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Provo-Orem, UT MSA

Overall Rank: 1      Population: 618,000

The 2017 Milken Institute Best-Performing Cities Index ranks U.S. metropolitan areas by how well they are creating and sustaining jobs and economic growth. The components include job, wage and salary, and technology growth. In most years, these give a good indication of the underlying structural performance of regional economics.

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Metro's Performance in Each Index Component

Component 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Score/
Value
5-yr Job Growth1 31  3  3  2  1  1  117.66 
1-yr Job Growth2 1  1  11  2  1  3  102.76 
5-yr Wages & Salaries Growth3 30  28  10  6  3  3  119.11 
1-yr Wages & Salaries Growth4 17  4  5  32  4  2  104.88 
Short-Term Job Growth5 7  33  1  9  7  5  10264.73% 
5-yr Relative HT GDP Growth6 9  10  15  10  12  3  131.35 
1-yr Relative HT GDP Growth7 12  10  6  1  3  80  99.85 
High-Tech GDP LQ8 22  24  18  13  16  13  1.73 
# of HT GDP LQs Over 19 19  22  26  16  20  22  9.0 

2016-2017 Growth Comparison (by score)