| Rank | City | State | 2005 Nonfarm Employment (1000s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuma | AZ | 50.8 |
| 2 | St. George | UT | 46.7 |
| 3 | Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin | FL | 88.5 |
| 4 | Coeur d'Alene | ID | 54.9 |
| 5 | Bellingham | WA | 80.5 |
| 6 | Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce | FL | 121.8 |
| 7 | Naples-Marco Island | FL | 124.1 |
| 8 | Idaho Falls | ID | 52.6 |
| 9 | Casper | WY | 37.8 |
| 10 | Bremerton-Silverdale | WA | 86.2 |
| 11 | Panama City-Lynn Haven | FL | 74.8 |
| 12 | Morgantown | WV | 57.5 |
| 13 | Prescott | AZ | 58.9 |
| 14 | Bend | OR | 63.8 |
| 15 | El Centro | CA | 43.0 |
| 16 | Logan | UT | 49.1 |
| 17 | Punta Gorda | FL | 41.1 |
| 18 | Greeley | CO | 77.8 |
| 19 | Winchester | VA | 56.9 |
| 20 | Laredo | TX | 79.0 |
| 21 | Olympia | WA | 96.3 |
| 22 | Madera | CA | 34.4 |
| 23 | Dover | DE | 63.5 |
| 24 | Ocala | FL | 94.1 |
| 25 | Farmington | NM | 49.0 |
| 26 | Great Falls | MT | 34.6 |
| 27 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes | WA | 46.4 |
| 28 | Auburn-Opelika | AL | 50.5 |
| 29 | Billings | MT | 75.3 |
| 30 | Hot Springs | AR | 38.7 |
| 31 | Las Cruces | NM | 63.8 |
| 32 | Harrisonburg | VA | 62.0 |
| 33 | Bismarck | ND | 57.1 |
| 34 | Tuscaloosa | AL | 93.8 |
| 35 | Yuba City | CA | 40.6 |
| 36 | Flagstaff | AZ | 63.6 |
| 37 | Wenatchee | WA | 39.2 |
| 38 | Hanford-Corcoran | CA | 34.9 |
| 39 | Fairbanks | AK | 39.7 |
| 40 | Johnson City | TN | 79.9 |
| 41 | Medford | OR | 80.2 |
| 42 | Pocatello | ID | 38.4 |
| 43 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach | SC | 118.1 |
| 44 | Portsmouth | NH | 57.1 |
| 45 | Hinesville-Fort Stewart | GA | 16.8 |
| 46 | Gainesville | FL | 131.3 |
| 47 | Missoula | MT | 55.3 |
| 48 | Merced | CA | 58.4 |
| 49 | Savannah | GA | 147.2 |
| 50 | Cheyenne | WY | 42.1 |
| 51 | Kennewick-Richland-Pasco | WA | 90.2 |
| 52 | Grand Junction | CO | 55.9 |
| 53 | Sioux Falls | SD | 126.7 |
| 54 | Carson City | NV | 33.0 |
| 55 | Salisbury | MD | 53.9 |
| 56 | Warner Robins | GA | 51.9 |
| 57 | Wilmington | NC | 130.0 |
| 58 | Lawrence | KS | 51.6 |
| 59 | Clarksville | TN | 82.1 |
| 60 | Santa Fe | NM | 62.9 |
| 61 | Longview | TX | 88.1 |
| 62 | Iowa City | IA | 84.9 |
| 63 | Morristown | TN | 51.3 |
| 64 | Abilene | TX | 64.8 |
| 65 | Vero Beach | FL | 44.2 |
| 66 | Rochester-Dover | NH | 54.1 |
| 67 | Fargo | ND | 111.5 |
| 68 | Brownsville-Harlingen | TX | 118.7 |
| 69 | Manchester | NH | 101.0 |
| 70 | Columbia | MO | 87.4 |
| 71 | Charlottesville | VA | 93.2 |
| 72 | Lebanon | PA | 47.8 |
| 73 | Ocean City | NJ | 56.3 |
| 74 | Fort Collins-Loveland | CO | 132.5 |
| 75 | Glens Falls | NY | 57.4 |
| 76 | Bowling Green | KY | 57.0 |
| 77 | Rapid City | SD | 62.6 |
| 78 | Grand Forks | ND | 50.7 |
| 79 | Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood | TX | 114.5 |
