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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Commercial Pilots

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:
Commercial Pilots

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Commercial Pilots 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
Birmingham	230	$77,720	3.3
Huntsville	70	$61,260	2.6
ALASKA
Anchorage	180	$80,140	8.7
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	80	$69,120	12.3
Tucson	150	$57,050	3.1
Phoenix	610	$66,780	2.4
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	460	$71,540	10.2
CALIFORNIA
Oakland	340	$68,770	2.4
San Diego	300	$71,620	1.7
Oxnard	60		1.5
Bakersfield	50		1.4
Riverside	230	$54,730	1.3
Sacramento	150	$54,700	1.3
San Jose	80	$78,500	0.6
COLORADO
Denver	260	$63,370	1.5
DELAWARE
Wilmington	60	$79,410	1.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	230	$91,480	0.7
FLORIDA
Sebastian	80	$78,310	14.2
Palm Bay	160	$57,080	6.3
Panama City	50	$69,860	6
Pensacola	110	$54,860	5.8
Port St. Lucie	80	$61,190	5
Orlando	660	$50,370	4.7
Naples	50	$86,440	3.3
Fort Lauderdale	290		2.9
West Palm Beach	210	$89,590	2.9
Jacksonville	120	$61,190	1.5
Sarasota	40	$110,880	1.2
GEORGIA
Atlanta	1,350	$148,440	4.2
Augusta	60	$56,490	2.2
HAWAII
Honolulu	180	$106,550	3.1
IDAHO
Boise	130	$52,600	3.7
INDIANA
South Bend	30	$112,070	1.7
Gary	60		1.6
Indianapolis	180	$59,320	1.5
IOWA
Des Moines	120	$64,530	2.8
KANSAS
Wichita	350	$85,810	8.7
KENTUCKY
Lexington	40	$66,600	1.3
Louisville	80	$49,320	1
LOUISIANA
Houma	300	$65,470	25.5
Shreveport	60	$70,830	2.6
New Orleans	170	$65,100	2.5
Baton Rouge	100	$65,700	2
MAINE
Portland	70	$60,140	2.7
MARYLAND
Baltimore	100	$69,030	0.6
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	320	$77,060	1.4
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	50		2.3
Warren	210	$87,470	1.3
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	170	$67,680	0.7
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	100	$60,090	3
MISSOURI
Springfield	50	$65,980	2
St. Louis	300	$59,090	1.6
Kansas City	150	$51,370	1.1
MONTANA
Billings	30	$49,070	3
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	40	$96,620	1.9
Omaha	60	$81,870	1
NEVADA
Las Vegas	430	$66,710	3.5
Reno	50		1.9
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh	190	$60,450	2.8
Wilmington	40	$68,880	2.2
Charlotte	180	$77,280	1.5
Hickory	30	$58,470	1.4
Greensboro	30	$73,320	0.6
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	30	$65,210	4.5
Fargo	60	$56,420	4.1
OHIO
Dayton	190	$61,850	3.7
Cincinnati	190	$70,330	1.4
Cleveland	150	$59,080	1
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	50	$81,840	0.9
Oklahoma City	50	$80,430	0.7
OREGON
Portland	360	$60,630	2.6
Eugene	30	$49,590	1.6
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia	270	$55,860	1.1
Pittsburgh	100	$78,130	0.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	50	$57,120	0.7
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	190	$60,080	4.9
Spartanburg	50	$62,010	3.2
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	70	$55,970	4
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	40	$84,260	1.3
Memphis	100	$53,280	1.2
Knoxville	30	$91,240	0.7
TEXAS
Odessa	40	$70,970	6
Corpus Christi	70	$56,830	3.1
Fort Worth	340	$79,830	2.9
UTAH
Salt Lake City	60	$58,340	0.7
WASHINGTON
Seattle	430	$88,300	2.2
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee	250	$68,920	2.2
Madison	70		1.6

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Air Travel	12,360	42%	$66,710
Education	4,060	13%	$52,070
Transportation Support Services	2,960	10%	$57,640
Medical Office	2,290	7%	$61,000
Agriculture And Forestry Services	1,010	3%	$52,040
Automotive And Vehicle Manufacturing	900	3%	$96,920
Government	900	3%	$59,870
Business Management	870	2%	$82,660
Office Services And Staffing	680	2%	$77,150
Professional And Technical Services	670	2%	$70,530
Sightseeing	450	1%	$68,180
Oil And Gas	440	1%	$73,870

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Commercial Pilots

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FLORIDA

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