Portland is No. 6 in cities for summer jobs, Lewiston No. 85 in WalletHub list
Courtesy / DiMillo's Old Port Marina
An aerial view of the Portland waterfront, showing DiMillo's Old Port Marina. A new WalletHub survey ranks Portland as the sixth-best city in the United States out of 180 municipalities for summer jobs.
Portland is the sixth-best city in the United States for summer jobs while Lewiston is No. 85, according to a new WalletHub ranking that gives top billing to Orlando, Fla., out of more than 180 U.S. municipalities.
The other Portland, in the Pacific Northwest, was No. 31.
With summer job-seekers in mind, the personal finance website compared the relative strength of various-sized markets across 21 key indicators of employment outlook, affordability and downtime friendliness.
The authors note in their introduction that whether you want or need a summer job, where you look for one will matter almost as much as what you want to do, and that opportunities will be more widely available in some places than in others.
They also underscore that for people supporting themselves, location will dictate how much they'll be able to save if that's the goal.
The survey looked at the two most populated cities in each state in terms of the youth job market, which counted for 75 total points, and social environment and affordability, which counted for 25 points. The data set ranges from median income of part-time workers to availability of summer jobs to rental price for a one-bedroom property.
Portland was ranked No. 7 in terms of social environment and affordability, which looks at factors including the commuter-friendliness of jobs and public transportation costs. Its youth job market rank was No. 13.
But Portland was found to have the highest labor-force participation rate of 16- to 24-year-olds, beating Sioux Falls, S.D.; Fargo, N.D.; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Bismark, N.D.
Lewiston had a youth job market rank of No. 51 and a social environment and affordability rank of No. 170.
Santa Clarita, Calif., came in dead last on the overall list.
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