| 80 | Redding | CA | 65.8 |
| 81 | Lawton | OK | 40.8 |
| 82 | Vallejo-Fairfield | CA | 127.4 |
| 83 | Rochester | MN | 104.8 |
| 84 | Jacksonville | NC | 41.7 |
| 85 | Dothan | AL | 61.9 |
| 86 | Nashua | NH | 129.8 |
| 87 | Brunswick | GA | 43.5 |
| 88 | Elizabethtown | KY | 46.3 |
| 89 | College Station-Bryan | TX | 86.5 |
| 90 | Midland | TX | 57.1 |
| 91 | Amarillo | TX | 108.7 |
| 92 | Texarkana | TX | 54.4 |
| 93 | Tyler | TX | 89.0 |
| 94 | Elkhart-Goshen | IN | 130.8 |
| 95 | Valdosta | GA | 52.8 |
| 96 | Oshkosh-Neenah | WI | 93.9 |
| 97 | Lake Charles | LA | 90.1 |
| 98 | Fond du Lac | WI | 50.0 |
| 99 | Janesville | WI | 70.5 |
| 100 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles | CA | 99.6 |
| 101 | Norwich-New London | CT | 138.0 |
| 102 | Ithaca | NY | 60.8 |
| 103 | Columbus | IN | 43.3 |
| 104 | Barnstable Town | MA | 112.4 |
| 105 | Hagerstown-Martinsburg | MD | 99.5 |
| 106 | Eugene-Springfield | OR | 144.6 |
| 107 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville | CA | 95.5 |
| 108 | Sherman-Denison | TX | 45.2 |
| 109 | Waco | TX | 103.7 |
| 110 | Chico | CA | 73.3 |
| 111 | St. Joseph | MO | 53.4 |
| 112 | Jonesboro | AR | 48.5 |
| 113 | Visalia-Porterville | CA | 103.9 |
| 114 | Greenville | NC | 69.6 |
| 115 | Odessa | TX | 52.2 |
| 116 | Salem | OR | 144.5 |
| 117 | Lubbock | TX | 124.5 |
| 118 | Corvallis | OR | 36.8 |
| 119 | Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton | NJ | 62.4 |
| 120 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls | IA | 86.7 |
| 121 | Dubuque | IA | 52.9 |
| 122 | Fayetteville | NC | 117.6 |
| 123 | State College | PA | 70.4 |
| 124 | Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford | VA | 71.7 |
| 125 | Cumberland | MD | 39.0 |
| 126 | Wausau | WI | 71.5 |
| 127 | Kingston | NY | 64.6 |
| 128 | Anniston-Oxford | AL | 50.9 |
| 129 | Burlington-South Burlington | VT | 114.1 |
| 130 | Pueblo | CO | 55.9 |
| 131 | Napa | CA | 61.5 |
| 132 | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux | LA | 83.0 |
| 133 | San Angelo | TX | 44.4 |
| 134 | St. Cloud | MN | 96.5 |
| 135 | Ames | IA | 45.6 |
| 136 | Gainesville | GA | 68.9 |
| 137 | Athens-Clarke County | GA | 77.4 |
| 138 | Decatur | AL | 56.8 |
| 139 | Huntington-Ashland | WV | 115.7 |
| 140 | South Bend-Mishawaka | IN | 146.0 |
| 141 | Longview | WA | 37.5 |
| 142 | Lewiston-Auburn | ME | 48.2 |
| 143 | Jackson | TN | 60.5 |
| 144 | Wichita Falls | TX | 60.8 |
| 145 | Pine Bluff | AR | 40.3 |
| 146 | Erie | PA | 133.0 |
| 147 | Fort Smith | AR | 117.2 |
| 148 | Lafayette | IN | 90.1 |
| 149 | Bangor | ME | 64.3 |
| 150 | Muskegon-Norton Shores | MI | 66.5 |
| 151 | Jefferson City | MO | 78.6 |
| 152 | Rome | GA | 42.7 |
| 153 | Cedar Rapids | IA | 130.2 |
| 154 | La Crosse | WI | 72.8 |
| 155 | Eau Claire | WI | 77.8 |
