2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Arlington, VA vs Fairfax, VA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Fairfax has been positive.
- Fairfax has 0.3% more unemployment than Arlington.
- Fairfax job growth has increased by 2.8% in the past 10 years.
 Arlington, VAFairfax, VAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.0%4.3%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.1%39.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-5.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%-2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth2.4%-0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth9.6%2.8%6.3%
Reviews for Arlington    36 Reviews

Lived here 17 years, amazing  More

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Resident for 20 years. There is nothing hidden about Arlington. It is an affluent inner suburb of DC with a highly educated, mostly professional, population. The  More

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We've lived in Arlington for the past 7 years, and have enjoyed it but would prefer a less expensive, more open area. We live in a townhouse in Rosslyn, close to the  More

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Reviews for Fairfax    28 Reviews

I lived in the area for 17 years through high school until I eventually became a truck driver. Having now seen most states extensively, I wanted to fairly review what  More

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Living in Fairfax, or any of the Northern Virginia suburbs of DC, means dealing with highways that are a Gordian knot of converging lanes and overpasses, making long  More

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Over 9 years ago

The Cost of living here is high. Though the standard of living is also high, unless you're making over 50,000/year, it's difficult to both live and build any sort of  More

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