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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Carpenters

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 Carpenters 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
Auburn	340	$28,900	1.3
Mobile	1,480	$30,800	1.3
Decatur	360	$34,990	1.1
Tuscaloosa	570	$31,590	1
Dothan	300	$34,280	0.8
Florence	230	$35,440	0.8
Birmingham	2,410	$36,200	0.7
Gadsden	120	$29,800	0.6
Montgomery	690	$29,760	0.6
Anniston	140	$32,300	0.5
Huntsville	620	$29,070	0.5
ALASKA
Anchorage	1,810	$56,900	1.8
Fairbanks	320	$60,350	1.8
ARIZONA
Prescott	810	$38,220	2.2
Phoenix	24,340	$36,700	1.9
Kingman	570	$34,040	1.9
Flagstaff	470	$33,800	1.5
Yuma	440	$30,450	1.2
Tucson	2,670	$38,100	1.1
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	200	$29,710	1
Little Rock	1,810	$33,610	0.8
Fort Smith	550	$29,440	0.7
Fayetteville	940	$35,680	0.7
Pine Bluff	120	$27,360	0.6
Jonesboro	100	$32,310	0.3
CALIFORNIA
Vallejo	2,460	$57,520	3.2
Napa	830	$54,880	2.2
Riverside	14,180	$48,400	1.7
Santa Rosa	1,860	$59,010	1.6
Oakland	10,440	$60,290	1.5
San Luis Obispo	870	$48,870	1.4
Redding	540	$45,500	1.4
Sacramento	7,730	$53,200	1.3
San Francisco	8,540	$61,770	1.3
Salinas	1,200	$53,970	1.2
Santa Barbara	1,260	$57,390	1.2
Oxnard	2,130	$45,660	1.1
Madera	220	$40,940	1.1
Fresno	2,290	$40,470	1
Yuba City	230	$60,310	1
San Diego	9,340	$47,930	1
Santa Ana	10,500	$52,430	1
Modesto	1,060	$42,720	1
Santa Cruz	530	$60,880	1
Chico	400	$40,650	1
Stockton	1,230	$51,640	0.9
San Jose	5,310	$56,340	0.9
Visalia	660	$37,010	0.8
Bakersfield	1,290	$48,970	0.7
Merced	240	$47,950	0.7
Hanford	70		0.4
El Centro	80	$50,020	0.3
COLORADO
Greeley	670	$41,350	1.5
Pueblo	400	$42,050	1.3
Grand Junction	400	$35,890	1.2
Fort Collins	880	$35,780	1.2
Colorado Springs	1,570	$48,240	1
Denver	7,490	$40,340	0.9
Boulder	730	$43,230	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	770	$48,830	1
Danbury	420	$48,000	1
New Haven	1,430	$48,070	0.8
Bridgeport	1,980	$50,020	0.7
Hartford	2,450	$48,750	0.6
Waterbury	240	$47,730	0.6
DELAWARE
Dover	340	$36,070	1.1
Wilmington	2,010	$49,080	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	11,850	$44,640	0.8
FLORIDA
Punta Gorda	840	$30,490	3.7
Palm Coast	160	$31,500	2.4
Naples	1,680	$35,630	2.2
Panama City	800	$30,850	1.9
Sebastian	510	$33,010	1.8
Cape Coral	2,420	$39,700	1.8
Sarasota	2,640	$40,470	1.5
Orlando	10,100	$35,900	1.4
Palm Bay	1,790	$39,040	1.4
Lakeland	1,710	$31,480	1.4
Ocala	770	$33,650	1.3
Port St. Lucie	1,010	$37,310	1.3
Fort Lauderdale	5,790	$35,470	1.2
Pensacola	1,040	$32,130	1.1
Deltona	1,040	$35,810	1.1
Jacksonville	4,140	$37,220	1
Tampa	6,800	$34,490	0.8
Miami	5,320	$34,320	0.8
Fort Walton Beach	300	$33,850	0.7
Tallahassee	610	$31,790	0.6
Gainesville	370	$33,130	0.5
GEORGIA
Brunswick	300	$37,520	1.2
Columbus	650	$25,700	1
Athens	360	$35,700	0.8
