Pgh ranked #13 for job growth among large cities (Pittsburgh, Dallas: best cities, employment)

[BrianTH]

We've seen stuff like this before, but this one is interesting to me because their methodology goes back ten years. So although we already knew Pittsburgh was doing relatively well in the recession, this is an indication that because it has done relatively well in the recession, it is moving up the rankings for longer periods (note Pittsburgh was up 16 places over the same ranking methodology last year).

Large Cities Rankings - 2010 Best Cities for Job Growth | Newgeography.com

Here is a link to their methodology and an excerpt:

2010 How We Pick the Best Cities For Job Growth | Newgeography.com

The index is calculated from a normalized, weighted summary of: 1) recent growth trend: the current and prior year's employment growth rates, with the current year emphasized (two points); 2) mid-term growth: the average annual 2004-2009 growth rate (two points); 3) long-term trend and momentum: the sum of the 2004-2009 and 1999-2003 employment growth rates multiplied by the ratio of the 1999-2003 growth rate over the 2004-2009 growth rate (two points); and 4) current year growth (one point).

[dirimini]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[barneyg]

Interesting read indeed. I'll add that Pittsburgh would be a couple of spots higher if they had used whole metro areas (CSAs) instead of subdivisions for the larger ones -- both Dallas and Fort Worth are separately listed above Pittsburgh, as well as NoVA and DC/Arlington/Alexandria. NYC would likely also be below Pittsburgh if Nassau/Suffolk, Westchester, and the various NJ subdivisions were included under a single umbrella.