2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Greeley, CO vs Bakersfield, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Bakersfield has been positive.
- Bakersfield has 0.2% more unemployment than Greeley.
- Bakersfield job growth has increased by 10.6% in the past 10 years.
 Greeley, COBakersfield, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock8.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth49.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-2.3%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-3.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth19.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Greeley    34 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

ive lived here for a while and its pretty  More

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I lived in Greeley, CO during my undergraduate for 4 years. I recently moved to go receive my graduate degree elsewhere. However, there are so many ups and downs of this  More

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Over 5 years ago

I also have lived in Greeley for 5 yrs. Greeley is full of crime, drug users, and thief's. People are rude. An dont get me started on everyone excepting free hand  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 4 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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