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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Huntsville	820	$88,120	2.7
Montgomery	580	$73,470	2.3
Birmingham	440	$65,960	0.6
ALASKA
Fairbanks	130	$70,320	3.1
Anchorage	330	$76,170	1.4
ARIZONA
Tucson	420	$57,160	0.8
Flagstaff	50	$63,310	0.7
Phoenix	1,040	$70,850	0.4
ARKANSAS
Pine Bluff	40	$53,150	0.9
Little Rock	340	$62,140	0.7
Fayetteville	60	$50,470	0.2
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco	4,750	$85,080	3.1
San Jose	3,580	$93,650	2.5
Sacramento	2,870	$66,700	2.1
San Diego	4,190	$79,070	2
Salinas	400	$83,820	1.8
Oakland	2,570	$93,030	1.6
Hanford	50	$74,450	1.4
Santa Ana	2,840	$71,550	1.2
Oxnard	520	$77,340	1.2
Bakersfield	440	$79,770	1.1
Yuba City	50	$101,270	1
Vallejo	160	$80,320	0.9
Santa Barbara	180	$68,340	0.7
Fresno	230	$65,860	0.5
San Luis Obispo	60	$63,910	0.4
Riverside	770	$67,770	0.4
Stockton	110	$68,120	0.3
Santa Rosa	50	$77,240	0.2
COLORADO
Boulder	910	$75,630	3.9
Fort Collins	560	$76,920	3.2
Colorado Springs	910	$73,190	2.4
Denver	4,300	$76,400	2.2
Grand Junction	70	$53,280	0.9
Pueblo	50	$64,200	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	70	$81,960	0.4
Hartford	330	$68,190	0.4
New Haven	120	$59,250	0.3
Bridgeport	160	$65,520	0.2
DELAWARE
Wilmington	280	$68,830	0.6
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	16,730	$95,740	4.7
FLORIDA
Pensacola	350	$78,090	1.6
Fort Walton Beach	160	$69,610	1.5
Palm Bay	200	$67,660	0.7
Jacksonville	470	$71,710	0.5
Orlando	780	$43,250	0.5
Tampa	790	$67,710	0.4
Panama City	40	$71,640	0.4
Gainesville	60	$67,700	0.4
Miami	500	$62,050	0.3
Tallahassee	70	$49,170	0.3
Fort Lauderdale	300	$60,320	0.3
Lakeland	60	$31,930	0.2
West Palm Beach	130	$67,580	0.2
Cape Coral	30	$59,130	0.1
GEORGIA
Warner Robins	330	$69,290	5
Albany	100	$72,140	1.2
Brunswick	50	$74,890	0.9
Atlanta	2,490	$75,020	0.7
Augusta	190	$66,750	0.6
Athens	50	$63,470	0.5
Columbus	70	$69,740	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	1,010	$71,340	1.5
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	110	$56,540	1.8
Boise	630	$58,820	1.6
Lewiston	40	$40,670	1.4
Pocatello	50	$56,480	1.3
Coeur d'Alene	50	$54,110	0.7
ILLINOIS
Springfield	420	$66,060	2.9
Champaign	250	$66,470	1.9
Chicago	9,490	$75,440	1.6
Rockford	130	$47,950	0.6
Peoria	140	$59,550	0.6
INDIANA
Indianapolis	1,030	$69,640	0.8
Terre Haute	50	$62,530	0.5
South Bend	70	$54,310	0.4
Fort Wayne	60	$65,860	0.2
Gary	40	$68,680	0.1
IOWA
Ames	190	$52,530	3.9
Davenport	350	$77,090	1.3
Des Moines	410	$57,120	0.8
Iowa City	70	$62,600	0.7
KANSAS
Topeka	110	$72,140	0.7
Wichita	300	$74,140	0.7
KENTUCKY
Louisville	520	$71,220	0.6
Lexington	160	$75,480	0.4
Bowling Green	30	$55,500	0.4
LOUISIANA
New Orleans	880	$80,200	1.1
Alexandria	50	$65,940	0.6
Baton Rouge	300	$51,400	0.5
Monroe	40	$39,180	0.4
Shreveport	70	$66,270	0.3
Lafayette	50		0.2
MAINE
Portland	170	$57,190	0.6
MARYLAND
Hagerstown	650	$85,100	4.6
Bethesda	2,740	$91,850	3.1
Baltimore	5,650	$88,130	2.8
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	320	$85,180	1.4
Lowell	170	$75,180	1
Boston	2,060	$79,720	0.8
Lawrence	60	$72,740	0.8
Barnstable	90	$73,610	0.6
Worcester	180	$65,480	0.5
Springfield	140	$69,360	0.3
MICHIGAN
Battle Creek	230	$70,580	3.6
Ann Arbor	480	$72,940	2
Warren	3,270	$66,240	1.8
Detroit	1,910	$86,510	1.8
Grand Rapids	990	$49,070	1.7
Saginaw	140	$58,710	1.3
Kalamazoo	260	$47,950	1.3
Holland	130	$56,310	0.9
