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The Top Metro Areas for Bus And Truck Mechanics

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 2006) for:
Bus And Truck Mechanics

Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Bus And Truck Mechanics relative to the population of the city, as of 2006.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population. 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 (2006)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Decatur	170	$31,350	2
Gadsden	90	$31,640	1.9
Mobile	540	$34,490	1.8
Dothan	160	$32,290	1.7
Tuscaloosa	210	$32,770	1.6
Florence	110	$26,330	1.4
Montgomery	320	$34,410	1.1
Birmingham	970	$37,060	1.1
Anniston	70	$32,830	1
Auburn	50	$35,620	0.7
Huntsville	190	$35,050	0.5
ALASKA
Fairbanks	70	$47,550	1.4
Anchorage	340	$52,040	1.2
ARIZONA
Yuma	100	$31,230	1.1
Prescott	100	$35,870	1
Phoenix	3,200	$37,230	0.9
Tucson	340	$36,150	0.5
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	1,120	$36,110	1.9
Fort Smith	320	$29,680	1.6
Jonesboro	90	$29,880	1.2
Pine Bluff	40	$30,590	0.8
Hot Springs	30	$28,250	0.5
CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield	1,250	$33,750	2.7
Riverside	4,310	$39,560	1.8
Stockton	650	$39,390	1.7
El Centro	120	$30,800	1.6
Yuba City	90	$40,250	1.4
Madera	70	$37,570	1.4
Fresno	820	$34,700	1.4
Visalia	300	$38,610	1.3
Redding	140	$39,350	1.3
Salinas	280	$46,270	1
Santa Cruz	140	$42,980	1
Sacramento	1,610	$44,710	1
Modesto	280	$41,120	0.9
Santa Rosa	320	$46,200	0.9
Vallejo	210	$47,070	0.9
San Luis Obispo	160	$39,930	0.9
Chico	110	$36,140	0.9
Los Angeles	6,460	$45,240	0.8
Oakland	1,590	$51,730	0.8
Merced	70	$38,200	0.8
Napa	80	$56,570	0.8
San Diego	1,640	$38,980	0.7
Santa Ana	1,810	$46,270	0.6
Oxnard	290	$39,910	0.5
San Jose	880	$50,300	0.5
San Francisco	790	$44,340	0.4
COLORADO
Grand Junction	170	$38,050	2.1
Pueblo	120	$39,070	1.6
Greeley	170	$36,790	1.5
Denver	2,450	$42,980	1.1
Colorado Springs	350	$40,420	0.8
Boulder	140	$42,170	0.6
Fort Collins	90	$41,530	0.4
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	130	$45,830	1.1
New Haven	540	$45,910	1.1
Norwich	210	$43,440	1
Hartford	750	$46,480	0.7
Bridgeport	450	$44,550	0.6
Danbury	60	$40,030	0.5
DELAWARE
Wilmington	550	$44,240	0.9
Dover	80	$38,570	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	2,290	$42,730	0.5
FLORIDA
Lakeland	760	$37,570	2.1
Port St. Lucie	390	$40,980	1.8
Jacksonville	1,700	$38,530	1.6
Ocala	240	$35,090	1.5
Cape Coral	530	$38,150	1.4
Sarasota	660	$35,480	1.3
Orlando	2,150	$37,180	1.1
Deltona	300	$32,390	1.1
Tampa	2,170	$34,120	1
Fort Lauderdale	1,160	$42,680	0.8
Gainesville	160	$32,310	0.8
Punta Gorda	50	$33,880	0.8
Tallahassee	210	$34,560	0.7
West Palm Beach	720	$38,810	0.7
