Entry-level job opportunities for people who don’t have a college degree can differ drastically depending on where they live. But data shows that job seekers in Scottsdale are in luck when it comes to finding a job without a degree!
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In a new study, CashNetUSA identified Scottsdale as having the fifth best job market for people without degrees – where there are only 1.69 non-degree holders for every entry-level position.
The team accessed data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Indeed.com to calculate the ratio of high school graduates to available entry-level jobs, then ranked locations based on job competitiveness for those without a college degree: https://www.cashnetusa.com/blog/best-places-to-live-without-a-college-degree/
Take a look at how Scottsdale compare:
In recent years, the ‘degree inflation’ phenomenon has meant that seemingly every other available job in the U.S. required a college degree, despite the fact that a lot of people already in those jobs didn’t have one. The good news is that finding a job without a degree seems to be improving, with the number of job posts that didn’t require candidates to have college degrees increasing by 36% between 2019 and 2022.
Still, the work opportunities available to people who don’t have a college degree can differ drastically depending on where they live. Bustling cities, for instance, are often associated with highly educated workforces. It tracks, then, that city-dwellers without college degrees face fierce competition for available entry-level work, jobs that typically don’t require a college education.
