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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Construction Equipment Operators

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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Construction Equipment 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.

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Tuscaloosa	570	$32,660	2.6
Auburn	220	$28,080	2.1
Gadsden	160	$27,760	2.1
Decatur	240	$39,160	1.9
Mobile	790	$31,650	1.7
Birmingham	2,310	$36,070	1.7
Florence	170	$33,280	1.4
Montgomery	570	$28,270	1.3
Anniston	130	$33,790	1.2
Huntsville	460	$33,420	0.9
Dothan	90	$34,630	0.6
ALASKA
Fairbanks	420	$63,490	5.8
Anchorage	1,010	$61,960	2.5
ARIZONA
Prescott	680	$42,450	4.7
Kingman	260	$41,060	2.2
Phoenix	8,300	$44,150	1.7
Tucson	1,560	$39,970	1.6
Flagstaff	180	$45,290	1.4
ARKANSAS
Fort Smith	610	$33,180	2.1
Fayetteville	700	$31,740	1.4
Little Rock	1,170	$31,670	1.3
Jonesboro	140	$27,480	1.2
Hot Springs	100	$27,900	1.2
Pine Bluff	70	$34,350	1
CALIFORNIA
Redding	410	$53,400	2.6
El Centro	230	$48,190	2
Yuba City	170	$63,930	1.9
Bakersfield	1,210	$51,020	1.8
Santa Rosa	630	$68,580	1.3
Napa	200	$66,430	1.3
San Luis Obispo	320	$52,830	1.3
Riverside	4,370	$61,440	1.3
Oxnard	960	$60,970	1.2
Vallejo	370	$62,200	1.2
Merced	160	$42,580	1.2
Oakland	2,960	$68,880	1.1
Santa Barbara	420	$65,990	1
Madera	80	$51,690	1
Fresno	800	$60,850	0.9
Chico	150	$47,860	0.9
Stockton	490	$63,460	0.9
Sacramento	1,990	$62,240	0.8
San Diego	2,580	$61,300	0.7
Modesto	250	$53,370	0.6
Visalia	190	$43,460	0.6
Santa Ana	2,100	$67,630	0.5
Salinas	180	$58,140	0.5
Santa Cruz	90	$58,760	0.4
San Francisco	770	$69,610	0.3
San Jose	600	$62,380	0.2
COLORADO
Greeley	740	$44,620	4.1
Grand Junction	330	$37,680	2.5
Pueblo	220	$39,510	1.8
Fort Collins	390	$42,610	1.3
Colorado Springs	780	$38,300	1.2
Denver	3,380	$43,640	1
Boulder	180	$42,860	0.4
CONNECTICUT
Danbury	230	$56,000	1.4
New Haven	570	$55,410	0.8
Norwich	240	$50,180	0.8
Hartford	1,160	$52,400	0.8
Bridgeport	720	$62,490	0.6
DELAWARE
Dover	230	$37,360	1.8
Wilmington	1,030	$48,510	1.2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	4,650	$44,910	0.8
FLORIDA
Ocala	520	$31,500	2.3
Punta Gorda	200	$37,350	2.3
Panama City	310	$31,780	1.9
Port St. Lucie	560	$33,630	1.8
Cape Coral	920	$34,050	1.7
Lakeland	800	$31,440	1.6
Deltona	600	$37,430	1.5
Palm Coast	40	$36,600	1.5
Naples	420	$41,110	1.4
Sarasota	880	$31,150	1.3
Pensacola	390	$30,040	1
Tampa	3,240	$31,690	1
West Palm Beach	1,400	$35,860	1
Sebastian	100	$31,740	0.9
Jacksonville	1,380	$33,180	0.9
Orlando	2,260	$35,210	0.8
Palm Bay	400	$34,300	0.8
Fort Walton Beach	140	$32,170	0.8
Miami	1,800	$43,010	0.7
Tallahassee	270	$32,890	0.7
Gainesville	170	$30,030	0.6
Fort Lauderdale	990	$37,970	0.5
GEORGIA
Gainesville	450	$32,090	2.7
Brunswick	190	$30,640	2
Hinesville	50	$42,370	1.9
