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The six cities and towns – Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe, Queen Creek and Apache Junction – known as the PHX East Valley accounted for nearly half of the total job growth in all of Maricopa County last year, according to data from CBRE Research, Arizona Commerce Authority and Greater Phoenix Economic Council.
All told, the burgeoning region added 13,500 of the 28,000 new jobs in 2018.
In addition, six of the top 10 job announcements were concentrated in the area. This includes 2,500 jobs each from Allstate in Chandler and Deloitte in Gilbert, along with 1,200 new positions at Wells Fargo in Tempe and 1,000 workers at Voya in Chandler. Rounding out the list were Boeing and Zovoi (formerly Bridgepoint Education), which will add 900 and 800 new jobs in Mesa and Chandler, respectively.
