If you're one of the many people looking for jobs in Texas, you might want to consider a career in Waco.

Based on a recent report from Manpower, Forbes named Waco as the third-best city in the country for new jobs. The report surveyed 28,000 employers throughout America's 201 metropolitan statistical areas.

Manpower measured the percentage of employers expecting to hire new workers during the current quarter, from October to December, and the percentage of employers expecting to fire current workers. The report called the difference between the two the "net employment outlook."

The report found that 19 percent of employers in the Waco area expect to hire workers during the quarter and 9 percent expect to fire employees, giving the city a net employment outlook of 10 percent. Only Lincoln, Neb., and Rochester, N.Y. were ranked ahead of Waco.

"We are strengthened by our diverse economy and the number of companies who have selected Greater Waco as a place to relocate or expand their business," Jim Vaughan, president of the Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce, told the WacoTrib. "With healthy sectors such as transportation, healthcare, aviation and advanced manufacturing providing jobs here, it's no wonder that Waco is strong enough to be recognized by Forbes' assessment of America's best cities for new jobs."

In comparison, only 12 percent of employers throughout the country plan to hire workers and 14 percent plan to fire employees, giving the nation a net employment outlook of negative 2 percent.

About 69 percent of all the businesses surveyed said they are not planning to add or remove any staff, which is the highest number in the 47-year history of the survey.

Despite the positive outlook, however, Waco saw its unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percent to 7.3 percent during August. The city had a total non-farm employment of 105,900 workers during August, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is the same as during July, but a 1.6 percent decrease from last year.