Clergy: Schools and Careers

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Clergy

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:
Clergy

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Clergy 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	50	$39,240	1
Birmingham	130	$46,270	0.8
Montgomery	40	$39,480	0.8
ALASKA
Anchorage	60	$41,810	1.3
ARIZONA
Tucson	90	$44,640	0.8
Phoenix	340	$38,020	0.6
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	60	$43,220	0.6
CALIFORNIA
San Luis Obispo	50	$47,570	1.8
Santa Cruz	40	$60,500	1.7
Riverside	600	$45,900	1.6
Santa Rosa	70	$37,960	1.3
Modesto	60	$44,740	1.3
Stockton	70	$54,750	1.1
San Diego	390	$49,040	1
San Francisco	280	$63,900	0.9
Fresno	90	$49,940	0.9
Oakland	280	$58,120	0.9
Bakersfield	70	$33,110	0.9
San Jose	230	$59,940	0.8
Oxnard	70	$61,860	0.8
Sacramento	210	$55,960	0.8
Santa Ana	360	$65,120	0.8
Salinas	30	$59,610	0.7
Santa Barbara	30	$79,930	0.6
COLORADO
Fort Collins	40	$40,800	1.2
Colorado Springs	60	$56,280	0.8
CONNECTICUT
New Haven	80	$63,780	1
Hartford	110	$45,860	0.6
Bridgeport	60	$54,710	0.5
DELAWARE
Wilmington	40	$50,830	0.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	670	$45,620	1
FLORIDA
Naples	60	$32,720	1.8
Sarasota	130	$36,070	1.7
Pensacola	70	$46,320	1.7
Lakeland	90	$38,650	1.6
Deltona	70	$31,780	1.6
Tallahassee	60	$40,100	1.3
Gainesville	40	$39,450	1.3
Miami	340	$55,340	1.2
Tampa	410	$41,880	1.1
Orlando	300	$36,150	1
Jacksonville	170	$36,270	1
West Palm Beach	150	$46,510	1
Fort Lauderdale	190	$45,130	0.9
Palm Bay	40	$35,870	0.7
GEORGIA
Gainesville	40	$51,710	2.1
Atlanta	340	$44,150	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	640	$39,950	5
ILLINOIS
Chicago	1,190	$40,160	1
Peoria	50	$44,560	1
Rockford	40	$49,770	0.9
INDIANA
Evansville	100	$42,730	2
Gary	140	$24,150	1.7
Indianapolis	270	$43,050	1
Fort Wayne	50	$42,150	0.8
IOWA
Dubuque	40	$38,190	3
Des Moines	70	$44,880	0.7
KANSAS
Wichita	60	$39,900	0.7
KENTUCKY
Lexington	60	$50,780	0.9
Louisville	150	$47,120	0.8
LOUISIANA
New Orleans	120	$42,520	0.8
Baton Rouge	40	$47,880	0.4
MARYLAND
Baltimore	180	$44,770	0.5
MASSACHUSETTS
Springfield	70	$52,610	0.8
Boston	290	$50,600	0.6
Worcester	30	$51,150	0.4
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	90	$44,300	1.9
Muskegon	30	$48,100	1.9
Lansing	70	$30,620	1.3
Warren	430	$38,600	1.3
Grand Rapids	130	$37,350	1.2
Detroit	190	$41,530	0.9
Flint	30	$41,250	0.8
MINNESOTA
Rochester	30	$56,570	1.2
Duluth	40	$42,280	1.1
St. Cloud	30		1.1
Minneapolis	390	$46,200	0.7
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	50	$45,600	0.7
MISSOURI
St. Louis	320	$43,890	0.8
Kansas City	240	$46,760	0.8
MONTANA
Billings	160	$32,620	7.4
Missoula	80	$40,120	6
NEBRASKA
Omaha	110	$40,530	0.8
NEVADA
Reno	30	$60,660	0.5
Las Vegas	60	$58,510	0.2
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	80	$51,180	1.3
Edison	300	$48,160	1
Newark	290	$45,410	1
Camden	110	$50,650	0.7
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	30	$46,140	0.3
NEW YORK
Buffalo	860	$48,180	5.4
Glens Falls	70	$40,880	5.2
Poughkeepsie	340	$53,080	4.9
Elmira	40	$38,300	4.6
Syracuse	410	$45,680	4.6
Rochester	610	$51,820	4.2
Kingston	60	$38,300	3.9
Albany	480	$49,370	3.7
Utica	110	$53,760	3.1
Binghamton	90	$53,460	3.1
New York	4,540	$49,730	3
Nassau	1,070	$59,990	2.9
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville	50	$48,330	1
Durham	50	$54,270	0.6
Raleigh	70	$48,430	0.5
Charlotte	80	$48,210	0.3
Greensboro	30		0.3
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	30	$41,100	0.9
OHIO
Dayton	160	$45,690	1.4
Youngstown	80	$33,130	1.2
Cincinnati	320	$34,300	1
Toledo	80	$38,840	0.9
Canton	40	$35,700	0.8
Akron	50	$39,340	0.5
Cleveland	150	$46,720	0.5
Columbus	130	$47,640	0.5
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	280	$41,030	1.7
Tulsa	70	$37,890	0.5
OREGON
Salem	540	$40,580	12.8
Corvallis	70	$45,280	9.3
Eugene	340	$50,850	8.1
Medford	180	$49,020	7.9
Bend	140	$46,660	7.7
Portland	1,840	$46,790	6
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	50	$31,780	3.4
Philadelphia	640	$36,190	1.1
Allentown	110	$40,990	1.1
Harrisburg	100	$39,600	1.1
Scranton	80	$33,660	1.1
Lancaster	70	$45,490	1
Pittsburgh	340	$35,660	1
York	40	$33,010	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	210	$44,830	1.3
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	110	$42,570	1.1
Charleston	40	$46,210	0.5
Greenville	40	$42,750	0.5
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	60	$40,150	1.6
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	180	$48,390	1.8
Memphis	110	$47,990	0.6
TEXAS
Tyler	30	$46,110	1.2
Corpus Christi	30	$34,790	0.6
Dallas	350	$41,550	0.6
Houston	410	$35,350	0.5
San Antonio	120	$43,190	0.5
Austin	60	$43,950	0.3
UTAH
Salt Lake City	70	$37,240	0.4
VERMONT
Burlington	40	$46,480	1.3
VIRGINIA
Richmond	180	$46,410	1
Virginia Beach	110	$41,720	0.5
WASHINGTON
Tacoma	70	$50,080	0.9
Spokane	50	$46,820	0.8
Seattle	220	$53,490	0.5
WISCONSIN
La Crosse	80		4.4
Green Bay	40	$45,960	0.8
Milwaukee	170	$44,870	0.7
Madison	60	$45,670	0.6

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Most Popular Industries (as of 2008) for:
Clergy

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

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Non-Profit	23,940	57%	$38,350
Hospital	6,280	14%	$46,080
Medical Office	3,660	8%	$43,530
Government	2,710	6%	$56,970
Nursing And Residential Care	2,190	5%	$39,930
Education	2,030	4%	$39,100
Social Service	560	1%	$37,260

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Schools for Clergy (including online schools)

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School	Locations	Degrees	Quick Info
Bethel University	MN	Bachelor, Master	Get Info
Grand Canyon University	Online	Bachelor, Master	Get Info
Lancaster Bible College & Graduate School	PA	Bachelor, Certificate	Get Info
Liberty University	Online	Associate, Bachelor, Doctorate, Master	Get Info
Sterling College Online	Online	Bachelor	Get Info

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Clergy

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

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WISCONSIN