Miami	1,270	$37,090	0.7
Panama City	70	$32,480	0.6
Palm Bay	200	$37,480	0.6
Naples	120	$38,040	0.6
Pensacola	150	$35,280	0.5
Sebastian	40	$37,440	0.5
Fort Walton Beach	40	$33,420	0.3
GEORGIA
Albany	390	$32,190	4
Valdosta	200	$32,880	2.8
Dalton	250	$27,870	2
Macon	240	$45,740	1.5
Savannah	370	$37,620	1.5
Gainesville	130	$34,450	1.3
Atlanta	5,010	$42,170	1.1
Rome	60	$41,200	1.1
Athens	90	$36,020	0.8
Brunswick	40	$36,510	0.7
Warner Robins	50	$31,790	0.7
Columbus	120	$32,390	0.7
Augusta	220	$30,070	0.6
HAWAII
Honolulu	570	$43,460	0.7
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	150	$30,560	2.2
Boise	280	$35,550	0.6
Coeur d'Alene	40	$35,950	0.5
ILLINOIS
Peoria	530	$34,790	1.8
Kankakee	100	$42,040	1.6
Bloomington	110	$40,160	1
Springfield	170	$34,920	1
Chicago	6,280	$44,780	0.9
Rockford	210	$39,640	0.8
Champaign	110	$34,310	0.8
Waukegan	400	$40,960	0.6
INDIANA
Kokomo	110	$42,350	1.9
Gary	930	$40,600	1.9
Indianapolis	2,870	$39,250	1.8
Anderson	90	$34,590	1.6
Columbus	90	$37,080	1.6
Fort Wayne	570	$36,460	1.5
South Bend	350	$41,750	1.5
Terre Haute	160	$28,870	1.5
Evansville	430	$33,270	1.4
Michigan City	90	$35,740	1.3
Elkhart	260	$37,340	1.1
Muncie	80	$32,150	1.1
Bloomington	100	$30,950	0.9
Lafayette	70	$34,910	0.6
IOWA
Dubuque	190	$32,970	2.3
Des Moines	1,000	$39,130	1.8
Sioux City	190	$30,260	1.7
Davenport	520	$32,350	1.6
Cedar Rapids	290	$35,640	1.3
Iowa City	80	$30,740	0.8
KANSAS
Wichita	590	$32,390	1.2
Topeka	150	$34,120	0.8
KENTUCKY
Elizabethtown	80	$29,260	1.3
Lexington	520	$36,370	1.2
Louisville	1,250	$35,300	1.1
Bowling Green	80	$37,040	1
Owensboro	40	$30,110	0.6
LOUISIANA
Houma	220	$34,080	1.6
Shreveport	440	$28,840	1.6
Monroe	140	$31,990	1.1
Baton Rouge	620	$35,970	1
Alexandria	90	$27,450	0.9
Lake Charles	120	$36,650	0.9
New Orleans	560	$37,250	0.7
Lafayette	130	$30,700	0.6
MAINE
Bangor	200	$34,110	1.9
Lewiston	100	$32,250	1.3
Portland	260	$36,130	0.7
MARYLAND
Salisbury	140	$38,890	1.7
Hagerstown	250	$38,980	1.6
Baltimore	1,780	$43,740	0.7
Cumberland	40	$31,850	0.7
Bethesda	280	$42,520	0.3
MASSACHUSETTS
Lowell	280	$46,790	1.3
Springfield	680	$40,060	1.3
Pittsfield	60	$36,370	1.2
New Bedford	110	$42,690	1
Haverhill	110	$40,730	0.8
Worcester	320	$42,360	0.7
Brockton	100	$41,780	0.7
Boston	2,030	$46,870	0.7
Leominster	50	$42,380	0.6
Barnstable	70	$43,060	0.4
Lynn	60	$45,730	0.4
Framingham	90	$43,720	0.3
MICHIGAN
Holland	260	$36,570	1.5
Detroit	1,840	$45,770	1.4
Flint	320	$44,990	1.3
Saginaw	170	$42,300	1.2
Jackson	110	$43,850	1.2
Bay City	60	$39,030	1.2
Grand Rapids	760	$38,630	1.1
Lansing	280	$42,420	0.9
Muskegon	60	$40,850	0.6
Kalamazoo	150	$36,060	0.6
Warren	1,340	$44,900	0.6
Battle Creek	40	$38,830	0.5
MINNESOTA
Duluth	420	$41,490	1.9
