OFFICE BLUES

MISERY INDEX · 2026-Q4

The Misery
Index 2026 Q4

2026 Q4 (Oct–Dec)

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City pressure index

Source: Office Blues Burnout Index (BLS OEWS + BEA RPP + commute). Updated quarterly. Full rankings →

  1. #1 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 39/100
  2. #2 Tucson 39/100
  3. #3 New York-Newark-Jersey City 36/100
  4. #4 Memphis 36/100
  5. #5 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 35/100
  6. #6 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach 35/100
  7. #7 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 35/100
  8. #8 New Orleans-Metairie 35/100
  9. #9 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land 34/100
  10. #10 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford 34/100

Cite this dataset

Office Blues. (2026). Misery Index 2026 Q4 (Oct–Dec). CC BY 4.0. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20534485. Dataset: github.com/officeblues/misery-data.

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Other quarters: 2026 Q2 (Apr–Jun) · 2026 Q3 (Jul–Sep)