Forbes recently commissioned online website CareerBliss to dive into its employee happiness data and determine which cities in the United State have the happiest workers—and which have the unhappiest.
Here are the results:
Cities with the Happiest Workers
|
Rank |
City |
CareerBliss Score |
|
1 |
Dayton, OH |
4.02 out of 5 |
|
2 |
Knoxville, TN |
4.02 out of 5 |
|
3 |
Honolulu, HI |
4.00 out of 5 |
|
4 |
Memphis, TN |
3.99 out of 5 |
|
5 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
3.96 out of 5 |
|
6 |
Virginia Beach, VA |
3.96 out of 5 |
|
7 |
Grand Rapids, MI |
3.95 out of 5 |
|
8 |
Trenton, NJ |
3.93 out of 5 |
|
9 |
St. Louis, MO |
3.93 out of 5 |
|
10 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
3.93 out of 5 |
Cities with the Least Happy Workers
|
Rank |
City |
CareerBliss Score |
|
10 |
Milwaukee, WI |
3.74 out of 5 |
|
9 |
Allentown, PA |
3.73 out of 5 |
|
8 |
Stockton, CA |
3.73 out of 5 |
|
7 |
El Paso, TX |
3.71 out of 5 |
|
6 |
Cleveland, OH |
3.71 out of 5 |
|
5 |
Little Rock, AR |
3.70 out of 5 |
|
4 |
Fresno, CA |
3.69 out of 5 |
|
3 |
Wichita, KS |
3.65 out of 5 |
|
2 |
Reno, NV |
3.61 out of 5 |
|
1 |
Boulder, CO |
3.45 out of 5 |
This is a tiny slice of raw data that tells nothing. What were the topics of the survey. In what areas of satisfaction were employee’s unsatisfied, etcetera. What conclusion may HR professionals draw from the data.