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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 2008) 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 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
Mobile	210	$46,390	2.6
Birmingham	340	$39,560	1.4
Montgomery	40	$31,920	0.5
ALASKA
Fairbanks	40	$48,380	3.2
ARIZONA
Tucson	120	$40,750	0.7
Phoenix	310	$47,680	0.4
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	60	$31,630	0.4
CALIFORNIA
Oxnard	620	$51,990	4.6
Napa	90	$42,130	3.4
Oakland	840	$45,090	1.8
San Diego	930	$44,970	1.5
San Jose	580	$47,210	1.4
San Francisco	560	$54,170	1.2
San Luis Obispo	50	$39,640	1.2
Sacramento	480	$35,020	1.2
Santa Barbara	70	$41,720	0.9
Bakersfield	110	$52,190	0.9
Santa Ana	650	$42,140	0.9
Modesto	60	$32,480	0.8
Fresno	110	$31,380	0.7
Santa Rosa	50	$37,150	0.6
Riverside	340	$39,010	0.6
COLORADO
Boulder	500		7.1
Fort Collins	80	$45,230	1.5
Denver	590	$38,940	1
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	180	$47,670	3.3
New Haven	130	$46,190	1
Bridgeport	200	$46,150	1
Hartford	110	$37,580	0.4
DELAWARE
Wilmington	1,450	$56,520	9.7
Dover	40	$32,420	1.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	260	$45,270	0.2
FLORIDA
Lakeland	110	$43,190	1.3
Panama City	30	$37,410	1.1
Pensacola	50	$50,770	0.8
Tampa	370	$36,400	0.7
Jacksonville	180	$36,940	0.7
West Palm Beach	150	$32,940	0.6
Orlando	250	$38,290	0.5
Palm Bay	40	$41,420	0.5
Deltona	30	$37,940	0.4
Miami	180	$41,210	0.4
Sarasota	40	$39,360	0.3
Fort Lauderdale	100	$38,530	0.3
GEORGIA
Augusta	130	$54,850	1.4
Savannah	70	$42,460	1.1
Columbus	40	$38,430	0.9
Atlanta	630	$36,980	0.6
HAWAII
Honolulu	80	$52,670	0.4
IDAHO
Boise	30	$33,500	0.2
ILLINOIS
Kankakee	120	$48,430	8.2
Champaign	50		1.3
Chicago	1,100	$43,860	0.6
INDIANA
Lafayette	100	$33,440	3.2
Evansville	200	$54,130	2.6
Gary	180	$56,610	1.4
Elkhart	50	$46,560	0.9
Fort Wayne	60	$30,340	0.6
IOWA
Ames	50	$39,940	3.4
Davenport	110	$44,730	1.4
Cedar Rapids	60	$51,280	1
KANSAS
Wichita	120	$42,030	0.9
Topeka	30	$48,930	0.6
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green	50	$23,760	2.1
Louisville	230	$37,370	0.8
LOUISIANA
Lake Charles	390	$59,700	10.7
Baton Rouge	1,010	$52,790	6
New Orleans	410	$51,590	1.8
MAINE
Portland	40	$34,140	0.4
MARYLAND
Bethesda	350	$55,520	1.3
Baltimore	450	$44,050	0.7
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	300	$48,740	4.2
Lowell	180	$57,020	3.4
Worcester	270	$43,660	2.4
Springfield	290	$40,910	2.1
Leominster	40	$50,730	2
Boston	1,130	$48,170	1.4
Lawrence	30	$41,190	1.3
Brockton	30	$34,490	0.8
MICHIGAN
Kalamazoo	240	$39,670	4.1
Jackson	70	$52,060	3.4
Ann Arbor	220	$34,140	3
Niles	40		1.6
Detroit	310	$38,230	1
Grand Rapids	160	$40,390	0.9
Warren	310	$44,820	0.6
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	540	$43,160	0.7
MISSOURI
St. Louis	550	$42,750	0.9
Kansas City	310	$41,740	0.7
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	60	$32,030	0.8
Omaha	50	$42,110	0.2
NEVADA
Las Vegas	110	$47,940	0.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	30	$40,080	0.5
NEW JERSEY
Edison	1,620	$46,100	3.4
Newark	1,320	$42,400	2.8
Camden	570	$41,600	2.3
Trenton	200	$45,670	2.1
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	110		0.6
NEW YORK
Buffalo	650	$40,050	2.6
Albany	360	$42,780	1.8
Nassau	680	$42,390	1.2
Poughkeepsie	100	$33,110	0.9
Rochester	200	$39,320	0.9
Binghamton	30	$33,310	0.7
Syracuse	90	$41,560	0.6
New York	1,360	$45,530	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	240	$35,420	2
Greensboro	260	$39,750	1.5
Greenville	40	$31,190	1.4
