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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Computer Operators

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:
Computer Operators

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Computer Operators 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
Huntsville	260	$32,350	1.6
Auburn	40	$29,810	1.3
Birmingham	460	$33,110	1.1
Montgomery	130	$30,720	1
Decatur	30	$20,630	0.8
Mobile	90	$30,020	0.6
Tuscaloosa	40	$27,590	0.6
ALASKA
Fairbanks	40	$45,270	1.8
Anchorage	140	$39,760	1.1
ARIZONA
Prescott	90	$18,740	2
Phoenix	2,240	$34,760	1.5
Tucson	310	$32,160	1.1
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	40	$29,490	1.2
Little Rock	300	$32,640	1.1
Fort Smith	50	$30,780	0.6
CALIFORNIA
Sacramento	1,570	$38,650	2.2
San Francisco	1,190	$44,870	1.5
Chico	50	$25,770	1
Santa Ana	1,220	$40,490	1
San Diego	860	$38,700	0.8
Fresno	170	$34,880	0.6
Santa Cruz	40	$42,560	0.6
Stockton	100	$36,120	0.6
San Luis Obispo	40	$39,720	0.5
Bakersfield	100	$38,450	0.5
Modesto	60	$37,370	0.5
Riverside	480	$36,400	0.5
Vallejo	40	$41,050	0.4
Santa Rosa	60	$43,850	0.4
Oxnard	90	$41,310	0.4
COLORADO
Boulder	210	$44,670	1.7
Pueblo	40	$35,960	1.1
Denver	980	$40,280	1
Colorado Springs	190	$40,400	1
Fort Collins	40	$30,330	0.4
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport	500	$45,590	1.4
Hartford	590	$42,150	1.3
Waterbury	50	$35,490	1
Norwich	90	$36,650	1
New Haven	200	$42,550	0.9
Danbury	40	$49,480	0.8
DELAWARE
Wilmington	490	$41,280	1.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	2,770	$44,010	1.5
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	200	$32,620	1.6
Orlando	820	$36,410	1
West Palm Beach	400	$37,580	0.9
Miami	720	$35,790	0.9
Cape Coral	140	$38,270	0.9
Pensacola	90	$29,370	0.8
Palm Bay	120	$36,470	0.8
Tampa	720	$36,050	0.7
Lakeland	110	$36,650	0.7
Port St. Lucie	70	$34,750	0.7
Fort Walton Beach	40	$30,250	0.7
Jacksonville	350	$38,520	0.7
Gainesville	60	$38,220	0.7
Deltona	80	$38,140	0.7
Fort Lauderdale	370	$36,300	0.6
Sarasota	70	$40,930	0.3
GEORGIA
Macon	110	$30,230	1.5
Albany	60	$29,620	1.4
Atlanta	2,140	$38,720	1.1
Columbus	90	$31,390	1.1
Gainesville	40	$33,730	0.8
Athens	40	$32,630	0.7
Augusta	100	$27,890	0.6
Savannah	40	$29,020	0.4
HAWAII
Honolulu	310	$40,800	0.9
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	50	$32,170	1.3
Boise	170	$36,210	0.8
ILLINOIS
Springfield	200	$37,080	2.6
Champaign	90	$38,450	1.3
Chicago	3,240	$44,320	1.1
Peoria	70	$26,920	0.5
Rockford	40	$37,090	0.3
INDIANA
Bloomington	110	$30,140	2.2
Lafayette	80	$32,840	1.5
South Bend	130	$24,670	1.3
Indianapolis	870	$35,750	1.2
Fort Wayne	170	$34,970	1
Terre Haute	50	$40,950	1
Muncie	30	$28,300	1
Gary	110	$32,770	0.5
Elkhart	40	$31,010	0.4
Evansville	50	$36,280	0.4
IOWA
Dubuque	90	$28,930	2.5
Des Moines	490	$34,240	1.9
Cedar Rapids	150	$31,420	1.5
Waterloo	90	$31,470	1.4
Davenport	90	$38,330	0.6
Sioux City	30	$30,750	0.6
KANSAS
Topeka	170	$32,540	2.1
Lawrence	60	$28,980	1.9
Wichita	170	$34,090	0.7
KENTUCKY
Lexington	320	$38,200	1.7
Louisville	490	$36,760	1
Bowling Green	30	$29,510	0.7
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	450	$35,380	1.5
New Orleans	380	$32,340	0.9
Monroe	40	$31,050	0.7
Houma	40	$30,680	0.6
Shreveport	70	$30,550	0.5
Lafayette	50	$31,440	0.5
MAINE
Lewiston	40	$32,780	1.2
Portland	110	$37,170	0.7
MARYLAND
Bethesda	980	$40,940	2.2
Hagerstown	130	$33,150	1.8
Baltimore	1,670	$42,060	1.6
Salisbury	40	$36,500	1.1
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	1,380	$41,850	1
Springfield	220	$39,650	0.9
Lowell	70	$38,320	0.8
Worcester	130	$41,050	0.7
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	200	$28,840	1.6
Lansing	190	$33,660	1.3
Warren	840	$43,330	0.9
Grand Rapids	230	$33,200	0.8
Saginaw	40	$40,950	0.7
Detroit	390	$40,750	0.7
Flint	70	$43,830	0.7
Kalamazoo	40	$39,820	0.4
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	1,110	$38,750	0.8
Rochester	40	$37,630	0.6
St. Cloud	40	$35,750	0.5
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	110	$30,130	1.4
Jackson	250	$38,590	1.3
Hattiesburg	50	$23,000	1.3
Pascagoula	40	$32,470	1.2
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	70	$31,100	1.4
Columbia	80	$27,270	1.3
Kansas City	1,020	$35,640	1.2
St. Louis	1,210	$37,970	1.1
Springfield	130	$29,770	0.9
Joplin	40	$22,130	0.7
NEBRASKA
