{"h1":"Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Pacific Northwest","faq":[{"a":"Eugene leads the Pacific Northwest for director and executive jobs: 24% of its professional openings are director level or above, against 13% across all cities in our data.","q":"Which city ranks first: best cities for director and executive jobs in the pacific northwest?"},{"a":"16 cities have at least 100 openings, so the list has 16 entries.","q":"How many cities are ranked?"},{"a":"A city's score is the share of its open professional roles at director, senior manager, vice president, head-of or C-suite level, read from the full posting text. Only roles verified on the employer's own career site in the last week are counted. 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. 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