{"h1":"Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Northeast","faq":[{"a":"New York is the best all-round city for new graduates in the Northeast, with a score of 66 / 100.","q":"Which city ranks first: best all-round cities for new graduates in the northeast?"},{"a":"19 cities have at least 100 openings, so the list has 19 entries.","q":"How many cities are ranked?"},{"a":"A city's score is the weighted average of its percentile rank on each measure among the ranked cities (100 is first, 0 is last): entry-level share of openings 40%, pay after cost of living 25%, entry-level openings 20%, openings with pay posted 15%. A score of 100 would mean first on every measure and 50 is the middle of the pack. The measures and weights are fixed in advance and shown here; they are a judgment about what matters to this reader, so use the single-measure rankings when one thing matters most. Only cities with enough openings and pay data are ranked. A city where one employer posts more than 50% of its openings is not ranked, so a single company cannot decide a city's score.","q":"How is the ranking calculated?"},{"a":"Every month. This is the November 2026 edition. Older editions stay on this site at their own dated addresses.","q":"How often is it updated?"}],"lead":"New York is the best all-round city for new graduates in the Northeast, with a score of 66 / 100.","minN":100,"rows":[{"n":20589,"bar":1,"key":"NY|new york","sub":"NY","href":"/places/new-york/city/new-york","name":"New York","rank":1,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level share of openings","value":"24%"},{"label":"Pay after cost of living","value":"$147k"},{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"4,970"}],"value":66.38888888888889,"change":null,"employers":["Amazon","Publicis Groupe","Morgan Stanley"],"valueLabel":"66 / 100"},{"n":1514,"bar":0.9414225941422595,"key":"PA|pittsburgh","sub":"PA","href":"/places/pennsylvania/city/pittsburgh","name":"Pittsburgh","rank":2,"stats":[{"label":"Entry-level share of openings","value":"35%"},{"label":"Pay after cost of living","value":"$121k"},{"label":"Entry-level openings","value":"533"}],"value":62.5,"change":null,"employers":["PNC Financial 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The measures and weights are fixed in advance and shown here; they are a judgment about what matters to this reader, so use the single-measure rankings when one thing matters most.","Only cities with enough openings and pay data are ranked.","A city where one employer posts more than 50% of its openings is not ranked, so a single company cannot decide a city's score."],"builtAt":"2026-11-03T03:50:28.595Z","edition":"2026-11","measure":"cgrad","sources":["NextChapter job data: open professional roles and posted pay","Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities 2024"],"baseline":null,"keyFacts":["#1 New York, NY: 66 / 100","#2 Pittsburgh, PA: 63 / 100","#3 Syracuse, NY: 60 / 100","19 cities ranked in the Northeast","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"cities","commentary":["The top ten is tightly packed: New York leads on 66 / 100, and #10 Cambridge is at 48 / 100.","Somerville reaches #9 on a sample of 295 openings, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.","New York is the largest market in the top ten, with 20,589 openings behind its figure.","Cities with fewer than 100 openings are not ranked, and small differences between neighbouring ranks are not meaningful."],"license":"Free to use and share with a link to https://launchyournextchapter.com/rankings/best-all-round-cities-for-new-graduates-in-the-northeast"}