The top 10 cities where hiring is booming

The COVID-19 pandemic may have upended the economy, but the jobs market is now rebounding in a big way.

Contingent workforce management solutions provider PRO Unlimited recently released quarterly data on labor market trends, revealing the most in-demand career paths and where prospective employees can find them, based on year-over-year hiring comparisons and over 30 billion data points.

“All signs point to a strong recovery coming out of the pandemic and plentiful job opportunities to fuel the contingent workforce,” saidKevin Akeroyd, CEO of PRO Unlimited, referring specifically to contractors, consultants, and non-employee workers. “To stay competitive, companies need to embrace technology and business intelligence so they can better understand the market and attract the right resources for their business at the right place and at the right time.”

It may not be surprising that San Francisco topped the list of cities seeing the biggest hiring boom, but the acceptance of remote work has translated to plenty of job growth in other corners of the country.

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“If I'm a San Francisco company, maybe I wasn't willing to hire up to 30% of my workforce in 10 other cities around the world two years ago, but now I am,” he says. “You’ve got hiring practices strategically changing, talent migration, and an overall increase in the contingent workforce. When you add those three up, it's going to fuel a lot of cities.”

Here’s a look at the 10 hottest cities for hiring, according to PRO Unlimited’s data.