KC in top 10 of WSJ/Moody's hottest job markets, but note how low ranking the change in wages, last column. Has been mentioned several times that KC is in good shape but has a wage growth problem.
METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA
OVERALL RANK
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RANK
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RANK
PAYROLL CHANGE RANK
CHANGE IN LABOR FORCE SIZE RANK
CHANGE IN AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGES RANK
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Austin-Round Rock, TX....... 1 17 1 1 3 4
Nashville-Davidson-Murfr, TN 2 8 4 11 14 10
Raleigh, NC.................... 3 9 16 4 4 16
Salt Lake City, UT............ 4 1 2 2 24 24
Jacksonville, FL............... 5 10 19 15 1 19
Atlanta-Sandy Springs GA... 6 7 20 20 9 21
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 7 38 3 16 6 18
Kansas City, MO-KS.......... 8 11 5 19 7 43
Boston-Cambridge, MA-NH... 9 26 9 12 17 22
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL... 10 13 45 9 2 23
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 11 31 10 14 11 27
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 12 28 11 25 28 3
Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA 12 27 15 29 13 11
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 14 36 28 6 12 14
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN.... 15 4 12 31 20 39
Charlotte-Concord-, NC-SC 16 18 18 23 18 35
Birmingham-Hoover, AL..... 17 2 46 17 23 29
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL.. 18 33 47 27 8 5
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S, CA... 19 22 17 44 37 1
Memphis, TN-MS-AR......... 20 42 38 21 15 8
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 21 32 43 8 10 36
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI.. 22 21 8 18 48 37
Oklahoma City, OK.......... 23 3 24 40 16 52
Minneapolis-St. Paul-, MN-WI 24 6 6 43 51 30
Louisville/Jefferson , KY-IN 25 12 25 26 35 42
Los Angeles-Long Beach-, CA 26 55 33 39 5 9
Washington-Arlington-, DC- 27 30 7 37 50 20
Columbus, OH................ 27 19 13 32 42 38
Rochester, N.................Y 29 34 42 7 19 45
Las Vegas-Henderson-, NV... 30 53 40 3 22 31
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN........ 30 16 23 24 38 48
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 30 39 26 13 21 50
Milwaukee-Waukesha-Wes, WI 33 14 22 50 26 40
St. Louis, MO-IL.............. 34 15 21 45 40 34
San Francisco-Oakland-, CA 35 35 30 49 44 2
Baltimore-Columbia-, MD... 35 37 14 30 46 33
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 37 25 41 42 41 12
Riverside-San Bernardino-], CA 38 50 51 22 25 15
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Nia, NY 39 40 49 10 27 47
Chicago-Naperville-, IL-IN-WI 40 48 29 46 36 17
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