Valdosta	250	$29,110	0.8
Gainesville	320	$41,530	0.8
Warner Robins	210	$29,590	0.7
Savannah	590	$34,080	0.6
Atlanta	9,810	$36,130	0.6
Augusta	760	$36,770	0.6
Dalton	240	$30,660	0.5
Albany	180	$32,390	0.5
Rome	90	$35,470	0.4
Macon	170	$33,930	0.3
HAWAII
Honolulu	4,650	$63,770	1.6
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	930	$34,520	2.9
Idaho Falls	630	$32,820	2.3
Boise	3,860	$31,780	2.2
Pocatello	270	$33,700	1.6
Lewiston	120	$42,010	1
ILLINOIS
Rockford	1,930	$47,120	2
Decatur	430	$41,310	1.6
Peoria	1,430	$51,970	1.3
Champaign	700	$48,530	1.2
Bloomington	450	$54,720	1.1
Chicago	24,910	$63,520	1
Springfield	540	$40,190	0.8
Kankakee	170	$54,810	0.8
Danville	110	$30,860	0.8
INDIANA
Elkhart	1,990	$40,270	2.5
Gary	3,210	$44,280	1.8
Columbus	320	$36,720	1.3
Bloomington	530	$39,320	1.3
Lafayette	570	$38,010	1.2
Anderson	280	$35,820	1.2
Michigan City	300	$46,360	1.2
Evansville	1,300	$37,850	1.2
Terre Haute	450	$40,220	1.1
Indianapolis	6,290	$41,600	1
Kokomo	200	$36,320	1
South Bend	780	$42,370	0.9
Muncie	190	$42,920	0.7
Fort Wayne	950	$40,480	0.7
IOWA
Cedar Rapids	1,120	$34,320	1.3
Sioux City	540	$33,730	1.3
Dubuque	370	$34,470	1.2
Iowa City	520	$35,510	1.2
Des Moines	2,460	$38,520	1.1
Ames	210	$32,950	1
Waterloo	430	$29,550	0.8
Davenport	860	$43,320	0.7
KANSAS
Lawrence	360	$41,030	1.4
Topeka	650	$35,430	0.9
Wichita	1,440	$33,570	0.7
KENTUCKY
Elizabethtown	370	$32,760	1.5
Bowling Green	290	$32,920	0.9
Owensboro	230	$30,740	0.8
Louisville	3,140	$37,940	0.8
Lexington	990	$35,180	0.6
LOUISIANA
Lake Charles	860	$36,980	1.6
Baton Rouge	3,530	$38,720	1.5
Alexandria	450	$31,970	1.3
Shreveport	1,250	$33,790	1.1
Houma	600	$33,400	1
New Orleans	2,890	$39,360	0.9
Monroe	390	$32,310	0.8
Lafayette	610	$31,970	0.7
MAINE
Portland	1,680	$38,200	1.3
Lewiston	280	$34,110	1
Bangor	360	$34,040	0.9
MARYLAND
Salisbury	420	$36,580	1.4
Cumberland	270	$32,940	1.4
Bethesda	4,760	$47,230	1.2
Hagerstown	660	$35,050	1.1
Baltimore	8,260	$43,010	0.9
MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable	1,210	$53,750	1.9
New Bedford	580	$47,540	1.5
Lawrence	480	$61,090	1.4
Leominster	390	$59,330	1.3
Pittsfield	240	$37,800	1.3
Haverhill	600	$50,610	1.3
Brockton	650	$54,590	1.2
Lowell	560	$48,540	0.7
Boston	7,910	$56,120	0.7
Framingham	700	$52,180	0.7
Worcester	1,030	$44,570	0.6
Springfield	1,050	$42,630	0.5
MICHIGAN
Holland	810	$43,410	1.3
Battle Creek	280	$40,690	1
Bay City	150	$36,610	0.8
Lansing	950	$45,690	0.8
Grand Rapids	1,830	$39,870	0.7
Monroe	160	$42,910	0.7
Saginaw	310	$52,290	0.7
Warren	5,130	$48,960	0.7
Ann Arbor	700	$54,700	0.7
Kalamazoo	510	$42,370	0.6
Flint	510	$46,920	0.6
Niles	210	$38,810	0.6
Detroit	2,200	$52,100	0.5
Muskegon	150	$42,910	0.4
Jackson	100	$43,530	0.3
MINNESOTA
Duluth	1,030	$42,400	1.3
Rochester	650	$47,960	1.1
St. Cloud	560	$37,770	0.9
