Where better than to be in Washington, DC, as a recruiter? The Brookings Institute released the results of a study “as part of its “Blueprint for American Prosperity,” an initiative aimed at keeping America competitive by encouraging the federal government to empower individual metropolitan economies instead of maintaining a blanket focus on states and cities.”

Washington DC’s economy ranked 4th out of 363 metro areas in its number and quantity of jobs. The area contributes 2.8 percent of the country’s GDP. The three other metro areas that ranked head of DC are New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.