Charlotte	540	$41,230	1.3
Raleigh	220	$37,840	0.9
Winston-Salem	40	$35,280	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	40	$26,920	2.1
OHIO
Akron	290	$40,880	1.9
Cleveland	760	$43,750	1.6
Columbus	600	$41,070	1.4
Toledo	190	$42,800	1.3
Cincinnati	430	$40,550	0.9
Dayton	140	$37,070	0.8
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	100	$36,430	0.5
Oklahoma City	130	$33,420	0.5
OREGON
Portland	180	$38,560	0.4
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	60	$39,310	2.6
Philadelphia	2,230	$47,410	2.6
Pittsburgh	960	$41,060	1.8
Lancaster	160	$31,530	1.5
Allentown	230	$43,480	1.5
Williamsport	30	$42,850	1.5
Erie	50	$41,380	0.9
Reading	60	$34,830	0.8
Harrisburg	100	$33,040	0.7
York	50	$38,500	0.6
Scranton	70	$37,880	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	240	$38,010	0.9
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spartanburg	250	$43,140	4.7
Charleston	200	$41,670	1.5
Greenville	190	$43,130	1.4
Columbia	140	$45,720	0.9
TENNESSEE
Cleveland	50	$53,670	3.7
Knoxville	250	$46,510	1.6
Memphis	220	$40,740	0.8
Chattanooga	80	$38,420	0.8
TEXAS
Victoria	600	$59,590	32.6
Beaumont	640	$52,910	9.3
College Station	90	$29,970	2.8
Houston	2,690	$48,670	2.3
Tyler	40	$35,790	1
Corpus Christi	80	$36,960	1
Fort Worth	380	$44,160	1
San Antonio	370	$36,850	1
Dallas	900	$43,430	0.9
Austin	220	$45,530	0.6
UTAH
Provo	180	$33,440	2.5
Salt Lake City	380	$42,930	1.3
Ogden	60	$40,830	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	80	$35,940	1.7
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg	90	$42,540	3.6
Richmond	360	$45,590	1.3
Virginia Beach	100	$43,320	0.3
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	180	$55,690	4.8
Tacoma	100	$43,600	0.8
Spokane	60	$42,730	0.6
Seattle	290	$38,420	0.4
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	120	$41,520	6.5
Wheeling	90	$36,480	3.5
Charleston	190	$33,290	3
Weirton	40	$45,400	2.4
Huntington	110	$39,800	2.3
WISCONSIN
Oshkosh	70	$45,520	2
Madison	230	$41,320	1.5
Green Bay	110	$37,540	1.5
Milwaukee	540	$40,150	1.4
Appleton	50	$41,010	1

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Most Popular Industries (as of 2008) for:
Chemical Technicians

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

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Chemicals	25,860	40%	$45,820
Professional And Technical Services	19,870	30%	$36,850
Education	2,280	3%	$38,570
Office Services And Staffing	2,200	3%	$36,910
Oil And Coal Products	1,850	2%	$53,520
Government	1,450	2%	$40,760
Mining	1,060	1%	$45,070
Utilities	1,050	1%	$60,570
Non-Durable Goods Wholesale	970	1%	$41,300
Business Management	960	1%	$45,520
Metals	930	1%	$42,510
Plastics And Rubber	900	1%	$45,510
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	810	1%	$38,340
Electronics And Computer	730	1%	$43,410
Food	690	1%	$42,720

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Chemical Technicians

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Chemical Technicians

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ARIZONA

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CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

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FLORIDA

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NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

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TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

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WASHINGTON

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