Minneapolis	10,610	$50,460	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	600	$36,030	2.2
Hattiesburg	400	$28,340	1.2
Gulfport	740	$37,730	1.1
Jackson	990	$31,540	0.6
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	670	$37,260	1.6
Columbia	740	$35,260	1.5
St. Louis	12,740	$53,130	1.4
Springfield	1,570	$32,910	1.2
St. Joseph	330	$39,760	1.1
Kansas City	6,520	$49,420	0.9
Joplin	300	$30,960	0.6
MONTANA
Billings	1,510	$32,690	3.1
Great Falls	480	$32,250	2.5
Missoula	640	$33,720	2.1
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	1,750	$37,810	1.7
Omaha	3,480	$34,680	1.1
NEVADA
Las Vegas	14,820	$50,980	2.4
Carson City	140	$53,850	0.9
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	380	$39,440	1.1
Portsmouth	370	$40,400	1.1
Nashua	710	$42,160	0.8
Manchester	460	$47,690	0.7
NEW JERSEY
Ocean City	370	$45,680	1.6
Atlantic City	1,220	$65,200	1.3
Vineland	330	$40,110	1
Edison	5,950	$51,240	0.9
Newark	5,180	$53,360	0.8
Camden	2,620	$49,660	0.7
Trenton	900	$60,100	0.6
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	650	$36,130	1.7
Las Cruces	480	$28,660	1.3
Albuquerque	2,780	$34,740	1.1
Farmington	270	$35,400	0.9
NEW YORK
Glens Falls	590	$44,520	1.9
Nassau	13,130	$58,270	1.6
Kingston	480	$41,990	1.4
Poughkeepsie	2,100	$47,570	1.4
Ithaca	320	$38,140	1.3
Elmira	230	$38,080	1.2
Binghamton	760	$34,950	1.2
Syracuse	2,220	$37,400	1.1
Utica	790	$33,470	1
Albany	2,570	$42,460	0.9
New York	29,940	$57,730	0.9
Rochester	2,870	$40,040	0.9
Buffalo	2,520	$40,930	0.7
NORTH CAROLINA
Jacksonville	310	$33,390	1.3
Wilmington	1,140	$32,580	1.2
Goldsboro	260	$32,480	1.2
Asheville	1,310	$32,150	1.1
Greenville	440	$29,340	1
Charlotte	4,880	$33,450	0.8
Winston-Salem	1,060	$31,810	0.8
Greensboro	1,830	$32,830	0.7
Rocky Mount	250	$32,340	0.7
Raleigh	2,380	$32,540	0.7
Durham	1,180	$31,710	0.7
Burlington	200	$28,320	0.6
Fayetteville	420	$33,010	0.5
Hickory	480	$32,820	0.5
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	580	$29,160	1.8
Grand Forks	290	$33,360	1
Fargo	710	$33,840	1
OHIO
Lima	330	$37,390	1.1
Mansfield	290	$44,220	1
Sandusky	180	$38,390	0.9
Toledo	1,850	$45,380	0.9
Canton	880	$38,050	0.8
Cincinnati	5,180	$40,090	0.7
Youngstown	1,080	$33,540	0.7
Springfield	190	$32,310	0.7
Cleveland	4,830	$42,590	0.7
Columbus	4,060	$41,460	0.6
Akron	1,320	$50,590	0.6
Dayton	1,350	$41,380	0.5
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	2,010	$30,620	0.7
Lawton	140	$31,290	0.7
Oklahoma City	2,350	$31,980	0.6
OREGON
Bend	1,090	$37,680	2.7
Salem	2,050	$35,110	2.1
Portland	11,500	$43,170	1.7
Eugene	1,270	$46,320	1.3
Corvallis	180	$42,070	1.1
Medford	540	$38,630	1
PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster	3,210	$38,060	2.1
Altoona	600	$29,220	1.7
Lebanon	450	$36,470	1.7
Johnstown	440	$33,540	1.3
Williamsport	370	$33,240	1.3
Allentown	2,680	$43,400	1.2
York	1,390	$42,700	1.2
State College	350	$48,180	1.1
