Only One City Has More Big-Money Job Openings Than NYC

NEW YORK, NY — New York City is undoubtedly a center of wealth and power, but Silicon Valley has it beat when it comes to big-money jobs. New York is second only to San Francisco in terms of the number of open gigs paying at least $100,000 a year, according to Ladders, a website for high-paying job listings.

Firms in the five boroughs — home to the New York Stock Exchange and dozens of Fortune 500 companies — are hiring for 22,648 positions with big salaries this month, according to Ladders' database of job postings.

That's about 2,500 fewer open positions than in San Francisco, where employers have 25,116 jobs open for high earners. The city and its Bay Area are a haven for major tech firms like Google, Apple and Uber.

Ladders compiled job posts from public and private sources to create its list of the 15 cities with the most jobs with salaries of $100,000 or more. The salaries were either listed in job postings or estimated with Ladders' algorithms.

Two of New York's neighbors on the East Coast, Washington, D.C. and Boston, ranked third and fourth with 17,274 and 12,399 jobs, respectively. Los Angeles rounded out the top five with 12,003 positions.

Here's ladders full list of the 15 cities with the most high-paying job openings in May 2018.

1. San Francisco — 25,116
2. New York City — 22,648
3. Washington, D.C. — 17,274
4. Boston — 12,399
5. Los Angeles — 12,003
6. Chicago — 10,790
7. Seattle — 8,082
8. Dallas — 7,974
9. Atlanta — 7,724
10. Philadelphia — 7,495
11. Denver — 5,760
12. Minneapolis — 5,153
13. Houston — 4,682
14. Baltimore — 4,381
15. Phoenix — 4,061

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