2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Burlingame, CA vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bakersfield has been positive.
- Bakersfield has 3.9% less unemployment than Burlingame.
- Bakersfield job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.
 Burlingame, CABakersfield, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.1%8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth36.8%24.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.5%-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.5%-3.7%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-2.4%-3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth13.1%10.6%6.3%
Reviews for Burlingame    4 Reviews

Burlingame is about half way between Silicon Valley and SF. It is a narrow piece of land stuck between 101 and the mountain foothills. Whereas quality of life is  More

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Over 17 years ago

Even being in the top 5% earning bracket of the entire county, one needs to keep your head down and plow through. It is too easy to become obsesesed with the cost of  More

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If you are young and just starting out, this is not the city for you. A tiny condo can cost five hundred thousand in a decent area. I would not advise first time home  More

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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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Over 3 years ago

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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