28. Cleveland

Jobs: 84 employers posting entry-level jobs in sales, business/finance, management, medical-health care, hospitality
Average Annual Pay: $41,790
Cost of Living Composite Index: 96.3
Unemployment Rate: 8.7%

A stagnating economy has taken its toll on Cleveland, which has lost nearly a dozen large companies in recent years. But many others remain, including Sherwin Williams (SHW) and Eaton (ETN). A thriving health-care industry includes the city's largest employer, the Cleveland Clinic, and biotechnology and fuel-cell research is starting to take off. All of this bodes well for the city, which had 84 employers posting entry-level jobs on the AfterCollege site and boasted more than $41,700 in average annual pay for its workers.

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