2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Philadelphia, PA vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Poughkeepsie has been positive.
- Poughkeepsie has 2.1% more unemployment than Philadelphia.
- Poughkeepsie job growth has increased by 5.0% in the past 10 years.
 Philadelphia, PAPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment10.6%8.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth28.4%26.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.2%-5.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-3.9%-4.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-1.8%-3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth3.2%-5.0%6.3%
Reviews for Philadelphia    139 Reviews

Philadelphia is a very walkable and fun city to explore (albeit be aware of where not to explore at least at night). The city has beautiful old architecture , great  More

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I’m originally from New York City, then lived in a small city in upstate New York for eight years, then moved down to Philadelphia and have lived here for many years.  More

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Now the only reason some people disagree is because MONEY. If you live in “manayunk” (which I lived for 2 years) you can’t compare … you can’t compare your out skirt  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 12 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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