20 Cities Where It’s Easiest To Land a High-Paying Job

If you’re looking for a high-paying job, you’ll have more competition in some cities than others.

To find the least competitive cities for high pay, Career.io analyzed LinkedIn data for the largest U.S. cities based on the number of daily job applicants for local, highly paid jobs. For this study, Career.io defined high-paying jobs as those that pay double the local average wage.

Based on this analysis, here’s a look at the cities where it’s easiest to land a high-paying job.

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.000

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.001

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.003

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.005

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.007

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.024

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.025

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.026

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.026

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.030

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.041

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.043

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.043

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.044

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.044

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.052

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.056

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.067

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.068

• Average daily applicants per high-paying job: 0.026

Data is sourced from Career.io and is accurate as of Feb. 21, 2024.