2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Watertown Town, MA vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Sarasota has been positive.
- Sarasota has 0.1% less unemployment than Watertown Town.
- Sarasota job growth has increased by 14.4% in the past 10 years.
 Watertown Town, MASarasota, FLUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock4.6%6.0%
 Future Job Growth46.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.1%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock0.3%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth12.1%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Watertown Town    4 Reviews

I’ve lived in Watertown for 3½ years after living in Cambridge. It’s slightly further out and could use a couple more MBTA bus lines to make being car-free easier  More

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Over 16 years ago

Watertown has "small town charm" in abundance despite literally sharing borders with both Boston and  More

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I first lived in Watertown several years ago as fresh college grad, and now I've been here again for 2 years with my husband and son. In both instances, I've loved it.   More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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