View the Best Cities for Manufacturing Jobs 2014 List
| 2014 MSA Financial Activities Ranking - LARGE MSAs | Area | 2014 Financial Activities Weighted INDEX | 2013 Financial Activities Employment | 2012-2013 Financial Activities Sector Growth | 2014 FA Ranking Change from 2013 - Large MSAs |
| 1 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ | 88.6 | 165.1 | 7.2% | 8 |
| 2 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 88.1 | 76.1 | 2.4% | 2 |
| 3 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 85.3 | 49.1 | 4.1% | 8 |
| 4 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 83.3 | 50.9 | 1.9% | 25 |
| 5 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 80.4 | 87.1 | 1.7% | 3 |
| 6 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 79.3 | 70.9 | 3.8% | 32 |
| 7 | Salt Lake City, UT | 78.8 | 51.8 | 4.4% | 5 |
| 8 | Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div | 78.0 | 196.9 | 1.8% | (2) |
| 9 | Richmond, VA | 77.6 | 48.4 | 2.3% | (8) |
| 10 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 74.2 | 100.6 | 2.9% | 12 |
| 11 | Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 74.0 | 43.8 | 3.0% | 22 |
| 12 | Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div | 73.7 | 73.1 | 3.3% | 1 |
| 13 | Northern Virginia, VA | 73.0 | 68.7 | 2.0% | (6) |
| 14 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC | 69.9 | 75.2 | 2.5% | 32 |
| 15 | New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 69.1 | 27.6 | 3.0% | 10 |
| 16 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 68.0 | 42.0 | 2.7% | 15 |
| 17 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div | 67.9 | 112.5 | 2.2% | (2) |
| 18 | Columbus, OH | 65.5 | 74.9 | 0.7% | (2) |
| 19 | Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 64.5 | 44.0 | 3.0% | 20 |
| 20 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | 64.2 | 26.9 | 1.1% | 29 |
| 21 | Oklahoma City, OK | 62.7 | 34.6 | 1.8% | (1) |
| 22 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 61.5 | 158.0 | 2.4% | 4 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh, PA | 60.5 | 71.3 | 0.3% | (21) |
| 24 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 60.3 | 41.9 | 0.0% | (1) |
| 25 | Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 60.1 | 60.5 | 3.5% | 30 |
| 26 | Jacksonville, FL | 59.6 | 60.6 | -0.9% | (21) |
| 27 | Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div | 59.1 | 53.6 | -2.8% | (24) |
| 28 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO | 58.5 | 95.5 | 1.3% | (18) |
| 29 | Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 58.2 | 65.6 | 1.0% | 16 |
| 30 | Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metro Div | 58.1 | 33.0 | 0.5% | (9) |
| 31 | West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metro Div | 56.9 | 37.8 | 0.3% | 17 |
| 32 | Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metro Div | 56.1 | 111.3 | 0.1% | (18) |
| 33 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 54.2 | 141.2 | 0.1% | (9) |
| 34 | Rochester, NY | 54.2 | 21.4 | 0.8% | 2 |
| 35 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 54.1 | 141.0 | -0.1% | (5) |
| 36 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA | 53.4 | 34.8 | 1.3% | (9) |
| 37 | Putnam-Rockland-Westchester, NY | 51.6 | 34.0 | 1.6% | 24 |
| 38 | Kansas City, MO | 49.2 | 39.9 | -2.5% | (21) |
| 39 | Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div | 48.3 | 55.4 | 0.2% | 11 |
| 40 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 48.2 | 42.0 | 0.7% | 0 |
| 41 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 47.9 | 33.2 | -0.6% | (7) |
| 42 | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 47.5 | 71.4 | 0.4% | (1) |
| 43 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div | 46.6 | 83.2 | 2.0% | 22 |
| 44 | New York City, NY | 45.7 | 438.3 | 0.3% | 8 |
| 45 | Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ | 43.0 | 70.3 | 1.3% | 19 |
| 46 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 41.3 | 62.6 | -0.3% | 10 |
| 47 | Honolulu, HI | 41.2 | 20.6 | 1.5% | 7 |
| 48 | San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metro Div | 40.9 | 76.2 | 0.8% | (11) |
| 49 | Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metro Div | 40.2 | 72.1 | -0.2% | (17) |
| 50 | Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metro Div | 40.2 | 49.2 | 0.3% | 9 |
| 51 | Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, MD Metro Div | 36.9 | 39.7 | 0.5% | 11 |
| 52 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 35.5 | 36.5 | -2.6% | (33) |
| 53 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 34.7 | 31.5 | -2.3% | (18) |
| 54 | Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 34.2 | 49.1 | 0.5% | (3) |
| 55 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Div | 33.4 | 142.2 | 0.0% | (11) |
| 56 | Camden, NJ Metro Div | 31.3 | 29.9 | -2.4% | (38) |
| 57 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div | 31.0 | 210.5 | -0.9% | (10) |
| 58 | Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metro Div | 30.2 | 66.5 | -0.2% | (30) |
| 59 | Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div | 30.1 | 66.5 | -1.9% | (16) |
| 60 | Edison-New Brunswick, NJ Metro Div | 30.0 | 55.3 | -0.7% | (7) |
| 61 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL Metro Div | 29.7 | 257.5 | 0.0% | (4) |
| 62 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 27.7 | 27.8 | 1.6% | 4 |
| 63 | Philadelphia City, PA | 25.3 | 41.0 | 0.7% | (5) |
| 64 | Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 24.7 | 62.1 | -1.1% | (22) |
| 65 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 22.8 | 53.3 | -1.8% | (5) |
| 66 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA | 17.1 | 58.6 | -2.2% | (3) |
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