NYC One Of Nation's Worst Places To Start A Career, Study Says

NEW YORK — If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere — but it won't be easy. New York City is one of the toughest places in the United States for recent college graduates to find their footing in the working world, according to a new Wallethub study.

The personal finance website published a list Tuesday of the best and worst U.S. cities for those fresh out of school to start a career. The ranking of 182 cities is based on 29 metrics measuring professional opportunities and quality of life.

The Big Apple landed at No. 170, meaning it's the 13th-worst city for new grads to kick off their careers. Not helping the city's case were its worst-in-the-nation housing affordability and average commute time of 40.8 minutes, according to WalletHub.

New York also had the nation's second-fewest entry-level jobs per 100,000 working-age people and tied for the lowest monthly average starting salary, adjusted for cost of living, the study shows.

Fresh-faced graduates may want to avoid Shreveport, Louisiana, which WalletHub named the worst place to start a career. Suburban Yonkers is also slightly worse off than the city, ranking 171st on the list.

But there's hope out west in Salt Lake City, Utah, which topped WalletHub's ranking as the best place for grads to launch their careers.

See the full WalletHub ranking here.