Go West young graduate if you want to find a good job with good pay, reasonable rent, and a decent social life in the United States.
Those are just a few of the criteria Forbes.com rated America’s major metropolitan cities for job prospects facing 2017 graduates.
Phoenix came in 16th on the annual list, with the average salary starting around $50,400 a year and housing taking about 12 percent of that income.
That’s about the same pay scale as Dallas, which made number five on that list. San Francisco made number four despite rent taking up more than a quarter of a new hire’s $68,400 annual salary.
Salt Lake City and Austin came in third and second, with salaries and rent comparable to Phoenix.
Seattle topped it offering an average salary of $58,500 a year and a shared apartment taking up about 17 percent of that income.
