Columbus Ohio Job Growth Ranks high
Columbus ranked 10th best in the country of the 50 largest metropolitan areas according to a recent report by Wells Fargo Bank.
Columbus also outranked every other major metropolitan area in the Midwest including Pittsburgh and Indianapolis .
Texas cities took four of the top six positions with Austin leading.
Columbus added a net 20,000 new jobs since 2007 with a total of 966,000 jobs as of June 2013. since January 2010 when Columbus returned to positive job growth after the downturn the region has added 22,200 jobs in education and health care, 19,300 in business services and 12,500 in leisure and hospitality according to Bill LaFayette of the economic-consulting firm Regionomics.
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