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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 2006) for:
Computer Support Specialists

Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Computer Support Specialists relative to the population of the city, as of 2006.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.

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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2006)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Auburn	200	$31,850	1.3
Huntsville	870	$38,850	1.1
Birmingham	1,810	$39,070	0.9
Mobile	480	$33,490	0.7
Montgomery	420	$39,410	0.6
Tuscaloosa	160	$36,540	0.5
Dothan	90	$27,340	0.4
Gadsden	40	$29,770	0.4
Anniston	60	$40,130	0.4
Florence	40	$29,410	0.2
ALASKA
Fairbanks	120	$45,610	1.1
Anchorage	530	$46,650	0.8
ARIZONA
Phoenix	9,140	$45,850	1.2
Flagstaff	180	$39,300	1
Tucson	1,300	$47,640	0.9
Yuma	130	$34,040	0.6
Prescott	130	$29,190	0.6
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	790	$34,770	1.1
Little Rock	1,400	$36,900	1
Pine Bluff	80	$34,490	0.7
Jonesboro	120	$28,190	0.7
Hot Springs	70	$33,730	0.6
Fort Smith	190	$37,240	0.4
CALIFORNIA
San Jose	7,960	$61,980	2.1
San Francisco	4,610	$62,270	1.1
Santa Ana	7,220	$49,090	1.1
Oakland	4,820	$53,220	1.1
San Diego	5,770	$48,040	1
Santa Barbara	690	$42,450	1
Oxnard	1,170	$43,810	0.9
Yuba City	130	$35,810	0.9
Sacramento	3,500	$50,720	0.9
San Luis Obispo	340	$46,190	0.8
Los Angeles	14,580	$44,900	0.8
Santa Cruz	270	$49,750	0.8
Chico	210	$37,020	0.7
Redding	170	$38,200	0.7
Santa Rosa	530	$47,870	0.7
Merced	130	$38,810	0.7
Madera	70	$43,150	0.6
El Centro	100	$36,260	0.6
Vallejo	290	$45,870	0.6
Napa	130	$44,130	0.6
Riverside	2,830	$45,880	0.5
Fresno	690	$41,040	0.5
Salinas	320	$45,060	0.5
Hanford	50	$35,920	0.5
Visalia	230	$39,290	0.4
Stockton	340	$40,460	0.4
Bakersfield	410	$36,210	0.4
Modesto	240	$41,760	0.4
COLORADO
Boulder	1,410	$51,420	2.5
Fort Collins	870	$42,980	1.9
Denver	9,010	$50,210	1.8
Colorado Springs	1,540	$44,800	1.5
Greeley	330	$46,060	1.3
Pueblo	100	$37,460	0.6
Grand Junction	90	$41,320	0.5
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	2,580	$47,890	1.1
Bridgeport	1,880	$59,640	1
New Haven	910	$49,450	0.8
Danbury	180	$47,220	0.7
Norwich	310	$41,840	0.7
Waterbury	150	$45,970	0.6
DELAWARE
Wilmington	1,850	$53,040	1.4
Dover	200	$50,300	1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	18,360	$50,930	1.9
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	1,210	$38,030	1.9
Palm Bay	1,140	$39,220	1.4
Fort Lauderdale	4,300	$39,080	1.4
Gainesville	490	$35,130	1.1
Tampa	5,440	$37,380	1.1
Orlando	4,130	$38,350	0.9
Miami	3,480	$39,040	0.9
Fort Walton Beach	240	$33,860	0.8
Sebastian	130	$31,960	0.8
Panama City	190	$37,240	0.7
Jacksonville	1,670	$40,890	0.7
Deltona	430	$36,180	0.7
Pensacola	410	$36,460	0.7
West Palm Beach	1,510	$40,520	0.7
