2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Sunnyvale, CA vs Santa Monica, CA

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Santa Monica has been positive.
- Santa Monica has 4.0% less unemployment than Sunnyvale.
- Santa Monica job growth has increased by 2.1% in the past 10 years.
 Sunnyvale, CASanta Monica, CAUnited States
 Current Unemployment3.9%7.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth41.4%33.0%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-7.1%-12.2%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.6%-12.2%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth-2.0%-9.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth15.5%-2.1%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 Santa Monica    24 Reviews

I moved here to Santa Monica over 10 years ago from Oklahoma City. I was surprised to see that Oklahoma City was ranked higher than Santa Monica on best places. I  More

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I've lived in Santa Monica for over 30 years. It's a Mediterranean climate--sunny and temperate when the rest of the country is under snow! I am walking distance to  More

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I have lived in this city for 4 decades, and it is never been worse than it is now. It is a dangerous disgusting hell hole. Between the crime, the homeless that are not  More

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