St. Cloud	170	$40,020	1.1
Rochester	130	$38,960	1
Minneapolis	2,960	$41,350	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	130	$33,260	1.4
Jackson	620	$33,790	1.4
Pascagoula	80	$35,100	1.2
MISSOURI
Joplin	360	$34,780	2.9
Springfield	570	$36,050	1.8
St. Joseph	110	$34,020	1.7
Kansas City	2,450	$35,830	1.3
Columbia	150	$30,430	1.3
St. Louis	2,490	$38,940	1
Jefferson City	70	$32,120	0.7
MONTANA
Missoula	130	$36,860	1.5
Great Falls	40	$32,640	0.8
Billings	110	$33,310	0.8
NEBRASKA
Omaha	1,050	$34,060	1.3
Lincoln	340	$35,600	1.3
NEVADA
Reno	560	$44,310	1.5
Las Vegas	1,080	$41,320	0.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	180	$42,020	0.8
Manchester	130	$41,110	0.8
Portsmouth	30	$45,110	0.3
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	140	$38,590	1.4
Newark	2,460	$47,530	1.3
Camden	1,220	$42,290	1.2
Edison	1,870	$43,350	1
Ocean City	60	$42,080	0.9
Atlantic City	210	$44,730	0.9
Trenton	180	$39,790	0.4
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	260	$32,840	3.3
Albuquerque	590	$37,040	0.9
Las Cruces	70	$33,890	0.7
Santa Fe	40	$32,150	0.4
NEW YORK
Elmira	160	$32,730	3
Glens Falls	170	$34,420	2
Binghamton	270	$32,010	1.5
Utica	290	$34,530	1.3
Poughkeepsie	530	$40,540	1.2
Kingston	90	$36,330	0.9
Buffalo	860	$38,900	0.9
Rochester	740	$35,060	0.8
New York	7,080	$49,220	0.8
Albany	590	$39,280	0.7
Nassau	1,460	$46,960	0.6
Ithaca	30	$37,050	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte	2,150	$40,010	1.4
Greensboro	950	$39,310	1.4
Goldsboro	80	$31,760	1.3
Burlington	110	$32,440	1.3
Hickory	370	$34,290	1.2
Rocky Mount	110	$30,600	1.2
Raleigh	910	$35,910	1
Winston-Salem	320	$40,690	0.9
Fayetteville	160	$33,380	0.8
Greenville	80	$34,500	0.8
Asheville	220	$33,350	0.7
Durham	310	$39,410	0.7
Wilmington	160	$34,610	0.7
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	570	$35,470	3
Grand Forks	120	$34,130	1.5
Bismarck	90	$35,400	1
OHIO
Springfield	250	$37,470	3.4
Lima	190	$32,490	2.2
Dayton	1,130	$37,820	1.5
Youngstown	600	$32,780	1.4
Cincinnati	2,550	$38,290	1.3
Akron	770	$39,690	1.3
Toledo	730	$36,630	1.3
Canton	350	$31,910	1.1
Columbus	1,720	$38,450	1
Cleveland	1,800	$40,210	0.9
Mansfield	70	$41,040	0.8
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	1,370	$33,700	1.8
Oklahoma City	1,250	$36,120	1.2
Lawton	40	$31,110	0.8
OREGON
Eugene	500	$40,430	2
Medford	220	$36,170	1.6
Portland	2,290	$41,160	1.2
Bend	70	$36,450	0.7
Salem	130	$39,500	0.5
PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg	890	$40,380	1.7
York	530	$33,910	1.7
Johnstown	140	$33,110	1.5
Lebanon	100	$32,890	1.5
State College	120	$32,490	1.4
Lancaster	560	$37,620	1.3
Altoona	130	$30,630	1.3
Scranton	610	$36,200	1.3
Reading	360	$38,830	1.3
Pittsburgh	2,500	$35,830	1.2
