2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Jersey City, NJ vs Columbus, OH

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Columbus has been positive.
- Columbus has 2.6% more unemployment than Jersey City.
- Columbus job growth has increased by 14.9% in the past 10 years.
 Jersey City, NJColumbus, OHUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.3%5.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.0%34.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-8.3%-3.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-7.4%-0.4%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-5.7%4.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth0.6%14.9%6.3%
Reviews for Jersey City    20 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

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Over 15 years ago

Jersey City has improved over the past 10-15 years, especially Downtown Jersey City. It has the charm of brownstone homes and the appeal of new high rise condo  More

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Over 16 years ago

I'm fairly young but I grew up in this city, and it's not that bad. Some people say it's dangerous and I beg to differ. If you come from the suburbs perhaps you may feel  More

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Reviews for Columbus    156 Reviews

Ellenore · 
Over 1 years ago

I've lived here for my whole life! Awesome place to  More

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We lived in Columbus from 2014-2022, originally from Denver work has taken us to Charlotte, NC, Austin and Atlanta for perspective. One of our biggest reasons for  More

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Over 2 years ago

The city has nice areas and old/ugly areas that look like the remains of a civil war. The nice areas are pretty. Traffic isn't bad compared to Cali but the summer  More

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