Why Dallas 2018

Why

Unemployment Rate

VERSUS 3.8% NATIONAL RATE

LARGEST Job Growth Rate

STEADY 3% JOB GROWTH OVER 2011-2018

Educated Workforce

Dallas boasts a well educated workforce with 12 four-year universities and 7 community college districts

SOURCE: EMSI

THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS IS 7% LOWER IN DALLAS THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE

MSA / Index New York / 161 San Francisco / 124 Boston / 122 San Diego / 120 Philadelphia / 104 Seattle / 103 Minneapolis / 103

MSA / Index Denver / 96 Phoenix / 96 Kansas City / 93 Dallas / 93 Charlotte / 89 Fort Worth / 88 Atlanta / 88 San Antonio / 88 Oklahoma City / 88

LOWER

Houston / 101 Chicago / 99 Austin / 98

SOURCE: Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce

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