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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Nonfarm Animal Caretakers

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Nonfarm Animal Caretakers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.

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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Gadsden	50	$15,880	1.8
Auburn	40	$16,110	1.1
Birmingham	430	$21,430	0.9
Mobile	130	$17,940	0.8
Montgomery	110	$20,600	0.7
Dothan	30	$17,710	0.6
Huntsville	110	$21,300	0.6
ALASKA
Anchorage	250	$21,350	1.7
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	80	$22,030	1.7
Prescott	70	$25,320	1.3
Phoenix	2,320	$19,190	1.3
Tucson	320	$21,170	0.9
Yuma	40	$21,800	0.8
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	60	$16,870	2
Fayetteville	290	$17,800	1.6
Little Rock	210	$20,110	0.6
Fort Smith	50	$19,030	0.5
CALIFORNIA
Salinas	280	$24,240	2
Santa Cruz	130	$23,950	1.7
Redding	90	$25,240	1.6
San Diego	1,900	$28,090	1.5
San Luis Obispo	130	$20,850	1.5
Santa Rosa	230	$23,120	1.3
Santa Barbara	190	$21,710	1.2
San Francisco	1,180	$28,140	1.2
Bakersfield	300	$20,330	1.2
Sacramento	880	$20,810	1
Modesto	150	$21,910	1
Stockton	180	$20,740	0.9
Oxnard	230	$21,890	0.8
Vallejo	90	$24,650	0.8
Santa Ana	1,190	$22,110	0.8
Riverside	970	$20,580	0.8
Oakland	770	$25,490	0.8
San Jose	500	$27,080	0.6
Fresno	120	$20,590	0.4
COLORADO
Greeley	130	$20,280	2
Boulder	260	$24,170	1.7
Fort Collins	180	$23,790	1.6
Grand Junction	70	$18,400	1.4
Colorado Springs	340	$22,730	1.4
Pueblo	60	$16,860	1.3
Denver	1,030	$27,700	0.8
CONNECTICUT
Danbury	70	$22,260	1.1
Bridgeport	460	$25,110	1.1
Waterbury	60	$23,660	1
Hartford	460	$23,070	0.8
New Haven	210	$24,720	0.8
DELAWARE
Dover	80	$19,530	1.7
Wilmington	440	$21,240	1.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	2,660	$22,540	1.2
FLORIDA
Ocala	540	$21,650	6.4
Sebastian	110	$18,320	2.7
Port St. Lucie	220	$20,230	1.9
Orlando	1,710	$24,650	1.7
West Palm Beach	840	$22,930	1.6
Palm Bay	290	$18,550	1.6
Sarasota	380	$21,740	1.5
Cape Coral	280	$21,780	1.4
Tallahassee	190	$23,520	1.3
Gainesville	110	$19,080	1.1
Fort Walton Beach	70	$19,810	1
Tampa	1,150	$22,150	1
Miami	840	$25,340	0.9
Fort Lauderdale	570	$22,210	0.8
Jacksonville	450	$20,580	0.8
Pensacola	100	$19,500	0.7
Lakeland	130	$24,080	0.7
Naples	70	$26,080	0.6
GEORGIA
Athens	150	$16,220	2.3
Columbus	140	$17,570	1.4
Augusta	250	$22,410	1.3
Albany	60	$19,660	1.1
Gainesville	60	$19,760	1
Warner Robins	40	$15,920	0.9
Macon	80	$18,660	0.9
Atlanta	2,010	$23,240	0.9
Savannah	110	$17,980	0.8
HAWAII
Honolulu	150	$30,840	0.4
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	50	$19,080	1.3
Pocatello	30	$20,240	1.2
Boise	220	$20,630	0.9
ILLINOIS
Decatur	100	$18,450	2.5
Bloomington	110	$20,860	1.8
Springfield	160	$20,220	1.7
Champaign	140	$27,370	1.7
Rockford	160	$19,210	1.1
Chicago	3,310	$21,340	0.9
Peoria	100	$18,870	0.6
INDIANA
Anderson	80	$17,460	2.4
Muncie	80	$15,850	2.1
Kokomo	50	$14,460	1.7
Lafayette	100	$17,270	1.5
Evansville	220	$19,930	1.4
Indianapolis	1,100	$22,830	1.3
Terre Haute	70	$19,350	1.2
Michigan City	40	$19,360	1.1
Gary	270	$17,090	1
South Bend	80	$18,820	0.6
Fort Wayne	120	$20,450	0.6
Elkhart	40	$17,760	0.3
IOWA
Ames	110	$26,250	3.5
Iowa City	140	$30,480	2.2
Dubuque	90	$18,550	2.1
Waterloo	120	$17,710	1.6
Des Moines	380	$19,420	1.2
