2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Fairfax, VA vs Cottage City, MD

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Cottage City has been positive.
- Cottage City has 3.5% less unemployment than Fairfax.
- Cottage City job growth has increased by 4.4% in the past 10 years.
 Fairfax, VACottage City, MDUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.3%7.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth39.1%34.4%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-5.3%-6.5%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%-4.9%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-0.9%0.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.8%4.4%6.3%
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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Reviews for Cottage City    1 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived in this city for a long time and its adorable, quaint and full of artistic people from all walks of life. This is an off the beaten path city that has its  More

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