Looking for a job? A place to settle down and buy a home?  Forget those big cities like New York and LA...unless you like traffic and crowds.  Come out to the Wild, Wild West where the unemployment rate is low and the job growth is quite respectable.   In fact three Utah cities were in the "Top 25 Places to Find a Job" based on a study by CNN and CareerBuilder.com.  This study rated metropolitan areas based on unemployment levels and job growth.

These cities were Logan, Utah placing 7^th, Salt Lake City 20^th and Provo, Utah placing 21^st.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that while the national unemployment rate is 6.5% and hopefully not growing much more, Utah had the 4^th lowest unemployment rate at 3.5% in October.  Out of 369 metropolitan cities across the country, 4 Utah metropolitan areas were in the top 27 of lowest unemployment = Logan, Utah ranked 2^nd with 2.4%, Provo, Utah ranked 12^th at 3%, Salt Lake City ranked 15^th at 3.2% and Ogden, Utah ranked 27^th at 3.6%.

Residential construction has contributed largely to the unemployment number while other industries like software development and medical continue to grow.

So now is a great time to come out to Salt Lake City, find a job and buy a home.  Go to the Salt Lake City Utah Real Estate Resource Center for more information on buying a home and living in the Greater Salt Lake City Area.