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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Architects

The map below shows some metro areas where the profession is more popular, compared to the size of the population, than in the rest of the country. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the US.

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Architects 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
Birmingham	690	$68,270	1.5
Mobile	170	$77,870	1.1
Montgomery	150	$77,680	1
Huntsville	90	$78,900	0.5
ARIZONA
Tucson	350	$52,610	1.1
Phoenix	1,430	$76,760	0.9
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	360	$98,870	2.1
Little Rock	140	$104,750	0.5
Fort Smith	30	$50,130	0.3
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco	2,130	$82,400	2.4
San Diego	1,440	$92,150	1.2
Santa Ana	1,640	$89,260	1.2
Sacramento	880	$84,530	1.1
Santa Rosa	160	$81,260	1
Salinas	100	$93,340	0.8
San Luis Obispo	60	$64,090	0.7
Bakersfield	130	$105,380	0.6
San Jose	370	$81,090	0.4
Vallejo	40		0.4
Riverside	310	$82,760	0.3
COLORADO
Boulder	400	$60,680	2.9
Denver	2,430	$75,360	2.2
Colorado Springs	210	$69,060	1
CONNECTICUT
New Haven	310	$92,980	1.3
Hartford	490	$80,610	0.9
Bridgeport	290	$100,690	0.7
DELAWARE
Wilmington	160	$84,980	0.6
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	3,740	$80,650	1.8
FLORIDA
Sebastian	60	$69,520	1.6
Pensacola	190	$55,960	1.5
Naples	150	$71,290	1.5
Sarasota	320		1.4
Miami	1,190	$73,830	1.3
Tallahassee	170	$73,450	1.2
Gainesville	110	$53,560	1.1
Jacksonville	540	$59,920	1
Tampa	1,060	$70,940	1
Orlando	890	$74,870	0.9
West Palm Beach	430	$71,090	0.9
Fort Lauderdale	500	$58,430	0.8
Palm Bay	120	$72,540	0.7
Lakeland	90	$73,620	0.5
Ocala	40		0.5
Cape Coral	80	$90,670	0.4
GEORGIA
Atlanta	3,070	$82,420	1.4
Savannah	160	$62,500	1.3
Macon	40	$96,560	0.5
Augusta	40	$55,420	0.2
HAWAII
Honolulu	540	$70,630	1.4
IDAHO
Boise	250	$59,450	1.1
ILLINOIS
Chicago	4,450	$73,130	1.3
Springfield	60	$67,520	0.7
Rockford	80	$66,110	0.6
Champaign	40	$82,230	0.5
Peoria	40	$64,000	0.3
INDIANA
Indianapolis	830	$69,650	1
Fort Wayne	110	$67,050	0.6
Evansville	60	$87,870	0.4
Gary	80	$71,280	0.3
IOWA
Ames	60	$58,930	2.1
Des Moines	380	$64,570	1.3
Cedar Rapids	120	$73,140	1.1
Dubuque	30	$42,600	0.7
Iowa City	40	$81,860	0.7
KANSAS
Lawrence	90	$65,520	2.6
Topeka	30	$67,680	0.3
KENTUCKY
Lexington	470	$59,580	2.2
Louisville	380	$60,340	0.7
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	240	$65,010	0.7
New Orleans	330	$68,520	0.7
Lafayette	80	$63,890	0.7
Alexandria	30	$60,820	0.6
Shreveport	70	$62,030	0.5
MAINE
Portland	180	$60,550	1
MARYLAND
Bethesda	670	$89,100	1.3
Baltimore	1,080	$75,750	0.9
Hagerstown	40		0.5
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	3,370	$83,980	2.2
Pittsfield	50	$67,560	2
Framingham	100	$80,800	0.7
Barnstable	50	$74,240	0.6
Worcester	60	$68,190	0.3
Springfield	70	$88,770	0.3
MICHIGAN
Lansing	180	$64,990	1.1
Ann Arbor	140	$74,480	1
Flint	100		0.9
Detroit	460	$77,560	0.7
Warren	750	$66,140	0.7
Kalamazoo	70	$63,900	0.6
Grand Rapids	200	$81,870	0.6
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	1,730	$69,830	1.1
Duluth	70	$82,230	0.7
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	90	$69,850	1
MISSOURI
Columbia	130	$53,120	1.9
Kansas City	1,390	$66,570	1.5
Springfield	160	$79,060	1
St. Louis	1,070	$68,640	0.9
MONTANA
Billings	100	$55,780	1.5
Missoula	50	$54,910	1.2
NEBRASKA
Omaha	540	$82,680	1.3
Lincoln	180	$69,410	1.3
NEVADA
Las Vegas	1,190	$70,930	1.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	50	$65,000	0.6