| 156 | Kokomo | IN | 48.4 |
| 157 | Appleton | WI | 117.7 |
| 158 | Wheeling | WV | 67.7 |
| 159 | Joplin | MO | 75.8 |
| 160 | Owensboro | KY | 50.3 |
| 161 | Cleveland | TN | 40.9 |
| 162 | Alexandria | LA | 59.4 |
| 163 | Lewiston | ID | 26.7 |
| 164 | Victoria | TX | 47.8 |
| 165 | Lynchburg | VA | 103.0 |
| 166 | Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford | MA | 118.8 |
| 167 | Altoona | PA | 62.3 |
| 168 | Sandusky | OH | 43.0 |
| 169 | Terre Haute | IN | 74.3 |
| 170 | Bloomington | IN | 78.9 |
| 171 | Johnstown | PA | 59.7 |
| 172 | Duluth | MN | 131.2 |
| 173 | Pittsfield | MA | 37.2 |
| 174 | Hattiesburg | MS | 54.5 |
| 175 | Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner | MA | 52.1 |
| 176 | Williamsport | PA | 54.1 |
| 177 | Florence | SC | 87.6 |
| 178 | Yakima | WA | 76.8 |
| 179 | New Bedford | MA | 63.8 |
| 180 | Parkersburg-Marietta | WV | 73.4 |
| 181 | Charleston | WV | 148.8 |
| 182 | Salinas | CA | 128.1 |
| 183 | Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton | MA | 89.9 |
| 184 | Lynn-Peabody-Salem | MA | 102.1 |
| 185 | Pascagoula | MS | 53.9 |
| 186 | Lafayette | LA | 132.7 |
| 187 | Waterbury | CT | 68.9 |
| 188 | Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol | TN | 120.8 |
| 189 | Spartanburg | SC | 121.6 |
| 190 | Monroe | LA | 78.8 |
| 191 | Anderson | SC | 63.0 |
| 192 | Springfield | IL | 112.4 |
| 193 | Florence-Muscle Shoals | AL | 54.1 |
| 194 | Danbury | CT | 68.0 |
| 195 | Topeka | KS | 111.5 |
| 196 | Albany | GA | 63.8 |
| 197 | Gadsden | AL | 38.1 |
| 198 | Decatur | IL | 54.8 |
| 199 | Goldsboro | NC | 43.1 |
| 200 | Lima | OH | 57.7 |
| 201 | Utica-Rome | NY | 133.6 |
| 202 | Niles-Benton Harbor | MI | 63.2 |
| 203 | Racine | WI | 79.9 |
| 204 | Macon | GA | 100.3 |
| 205 | Rocky Mount | NC | 62.0 |
| 206 | Battle Creek | MI | 62.5 |
| 207 | Monroe | MI | 43.1 |
| 208 | Dalton | GA | 76.2 |
| 209 | Kalamazoo-Portage | MI | 143.4 |
| 210 | Jackson | MI | 62.1 |
| 211 | Sheboygan | WI | 62.4 |
| 212 | Weirton-Steubenville | OH | 47.4 |
| 213 | Kankakee-Bradley | IL | 42.7 |
| 214 | Columbus | GA | 120.4 |
| 215 | Sumter | SC | 39.4 |
| 216 | Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury | MA | 76.3 |
| 217 | Binghamton | NY | 111.1 |
| 218 | Bloomington-Normal | IL | 87.3 |
| 219 | Michigan City-La Porte | IN | 46.6 |
| 220 | Champaign-Urbana | IL | 108.9 |
| 221 | Burlington | NC | 59.4 |
| 222 | Springfield | OH | 52.1 |
| 223 | Danville | IL | 32.1 |
| 224 | Anderson | IN | 44.8 |
| 225 | Sioux City | IA | 70.8 |
| 226 | Saginaw-Saginaw Township North | MI | 93.3 |
| 227 | Danville | VA | 41.5 |
| 228 | Bay City | MI | 39.5 |
| 229 | Elmira | NY | 39.1 |
| 230 | Holland-Grand Haven | MI | 110.8 |
| 231 | Gulfport-Biloxi | MS | 105.1 |
| 232 | Mansfield | OH | 59.2 |
| 233 | Muncie | IN | 52.3 |