Erie	240	$34,370	1.1
Williamsport	80	$30,880	1
Allentown	590	$40,290	1
Philadelphia	2,210	$41,750	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	720	$41,510	0.7
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson	120	$29,840	1.4
Florence	190	$31,650	1.4
Columbia	690	$36,770	1.1
Spartanburg	170	$30,170	0.9
Sumter	40	$31,100	0.8
Greenville	420	$35,110	0.8
Charleston	390	$33,970	0.8
Myrtle Beach	130	$32,470	0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	460	$33,190	2.1
Rapid City	150	$32,600	1.6
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	1,050	$31,860	2.6
Morristown	170	$34,650	2.4
Memphis	1,680	$38,090	1.5
Jackson	120	$31,280	1.5
Kingsport	270	$27,890	1.4
Nashville	1,820	$37,180	1.3
Clarksville	150	$29,770	1.2
Knoxville	650	$35,630	1.1
Cleveland	50	$31,080	0.9
Johnson City	70	$31,980	0.6
TEXAS
Texarkana	360	$40,080	4.2
Laredo	330	$30,550	2.8
Odessa	220	$33,440	2.7
Amarillo	290	$35,630	1.8
Longview	250	$29,690	1.7
Corpus Christi	480	$28,320	1.6
Waco	250	$33,500	1.5
Abilene	150	$29,770	1.5
Brownsville	300	$22,180	1.4
El Paso	600	$28,100	1.4
Wichita Falls	120	$33,830	1.3
Victoria	80	$28,230	1.2
McAllen	430	$24,240	1.2
Killeen	210	$31,940	1.1
Houston	4,850	$35,160	1.1
Lubbock	200	$32,780	1
Beaumont	280	$28,960	1
Fort Worth	1,440	$36,630	1
Dallas	3,510	$37,840	0.9
San Angelo	50	$31,370	0.9
San Antonio	1,150	$32,420	0.8
Tyler	120	$36,000	0.8
Austin	1,010	$36,670	0.8
College Station	70	$34,430	0.6
UTAH
Ogden	640	$38,810	2
St. George	130	$34,340	1.8
Salt Lake City	1,430	$39,310	1.3
Provo	180	$36,650	0.6
VERMONT
Burlington	240	$35,590	1.3
VIRGINIA
Harrisonburg	260	$39,240	3.4
Richmond	1,410	$38,360	1.3
Roanoke	330	$35,120	1.2
Blacksburg	90	$34,780	1.1
Lynchburg	170	$32,880	1
Winchester	70	$32,670	0.9
Danville	50	$27,650	0.9
Virginia Beach	1,010	$37,250	0.7
Charlottesville	60	$32,430	0.4
WASHINGTON
Mount Vernon	170	$43,180	2.5
Longview	110	$36,550	2.3
Tacoma	730	$48,380	1.6
Spokane	520	$36,890	1.4
Yakima	160	$35,110	1.2
Wenatchee	70	$44,620	1.2
Olympia	170	$43,760	1.1
Kennewick	150	$41,460	1.1
Bremerton	130	$47,570	1
Seattle	2,080	$46,150	0.8
Bellingham	90	$41,290	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	470	$31,540	1.9
Parkersburg	190	$29,710	1.6
Morgantown	100	$27,170	1.3
Wheeling	130	$32,640	1.2
Weirton	70	$26,970	1
Huntington	190	$31,980	1
WISCONSIN
Green Bay	690	$37,640	2.4
Fond du Lac	140	$35,600	2.4
Wausau	190	$34,900	1.7
La Crosse	150	$36,550	1.3
Eau Claire	140	$35,420	1.1
Janesville	120	$39,140	1.1
Oshkosh	140	$35,390	1
Madison	570	$39,080	1
Sheboygan	80	$36,870	0.9
Racine	100	$41,080	0.8
Milwaukee	1,220	$43,210	0.8
Appleton	140	$37,510	0.7
WYOMING
Cheyenne	60	$35,300	1

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