Best IL Cities To Find A Job In 2019

ILLINOIS — If your New Year's resolution is to find a new job, your luck could depend on where you live — or where you're looking, according to a new report by WalletHub.

Chicago is the best Illinois city when it comes to jobs, coming in at No. 132 overall on the list. Only one other Illinois city — Aurora — earned a spot on the list, coming in at No. 136. Last year, Chicago ranked slightly lower at No. 133, while Aurora was more than 10 spots higher at No. 123.

In order to determine the best places to find a job this year, the study's authors compared 182 American cities across 30 key indicators of job-market strength, ranging from job opportunities to employment growth to monthly average starting salary.

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Scottsdale, Arizona, is the best place to find a job, followed by Columbia, Maryland, and Orlando, Florida, according to the report. The worst? Fayetteville, North Carolina.