The 10 Best Cities For Educated Workers: 24/7 Wall St.

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6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Unemployment rate: 10.1 percent
Change in unemployment from pre-recession low: +5.8 percent
Median household income: $74,876

San Francisco is a major biotechnology and biomedical center. The city's technology industry, which is closely tied to neighboring San Jose, has drawn thousands of highly educated, skilled workers to the area in recent years, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Despite this, the metropolitan area has an above-average unemployment rate. This is primarily the result of "the difficulty of being in California during the recession," says Brookings's Jonathan Rothwell. The state was badly hurt by the collapse of the housing bubble.