2024 Compare Cities Job Market:
Washington, DC vs Albuquerque, NM

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Albuquerque has been positive.
- Albuquerque has 0.4% more unemployment than Washington.
- Albuquerque job growth has increased by 1.4% in the past 10 years.
 Washington, DCAlbuquerque, NMUnited States
 Current Unemployment7.0%7.4%6.0%
 Future Job Growth33.7%34.5%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-4.1%-5.1%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-0.6%-3.0%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth4.2%-0.5%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth20.7%1.4%6.3%
Reviews for Washington    97 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Living in DC long term brings on a kind of insidious misery. A long, slow, simmering down of any natural optimism or desire for a better future. It’s a leach of a town  More

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Over 4 years ago

Parts are beautiful but alot is rundown and ghetto. They always show the monuments and upper nw neighborhoods but never show hoods across the Anacostia River. Crime is  More

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Moved to DC 40 years ago from Mpls-St. Paul. DC is an amazing town. Downside is people are very competitive, everything is expensive. Great restaurants, foodie heaven  More

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Reviews for Albuquerque    253 Reviews

We made reservations for hotel and flights for a convention located in Old Town Albuquerque NM. When preparing for our trip we found that the city of Albuquerque has no  More

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i'm from albuquerque. born here, raised in denver, moved back at 11. it's cool, there's a lot of great restaurants, the people are friendly, the vibe is laid-back, it's  More

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Over 1 years ago

I love Albuquerque! It’s an interesting place with a lot of history and interesting things to  More

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