Boston

Share of jobs in strong industries: 42.5%
Number of workers: 263,097
Metro area unemployment rate: 4.5%
Agriculture jobs: 0.10%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical jobs (legal, accounting etc.): 10.49%
Education jobs: 11.11%
Health-care jobs: 15.70%
Public Administration (Government) jobs: 5.13%

Boston's residents work in a variety of resilient industries, including education, health, and law. The Boston area is home to world-class universities with massive endowments, including Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It also has many large hospitals. The city, however, has plenty of finance, retail, and hospitality jobs that could get hit in a downturn.