Colorado’s cities are making a name for themselves when it comes to the nation’s best places to work.

In a recent ranking from The Wall Street Journal, five Colorado cities landed in the top 50 metros with the hottest U.S. job markets.

Just after Austin and Nashville, Denver secured the No. 3 spot among metros with more than a million residents. The city jumped from the No. 9 spot last year.

The rankings were based in part on unemployment rates, job creation and wage growth.

In 2019, Denver ranked highest for the number of people employed or actively seeking employment at nearly 71%. It came in fourth place for wage growth at nearly 5%, and eighth place for unemployment at 3%.  

Boulder stole the top spot for metros with under one million people. It its category, Boulder ranked second for wage growth and 11th for its active workforce.

Trailing not too far behind Boulder among smaller metros were Greeley at No. 6 and Fort Collins at No. 7.

Colorado Springs also landed in the top 25, coming in at No. 24.

As tech companies continue to look to Colorado for expansion opportunities, such as Google in Boulder and Amazon in Colorado Springs, the state is expected to become even more popular of a destination for both employers and employees.

Amazon’s new order fulfillment center near the Colorado Springs airport is expected to bring more than a thousand full-time jobs to the area.