Rome	150	$34,870	1.9
Columbus	330	$30,690	1.2
Athens	190	$33,290	1.1
Atlanta	6,610	$33,920	1
Warner Robins	120	$31,790	1
Valdosta	130	$35,860	1
Albany	130	$32,790	0.9
Savannah	330	$29,670	0.9
Augusta	440	$36,950	0.8
Dalton	100	$30,440	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	1,280	$71,130	1.1
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	310	$39,460	2.4
Lewiston	110	$43,510	2.3
Idaho Falls	180	$40,340	1.7
Pocatello	100	$42,180	1.5
Boise	720	$35,640	1
ILLINOIS
Kankakee	80	$82,360	1
Champaign	180	$49,790	0.8
Rockford	290	$66,570	0.8
Springfield	190	$59,480	0.8
Peoria	320	$57,450	0.7
Chicago	6,430	$74,650	0.6
Decatur	60	$78,390	0.6
INDIANA
Bloomington	480	$48,120	2.9
Lafayette	320	$42,360	1.8
Michigan City	140	$64,780	1.4
Elkhart	430	$55,040	1.3
Evansville	560	$45,580	1.3
Gary	890	$61,320	1.2
Fort Wayne	650	$43,760	1.2
Anderson	100	$41,740	1.1
Muncie	110	$39,790	1.1
South Bend	280	$46,260	0.8
Terre Haute	130	$45,520	0.8
Kokomo	60	$34,490	0.8
Columbus	70	$52,770	0.7
IOWA
Waterloo	470	$42,320	2.3
Des Moines	1,150	$46,720	1.4
Dubuque	150	$46,220	1.3
Cedar Rapids	400	$41,490	1.2
Sioux City	200	$39,200	1.2
Davenport	430	$58,600	0.9
Iowa City	130	$34,530	0.8
KANSAS
Topeka	710	$38,750	2.6
Lawrence	240	$39,280	2.3
Wichita	1,030	$33,120	1.3
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	250	$39,160	2.3
Bowling Green	240	$38,710	1.8
Lexington	960	$38,960	1.5
Louisville	1,940	$41,470	1.2
Elizabethtown	90	$37,560	0.9
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	570	$30,510	4.1
Houma	630	$36,610	2.7
Lake Charles	400	$34,930	1.9
Baton Rouge	1,760	$35,700	1.8
Lafayette	640	$33,440	1.8
New Orleans	1,920	$37,940	1.4
Monroe	260	$38,850	1.4
Shreveport	520	$32,960	1.2
MAINE
Bangor	380	$35,380	2.5
Lewiston	150	$33,740	1.3
Portland	640	$34,350	1.2
MARYLAND
Hagerstown	570	$39,850	2.4
Cumberland	130	$37,680	1.6
Salisbury	130	$35,860	1.1
Baltimore	3,210	$42,040	0.9
Bethesda	1,010	$44,860	0.7
MASSACHUSETTS
Brockton	320	$64,780	1.5
Leominster	140	$54,320	1.2
Taunton	100	$67,560	0.9
New Bedford	120	$53,350	0.8
Worcester	470	$58,480	0.7
Haverhill	130	$52,230	0.7
Lawrence	80	$53,200	0.6
Framingham	200	$55,030	0.5
Boston	2,060	$63,640	0.5
Springfield	300	$56,260	0.4
Barnstable	90	$42,780	0.4
MICHIGAN
Battle Creek	170	$43,830	1.5
Monroe	130	$53,990	1.5
Niles	160	$44,740	1.1
Lansing	490	$42,470	1
Detroit	1,570	$51,470	0.8
Jackson	100	$44,390	0.8
Bay City	60	$37,950	0.8
Saginaw	140	$43,810	0.8
Grand Rapids	700	$41,700	0.7
Flint	240	$55,380	0.7
Ann Arbor	220	$41,330	0.5
Holland	130	$42,560	0.5
Warren	1,560	$51,080	0.5
Kalamazoo	150	$40,510	0.4
MINNESOTA
Duluth	910	$48,020	2.9
St. Cloud	430	$40,240	1.7
Rochester	360	$44,860	1.6
Minneapolis	4,460	$59,770	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	1,210	$30,060	1.8
Gulfport	440	$33,340	1.6
Hattiesburg	180	$30,400	1.4
MISSOURI
Columbia	490	$42,540	2.5
