2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Kalamazoo, MI vs Scottsdale, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Scottsdale has been positive.
- Scottsdale has 1.6% more unemployment than Kalamazoo.
- Scottsdale job growth has increased by 25.3% in the past 10 years.
 Kalamazoo, MIScottsdale, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.3%4.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth29.9%51.2%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-6.0%-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-4.5%4.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-3.1%13.4%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth2.1%25.3%6.3%
Reviews for Kalamazoo    31 Reviews

I have lived in Kalamazoo for over 17 years. Originally from Grand Rapids, and lived in the Zeeland / Holland are for quite a while. In comparison I absolutely hate  More

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I moved to Kalamazoo 20 years ago from Chicago. Coming from a large city, this is a nice change once you get use to the small things like lack of ethnic culture, any  More

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Over 8 years ago

Hi, My husband and I are considering relocating to the Kalamazoo area for his job and I'm just starting to do some research. We have elementary-aged children so good  More

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Reviews for Scottsdale    84 Reviews

It's been a long time since I visited Scottsdale after visiting a few times a decade ago. It used to be more of an area that deserved it's punchlines for being stuck up  More

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My son went to ASU in '99 which is how we ended up here from Northern Illinois. Over the years we came out for vacations and bought a second home until we finally made  More

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I lived in San Jose for 30 years...in the late '50s. I walked thru cherry orchards to school. After college classes, I drove 20 minutes to the beach. San Francisco was  More

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