
Fort Worth ranked No. 2 on Forbes' list of the top 10 cities for job seekers. Fort Worth has an unemployment rate of 3% and the percentage of working aged adults grew by 10% from 2009 to 2013.
Forbes' list came from NerdWallet, a company that looked at a selection of 100 cities using metrics such as: unemployment rate, median income for workers, median monthly homeowner costs and two-year population growth rate for adults of working age from 2009 - 2013. The data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau.
Fort Worth Facts:
Unemployment rate: 3%
2009 to 13 working-age population growth: 10.06%
Median income for full-time workers: $40,600
Median monthly rent: $869