\u201cTransitioning out of school and into the workforce can be a difficult and stressful process, but certain cities make things a lot easier than others,\u201d\u00a0Chip Lupo, a WalletHub analyst, said. \u201cThe best cities for starting a career not only have a lot of job opportunities but also provide substantial income growth potential and satisfying work conditions. It\u2019s also important to consider factors such as how fun a city is to live in or how good of a place it is for raising a family, to ensure life satisfaction outside of your career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Atlanta\u00a0(Georgia),\u00a0Orlando (Florida), and\u00a0Austin (Texas) made up the top three American cities for starting a career, according to WalletHub.<\/p>\n
Atlanta\u00a0came in No. 1 because of its surplus of entry-level jobs, high rate of reported satisfaction with those jobs, and quality of life metrics.<\/p>\n
For its analysis, WalletHub looked at the nation\u2019s 150 most populous cities along with at least two cities in each state.<\/p>\n
WalletHub then used the 25 metrics to break each city down into two rankings\u2014its professional opportunities and its quality of life.<\/p>\n
Some of the metrics included the availability of entry-level jobs, the monthly average starting salary, and the median annual income of each city. <\/p>\n
Sources for the analysis included the\u00a0U.S. Census Bureau, the\u00a0Bureau of Labor Statistics and the\u00a0U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.<\/p>\n
The sample only considered each city proper and excluded the outlying metro areas.<\/p>\n
Photo credit: Luca Bravo\/Unsplash<\/p>\n
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