Laurence Shatkin, a career information expert, recently correlated income and the occupations to see which skills are likely to be the most valuable in the future. With so much concern over losing jobs to off-shoring, outsourcing, and automation in the US, …

Currently, there are more than 11,800 employers in the US with open human resources jobs. Based on factors including current talent supply, growing hiring demand, salaries, and general talent market conditions, the Hiring Scale scores HR jobs across the US at a 59, meaning they are likely to be moderately difficult-to-fill. (The Hiring Scale ranges from 1 to 99, with 99 being the most difficult-to-fill.) Below, are the 10 cities that currently score the highest on the Hiring Scale and are…