Monroe	40	$65,080	0.8
Jackson	50	$55,630	0.7
Flint	140	$43,680	0.7
Muskegon	50	$40,770	0.6
Niles	50	$50,050	0.6
MINNESOTA
Rochester	340	$61,590	2.6
Minneapolis	6,300	$75,350	2.3
St. Cloud	110	$56,560	0.8
Duluth	90	$56,310	0.5
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	190	$70,720	1.2
Pascagoula	60	$93,590	1
Jackson	140	$68,430	0.4
MISSOURI
St. Louis	2,870	$75,520	1.4
Kansas City	1,480	$77,390	0.9
Jefferson City	40	$72,290	0.4
Columbia	40	$58,770	0.4
Springfield	90	$41,870	0.3
MONTANA
Missoula	60	$49,530	0.9
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	160		0.7
Omaha	380	$71,150	0.5
NEVADA
Carson City	330	$70,050	9.8
Reno	260	$58,230	0.8
Las Vegas	740	$63,670	0.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth	170	$72,610	2.2
Nashua	210	$95,550	1
Rochester	60	$71,980	0.8
Manchester	110	$70,660	0.7
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	780	$74,490	2.5
Atlantic City	510	$91,430	2.4
Edison	2,270	$73,480	1.4
Newark	2,010	$94,210	1.3
Camden	660	$56,340	0.8
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	140	$56,550	1.6
Las Cruces	100	$65,570	1.2
Albuquerque	490	$76,290	0.8
NEW YORK
Albany	320	$82,470	0.5
New York	3,240	$73,740	0.4
Buffalo	140	$61,770	0.2
Nassau	300	$62,990	0.2
Syracuse	60	$68,500	0.1
Rochester	50	$63,270	0.1
NORTH CAROLINA
Jacksonville	180	$65,640	3.4
Fayetteville	430	$68,080	2.5
Durham	430	$77,200	1.1
Raleigh	720	$72,010	0.9
Charlotte	620	$74,300	0.5
Asheville	100	$84,280	0.4
Greensboro	80	$72,710	0.1
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	80	$55,840	1.1
Fargo	60	$61,720	0.4
OHIO
Dayton	1,200	$78,170	2
Columbus	1,890	$80,250	1.3
Cincinnati	1,930	$67,790	1.2
Cleveland	1,760	$70,110	1.1
Springfield	40	$63,720	0.6
Akron	290	$65,880	0.6
Toledo	150	$57,470	0.3
Youngstown	80	$48,210	0.2
Canton	40	$42,280	0.2
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	650	$73,720	0.8
Tulsa	270	$67,000	0.4
OREGON
Salem	1,560	$62,890	7.2
Portland	2,960	$71,750	1.9
Medford	140	$55,570	1.2
Eugene	210	$53,220	1
Bend	80	$71,330	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg	1,070	$76,430	2.3
State College	120	$53,760	1.6
Lebanon	80	$66,870	1.3
Philadelphia	2,100	$74,080	0.7
York	150	$83,190	0.6
Johnstown	40	$79,440	0.5
Pittsburgh	660	$68,760	0.4
Scranton	130	$74,910	0.3
Reading	40	$54,400	0.2
Lancaster	40	$58,400	0.1
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	950	$72,960	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	250	$75,250	0.6
Columbia	270	$54,950	0.5
TENNESSEE
Johnson City	90	$64,810	0.9
Clarksville	80	$67,710	0.8
Memphis	550	$70,000	0.6
Knoxville	230	$52,430	0.5
Chattanooga	110	$40,290	0.3
TEXAS
Killeen	220	$65,400	1.3
San Antonio	1,220	$72,980	0.9
Austin	1,000	$78,910	0.9
Corpus Christi	220	$74,180	0.9
Houston	2,670	$78,870	0.7
Midland	60	$75,810	0.7
Dallas	1,860	$76,650	0.6
Fort Worth	600	$66,460	0.5
El Paso	140	$68,360	0.4
Beaumont	30	$80,710	0.1
UTAH
Ogden	920	$70,420	3.1
Provo	220	$30,630	0.9
VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach	1,550	$79,200	1.3
Blacksburg	50	$73,500	0.6
Richmond	520	$76,670	0.6
Charlottesville	60	$81,670	0.5
WASHINGTON
Seattle	5,820	$81,000	2.6
Bremerton	290	$78,730	2.5
Kennewick	180	$72,450	1.4
Tacoma	370	$63,090	0.9
Spokane	260	$52,310	0.8
Bellingham	50	$49,820	0.5
WEST VIRGINIA
Parkersburg	280	$75,660	2.9
Huntington	60	$64,790	0.4
Wheeling	30	$57,600	0.3
Charleston	40	$57,640	0.2
WISCONSIN
Madison	320	$56,330	0.6
