With the pandemic starting to finally get under control, a lot of people are beginning to look for new employment and Grand Rapids just happens to be a great place to do that. In a recent survey by WalletHub.com of 2021 s Best & Worst Places to Start a Career, Grand Rapids ranked 31st of the 182 cities surveyed.
The survey focused on two key dimensions to rank each city, professional opportunities and quality of life. Grand Rapids ranked 14th in the country in professional opportunities, beating out cities like Austin, TX and Seattle, WA. Where Grand Rapids seemed to lack was in quality of life, where we ranked 110th in the country.