St. Joseph	260	$49,100	2.3
Jefferson City	300	$51,360	1.8
Kansas City	4,240	$47,830	1.6
St. Louis	3,530	$52,600	1
Joplin	180	$46,680	0.9
Springfield	410	$37,980	0.8
MONTANA
Missoula	330	$36,810	2.8
Billings	450	$42,780	2.3
Great Falls	160	$39,250	2.1
NEBRASKA
Omaha	1,710	$36,110	1.4
Lincoln	520	$34,900	1.3
NEVADA
Reno	1,060	$51,190	2
Las Vegas	2,240	$55,460	0.9
Carson City	30	$52,200	0.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	140	$38,220	1.1
Manchester	140	$39,190	0.5
Portsmouth	70	$48,190	0.5
Nashua	180	$44,280	0.5
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	200	$53,010	1.5
Ocean City	100	$50,030	1.1
Newark	1,650	$57,630	0.6
Atlantic City	220	$72,480	0.6
Edison	1,570	$56,580	0.6
Camden	620	$59,500	0.4
Trenton	200	$52,450	0.4
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	650	$43,300	5.4
Las Cruces	340	$29,650	2.4
Albuquerque	1,270	$35,080	1.2
Santa Fe	150	$33,320	1
NEW YORK
Kingston	280	$45,550	2
Glens Falls	210	$37,630	1.7
Poughkeepsie	920	$54,010	1.5
Ithaca	100	$40,480	1
Albany	1,100	$49,190	1
Binghamton	250	$58,000	1
Utica	280	$47,680	0.9
Nassau	2,520	$66,300	0.8
Syracuse	570	$49,020	0.7
Buffalo	970	$49,510	0.7
Rochester	850	$44,290	0.6
Elmira	50	$44,480	0.6
New York	5,220	$82,570	0.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Greenville	260	$31,890	1.5
Jacksonville	140	$31,630	1.5
Winston-Salem	760	$31,010	1.4
Asheville	620	$31,910	1.4
Raleigh	1,620	$33,000	1.2
Charlotte	2,770	$33,140	1.2
Wilmington	390	$33,710	1.1
Fayetteville	320	$31,840	1.1
Hickory	430	$31,680	1
Burlington	120	$30,580	0.9
Goldsboro	70	$29,090	0.8
Durham	550	$32,110	0.8
Greensboro	700	$33,850	0.7
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	380	$36,210	2.9
Grand Forks	300	$38,220	2.7
Fargo	530	$37,290	1.8
OHIO
Mansfield	130	$47,820	1.1
Canton	420	$44,330	1
Cincinnati	2,460	$43,470	0.9
Springfield	90	$46,670	0.8
Sandusky	60	$51,320	0.8
Youngstown	450	$48,370	0.7
Toledo	600	$54,000	0.7
Cleveland	2,050	$57,400	0.7
Lima	80	$55,280	0.7
Akron	570	$48,860	0.6
Dayton	640	$46,010	0.6
Columbus	1,520	$44,320	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	80	$31,630	1
Tulsa	970	$33,710	0.8
Oklahoma City	1,000	$34,750	0.7
OREGON
Bend	410	$37,840	2.5
Medford	380	$41,050	1.9
Salem	370	$45,140	1
Eugene	300	$43,600	0.8
Portland	2,200	$52,560	0.8
Corvallis	40	$36,670	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	420	$46,890	3.2
York	910	$40,160	2
Pittsburgh	3,960	$46,690	1.3
Scranton	840	$46,670	1.3
Lancaster	750	$41,490	1.2
Reading	410	$41,600	1
Johnstown	120	$45,290	0.9
Allentown	790	$51,020	0.9
Williamsport	100	$42,650	0.9
Philadelphia	3,640	$53,930	0.7
Altoona	100	$35,890	0.7
Erie	190	$37,970	0.6
Lebanon	60	$41,110	0.6
Harrisburg	420	$45,230	0.5
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	760	$59,060	0.5
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	210	$28,930	2.7