Milwaukee	410	$64,620	0.3
Racine	30	$43,000	0.3
Green Bay	50	$46,430	0.2
WYOMING
Cheyenne	90	$59,530	1.6
Casper	60	$66,020	1.2

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Government	71,650	37%	$80,670
Professional And Technical Services	33,950	17%	$74,330
Business Management	14,820	7%	$78,200
Education	11,740	6%	$57,840
Traditional Publishing	7,580	3%	$72,560
Office Services And Staffing	7,410	3%	$65,400
Insurance	5,600	2%	$70,710
Banking And Credit	3,540	1%	$74,920
Internet Service Provider	3,180	1%	$63,480
Durable Goods Wholesale	3,100	1%	$62,130
Automotive And Vehicle Manufacturing	3,010	1%	$82,770
Electronics And Computer	2,720	1%	$76,620
Hospital	2,170	1%	$57,230

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AIU Online	Online	Bachelor	Get Info
American Sentinel University	Online	Bachelor, Master	Get Info
Baker College Campus	MI	Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Coursework	Get Info
Bradford School Columbus	OH	Associate	Get Info
Bradford School Pittsburgh	PA	Associate	Get Info
Briarcliffe College	NY	Diploma	Get Info
CollegeAmerica	CO, WY	Bachelor, Certificate	Get Info
Colorado Technical University Online	Online	Bachelor, Master	Get Info
Everest College	MO, UT	Bachelor	Get Info
Everest University Online	Online	Bachelor	Get Info
Grantham University	Online	Master	Get Info
Herzing University	AL, FL, GA, LA, OH, WI	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
Hickey College	MO	Associate	Get Info
ICS Canada	Online	Diploma	Get Info
International Business College Fort Wayne	IN	Associate	Get Info
International Business College Indianapolis	IN	Associate	Get Info
Kaplan Career Institute	MA, MI, OH, PA, TN	Associate, Diploma	Get Info
Kaplan University	IA	Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Master	Get Info
Keiser University	FL	Associate	Get Info
King's College	NC	Associate	Get Info
Miami-Jacobs Career College	OH	Associate	Get Info
Miller-Motte Technical College	NC, TN	Associate, Diploma	Get Info
National College	IN, KY, OH, TN, VA	Associate, Diploma	Get Info
National Institute of Technology Ohio	OH	Associate	Get Info
Penn Foster Career School	Online	Associate	Get Info
Penn Foster College	Online	Associate	Get Info
Pittsburgh Technical Institute	PA	Certificate	Get Info
Plaza College	NY	Associate, Certificate	Get Info
Rasmussen College	FL	Bachelor	Get Info
Regis University	Online	Bachelor	Get Info
Stevens-Henager College	ID, UT	Bachelor, Certificate	Get Info
Strayer University	AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, MD, NC, NJ, PA, SC, TN, UT, VA, WV	Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma, Master	Get Info
Strayer University Online	Online	Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma, Master	Get Info
Sullivan University	KY	Associate, Diploma	Get Info
TechSkills	AZ, CA, CO, FL, IN, KS, MN, MO, NC, NV, OH, OK, TN, TX, UT, WI	Certificate	Get Info
University of Phoenix	AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IN, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, OH, OK, PA, TN, UT, VA, WA, WI	Bachelor	Get Info
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Vatterott College	MO, OK	Associate, Bachelor, Diploma	Get Info
Western International University	AZ	Master	Get Info
Westwood College	CA, CO, GA, IL	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
Wood Tobé-Coburn School	NY	Associate	Get Info

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