Pittsburgh	8,020	$42,700	1.1
Reading	1,080	$42,080	1
Scranton	1,720	$35,890	1
Erie	790	$33,930	1
Philadelphia	12,300	$51,640	1
Harrisburg	1,790	$40,910	0.9
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	4,860	$47,520	1.3
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	2,270	$34,100	1.2
Myrtle Beach	840	$31,680	1.1
Greenville	2,240	$31,600	1.1
Columbia	2,180	$33,260	0.9
Florence	400	$25,860	0.8
Spartanburg	590	$31,480	0.8
Anderson	240	$29,200	0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	810	$30,060	2.2
Sioux Falls	1,370	$31,400	1.6
TENNESSEE
Kingsport	1,020	$30,570	1.4
Clarksville	400	$32,350	0.9
Knoxville	1,840	$33,680	0.8
Morristown	210	$26,500	0.8
Johnson City	290	$28,630	0.6
Chattanooga	790	$32,850	0.5
Memphis	2,150	$33,210	0.5
Cleveland	90	$33,520	0.5
Jackson	90	$29,680	0.3
TEXAS
San Angelo	240	$26,500	1
Beaumont	830	$34,930	0.8
El Paso	1,380	$26,330	0.8
Brownsville	600	$24,700	0.8
Killeen	490	$33,520	0.7
Houston	10,950	$32,940	0.6
Amarillo	380	$29,960	0.6
Lubbock	460	$30,840	0.6
San Antonio	3,380	$31,690	0.6
Abilene	220	$30,410	0.6
Victoria	160	$26,430	0.6
Austin	2,930	$35,070	0.6
College Station	250	$29,600	0.5
Midland	210	$32,410	0.5
Tyler	290	$32,310	0.5
Longview	280	$31,410	0.5
Dallas	6,860	$33,120	0.5
Odessa	160	$34,020	0.5
Texarkana	130	$33,100	0.4
Waco	230	$29,480	0.4
Fort Worth	2,210	$31,840	0.4
McAllen	510	$19,810	0.4
Wichita Falls	120	$31,330	0.4
Laredo	170	$31,170	0.3
Sherman	40	$34,310	0.2
UTAH
St. George	780	$32,300	2.8
Logan	510	$38,110	1.9
Provo	1,810	$35,890	1.7
Ogden	2,050	$35,780	1.6
Salt Lake City	5,090	$37,750	1.2
VERMONT
Burlington	970	$42,550	1.4
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	1,570	$39,010	2.7
Harrisonburg	690	$36,100	2.2
Lynchburg	1,110	$33,470	1.8
Danville	330	$33,550	1.7
Winchester	420	$36,460	1.4
Blacksburg	470	$30,550	1.3
Roanoke	1,280	$33,870	1.3
Virginia Beach	5,980	$35,400	1.2
Richmond	4,070	$40,300	1
WASHINGTON
Wenatchee	620	$34,030	2.7
Bellingham	1,070	$48,530	2.2
Mount Vernon	530	$44,790	2.1
Tacoma	3,640	$45,790	2.1
Kennewick	1,130	$47,610	2.1
Bremerton	940	$49,130	1.9
Seattle	16,210	$52,010	1.7
Spokane	1,890	$42,710	1.4
Olympia	800	$48,790	1.4
Longview	210	$48,410	1.2
Yakima	390	$44,240	0.8
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	560	$29,660	2.1
Parkersburg	600	$39,810	1.4
Weirton	340	$36,690	1.4
Charleston	1,220	$38,110	1.3
Wheeling	410	$32,110	1.1
Huntington	740	$41,830	1
WISCONSIN
Fond du Lac	430	$49,410	1.7
Wausau	590	$36,940	1.5
Madison	3,070	$42,280	1.4
Janesville	530	$41,390	1.4
Racine	620	$40,590	1.3
Green Bay	1,380	$41,090	1.3
Sheboygan	410	$41,470	1.2
Eau Claire	560	$41,050	1.2
La Crosse	480	$37,640	1.2
Appleton	720	$37,440	1
Oshkosh	400	$38,720	0.8
Milwaukee	4,340	$47,490	0.8
WYOMING
Casper	330	$33,430	1.5
Cheyenne	250	$37,300	1

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