Every year, The Milken Institute releases a Best-Performing Cities study that ranks United States metro cities in order of what Milken has determined as a Best-Performing Cities Index. Metrics studied include job growth, wage and salary growth, and high-tech GDP growth. This year, Seattle returns to the top 10 list after a fall to 17th last year. Due to the thriving tech industry, the Seattle metro area rose from a ranking of 17th to 8th in only a year. Milken attributes this