Sioux City	60	$19,480	1
Davenport	150	$19,050	0.9
Cedar Rapids	100	$21,980	0.8
KANSAS
Lawrence	80	$17,760	2.1
Topeka	100	$18,630	1
Wichita	240	$21,830	0.8
KENTUCKY
Lexington	860	$20,530	3.7
Louisville	1,090	$22,080	1.8
Bowling Green	70	$17,700	1.4
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	70	$19,100	1.4
Baton Rouge	450	$21,470	1.3
New Orleans	600	$23,180	1.2
Lafayette	120	$16,370	0.9
Shreveport	140	$20,300	0.9
Monroe	50	$19,040	0.7
MAINE
Portland	270	$22,210	1.4
MARYLAND
Salisbury	110	$20,650	2.5
Hagerstown	130	$17,830	1.5
Bethesda	730	$25,690	1.3
Baltimore	1,650	$23,550	1.3
MASSACHUSETTS
Pittsfield	50	$22,600	1.9
Taunton	70	$20,870	1.8
Framingham	260	$22,800	1.7
Haverhill	100	$23,840	1.5
Worcester	330	$22,120	1.4
Barnstable	110	$24,500	1.2
Brockton	80	$22,250	1
New Bedford	40	$24,120	0.7
Springfield	200	$25,100	0.7
Lowell	70	$22,730	0.6
Boston	930	$27,920	0.6
MICHIGAN
Warren	1,700	$20,010	1.5
Battle Creek	60	$18,470	1.5
Lansing	250	$24,170	1.4
Jackson	50	$18,950	1.1
Detroit	550	$24,290	0.8
Ann Arbor	120	$22,840	0.8
Saginaw	50	$19,520	0.7
Flint	90	$20,740	0.7
Holland	60	$19,460	0.7
Grand Rapids	180	$22,080	0.5
MINNESOTA
St. Cloud	90	$17,170	1
Duluth	90	$19,310	0.8
Minneapolis	1,140	$20,660	0.7
Rochester	50	$24,120	0.6
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	70	$17,150	1.4
Pascagoula	50	$17,710	1.3
Gulfport	70	$20,120	0.7
Jackson	170	$20,230	0.7
MISSOURI
Columbia	150	$19,690	2.1
Springfield	300	$22,000	1.6
Kansas City	1,320	$21,310	1.3
St. Louis	1,530	$21,070	1.2
Jefferson City	50	$16,740	0.8
MONTANA
Missoula	100	$17,580	2.3
Billings	40	$18,200	0.6
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	230	$18,210	1.5
Omaha	390	$19,960	0.9
NEVADA
Las Vegas	720	$22,980	0.8
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	80	$20,950	1.6
Manchester	90	$21,230	1
Nashua	110	$23,480	0.9
NEW JERSEY
Ocean City	70	$25,070	2
Camden	810	$25,320	1.6
Trenton	260	$24,250	1.3
Atlantic City	170	$22,820	1.2
Edison	1,170	$22,160	1.2
Newark	950	$22,580	1
Vineland	40	$20,120	0.8
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	150	$20,730	2.8
Santa Fe	60	$24,250	1.1
Albuquerque	340	$24,320	0.9
NEW YORK
Kingston	110	$20,510	2.1
Rochester	780	$20,810	1.6
Nassau	1,930	$22,850	1.6
Syracuse	420	$21,590	1.4
Utica	160	$18,500	1.4
Glens Falls	60	$18,600	1.3
Poughkeepsie	260	$22,440	1.1
Buffalo	530	$19,960	1
Binghamton	80	$16,800	0.8
New York	2,940	$24,650	0.6
Albany	240	$20,190	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Jacksonville	70	$23,300	2.1
Burlington	90	$19,740	1.8
Greensboro	580	$19,900	1.6
Durham	320	$23,220	1.2
Wilmington	160	$20,930	1.2
Raleigh	590	$20,740	1.2
Greenville	70	$17,860	1.1
Rocky Mount	50	$16,890	1
Winston-Salem	200	$19,940	1
Fayetteville	100	$17,730	0.9
Charlotte	760	$20,830	0.9
Asheville	130	$17,710	0.8
Hickory	100	$18,420	0.7
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	80	$18,990	1.7
Fargo	80	$19,090	0.8
OHIO
Lima	70	$16,320	1.6
Toledo	390	$24,340	1.3
Columbus	1,080	$21,200	1.2
Springfield	40	$19,450	1
Canton	150	$19,000	0.9
Cleveland	930	$19,730	0.9
Cincinnati	900	$21,910	0.9
Youngstown	190	$19,030	0.9
Akron	190	$19,580	0.6
Dayton	190	$18,660	0.5
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	850	$18,220	1.6
Tulsa	280	$22,310	0.7
OREGON
Bend	140	$23,010	2.3
Portland	980	$23,080	1
Salem	130	$19,470	0.9
