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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Chemical Technicians

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 2007) for:
Chemical Technicians

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Chemical Technicians relative to the population of the city, as of 2007.

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 (2007)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Mobile	280	$43,340	3.7
Birmingham	390	$36,310	1.7
Dothan	40	$47,640	1.5
Tuscaloosa	50	$42,230	1.5
ARIZONA
Tucson	100	$39,640	0.6
Phoenix	320	$45,810	0.4
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	260	$34,160	3.1
Little Rock	70	$32,130	0.5
CALIFORNIA
Oxnard	660	$51,200	4.9
Napa	90	$39,700	3.6
Oakland	820	$42,990	1.8
San Jose	510	$45,430	1.3
San Diego	740	$44,680	1.2
San Francisco	530	$52,920	1.2
Santa Ana	840	$37,770	1.2
San Luis Obispo	40	$34,730	0.9
Bakersfield	90	$41,900	0.8
Fresno	110	$31,500	0.8
Sacramento	300	$36,190	0.7
Santa Rosa	50	$37,540	0.6
Los Angeles	980	$41,060	0.5
Riverside	300	$37,440	0.5
COLORADO
Fort Collins	140	$44,090	2.7
Grand Junction	40	$45,960	1.8
Greeley	50	$44,860	1.6
Pueblo	30	$42,260	1.5
Denver	600	$39,430	1.1
Colorado Springs	80	$38,510	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	150	$46,100	2.9
New Haven	120	$44,320	1
Bridgeport	190	$43,710	1
DELAWARE
Wilmington	1,330	$57,600	9.3
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	90	$40,690	1.3
Lakeland	110	$42,010	1.3
Pensacola	60	$47,740	0.9
Tampa	380	$34,100	0.7
West Palm Beach	150	$33,100	0.6
Jacksonville	140	$38,510	0.5
Orlando	240	$35,460	0.5
Palm Bay	40	$40,990	0.5
Deltona	30	$33,760	0.4
Fort Lauderdale	140	$35,680	0.4
Miami	170	$37,640	0.4
Sarasota	40	$37,500	0.3
GEORGIA
Savannah	100	$43,610	1.6
Augusta	120	$57,070	1.4
Atlanta	740	$35,100	0.7
IDAHO
Boise	60	$33,650	0.5
ILLINOIS
Champaign	60	$36,290	1.7
Chicago	880	$43,760	0.5
INDIANA
Lafayette	120	$33,240	4
Evansville	230	$39,680	3.1
Elkhart	80	$43,390	1.5
Gary	120	$43,830	1
Fort Wayne	50	$35,910	0.5
South Bend	30	$32,710	0.5
IOWA
Ames	40	$40,670	2.8
Iowa City	40	$42,460	1.5
Sioux City	40	$35,290	1.4
Davenport	100	$44,880	1.3
Cedar Rapids	40	$52,500	0.7
KANSAS
Wichita	60	$40,250	0.5
KENTUCKY
Louisville	310	$38,630	1.1
Lexington	110	$34,760	1
LOUISIANA
Lake Charles	410	$58,000	11.6
Baton Rouge	850	$51,350	5.4
New Orleans	500	$45,140	2.3
MARYLAND
Bethesda	390	$53,660	1.6
Baltimore	550	$41,110	1
MASSACHUSETTS
Lowell	130	$58,500	2.6
Framingham	160	$52,830	2.4
Leominster	40	$45,270	2.1
Springfield	260	$42,220	2
Boston	1,020	$46,690	1.3
Worcester	140	$40,200	1.3
Lynn	40	$51,660	1
MICHIGAN
Kalamazoo	770	$32,460	13
Bay City	130	$54,010	10.4
Jackson	70	$50,970	3.3
Ann Arbor	160	$34,260	2.2
Niles	50	$50,980	2.1
Saginaw	60	$57,550	1.8
Detroit	420	$37,630	1.3
Muskegon	30	$47,940	1.2
Warren	380	$43,970	0.7
Holland	30	$38,960	0.7
Lansing	40	$40,050	0.5
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	660	$41,810	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	120	$34,860	2.8
MISSOURI
Columbia	60	$24,830	1.8
St. Louis	540	$41,970	0.9
Kansas City	300	$41,690	0.7
MONTANA
Billings	30	$37,530	0.9
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	80	$32,850	1.2
Omaha	50	$42,380	0.2
NEVADA
Las Vegas	130	$48,390	0.3
NEW JERSEY
Edison	1,660	$46,470	3.6
Newark	1,280	$41,020	2.8
