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the last week"],"baseline":{"label":"all cities in our data","valueLabel":"10%"},"keyFacts":["#1 Lehi, UT: 32%","#2 Littleton, CO: 23%","#3 Denver, CO: 16%","18 cities ranked in the Mountain West","Data as of November 2026"],"placeNoun":"cities","commentary":["The lead is wide: Lehi (32%) is well clear of Boulder at #10 (7%).","Louisville reaches #8 on a sample of 125 openings, a smaller market than most of the top ten, so its rank can move more from month to month.","Denver is the largest market in the top ten, with 2,885 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-cities-for-ai-jobs-in-the-mountain-west"}