Eugene	110	$21,020	0.8
Medford	30	$22,760	0.4
PENNSYLVANIA
Reading	210	$20,990	1.4
Philadelphia	2,320	$22,470	1.3
Erie	130	$19,120	1.1
Harrisburg	340	$19,410	1.1
Scranton	260	$20,080	1.1
Williamsport	40	$17,580	0.9
York	140	$18,320	0.8
Pittsburgh	820	$20,480	0.7
Allentown	180	$21,140	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	620	$25,470	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Myrtle Beach	220	$20,000	2
Columbia	520	$19,470	1.5
Charleston	400	$19,010	1.4
Sumter	40	$16,100	1.4
Greenville	240	$19,880	0.8
Spartanburg	90	$17,790	0.8
Anderson	40	$20,520	0.8
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	120	$18,790	2.2
Sioux Falls	90	$18,880	0.7
TENNESSEE
Jackson	70	$18,960	1.4
Johnson City	90	$18,420	1.4
Clarksville	80	$17,590	1.2
Memphis	430	$21,580	0.7
Chattanooga	130	$25,000	0.6
Knoxville	170	$20,240	0.5
Kingsport	30	$21,340	0.3
TEXAS
Waco	140	$18,980	1.6
Sherman	50	$18,530	1.5
Lubbock	170	$19,960	1.5
San Angelo	50	$19,190	1.5
Tyler	120	$17,830	1.5
Midland	80	$19,770	1.4
Austin	900	$18,550	1.2
Abilene	60	$16,700	1.1
San Antonio	890	$19,350	1.1
Houston	2,710	$19,650	1.1
Dallas	2,120	$21,550	1
Killeen	110	$15,600	1
Fort Worth	850	$17,410	1
College Station	60	$17,700	0.9
Amarillo	70	$19,460	0.8
Victoria	30	$19,520	0.8
Longview	60	$15,640	0.7
Brownsville	80	$18,020	0.7
Texarkana	30	$15,440	0.6
McAllen	130	$18,380	0.6
El Paso	100	$20,380	0.4
Beaumont	40	$16,880	0.3
Corpus Christi	40	$19,630	0.2
UTAH
Salt Lake City	650	$18,710	1.1
St. George	30	$22,620	0.7
Provo	80	$21,650	0.5
Ogden	80	$16,670	0.4
VERMONT
Burlington	170	$22,270	1.7
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	110	$18,630	1.3
Harrisonburg	60	$18,080	1.3
Virginia Beach	910	$19,780	1.2
Roanoke	180	$20,500	1.2
Richmond	700	$19,080	1.2
Lynchburg	90	$17,880	1
Blacksburg	40	$20,770	0.8
WASHINGTON
Bremerton	140	$21,570	1.9
Mount Vernon	70	$26,100	1.9
Tacoma	450	$21,950	1.8
Olympia	130	$22,770	1.6
Wenatchee	50	$22,230	1.5
Longview	40	$20,920	1.5
Seattle	1,860	$25,010	1.3
Kennewick	60	$20,370	0.8
Bellingham	50	$23,190	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Weirton	120	$19,670	3.5
Morgantown	60	$15,950	1.5
Parkersburg	70	$17,530	1.2
Wheeling	50	$17,780	0.9
Charleston	110	$26,420	0.8
WISCONSIN
Fond du Lac	60	$21,410	1.6
Racine	110	$17,570	1.6
Eau Claire	80	$18,550	1.2
Wausau	60	$20,670	1
Appleton	100	$18,250	1
Milwaukee	750	$21,480	0.9
Janesville	50	$17,270	0.9
Madison	220	$21,910	0.7
La Crosse	40	$18,100	0.7
Green Bay	100	$19,780	0.6
Sheboygan	30	$17,550	0.6
Oshkosh	40	$18,280	0.5
WYOMING
Cheyenne	60	$21,530	1.7

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Personal Services	44,120	34%	$19,530
Professional And Technical Services	26,660	21%	$18,480
Miscellaneous Retail Stores	19,840	15%	$18,320
Non-Profit	9,720	7%	$18,640
Performing Arts And Sports	7,960	6%	$20,540
Museums And Historic Attractions	4,750	3%	$25,330
Government	4,230	3%	$28,880
Agriculture And Forestry Services	3,140	2%	$20,600
Amusement Gambling And Recreation	2,140	1%	$23,480
Education	1,700	1%	$24,910

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Nonfarm Animal Caretakers

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CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

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FLORIDA

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