Metros where people in Jefferson City are getting new jobs
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly shifted the job market in cities and towns across the country. Millions of layoffs in early 2020 forced workers to search elsewhere for jobs. Record numbers of workers have quit their jobs in the past year in favor of new pursuits in different locales. And concerns over virus spread in population-dense areas also inspired many to leave urban areas, and their jobs, in favor of rural ones.
Emerging job markets in places like Austin, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee, and Salt Lake City reflect cultural shifts in what workers are looking for in their jobs and their places of residence: year-round warmth that makes outdoor activities easy, lower income taxes, and tech-focused employers.
Stacker compiled a list of metros where the most people from Jefferson City, MO found new jobs using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Jobs-to-Jobs Flows. Metros are ranked by the number of people that started a new job from Jefferson City, MO in the first quarter of 2021.
#7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
--- 0.9% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Jefferson City, MO from Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX in Q1 2021: 6
--- #251 most common destination from Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Net job flow: 6 to Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
#6. Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
--- 1.3% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Jefferson City, MO from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL in Q1 2021: 20
--- #6 most common destination from Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
- Net job flow: 3 to Jefferson City, MO
#5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
--- 2.0% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Jefferson City, MO from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI in Q1 2021: 18
--- #122 (tie) most common destination from Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
- Net job flow: 9 to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
#4. Joplin, MO
--- 2.7% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Jefferson City, MO from Joplin, MO in Q1 2021: 25
--- #16 most common destination from Joplin, MO
- Net job flow: 11 to Joplin, MO
#3. Springfield, MO
--- 8.4% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Jefferson City, MO from Springfield, MO in Q1 2021: 132
--- #4 most common destination from Springfield, MO
- Net job flow: 21 to Jefferson City, MO
#2. Columbia, MO
--- 27.5% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Jefferson City, MO from Columbia, MO in Q1 2021: 288
--- #2 most common destination from Columbia, MO
- Net job flow: 76 to Columbia, MO
#1. St. Louis, MO-IL
--- 39.3% of total new out-of-metro jobs
- Started a new job in Jefferson City, MO from St. Louis, MO-IL in Q1 2021: 542
--- #5 most common destination from St. Louis, MO-IL
- Net job flow: 22 to Jefferson City, MO
