We recently came across an article that compared the jobless rate for the city of each team that competed in the Super Bowl over the last 20 years.  They found that the lower jobless rate predicted the Super Bowl winner in 17 out of the past 20 years.  So, we thought we'd put our own spin on this and talk about Hiring Demand in the two cities that are home to our Super Bowl teams.

In the New York metro area, we have seen just over 200,000 new job ads posted  in the past 90 days.  This is a 7.4% increase versus the same time period last year.

Source: WANTED Analytics

The top 5 occupations posted included: Web Developers, Computer Systems Analysts, Registered Nurses, Marketing Managers and Accountants.  In the chart below, you can see the volume of new online job ads posted over the past 90 days and the percentage change from the same time period last year.

Source: WANTED Analytics

In the Boston metro area, there were almost 83,000 new job ads posted in the past 90 days.  This is a 15.5% increase versus the same time period last year.

Source: WANTED Analytics

The top 5 occupations posted in Boston included: Computer Application Software Engineers, Computer Systems Analysts, Web Developers, Marketing Managers, and Accountants.  In the chart below, you can see the volume of new online job ads posted over the past 90 days and the percentage change from the same time period last year.

Source: WANTED Analytics

Let's look at scoring for our two cities.  The point for a higher volume of new job posted goes to New York.  The point for a larger year-over-year increase goes to Boston.  Looks like we have a tie!