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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Chemists

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:
Chemists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Chemists 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	90	$53,670	0.8
Huntsville	90	$73,330	0.7
Montgomery	70	$62,960	0.7
Birmingham	180	$63,240	0.6
ALASKA
Anchorage	60	$69,410	0.6
ARIZONA
Phoenix	890	$67,820	0.8
Tucson	120	$61,870	0.5
ARKANSAS
Pine Bluff	110	$80,000	6.3
Little Rock	110	$56,060	0.5
CALIFORNIA
Napa	160	$67,690	4.5
Oxnard	560	$84,650	3.1
Oakland	1,750	$72,320	2.7
San Jose	1,390	$83,470	2.4
San Diego	1,800	$92,990	2.1
Santa Rosa	190	$70,580	1.7
San Francisco	1,060	$85,450	1.7
Sacramento	710	$69,860	1.3
Vallejo	80	$70,750	1.1
Santa Barbara	100	$81,930	1
Santa Ana	890	$79,120	0.9
Bakersfield	140	$89,480	0.9
Riverside	440	$67,540	0.5
San Luis Obispo	30	$93,530	0.5
Fresno	80	$47,320	0.4
Stockton	30	$85,540	0.2
COLORADO
Boulder	710	$90,190	7.4
Fort Collins	120	$53,260	1.7
Greeley	60	$47,390	1.4
Denver	580	$71,780	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	160	$72,770	2.2
New Haven	250	$76,960	1.5
Waterbury	50	$72,040	1.3
Bridgeport	230		0.8
Hartford	210	$62,280	0.6
DELAWARE
Wilmington	1,130	$85,380	5.6
Dover	60	$65,190	2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,300	$98,980	0.9
FLORIDA
Gainesville	120	$53,520	1.8
Panama City	50	$52,030	1.3
Palm Bay	70	$72,960	0.6
West Palm Beach	190	$55,490	0.6
Lakeland	60	$71,960	0.5
Jacksonville	170	$58,040	0.4
Miami	280	$66,730	0.4
Tampa	290	$61,300	0.4
Sarasota	60	$58,870	0.4
Orlando	240	$54,820	0.4
Fort Lauderdale	140	$59,110	0.3
GEORGIA
Augusta	220	$87,240	1.8
Savannah	60	$67,680	0.7
Atlanta	920	$70,570	0.6
HAWAII
Honolulu	160	$60,840	0.6
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	60	$61,260	2.3
Boise	60	$46,810	0.4
ILLINOIS
Decatur	40	$63,440	1.6
Rockford	120	$65,220	1.3
Springfield	60	$51,820	1
Peoria	100	$87,400	1
Champaign	40	$60,890	0.7
Chicago	1,630	$70,000	0.7
INDIANA
Lafayette	140	$65,860	3.2
Evansville	260	$73,970	2.5
Gary	180	$66,810	1
Terre Haute	40	$56,670	1
Elkhart	70	$50,130	0.9
Fort Wayne	60	$45,700	0.5
IOWA
Iowa City	120	$52,720	3
Cedar Rapids	40	$74,960	0.5
Des Moines	30	$57,070	0.1
KANSAS
Wichita	80	$51,630	0.4
KENTUCKY
Lexington	130	$61,190	0.9
Louisville	240	$62,350	0.6
LOUISIANA
New Orleans	580	$67,650	1.8
Baton Rouge	370	$67,880	1.6
Lake Charles	80	$74,630	1.6
Lafayette	50	$51,840	0.6
MAINE
Portland	80	$46,650	0.7
MARYLAND
Bethesda	1,940	$103,460	5.4
Salisbury	90	$36,380	3.1
Baltimore	1,410	$77,970	1.7
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	440	$85,720	4.5
Lowell	250	$99,150	3.5
Boston	2,140	$82,130	2
Worcester	220	$67,800	1.4
Springfield	140	$57,450	0.8
Haverhill	30	$74,470	0.7
Barnstable	30	$55,390	0.5
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	240	$59,820	2.4
Niles	50	$58,000	1.4
Detroit	540	$54,910	1.2
Lansing	100	$51,770	0.9
Grand Rapids	200	$54,490	0.8
Warren	450	$59,570	0.6
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	1,450	$69,630	1.3
Duluth	60	$63,900	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	40	$73,310	0.6
Jackson	50	$50,360	0.3
MISSOURI
St. Joseph	70	$46,650	2.6
Columbia	80	$60,150	1.7
Kansas City	810	$63,830	1.2
St. Louis	720	$68,320	0.8
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	140	$50,380	1.4
Omaha	120	$57,890	0.4
NEVADA
Las Vegas	100	$79,400	0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	40	$99,010	0.5
