Raleigh is the second-best performing city in the United States, according to the latest index released by the Milken Institute.
In its report “Best-Performing Cities: Where America’s Jobs are Created and Sustained,” Milken points to Raleigh’s comparatively low business costs and thriving research and development-driven industries as major reasons for the high rank.
A number of metrics were considered in the overall ranking, including job growth, wage growth, GDP growth, etc. Raleigh ranked in the top 10 in several categories such as 5-year wages/salary growth, 1-year job growth and high-tech location quotient.
Raleigh climbed four spots from last year’s report. “The region has experienced strong job and wage growth in recent years, and short-term job gains indicate that economic momentum remains strong,” the Milken report stated. “In the 12 months ending in August 2017, the rate at which new positions were created in Raleigh was 2 percent higher than the U.S. average.
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Source: Triangle Business Journal