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The good news is that there are jobs out there. The bad news is that they probably aren’t in the city that you currently reside in. Bright.com, a job posting aggregator, calculated which cities in the US that have the highest amount of jobs currently available. The Northeast clocked in as the worst place to be looking for a job right now, as New York City has less than 25 job openings per 10,000 people. So if you have applied for a job opening in NYC lately, you’re pretty much screwed and have a better chance of getting struck by lightning in the subway.

In fact, the Northeastern city with the highest ranking on the list was Albany-Schenectady, NY, which tops all New English cities at #29. I’ve never been, but I can’t imagine Upstate New York to be a hotspot for 20-somethings.

Let’s get to the exciting stuff, though. Here are the top 10 metros to find a job:

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Charlotte-Gustonia-Rock Hill, NC Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Anchorage, AK Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Kansas City, MO Macon, GA

There are some solid towns on that list. The Midwest turns out with a strong showing with Des Moines, Omaha and Kansas City, as does Texas with the DFW Metroplex and Austin.

Here’s the more detailed map:

Now, some of these places aren’t very attractive. Alaska? No thanks. I require a minimum of eight hours of sunlight a day. Omaha? I’d rather die than live in Nebraska. Same with Des Moines. Those places sound like a postgrad’s personal hell.

But if the well has run dry where you are, might as well start looking at jobs in these towns and maybe thinking about setting your roots elsewhere.

[via Bright.com]