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And San Francisco, Calif. comes second!

The report published today by CareerBliss, an online career community, is based on an analysis from more than 200,000 independent company reviews.

While San Jose, Calif. earns the title of the Happiest City to Work, Minneapolis, Minn., takes the title as the Unhappiest City to Work. Employees in Minneapolis rated very low on all eight factors that measure job satisfaction levels.

“Some may be surprised that a smaller city like El Paso, Texas actually outranks large metropolitan areas like New York and Chicago. Our data highlights how different industries and employers create work environments that greatly affect employee happiness, and the overall temperature of the workforce within a city,” said Heidi Golledge, Co-founder and CEO of CareerBliss.

CareerBliss picked the top fifty cities by evaluating eight factors that affect work happiness: growth opportunities, compensation, benefits, work-life balance, career advancement, senior management, job security and whether the employee would recommend the company to others.

Both San Jose and San Francisco, which rank number one and two respectively, have an average salary that exceeds most cities. For example, CareerBliss data indicates that the average annual salary in San Jose is $82,000 a year, whereas the average salary in Minneapolis, which ranked as the city with lowest worker happiness scores, is $62,000 a year.

The research shows that workers in cities such as Jacksonville, FL and Washington, DC are happier with job security, work-life balance, and growth opportunities.

The Top 10 Happiest Cities to Work are:

1. San Jose, CA
2. San Francisco, CA
3. Jacksonville, FL
4. Miami, FL
5. Washington, DC
6. Memphis, TN
7. El Paso, TX
8. Los Angeles, CA
9. San Diego, CA
10. Birmingham, AL

And the Top 10 Unhappiest:

1. Saint Paul, MN
2. Indianapolis, IN
3. Omaha, NE
4. Cleveland, OH
5. Pittsburgh, PA
6. Salt Lake City, UT
7. Brooklyn, NY
8. Tucson, AZ
9. Portland, OR
10. Tampa, FL

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