SimplyHired.com has created a list of the job markets where there is the most and least competition for available jobs.

To create the lists, SimplyHired looked at its database of advertisements for open positions and then compared it with number of unemployed job seekers in that metro area. The job board eliminated duplicate job advertisements.

With a ratio of 1 open job for every 5 unemployed jobseekers, the metropolitan areas of Des Moines (Iowa), the District of Columbia, and Omaha (Nebraska) top the list of places with the best job (that is, least competitive) market for jobseekers.

With a ratio of 1 open job for every 46 jobseekers, Detroit has the most competitive job market for jobseekers, SimplyHired found. New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas also make the list of worst metro areas for job seekers.

SimplyHired's list of the Top 15 Metro areas for Jobseekers follows.

• Des Moines-Ames, Iowa (1 job for every 5 unemployed jobseekers)
• District of Columbia (1 job for every 5 unemployed jobseekers)
• Omaha, Nebraska (1 job for every 5 unemployed jobseekers)
• West Palm Beach-Port Pierce, Florida (1 job for every 6 unemployed jobseekers)
• Salt Lake City, Utah (1 job for every 8 unemployed jobseekers)
• Baltimore, Maryland (1 job for every 8 unemployed jobseekers)
• Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico (1 job for every 9 unemployed jobseekers)
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1 job for every 10 unemployed jobseekers)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (1 job for every 10 unemployed jobseekers)
• Austin, Texas (1 job for every 10 unemployed jobseekers)
• Boston, Massachusetts (1 job for every 10 unemployed jobseekers)
• Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York (1 job for every 10 unemployed jobseekers)
• Denver (1 job for every 11 unemployed jobseekers)
• Dallas-Fort-Worth, Texas (1 job for every 11 unemployed jobseekers)
• Seattle-Tacoma, Washington (1 job for every 11 unemployed jobseekers)

Source: SimplyHired's Best and Worst Markets for Job Seekers