-Soure-Business insider The best job markets in the US are all around the country from California to Iowa to South Carolina. Career site Zippia looked at the 386 metropolitan areas nationwide and ranked them based on wage change unemployment rate change and current unemployment rate. Then they averaged those three rankings to produce a final ranking. The top 13 are below in ascending order and you can view the top 100 here. 13. San Francisco 12. Tuscaloosa Alabama 11. Columbia South Carolina 10. Roanoke Virginia 9. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Iowa