Cape Coral	550	$36,600	0.6
Sarasota	710	$36,530	0.6
Ocala	210	$32,010	0.6
Port St. Lucie	260	$40,400	0.5
Punta Gorda	70	$33,620	0.5
Naples	210	$38,420	0.4
Lakeland	330	$34,140	0.4
GEORGIA
Hinesville	60	$42,520	1.8
Athens	400	$33,020	1.5
Atlanta	14,770	$43,330	1.5
Savannah	710	$44,630	1.3
Warner Robins	200	$40,770	1.2
Gainesville	270	$42,410	1.2
Dalton	250	$37,770	0.9
Rome	100	$31,910	0.8
Macon	230	$36,230	0.6
Augusta	440	$37,220	0.5
Brunswick	60	$40,070	0.5
Valdosta	70	$39,420	0.4
HAWAII
Honolulu	1,360	$39,980	0.8
IDAHO
Boise	1,920	$38,260	1.9
Idaho Falls	230	$37,790	1.5
Pocatello	80	$48,540	0.8
Lewiston	50	$32,540	0.7
ILLINOIS
Bloomington	470	$49,800	1.8
Springfield	560	$45,820	1.4
Waukegan	1,870	$46,300	1.2
Chicago	14,840	$48,120	0.9
Champaign	300	$35,360	0.9
Danville	70	$37,010	0.8
Peoria	500	$39,970	0.7
Rockford	240	$34,970	0.4
Kankakee	50	$40,800	0.4
Decatur	40	$40,330	0.2
INDIANA
South Bend	800	$30,820	1.5
Columbus	190	$40,950	1.5
Lafayette	320	$39,600	1.3
Bloomington	260	$38,710	1.1
Muncie	160	$38,630	1
Indianapolis	3,020	$40,000	0.8
Fort Wayne	520	$37,440	0.6
Evansville	410	$36,420	0.6
Michigan City	90	$32,900	0.6
Elkhart	230	$35,590	0.4
Gary	470	$30,600	0.4
Anderson	50	$35,240	0.4
Terre Haute	80	$35,640	0.3
IOWA
Ames	160	$37,070	1.4
Des Moines	1,340	$43,500	1
Davenport	690	$40,130	0.9
Dubuque	170	$40,450	0.9
Cedar Rapids	450	$40,440	0.9
Sioux City	210	$34,690	0.8
Waterloo	200	$35,190	0.6
KANSAS
Lawrence	180	$39,190	1.2
Topeka	480	$41,400	1.2
Wichita	1,060	$38,590	0.9
KENTUCKY
Lexington	1,070	$34,060	1.1
Louisville	1,920	$40,870	0.8
Elizabethtown	80	$36,930	0.6
Bowling Green	90	$35,110	0.5
Owensboro	70	$31,840	0.4
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	1,410	$46,620	1
Monroe	240	$31,280	0.9
New Orleans	1,380	$39,400	0.7
Lafayette	320	$41,120	0.6
Shreveport	280	$39,310	0.4
Alexandria	90	$37,660	0.4
Lake Charles	90	$36,710	0.3
MAINE
Portland	830	$40,000	1
Lewiston	140	$34,740	0.8
Bangor	180	$35,400	0.8
MARYLAND
Bethesda	3,850	$48,690	1.6
Hagerstown	420	$40,500	1.2
Baltimore	5,850	$45,930	1.1
Salisbury	150	$37,250	0.8
Cumberland	90	$28,790	0.7
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	1,720	$72,790	2.9
Lowell	970	$60,290	2.1
Boston	10,090	$55,170	1.4
Worcester	1,110	$51,240	1.1
Lawrence	210	$45,480	1.1
Pittsfield	110	$34,300	0.9
Taunton	120	$42,680	0.9
Lynn	300	$52,520	0.8
Springfield	1,020	$41,990	0.8
Brockton	250	$41,020	0.7
Haverhill	190	$43,430	0.6
Leominster	110	$46,760	0.6
Barnstable	210	$45,050	0.5
New Bedford	80	$40,830	0.3
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	1,380	$41,930	2
Bay City	150	$35,070	1.3
Warren	4,740	$43,810	0.9
Flint	500	$39,220	0.9
Lansing	680	$53,370	0.9
Detroit	2,470	$47,150	0.8
Kalamazoo	420	$43,490	0.8
Grand Rapids	1,190	$40,500	0.7
Monroe	80	$36,420	0.7
Muskegon	140	$31,160	0.6
Saginaw	170	$35,120	0.5
Niles	110	$48,500	0.5