Myrtle Beach	530	$33,590	1.8
Columbia	1,130	$31,200	1.2
Florence	190	$29,170	0.9
Charleston	610	$33,360	0.8
Greenville	600	$30,330	0.8
Anderson	80	$31,880	0.6
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	430	$35,490	2.9
Sioux Falls	410	$36,910	1.2
TENNESSEE
Morristown	160	$31,040	1.5
Clarksville	230	$38,330	1.3
Cleveland	90	$34,680	1.1
Kingsport	300	$29,150	1.1
Knoxville	800	$33,210	0.9
Jackson	120	$31,950	0.9
Chattanooga	350	$34,680	0.6
Memphis	930	$36,330	0.6
Johnson City	60	$27,840	0.3
TEXAS
Victoria	390	$31,790	3.7
Longview	750	$31,910	3.3
Odessa	420	$33,630	3.2
Abilene	420	$25,110	2.9
Midland	430	$35,330	2.8
Corpus Christi	1,170	$30,950	2.6
Laredo	400	$36,090	2
Beaumont	730	$34,590	1.8
Houston	12,560	$32,790	1.8
San Angelo	160	$30,050	1.8
College Station	300	$30,310	1.6
Austin	3,010	$32,150	1.5
Killeen	440	$28,360	1.5
San Antonio	3,210	$29,860	1.4
Amarillo	340	$31,370	1.4
Fort Worth	3,050	$32,930	1.3
Waco	310	$29,500	1.3
Texarkana	150	$29,470	1.2
Brownsville	350	$24,210	1.1
Tyler	220	$30,020	1
McAllen	550	$26,220	1
Wichita Falls	130	$33,590	1
Dallas	4,560	$35,280	0.8
El Paso	550	$27,640	0.8
Lubbock	200	$32,490	0.7
Sherman	40	$34,540	0.5
UTAH
St. George	360	$41,450	3.2
Provo	1,150	$36,550	2.7
Ogden	750	$38,250	1.5
Salt Lake City	1,770	$36,440	1.1
Logan	110	$33,140	1.1
VERMONT
Burlington	350	$38,910	1.3
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	490	$37,720	2.2
Winchester	260	$35,130	2.2
Richmond	1,910	$34,920	1.2
Blacksburg	170	$29,430	1.2
Lynchburg	290	$28,060	1.2
Danville	90	$29,910	1.2
Harrisonburg	130	$32,130	1
Roanoke	410	$34,180	1
Virginia Beach	1,970	$36,220	1
WASHINGTON
Longview	150	$55,870	2.1
Wenatchee	180	$44,530	2
Tacoma	1,230	$60,150	1.8
Olympia	380	$48,740	1.7
Bremerton	280	$46,730	1.4
Seattle	5,010	$56,000	1.3
Bellingham	250	$59,720	1.3
Spokane	560	$49,160	1
Yakima	160	$45,340	0.8
Mount Vernon	70	$57,670	0.7
Kennewick	130	$41,430	0.6
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	1,860	$39,800	5.1
Morgantown	380	$35,470	3.6
Wheeling	430	$35,790	2.9
Parkersburg	430	$32,530	2.6
Huntington	700	$46,050	2.5
Weirton	160	$37,310	1.7
WISCONSIN
Racine	500	$48,470	2.7
Fond du Lac	210	$50,750	2.1
Eau Claire	310	$50,020	1.7
Janesville	210	$52,650	1.4
Green Bay	550	$53,720	1.3
Appleton	320	$56,780	1.1
Oshkosh	230	$40,800	1.1
Sheboygan	130	$50,720	1
Milwaukee	1,970	$57,150	0.9
Wausau	120	$48,660	0.8
La Crosse	110	$44,530	0.7
Madison	570	$55,500	0.7
WYOMING
Casper	190	$37,540	2.2
Cheyenne	170	$40,220	1.7

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Construction Trades	122,940	30%	$39,480
Civil Engineering	119,160	29%	$41,640
Government	68,090	17%	$35,670
Mining	24,300	6%	$39,190
Construction	23,320	5%	$42,610
Waste Management	6,730	1%	$37,180
Mining Services	6,690	1%	$36,570
Mineral Products	5,140	1%	$34,390

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