The 2014 Best-Performing Cities Report

Best Performing Cities is a report from the Milkin Institute [2014]. It reports where America’s jobs are created and sustained. The components used to calculate the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities rankings form an index that measures growth in jobs, wages, salaries, and technology output over five years (2008-2013 for jobs and technology output, and 2007-2012 for wages and salaries) that adjusts for extreme variations in business cycles. It also incorporates the latest available year’s performance in these areas (2012-2013 for jobs and technology output, and 2011- 2012 for wages and salaries). In addition, it includes a measure of 12-month job growth (August 2013-August 2014) to capture recent momentum among metropolitan economies.

www.best–cities.org/2014/best-performing-cities-report-2014.pdf