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	380	$80,720	2
Vineland	40	$75,560	0.9
Newark	730	$82,020	0.8
Edison	570	$93,580	0.6
Camden	270	$65,530	0.6
Atlantic City	60	$66,730	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	90	$68,970	1.8
Albuquerque	410	$63,580	1.2
NEW YORK
New York	9,920	$84,910	2.2
Ithaca	60	$74,570	1.8
Syracuse	340	$74,720	1.2
Albany	430	$69,300	1.1
Glens Falls	40	$65,720	1
Buffalo	400	$60,860	0.8
Nassau	860	$85,930	0.8
Poughkeepsie	150		0.7
Binghamton	50	$74,080	0.6
Rochester	230	$75,670	0.5
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte	1,180	$76,600	1.5
Raleigh	590	$73,130	1.3
Durham	270	$59,950	1.1
Wilmington	100	$65,480	0.8
Winston-Salem	130	$65,770	0.7
Greensboro	100	$63,890	0.3
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	170	$60,530	1.8
OHIO
Columbus	960	$73,020	1.1
Cincinnati	920	$77,330	1
Toledo	210	$68,420	0.8
Cleveland	580	$70,920	0.6
Dayton	210	$67,930	0.6
Akron	150	$86,150	0.5
Youngstown	60	$76,490	0.3
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	510	$68,200	1
Tulsa	200	$69,400	0.5
OREGON
Portland	1,840	$67,520	2
Bend	70	$70,290	1.3
Eugene	130	$51,950	1
Salem	80	$72,230	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	70	$61,440	1.6
Philadelphia	2,260	$79,520	1.3
Pittsburgh	1,070	$80,020	1
Johnstown	40	$66,260	0.9
Harrisburg	240	$84,120	0.9
Lancaster	160	$79,200	0.8
Scranton	140	$72,230	0.6
Allentown	160	$85,460	0.5
York	80	$89,610	0.5
Erie	50	$66,220	0.5
Reading	40	$73,330	0.3
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	260	$82,250	0.5
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	390	$81,220	1.5
Greenville	340	$80,300	1.3
Columbia	220	$78,080	0.7
Spartanburg	60	$78,040	0.6
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	40	$102,260	0.3
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	210	$72,500	0.7
Memphis	250	$71,250	0.5
Chattanooga	80	$70,080	0.4
TEXAS
Dallas	3,330	$72,610	1.8
Austin	1,070	$68,600	1.6
College Station	70	$44,420	1.1
Fort Worth	770	$61,130	1
San Antonio	740	$64,940	1
Houston	2,090	$87,530	0.9
Amarillo	70	$55,990	0.8
Corpus Christi	110	$78,740	0.7
El Paso	150	$83,020	0.7
Lubbock	50	$46,250	0.5
Beaumont	50	$56,160	0.4
McAllen	40	$62,160	0.2
UTAH
Logan	50	$110,320	1.4
Salt Lake City	780	$77,360	1.4
Ogden	70	$71,130	0.4
VERMONT
Burlington	110	$77,370	1.2
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	230	$64,940	3
Richmond	650	$62,700	1.2
Lynchburg	100	$55,120	1.2
Blacksburg	50	$70,690	1
Virginia Beach	540	$77,200	0.8
Winchester	30	$80,410	0.7
Roanoke	70	$69,040	0.5
WASHINGTON
Seattle	2,720	$76,320	2.1
Olympia	110	$73,590	1.4
Bremerton	90	$96,810	1.3
Spokane	220	$79,640	1.2
Bellingham	70	$65,980	1.1
Tacoma	220	$73,090	0.9
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee	660	$70,560	0.9
Madison	240	$63,590	0.8
Green Bay	70	$61,460	0.5

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Most Popular Industries (as of 2008) for:
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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Professional And Technical Services	98,050	88%	$69,570
Construction	4,690	4%	$71,870
Government	3,550	3%	$80,520

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Architects

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ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

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DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

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MARYLAND

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