Top 10 Cities to Earn a Living

The best cities to earn a living are those that have plenty of companies doing business in high-paying, growth industries.

Combine that with a high-quality business environment, job growth, and a low cost of living and you get a select-few locations where the pay check is generous and the cost of necessities like food and housing is modest.

Here are the top 10 cities where Forbes magazine says this is the economic reality now and the conditions are likely to get even better as health care, technology, and energy draw more employees into their ranks:

1. Dallas
2. Houston
3. Minneapolis
4. Austin, Texas
5. Washington, D.C.
6. St. Louis
7. Seattle
8. Atlanta
9. Kansas City, Mo.
10. Denver

Source: Forbes, Francesca Levy (09/03/2009)

EVEN JOB GROWTH BIGGER IN TEXAS

Six Texas counties have made CNNMoney.com's list of the nation's top 25 best counties for job growth from 2000 to 2008. At number two, Rockwall County led Texas with 84.9 percent job growth for the eight-year period.

2. Rockwall at 84.9%
6. Fort Bend at 61.3%
14. Williamson at 53.2%
15. Collin at 52.7%
22. Hidalgo at 50.6%
24. Webb at 49.2%

Arizona's Pinal County posted the nation's highest job growth rate at 95.9 percent.

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