2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Irvine, CA vs Washington, DC

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Washington has been positive.
- Washington has 1.6% less unemployment than Irvine.
- Washington job growth has increased by 20.7% in the past 10 years.
 Irvine, CAWashington, DCUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.4%7.0%6.0%
 Future Job Growth40.2%33.7%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-9.6%-4.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.9%-0.6%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth4.5%4.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth31.1%20.7%6.3%
Reviews for Irvine    42 Reviews

We've lived in Irvine since '87. We have raised two children within the ISUD. Both are grown up. Sure, there have been many changes since then.. the City has  More

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I've lived in Irvine for 2 years and in Orange County for 10 so I'm pretty familiar with the area by now and all it has to offer. Perhaps my review of this place has  More

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I wouldn't live elsewhere. I originally moved to Irvine in 2002 from the Midwest, not knowing what it even was. I left and moved around a great deal locally in OC,  More

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Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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