2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Spokane, WA vs St. Petersburg, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in St. Petersburg has been positive.
- St. Petersburg has 2.0% more unemployment than Spokane.
- St. Petersburg job growth has increased by 10.9% in the past 10 years.
 Spokane, WASt. Petersburg, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment6.6%4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.4%42.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-2.7%-4.3%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth2.5%-2.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth7.6%0.9%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth6.0%10.9%6.3%
Reviews for Spokane    146 Reviews

Lived here all of my life. I've visited enough cities to understand that Spokane could be so much better, but it falls short in many ways. Its car-oriented development  More

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Over 2 years ago

I lived in the Spokane area for 35 years. It has its positives and negatives. Be sure and pick a safe community to live in. Rural areas are rather scary. Too many  More

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I've lived in Spokane for over 5 years after moving here from the Vancouver area for a job. I miss Western Washington. Home buying: When I first moved here, you could  More

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Reviews for St. Petersburg    56 Reviews

I grew up here (1968). All the people who have posted how awful it is are not going to be happy anywhere because they see what they see. Thats the evolution of self as  More

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I moved here because my fiance was going to school here and two rents didn't make sense. Visiting was always great! However, after living here for a couple years it's  More

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Over 4 years ago

True the location is good, and during the Winters, it's really nice in St. Pete, but the Summers and brutally steaming HOT, and the St. Pete Police don't do their job  More

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