Omaha	940	$31,740	2.6
Lincoln	210	$30,310	1.7
NEVADA
Reno	90	$36,530	0.6
Las Vegas	250	$40,120	0.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	80	$35,810	1
Nashua	30	$38,730	0.3
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	400	$44,460	2.4
Camden	740	$39,770	1.8
Newark	1,290	$41,210	1.6
Edison	1,170	$41,590	1.4
Atlantic City	140	$36,620	1.2
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	90	$39,880	2.1
Santa Fe	40	$39,430	0.9
Albuquerque	270	$34,860	0.9
NEW YORK
Albany	870	$34,970	2.5
Binghamton	150	$28,880	1.9
Ithaca	50	$29,420	1.7
Rochester	640	$34,080	1.6
New York	6,600	$38,290	1.6
Buffalo	650	$32,030	1.5
Nassau	1,220	$42,450	1.2
Utica	100	$34,750	1
Poughkeepsie	190	$37,150	1
Kingston	40	$32,600	1
Syracuse	200	$28,510	0.8
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	590	$37,440	2.8
Raleigh	640	$35,450	1.6
Wilmington	130	$33,790	1.2
Asheville	140	$40,390	1
Charlotte	580	$37,040	0.8
Greensboro	230	$38,930	0.8
Greenville	40	$34,680	0.8
Winston-Salem	120	$39,880	0.7
Fayetteville	50	$28,010	0.5
Hickory	40	$31,470	0.3
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	130	$33,680	1.5
Grand Forks	50	$31,100	1.5
Bismarck	50	$29,130	1.3
OHIO
Akron	370	$34,290	1.4
Columbus	890	$37,820	1.2
Cincinnati	680	$39,620	0.8
Dayton	230	$31,990	0.7
Cleveland	600	$38,560	0.7
Toledo	140	$32,580	0.6
Canton	40	$37,510	0.3
Youngstown	50	$35,520	0.3
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	340	$30,600	1
OREGON
Portland	560	$37,610	0.7
Eugene	50	$35,720	0.4
Salem	30	$43,310	0.3
PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg	420	$37,800	1.7
Scranton	320	$34,600	1.6
Erie	130	$36,770	1.4
State College	50	$31,990	1.3
Altoona	50	$28,410	1.2
Philadelphia	1,700	$40,290	1.1
Allentown	270	$32,990	1
Pittsburgh	850	$37,010	0.9
Johnstown	30	$32,350	0.8
Lancaster	110	$35,110	0.6
York	80	$35,620	0.6
Reading	70	$39,520	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	530	$36,930	1.2
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	600	$32,150	2.2
Charleston	250	$34,780	1.1
Greenville	240	$37,470	1
Florence	50	$30,690	0.8
Spartanburg	70	$42,520	0.8
Myrtle Beach	50	$30,960	0.6
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	40	$32,640	0.4
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	460	$31,420	2.5
Knoxville	370	$32,800	1.4
Memphis	610	$34,700	1.2
Clarksville	60	$37,760	1.1
Kingsport	60	$28,060	0.7
TEXAS
Dallas	2,340	$36,610	1.4
Waco	90	$25,790	1.3
Killeen	110	$28,390	1.2
Fort Worth	780	$37,310	1.1
Lubbock	100	$25,040	1.1
Austin	560	$35,090	0.9
Houston	1,890	$36,000	0.9
Amarillo	50	$29,620	0.7
San Antonio	400	$36,080	0.6
Laredo	30	$26,470	0.5
Corpus Christi	60	$30,720	0.4
Brownsville	40		0.4
McAllen	50	$28,780	0.3
UTAH
Provo	230	$29,630	1.8
Salt Lake City	570	$31,390	1.1
Ogden	160	$33,810	1
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	70	$38,710	1
Virginia Beach	610	$32,360	1
Richmond	430	$40,480	0.9
Roanoke	60	$38,410	0.5
WASHINGTON
Seattle	1,150	$42,480	1
Olympia	60	$34,040	0.9
Tacoma	120	$41,800	0.6
Yakima	30	$32,820	0.5
Spokane	80	$34,250	0.5
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	120	$25,410	3.8
Charleston	170	$32,290	1.5
Weirton	30	$30,810	1.1
Parkersburg	40	$32,200	0.8
Huntington	60	$32,460	0.7
WISCONSIN
Wausau	90	$39,320	1.9
Eau Claire	50	$34,520	0.9
Madison	230	$40,900	0.9
Milwaukee	580	$36,730	0.9
Oshkosh	50	$37,740	0.8
Green Bay	70	$38,810	0.5
Appleton	30	$37,450	0.4

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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)
Professional And Technical Services	14,610	13%	$35,860
Office Services And Staffing	10,760	10%	$31,420
Banking And Credit	8,750	8%	$31,680
Government	7,760	7%	$39,040
Education	7,670	7%	$35,970
Internet Service Provider	7,130	6%	$33,690
Business Management	6,710	6%	$36,480
Insurance	5,460	5%	$36,510
Hospital	4,690	4%	$35,500
Durable Goods Wholesale	3,160	2%	$38,180
Grocery Stores	2,930	2%	$30,040
Non-Durable Goods Wholesale	2,790	2%	$35,300
Traditional Publishing	2,780	2%	$36,310
Telecommunications	2,130	1%	$42,410
Postal Service	1,600	1%	$57,080
Printing	1,540	1%	$36,900
Securities And Investment	1,470	1%	$39,030
Storage	1,460	1%	$36,790
Auto And Auto Parts Dealers	1,290	1%	$36,270

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Computer Operators

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