Holland	200	$43,780	0.5
Jackson	100	$41,650	0.5
Battle Creek	90	$44,260	0.5
MINNESOTA
Rochester	410	$44,610	1.5
Minneapolis	8,200	$46,350	1.1
St. Cloud	350	$41,520	1
Duluth	310	$41,600	0.6
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	320	$41,120	0.9
Jackson	870	$38,920	0.8
Hattiesburg	140	$27,760	0.7
MISSOURI
Columbia	440	$36,060	1.7
Kansas City	4,660	$42,720	1.1
Jefferson City	240	$34,330	1
St. Louis	5,230	$41,210	1
Springfield	430	$36,530	0.6
Joplin	150	$30,970	0.5
St. Joseph	60	$37,760	0.4
MONTANA
Missoula	230	$30,780	1.2
Billings	340	$32,210	1.1
Great Falls	100	$28,810	0.9
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	920	$38,250	1.5
Omaha	2,230	$39,720	1.2
NEVADA
Carson City	160	$43,890	1.6
Reno	680	$36,270	0.8
Las Vegas	2,570	$36,300	0.7
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	340	$36,190	1.8
Portsmouth	310	$45,870	1.6
Manchester	560	$47,110	1.5
Nashua	560	$47,420	1.1
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	1,400	$47,340	1.5
Edison	4,230	$51,490	1
Camden	2,140	$45,480	0.9
Newark	3,720	$48,820	0.9
Atlantic City	310	$40,400	0.6
Vineland	80	$41,510	0.4
Ocean City	40	$43,560	0.3
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	200	$38,720	0.9
Albuquerque	1,080	$42,050	0.7
Santa Fe	140	$40,200	0.6
Farmington	80	$39,060	0.5
NEW YORK
Ithaca	220	$46,170	2
Rochester	2,380	$42,200	1.2
New York	22,620	$53,420	1.1
Albany	1,880	$42,070	1
Binghamton	410	$38,700	1
Buffalo	2,090	$35,150	0.9
Syracuse	1,070	$41,510	0.8
Utica	370	$37,770	0.7
Nassau	3,600	$44,170	0.7
Poughkeepsie	640	$51,070	0.7
Elmira	80	$44,620	0.7
Kingston	110	$43,530	0.5
Glens Falls	80	$39,460	0.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	2,030	$54,290	2
Raleigh	3,880	$46,080	1.9
Charlotte	5,010	$44,120	1.5
Greenville	210	$39,490	0.9
Winston-Salem	740	$46,680	0.9
Greensboro	1,250	$40,510	0.8
Rocky Mount	170	$34,140	0.8
Fayetteville	330	$41,900	0.7
Jacksonville	90	$32,420	0.7
Wilmington	290	$37,250	0.6
Goldsboro	60	$39,880	0.4
Hickory	290	$38,410	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	240	$26,190	1.1
Fargo	420	$33,590	1
Grand Forks	90	$39,470	0.5
OHIO
Columbus	4,010	$44,860	1.1
Dayton	1,600	$40,540	1
Cincinnati	4,190	$42,410	1
Akron	1,160	$42,940	0.8
Cleveland	3,430	$41,500	0.8
Springfield	100	$40,600	0.6
Mansfield	120	$33,770	0.6
Youngstown	470	$33,100	0.5
Toledo	650	$37,960	0.5
Canton	330	$35,390	0.5
Lima	70	$41,640	0.4
Sandusky	30	$36,940	0.3
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	90	$29,450	0.8
OREGON
Bend	250	$36,980	1.2
Portland	4,090	$44,540	1
Eugene	460	$38,220	0.8
Medford	220	$36,030	0.7
Salem	350	$35,330	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	310	$36,590	1.6
Harrisburg	1,550	$38,640	1.3
Johnstown	260	$27,740	1.3
Philadelphia	9,060	$43,810	1.1
Pittsburgh	4,740	$39,960	1
Williamsport	170	$29,260	1
Reading	540	$35,470	0.8
York	510	$38,580	0.7
