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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Biological Scientists

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:
Biological Scientists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Biological Scientists 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.

Clicking on each city's name takes you to a detailed career profile for that city, providing the number of jobs, salaries, amount of training required, and more, for hundreds of job types.

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Mobile	40	$75,930	1.4
Birmingham	50	$65,110	0.6
ALASKA
Anchorage	180	$66,150	7.3
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	80	$55,310	10.4
Phoenix	110	$65,560	0.4
CALIFORNIA
San Diego	650	$61,120	3
Sacramento	400	$67,860	2.8
San Jose	380	$85,490	2.6
San Francisco	410	$82,060	2.6
Santa Cruz	30	$50,440	2.3
Salinas	40		1.7
Bakersfield	70	$53,340	1.7
Oxnard	60	$77,800	1.3
Oakland	180	$90,710	1.1
Santa Ana	150		0.6
Riverside	70	$62,110	0.3
COLORADO
Fort Collins	100	$68,230	5.5
Denver	170	$71,350	0.8
CONNECTICUT
New Haven	40	$70,170	0.9
DELAWARE
Wilmington	50		1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	780	$103,990	2.1
FLORIDA
Gainesville	540	$44,710	31.5
Sebastian	40	$62,680	6
Tallahassee	130	$47,140	5.2
Miami	440	$56,120	2.8
Palm Bay	70	$63,620	2.3
Pensacola	40	$69,430	1.8
Lakeland	50	$45,130	1.7
Cape Coral	50	$60,830	1.5
Jacksonville	130	$65,540	1.4
West Palm Beach	110	$53,670	1.3
Sarasota	40	$72,140	1
Tampa	180	$55,220	0.9
Orlando	110	$50,490	0.7
Fort Lauderdale	50		0.4
GEORGIA
Atlanta	490	$69,210	1.3
HAWAII
Honolulu	190	$71,070	2.7
ILLINOIS
Chicago	370	$76,030	0.6
INDIANA
Indianapolis	30	$51,980	0.2
IOWA
Davenport	50	$73,150	1.8
KENTUCKY
Lexington	130	$56,330	3.4
Louisville	40	$62,510	0.4
MARYLAND
Bethesda	2,400	$88,280	26.4
Baltimore	340	$82,920	1.6
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	980	$67,630	3.5
MICHIGAN
Detroit	80	$69,800	0.7
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	630	$68,500	2.2
MISSOURI
Columbia	50	$60,740	4.2
Kansas City	70	$66,840	0.4
MONTANA
Missoula	90	$62,730	12.5
Billings	30	$64,890	2.6
NEBRASKA
Omaha	50	$72,300	0.7
NEW JERSEY
Newark	240	$60,720	1.5
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	90	$66,460	1.5
NEW YORK
Buffalo	70	$59,260	0.8
New York	280	$68,520	0.3
Nassau	40	$74,240	0.2
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	560	$76,940	13.1
Wilmington	40	$72,990	1.8
Raleigh	130	$69,790	1.6
Asheville	30	$73,210	1.1
OHIO
Cincinnati	140	$78,340	0.8
Columbus	80	$57,900	0.5
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	60	$67,730	0.9
OREGON
Eugene	100	$49,180	4.4
Portland	450	$70,240	2.7
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia	150	$64,320	0.5
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	100	$68,190	2.2
Columbia	30	$61,790	0.5
TENNESSEE
Memphis	60	$74,930	0.6
TEXAS
El Paso	60	$56,260	1.5
San Antonio	130	$48,780	1
Austin	80	$45,600	0.7
Dallas	160	$68,540	0.5
Fort Worth	60	$76,300	0.4
Houston	170	$66,200	0.4
UTAH
Salt Lake City	120	$59,050	1.2
VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach	130	$67,450	1.1
WASHINGTON
Wenatchee	30	$61,930	5.6
Seattle	850	$71,790	3.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	80	$61,270	12.6
WISCONSIN
La Crosse	140	$54,060	14.3
Madison	430	$64,930	8.2
Milwaukee	100	$69,330	0.7

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Government	17,620	64%	$67,340
Professional And Technical Services	4,120	14%	$68,420
Education	3,330	12%	$51,300
Chemicals	850	3%	$66,940
Hospital	750	2%	$43,160
Medical Office	440	1%	$63,900

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Biological Scientists

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Biological Scientists

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