2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Ashburn, VA vs Sunnyvale, CA

Change Cities
Highlights
- Job Growth in Sunnyvale has been positive.
- Sunnyvale has 0.2% more unemployment than Ashburn.
- Sunnyvale job growth has increased by 15.5% in the past 10 years.
 Ashburn, VASunnyvale, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock3.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth43.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-7.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-2.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth27.0%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Ashburn    5 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

We’ve lived here for 10 months and it’s not awesome. The housing costs are insane and the yards are postage stamps with apartments and townhomes lining every road and  More

   |    Reply

Over 10 years ago

Ashburn is part of the growing population of Northern Virginia. A planned community, largely built in the 1990's, Ashburn was one of the first developments in eastern  More

   |    Reply

Over 10 years ago

Weather is great, has all four seasons, minor snow fall and mild  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Ashburn

Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

   |    Reply

Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

   |    Reply

I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

   |    Reply

Start Your Review of Sunnyvale


Premium Subscription
Includes Cost of Living compares for child care, utilities, transportation, health, taxes, housing for home owners vs renters, weather, insurance premiums and so much more.


The premier source for comprehensive city data for over 30 years.

© Best Places. All rights reserved.