Camden	560	$43,760	2.4
Trenton	190	$45,890	2
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	130	$57,090	0.8
NEW YORK
Buffalo	590	$41,430	2.5
Albany	350	$42,850	1.8
Nassau	630	$38,350	1.1
Rochester	240	$41,040	1.1
Syracuse	120	$34,640	0.9
New York	1,370	$45,960	0.6
Poughkeepsie	60	$32,130	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	280	$34,600	2.4
Greensboro	320	$40,010	2
Wilmington	90	$35,930	1.5
Charlotte	500	$40,890	1.3
Raleigh	210	$38,880	0.9
Hickory	50	$43,670	0.7
Winston-Salem	40	$34,430	0.4
OHIO
Lima	130	$44,820	6.2
Akron	320	$40,300	2.2
Cleveland	1,000	$44,860	2.1
Cincinnati	540	$39,630	1.2
Columbus	470	$41,760	1.1
Toledo	160	$40,510	1.1
Dayton	170	$34,370	1
Youngstown	50	$34,690	0.5
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	160	$39,670	0.9
Oklahoma City	180	$27,500	0.7
OREGON
Portland	140	$38,600	0.3
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia	2,290	$42,320	2.8
Pittsburgh	970	$39,770	1.9
Allentown	220	$43,400	1.5
Lancaster	130	$30,230	1.3
Erie	40	$39,680	0.7
Scranton	40	$37,870	0.4
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	250	$37,590	1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spartanburg	310	$42,000	6
Greenville	250	$39,810	1.9
Charleston	160	$42,940	1.3
Columbia	140	$44,670	0.9
TENNESSEE
Cleveland	50	$50,870	3.5
Knoxville	240	$46,270	1.7
Chattanooga	120	$30,270	1.3
Memphis	200	$38,790	0.7
TEXAS
Victoria	380	$57,140	21.1
Beaumont	560	$55,650	8.5
College Station	110	$29,700	3.5
Houston	2,550	$49,000	2.3
Fort Worth	420	$40,240	1.1
San Antonio	330	$33,460	0.9
Corpus Christi	60		0.8
Dallas	590	$42,610	0.6
Austin	170	$42,880	0.5
El Paso	50	$47,630	0.4
UTAH
Provo	190	$35,170	2.7
Salt Lake City	400	$46,840	1.5
Ogden	80	$37,660	1
VERMONT
Burlington	30	$33,990	0.7
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	50	$45,610	1.3
Richmond	300	$53,230	1.1
Virginia Beach	100	$46,280	0.3
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	250	$47,580	7.1
Longview	80	$32,890	6.4
Bellingham	70	$38,630	2.2
Tacoma	100	$45,880	0.9
Spokane	60	$40,550	0.7
Seattle	240	$39,440	0.4
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	180	$37,230	2.9
Huntington	100	$36,740	2.1
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee	720	$36,800	1.9
Madison	230	$38,590	1.6
Oshkosh	50	$43,750	1.5
Green Bay	100	$34,990	1.4
Appleton	50	$36,710	1

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Most Popular Industries (as of 2007) for:
Chemical Technicians

Industries representing at least 1% of total jobs for the occupation.

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2007)
Chemicals	25,380	40%	$44,050
Professional And Technical Services	20,120	31%	$36,000
Oil And Coal Products	1,740	2%	$48,200
Office Services And Staffing	1,740	2%	$35,050
Education	1,720	2%	$37,800
Government	1,350	2%	$40,740
Mining	1,020	1%	$42,870
Metals	980	1%	$42,040
Utilities	960	1%	$58,000
Business Management	940	1%	$41,840
Non-Durable Goods Wholesale	920	1%	$40,320
Electronics And Computer	900	1%	$44,090
Plastics And Rubber	880	1%	$44,440
Food	800	1%	$40,150
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	730	1%	$37,170

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Chemical Technicians

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2007) for:Chemical Technicians

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