Business Insider analyzed the biggest U.S. cities to find the 15 with the best economies.
Business Insider looked at five measures of labor market and overall economic health for the 30 metropolitan areas with the largest populations: the unemployment rate, job-growth rate, per capita GDP, GDP growth, and average weekly wages. We combined those measures together to get an overall sense of economic health in the metro areas.
The top three cities on our ranking — Seattle, Austin, and San Francisco — all have thriving technology sectors, along with strong economies overall.
Dallas, was fourth on the list due to a high job-growth rate. It was followed by Boston, Denver, Washington, D.C., and San Antonio.
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