Workforce: job market rankings

Workforce and training capacity. 34 rankings, latest November 2026. Open one to see the full list, the data and the method.

Nationwide

Workforce rankings, nationwide
Ranking	First place	Ranked
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person	Charlottesville city67 per 100	100
Counties with the lowest unemployment	Sullivan County1.5%	100
Counties where unemployment fell the most	Maverick County−2.5 points	100
States where workforce help is needed most	Rhode Island1,484 workers per 100 openings	36

By region

Workforce rankings, by region
Ranking	First place	Ranked
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Northeast	Kings County32 per 100	51
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in New England	Suffolk County25 per 100	12
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Mid-Atlantic	Charlottesville city67 per 100	66
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Southeast	Charlottesville city67 per 100	79
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Southwest	Bastrop County19 per 100	32
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Midwest	Union County23 per 100	69
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Great Lakes	Union County23 per 100	53
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Mountain West	Broomfield County15 per 100	15
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Pacific Northwest	King County13 per 100	11
Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the West Coast	San Francisco County58 per 100	35
Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Northeast	Sullivan County1.5%	100
Counties with the lowest unemployment in New England	Sullivan County1.5%	42
Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Mid-Atlantic	Mifflin County2.4%	100
Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southeast	Miami-Dade County1.9%	100
Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Southwest	Elko County3.0%	100
Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Midwest	Minnehaha County1.6%	100
Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Great Lakes	Medina County1.6%	100
Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Mountain West	Gallatin County2.0%	55
Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Pacific Northwest	Chelan County3.1%	43
Counties with the lowest unemployment in the West Coast	Chelan County3.1%	86
Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Northeast	Cumberland County−2.2 points	97
Counties where unemployment fell the most in New England	Cheshire County−1.2 points	24
Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Mid-Atlantic	Cumberland County−2.2 points	97
Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Southeast	Orangeburg County−1.6 points	100
Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Southwest	Maverick County−2.5 points	55
Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Midwest	Ross County−1.7 points	100
Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Great Lakes	Ross County−1.7 points	100
Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Mountain West	Clark County−0.9 points	32
Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Pacific Northwest	Columbia County−1.4 points	39
Counties where unemployment fell the most in the West Coast	Los Angeles County−1.4 points	77

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