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Salem, CT vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Poughkeepsie has been positive.
- Poughkeepsie has 0.2% more unemployment than Salem.
- Poughkeepsie job growth has increased by 5.0% in the past 10 years.

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 Salem, CTPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Current Unemployment8.7%8.5%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.1%26.6%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-10.5%-5.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-10.2%-4.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-7.4%-3.0%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-7.8%-5.0%6.3%

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Reviews for Salem    1 Reviews

We just moved to Salem and we love it. The town green is beautiful. The church in the center of the community is super involved and does awesome work, both with their  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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