BALTIMORE, Maryland
Population: 278,427
Unemployment: 5.9 percent
Leading Industries: Electronics, Technology

Once an industrial and manufacturing town, Baltimore’s workforce has gone through a transformation to accommodate the city’s growing reputation as a
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CLEVELAND, Ohio
Population: 390,113
Unemployment: 6.4 percent
Leading Industries: Manufacturing, Engineering

A work(force) in progress, Cleveland is aggressive in its efforts to attract top talent through things like GlobalCleveland.org. Apparently it’s workin
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CORVALLIS, Oregon
Population: 55,298
Unemployment: 4.8 percent
Leading Industries: Bio-science, Education

When major employers include the likes of the National Clonal Germplasm Repository and Hewlett-Packard, which developed the laptop computer at its local cam
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DALLAS, Texas
Population: 1,257,676
Unemployment: 4.0 percent
Leading Industries: Technology, Telecommunication

Dallas sometimes battles its cowboy or oily (black gold) image. But the fact is the city has a great concentration of highly skilled workers to fuel t
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FARGO, North Dakota
Population: 113,658
Unemployment: 2.8 percent
Leading Industries: Agriculture, Manufacturing

Forbes named Fargo the best small city to start a business in part because it has one of the youngest—55 percent of residents are under 35—and mo
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FORT COLLINS, Colorado
Population: 152,061
Unemployment: 3.8 percent
Leading Industries: Clean energy, Bio-science

If a workforce is a supply chain, Fort Collins has one of the best ones going. Local public schools rank high nationally; more than 80 percent of h
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IRVINE, California
Population: 236,716
Unemployment: 4.3 percent
Leading Industries: Education, Medical

This is a highly educated, highly skilled workforce that gets paid as such; median household income is above $90,000. Large international tech and science-rel
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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin
Population: 599,164
Unemployment: 5.5 percent
Leading Industries: Financial services, Machinery

One of the most educated, able and adaptable workforces in the country, Milwaukee workers turn out Harley-Davidsons while providing its financing
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PHOENIX, Arizona
Population: 1,513,367
Unemployment: 5.4 percent
Leading Industries: Business services, Tourism

Phoenix’s workforce strength is a numbers game: The city has averaged 4 percent annual growth for four decades and is now the sixth largest city in
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WICHITA, Kansas
Population: 386,552
Unemployment: 5.2 percent
Leading Industries: Aircraft manufacturing, Healthcare

Aircraft manufacturing is so integral to Wichita’s economic landscape that the area calls itself “Air Capital of the World.” In fact, deman
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