The survey used six key criteria to rank jobs: environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands, security and stress.

A. Unless the top line continues to move higher, it is not encouraging for the employment outlook.

According to many experts, however, the recovery - and the employment outlook - is spotty.

Indeed, the employment outlook is fundamental to keeping the recovery on track.

Over all, however, the employment outlook in the West is the best it has been in several years.

These twin 500-pound gorillas are apt to have a much more profound effect on the American economy than the current employment outlook.

And critics say the result may be a loss of jobs at a time when the employment outlook is already weakening.

But no matter what results from the frantic budget maneuvering in Washington, the employment outlook is poor.

His wife works, but her employment outlook, even in the short term, is uncertain.

The study used five key criteria to rank jobs: environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands and stress.