--- title: This Map Shows You What Your City Is Good At description: Do you fall into your city's stereotype, or are you a standout? canonical: https://time.com/3534251/linkedin-professional-skill-city-map/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-23T19:33:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:00.088Z og:title: This Map Shows What Your City's Talents Are og:description: Do you fall into your city's stereotype, or are you a standout? og:url: https://time.com/3534251/linkedin-professional-skill-city-map/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b297f389c1892fb/6987627f06f2c12b933318d7/linkedin-city-map-professional-skill.jpg?branch=production&width=354&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 354 og:image:height: 199 og:image:alt: linkedin-city-map-professional-skill.jpg og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Map Shows What Your City's Talents Are twitter:description: Do you fall into your city's stereotype, or are you a standout? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b297f389c1892fb/6987627f06f2c12b933318d7/linkedin-city-map-professional-skill.jpg?branch=production&width=354&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Map Shows What Your City's Talents Are > Sponsored content. 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New York City is filled with finance professionals, for example, while Miami residents are experts in travel; San Francisco is packed with computer whizzes, while Houstonians love oil and gas. Many cities, according to LinkedIn, do in fact fit their stereotypes: others include Nashville and music, or Los Angeles and entertainment. What’s also interesting is a look at some the cities’ other top skills. Cheyenne, Wyo., for example, is the nation’s least populous state, yet has a significant number of people skilled in emergency response services; Mobile, Ala., is particularly known for worker safety; and residents of Portland, Maine love arts and crafts. LinkedIn also analyzed Western European cities, yielding a somewhat surprising result that the majority of European cities’ top skills are in the computer fields. 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