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If you’re starting to look for a job in Pennsylvania, you’ve come to the right place.

You might think off the top of your head that Harrisburg would be an excellent place to find a job. And while the capital does offer many opportunities, it isn’t the best in the state according to the data.

Here at Zippia, we aim to answer questions like this using cold hard facts and analysis. So we set our sights on determining the best place in Pennsylvania to find a job.

After analyzing all 23 plus places in Pennsylvania, we came up with this list as the best places for jobs in the Keystone State:

So listen up Hazleton as we explain how we created this ranking, you could learn some things from the rest of the state.

How We Determined The Best Places For Jobs In Keystone State

We first researched detailed data on all places in Pennsylvania. However, in order to properly compare places in an apples-to-apples manner, we set a minimum population threshold of 5,000 people.

This left us with 23 places in Pennsylvania to analyze.

We then ranked each place across a number of criteria from one to 23, with one being the best.

We took the average rank across all criteria, with the place posting the lowest overall score being crowned the winner of the title “Best Place For Jobs In Pennsylvania”.

The criteria we looked at were:

Unemployment rate
Recent job growth
Future job growth
Median household income

Sources of criteria include the the BLS and Sperling’s Best Places.

If your city or town isn’t among the top 10, jump down to the bottom of the post to see a detailed chart and a downloadable file of all the data.

Otherwise, learn how these cities moved up the career ladder.

1. Phoenixville

Population: 16,430Unemployment Rate: 3.80%
Recent Job Growth: 1.44%
Future Job Growth: 39.10%

2. Plum

Population: 27,147Unemployment Rate: 4.30%
Recent Job Growth: 1.44%
Future Job Growth: 38.60%

3. Carlisle

Population: 18,727Unemployment Rate: 3.90%
Recent Job Growth: 2.34%
Future Job Growth: 40.80%

4. Lansdale

Population: 16,278Unemployment Rate: 4.30%
Recent Job Growth: 1.44%
Future Job Growth: 38.60%

5. Baldwin

Population: 19,723Unemployment Rate: 4.50%
Recent Job Growth: 1.44%
Future Job Growth: 38.40%

6. Harrisburg

Population: 49,401Unemployment Rate: 6.50%
Recent Job Growth: 2.34%
Future Job Growth: 38.20%

7. Lancaster

Population: 59,205Unemployment Rate: 5.90%
Recent Job Growth: 1.72%
Future Job Growth: 37.50%

8. Erie

Population: 101,454Unemployment Rate: 6.00%
Recent Job Growth: 1.86%
Future Job Growth: 37.70%

9. Pittsburgh

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 306,430Unemployment Rate: 4.80%
Recent Job Growth: 1.44%
Future Job Growth: 38.10%

10. Mckeesport

Population: 19,877 Unemployment Rate: 6.20%
Recent Job Growth: 1.45%
Future Job Growth: 36.70%

Detailed List Of The Best Places In Pennsylvania For Jobs

City	Rank	Population	Unemployment Rate	Recent Job Growth	Future Job Growth
Phoenixville	1	16,430	3.80%	1.44%	39.10%
Plum	2	27,147	4.30%	1.44%	38.60%
Carlisle	3	18,727	3.90%	2.34%	40.80%
Lansdale	4	16,278	4.30%	1.44%	38.60%
Baldwin	5	19,723	4.50%	1.44%	38.40%
Harrisburg	6	49,401	6.50%	2.34%	38.20%
Lancaster	7	59,205	5.90%	1.72%	37.50%
Erie	8	101,454	6.00%	1.86%	37.70%
Pittsburgh	9	306,430	4.80%	1.44%	38.10%
McKeesport	10	19,877	6.20%	1.45%	36.70%
Lebanon	11	25,495	7.20%	2.58%	38.00%
Altoona	12	46,434	5.30%	0.62%	35.90%
Bethlehem	13	75,016	6.30%	0.69%	35.10%
Hermitage	14	16,252	5.20%	0.74%	36.30%
Chambersburg	15	20,217	4.50%	0.09%	35.70%
Johnstown	16	20,976	6.90%	1.01%	35.10%
Philadelphia	17	1,525,811	6.80%	1.44%	36.10%
Easton	18	26,885	6.40%	0.69%	35.00%
Allentown	19	117,942	7.30%	0.69%	34.10%
Chester	20	34,127	8.90%	1.44%	34.00%
Reading	21	87,926	7.80%	0.70%	33.60%
Scranton	22	76,021	6.70%	-0.05%	33.20%
Hazleton	23	25,166	10.80%	-0.05%	29.10%

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Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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