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This paper examines the effects of geographic heterogeneity in occupational returns on marriage market outcomes and the impact of family formation on the geographic allocation of labor. We document that geographically mismatched workers - those living in a location that pays relatively lower wages to their occupation - are less likely to marry and more likely to divorce. We develop and estimate a model of migration and family formation. We assess individual and aggregate implications of joint marriage and location choices through counterfactual experiments. We find that, in aggregate, the marriage-market amenity enhances productivity by attracting workers to high-return locations.