AUSTIN (Forbes) – Austin–Round Rock was the only Texas city to break the top 25 on Forbes’ top 100 list of best cities for jobs. The city moved up 28 spots from last year to land at number 23.

Other Texas metropolitan areas making the list were McAllen-Edinberg-Mission (no. 32), San Antonio (no. 44), Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown (no. 45), Fort Worth–Arlington (no. 47), Dallas-Plano-Irving (no. 49) and El Paso (no. 69).

Raleigh-Cary, N.C., topped the list while Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz., ranked second and Jacksonville, Fla., ranked third.

For the second time in a row, the big cities performed poorly. While Washington, D.C., is fifth on the list, Chicago (No. 82), Los Angeles (No. 88), San Francisco (No. 86) and Boston (No. 83) didn’t even break the top 75. Speaking of number 75, that slot was taken by New York City.

Forbes used five data points — unemployment rate, job growth, income growth, median household income and cost of living — to compile the rankings. They measured the largest 100 metropolitan areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, and obtained the data from Moody’s economy.com.