2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Sunnyvale, CA vs Monterey, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Monterey has been positive.
- Monterey has 0.1% more unemployment than Sunnyvale.
- Monterey job growth has increased by 0.2% in the past 10 years.
 Sunnyvale, CAMonterey, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.9%3.8%6.0%
 Future Job Growth41.4%33.1%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.1%-8.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.6%-7.3%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-2.0%-5.6%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.5%-0.2%6.3%
Reviews for Sunnyvale    14 Reviews

At this point, I would only recommend moving to silicon valley for the job market. Sure, the weather is great and the restaurants offer huge variety. But the costs of  More

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Like previous reviewer, tech company's tyranny over city gov and quality of living has negatively impacted a fantastic place to live. Climate, while super, is grossly  More

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I've lived here for 40 years. While the weather is fabulous, For the past ten years of high density housing mostly needed to house thousands of a young up coming tech  More

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Reviews for Monterey    21 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

The Monterey city area is an excellent place to live and one of the few California locales where it's relatively safe to raise a family. If I could no longer live here I  More

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I grew up on the Monterey Peninsula and had to leave to climb out of poverty. The median income is $35,000 and outside of the military, the jobs are mostly service  More

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My husband and I are just crazy about Monterey. I wonder if we take housing expenses (mortgage or rent) out of the picture, is Monterey still a very expensive city to  More

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