NEW JERSEY
Newark	2,970	$72,670	4.7
Edison	2,750	$78,510	4.2
Trenton	410	$78,290	3.1
Camden	270	$74,560	0.8
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	120	$81,560	0.5
NEW YORK
Albany	470	$83,780	1.7
Rochester	320	$60,670	1
Nassau	750	$73,690	0.9
Buffalo	280	$65,370	0.8
New York	2,500	$76,600	0.8
Utica	50	$60,810	0.7
Syracuse	100	$46,130	0.5
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	1,040	$72,880	6.2
Raleigh	920	$61,580	2.9
Greensboro	430	$68,600	1.9
Wilmington	160	$44,070	1.9
Charlotte	510	$68,470	0.9
Winston-Salem	50	$77,380	0.4
OHIO
Cleveland	1,050	$61,230	1.6
Akron	320	$60,390	1.5
Cincinnati	980	$68,990	1.5
Columbus	650	$61,300	1.1
Dayton	210	$75,220	0.9
Toledo	160	$64,490	0.8
Youngstown	30	$50,120	0.2
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	100	$65,510	0.4
Oklahoma City	110	$70,790	0.3
OREGON
Bend	70	$57,170	1.8
Eugene	50	$48,240	0.6
Portland	360	$53,990	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster	380	$48,690	2.6
Philadelphia	2,650	$77,180	2.2
Lebanon	30		1.2
Allentown	250	$55,810	1.2
Erie	60	$67,340	0.8
Harrisburg	140	$53,100	0.7
York	60	$62,010	0.6
Reading	40	$51,440	0.4
Scranton	60	$46,120	0.4
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	180	$60,650	0.5
SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence	50	$95,180	1
Greenville	150	$55,580	0.8
Charleston	140	$65,400	0.8
Spartanburg	50	$57,540	0.7
Columbia	110	$56,720	0.5
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	200	$82,660	1
Chattanooga	70	$51,540	0.5
Memphis	180	$61,790	0.5
TEXAS
College Station	110	$56,470	2.5
Beaumont	190	$78,250	2
Austin	900	$51,740	1.9
Victoria	40	$77,080	1.6
Houston	1,690	$72,990	1
Fort Worth	400	$63,450	0.7
San Antonio	320	$60,800	0.6
Dallas	680	$76,310	0.5
El Paso	30	$52,340	0.2
UTAH
Provo	110	$63,480	1.1
Salt Lake City	430	$61,780	1.1
Ogden	130	$60,990	1.1
VERMONT
Burlington	50	$49,670	0.8
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	280	$52,570	5.2
Blacksburg	40	$57,570	1.2
Richmond	430	$63,680	1.1
Lynchburg	40	$60,270	0.7
Virginia Beach	300	$71,030	0.6
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	440	$88,900	8.5
Bremerton	80	$72,420	1.7
Bellingham	50	$65,210	1.1
Seattle	760	$75,470	0.8
Olympia	40	$69,070	0.7
Spokane	40	$51,550	0.3
Tacoma	40	$66,470	0.2
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	80	$64,980	0.9
Huntington	60	$59,600	0.9
WISCONSIN
Madison	590	$58,850	2.9
Racine	110	$68,250	2.5
Milwaukee	590	$64,660	1.1
Green Bay	50	$68,960	0.5

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Most Popular Industries (as of 2008) for:
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Industries representing at least 1% of total jobs for the occupation.

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Chemicals	29,300	35%	$65,890
Professional And Technical Services	24,840	30%	$65,100
Government	9,740	11%	$76,870
Education	3,210	3%	$51,630
Business Management	2,310	2%	$74,110
Non-Durable Goods Wholesale	1,920	2%	$69,160
Office Services And Staffing	1,740	2%	$50,860
Electronics And Computer	830	1%	$73,780
Waste Management	820	1%	$56,990

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Chemists

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

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NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

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OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

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