2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Bakersfield, CA vs Myrtle Beach, SC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Myrtle Beach has been positive.
- Myrtle Beach has 0.4% more unemployment than Bakersfield.
- Myrtle Beach job growth has increased by 13.6% in the past 10 years.
 Bakersfield, CAMyrtle Beach, SCUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.0%7.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth24.2%38.8%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.1%-5.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.7%-1.1%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.4%3.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth10.6%13.6%6.3%
Reviews for Bakersfield    75 Reviews

I am a millennial, born and raised here. As someone who wrestled with staying for years, there are a lot of valid reasons to not come to Bakersfield. Air quality, summer  More

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I have lived here all of my life. 40+ years. It used to be fun and kinda safe but now it is so scary to go outside. We are literally a homeless dumping ground and there  More

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I moved here from Seattle 25 years ago, when it had a population of 200,000, and practically the only place to get coffee was a place called “Duke’s Ranch”. Why did I  More

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Reviews for Myrtle Beach    56 Reviews

Coming from Massachusetts and New York state, I loved the weather, beach and change of lifestyle. Being an outgoing friendly person I met some nice people here along  More

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We were looking for a new city, and Myrtle Beach had had enough press that we were curious to check it out. A 30something and 40something couple, both of us have  More

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If I could give 4.5 instead of 5 I would because Id like to see the traffic flow better with more red lights and see more money put in to landscaping the roadways and  More

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