2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Scottsdale, AZ vs Maricopa, AZ

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Maricopa has been positive.
- Maricopa has 2.1% less unemployment than Scottsdale.
- Maricopa job growth has increased by 24.1% in the past 10 years.
 Scottsdale, AZMaricopa, AZUnited States
 Current Unemployment4.7%6.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth51.2%34.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.0%-2.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth4.2%9.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth13.4%11.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth25.3%24.1%6.3%
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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Reviews for Maricopa    9 Reviews

I can safely say that Central Arizona is a fast growing area alongside Buckeye in the West. As East Valley prices are spiraling out of control currently and has become  More

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I have recently visited Maricopa City to visit some of my family that were priced out of the East Valley Area. I can say that Maricopa City has things people are used to  More

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As someone who used to visit my Aunt out in Maricopa for days on end and play with my cousins back in the day, it was a sleepy town with not much retail, not much  More

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