Scranton	660	$35,520	0.6
Allentown	860	$45,080	0.6
Erie	300	$37,810	0.6
Lancaster	550	$40,130	0.6
Lebanon	80	$37,270	0.5
Altoona	110	$35,570	0.5
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,820	$40,200	0.8
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	1,210	$42,300	0.9
Greenville	930	$38,850	0.8
Charleston	820	$43,520	0.7
Florence	160	$37,350	0.5
Sumter	50	$34,640	0.4
Myrtle Beach	140	$30,640	0.3
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	600	$34,180	1.2
Rapid City	190	$29,810	0.9
TENNESSEE
Nashville	3,010	$43,280	1
Memphis	2,210	$45,710	0.9
Chattanooga	760	$38,180	0.8
Knoxville	1,010	$40,990	0.8
Kingsport	270	$37,640	0.6
Jackson	110	$32,110	0.6
Clarksville	140	$37,060	0.5
Cleveland	60	$33,190	0.5
Johnson City	110	$34,390	0.4
Morristown	60	$30,640	0.4
TEXAS
Austin	4,770	$40,640	1.6
San Angelo	190	$49,470	1.5
Dallas	11,920	$44,870	1.4
College Station	340	$30,190	1.3
Houston	9,950	$42,650	1
Killeen	420	$36,820	1
Sherman	130	$31,430	0.9
San Antonio	2,970	$41,710	0.9
Midland	170	$39,080	0.9
Amarillo	310	$40,720	0.8
El Paso	800	$36,330	0.8
Fort Worth	2,550	$40,150	0.8
Tyler	250	$32,620	0.7
Victoria	110	$41,060	0.7
Laredo	180	$25,900	0.7
Lubbock	290	$34,590	0.7
Waco	240	$36,930	0.7
Corpus Christi	360	$33,140	0.5
Abilene	120	$35,460	0.5
Texarkana	100	$32,830	0.5
McAllen	400	$35,100	0.5
Beaumont	290	$35,520	0.5
Brownsville	190	$30,750	0.4
Wichita Falls	80	$36,040	0.4
Longview	120	$34,150	0.4
Odessa	60	$35,850	0.3
UTAH
Provo	1,260	$33,690	2
Salt Lake City	3,050	$39,260	1.2
Ogden	770	$36,740	1.1
Logan	110	$34,240	0.8
St. George	110	$30,890	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	800	$38,430	2
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	520	$40,950	1.7
Richmond	3,520	$45,660	1.4
Harrisonburg	180	$42,890	1
Blacksburg	180	$36,160	0.9
Virginia Beach	2,640	$41,590	0.8
Winchester	100	$40,810	0.6
Roanoke	340	$38,050	0.5
Lynchburg	200	$42,610	0.5
Danville	50	$39,040	0.4
WASHINGTON
Olympia	680	$40,930	1.9
Seattle	8,170	$55,780	1.4
Bremerton	320	$36,560	1
Kennewick	310	$41,770	1
Spokane	720	$37,480	0.9
Tacoma	720	$43,060	0.7
Wenatchee	90	$37,190	0.7
Yakima	200	$36,620	0.7
Longview	60	$42,990	0.6
Mount Vernon	80	$36,890	0.5
Bellingham	150	$39,160	0.5
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	170	$41,660	1
Charleston	370	$31,990	0.6
Parkersburg	130	$32,830	0.5
Huntington	190	$32,590	0.4
Wheeling	100	$33,540	0.4
Weirton	60	$32,440	0.4
WISCONSIN
Madison	1,730	$40,970	1.3
Eau Claire	240	$42,970	0.8
Wausau	210	$36,610	0.8
Milwaukee	2,920	$41,710	0.8
La Crosse	210	$40,090	0.8
Fond du Lac	110	$42,450	0.8
Oshkosh	240	$42,360	0.8
Green Bay	470	$41,460	0.7
Appleton	280	$36,710	0.7
Janesville	150	$38,190	0.6
Racine	120	$37,920	0.4
Sheboygan	80	$35,220	0.4
WYOMING
Cheyenne	110	$37,240	0.8
Casper	50	$35,760	0.4

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