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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Construction Managers

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:
Construction Managers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Construction Managers 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
Decatur	190	$68,020	2.3
Birmingham	1,330	$77,140	1.5
Florence	100	$61,550	1.3
Mobile	370	$68,400	1.2
Tuscaloosa	170	$70,390	1.2
Auburn	60	$67,240	0.9
Anniston	60	$64,370	0.8
Montgomery	220	$79,910	0.8
Dothan	70	$62,460	0.7
Huntsville	200	$87,090	0.6
ALASKA
Fairbanks	100	$86,080	2.1
Anchorage	450	$102,840	1.7
ARIZONA
Prescott	220	$65,000	2.3
Kingman	140	$85,850	1.8
Flagstaff	80	$81,220	0.9
Phoenix	2,930	$96,870	0.9
Tucson	490	$80,720	0.8
Yuma	70	$75,780	0.7
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	340	$85,540	1
Little Rock	430	$62,760	0.7
Fort Smith	140	$69,060	0.7
Jonesboro	40		0.5
CALIFORNIA
Napa	150	$128,440	1.5
Santa Ana	3,250	$105,480	1.2
Bakersfield	540	$89,200	1.2
Oakland	1,870	$116,630	1
Vallejo	190	$94,940	0.9
San Luis Obispo	150	$101,470	0.9
Sacramento	1,430	$110,610	0.9
Chico	100	$101,400	0.9
Santa Rosa	280	$96,180	0.9
Oxnard	460	$118,350	0.9
San Francisco	1,550	$117,080	0.9
San Diego	2,050	$104,320	0.9
Yuba City	50	$89,100	0.9
Riverside	1,820	$100,150	0.8
Madera	40	$105,390	0.7
Santa Barbara	200	$97,620	0.7
Redding	70	$104,960	0.7
San Jose	1,080	$116,100	0.7
Stockton	230	$97,030	0.6
Fresno	360	$91,000	0.6
Modesto	170	$85,550	0.6
Salinas	150	$142,140	0.6
El Centro	40	$87,070	0.5
Visalia	110	$101,970	0.5
COLORADO
Greeley	310	$82,140	2.6
Grand Junction	200	$61,240	2.3
Fort Collins	440	$52,240	2.2
Pueblo	140	$55,410	1.7
Colorado Springs	590	$76,770	1.4
Denver	2,770	$89,670	1.3
Boulder	210	$88,840	0.8
CONNECTICUT
New Haven	500	$100,380	1
Norwich	200	$90,300	1
Bridgeport	680	$104,910	0.9
Hartford	850	$94,900	0.8
Waterbury	70	$97,120	0.6
Danbury	60	$93,450	0.5
DELAWARE
Dover	120	$81,680	1.4
Wilmington	660	$99,270	1.2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	4,040	$106,690	1
FLORIDA
Fort Walton Beach	350	$61,590	2.9
Sebastian	140	$90,020	1.9
Naples	370	$113,200	1.9
Cape Coral	620	$105,550	1.7
Ocala	220	$81,770	1.4
Orlando	2,490	$89,510	1.3
Fort Lauderdale	1,710	$100,990	1.3
Sarasota	580	$85,190	1.3
Lakeland	390	$104,350	1.2
Pensacola	290	$97,760	1.2
Tampa	2,470	$91,470	1.1
Gainesville	210	$106,020	1.1
West Palm Beach	1,040	$96,970	1.1
Jacksonville	1,140	$135,420	1.1
Deltona	280	$118,130	1.1
Miami	1,830	$102,880	1
Tallahassee	280	$69,670	1
Port St. Lucie	190	$128,310	0.9
Palm Bay	300	$87,800	0.9
Punta Gorda	50	$157,010	0.8
Panama City	90	$96,810	0.8
GEORGIA
Savannah	380	$81,810	1.5
Atlanta	5,710	$85,160	1.4
Brunswick	80	$87,120	1.3
Augusta	290	$97,910	0.8
Gainesville	80	$78,180	0.7
Albany	60	$62,830	0.6
Columbus	110	$78,810	0.6
Valdosta	50	$65,200	0.6
Macon	90	$70,530	0.6
Athens	60	$60,350	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	810	$95,420	1.1
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	130	$67,050	1.5
Idaho Falls	110	$54,390	1.5
Boise	550	$63,260	1.2
ILLINOIS
Decatur	50	$91,900	0.7
Chicago	3,660	$102,790	0.5
Rockford	130	$92,160	0.5
Champaign	70	$91,620	0.5
Peoria	130	$92,210	0.5
INDIANA
Gary	620	$83,820	1.3
Indianapolis	1,920	$90,270	1.2
Evansville	280	$75,420	1
Fort Wayne	340	$78,170	0.9
Muncie	60	$128,530	0.9
Michigan City	50	$105,180	0.8
Bloomington	70	$76,950	0.6
Terre Haute	70	$74,800	0.6
Elkhart	120	$72,290	0.6
South Bend	110	$79,000	0.5
Lafayette	40	$85,100	0.3
IOWA
Ames	110	$73,370	1.9
Des Moines	440	$80,510	0.8
Waterloo	100	$84,190	0.7
Cedar Rapids	160	$113,760	0.7
Davenport	150	$84,250	0.5
Sioux City	50	$81,450	0.4
Iowa City	40	$73,720	0.4
KANSAS
Topeka	140	$68,780	0.8
Wichita	390	$62,250	0.7
Lawrence	50	$67,050	0.7
KENTUCKY
Lexington	590	$66,090	1.4
Louisville	1,340	$70,960	1.2
Bowling Green	90	$59,620	1
Owensboro	70	$61,610	0.9
Elizabethtown	60	$72,690	0.9
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	1,100	$67,720	1.7
Lake Charles	220	$74,080	1.6
Alexandria	110	$61,070	1.2
Houma	110	$75,960	0.7
New Orleans	620	$66,840	0.7
Lafayette	140	$60,030	0.6
Monroe	60	$70,940	0.5
Shreveport	130	$86,590	0.4
MAINE
Portland	350	$77,920	1
Lewiston	60	$70,260	0.8
Bangor	60	$69,180	0.6
MARYLAND
Bethesda	1,830	$91,560	1.8
Baltimore	3,170	$88,850	1.4
Salisbury	90	$61,250	1.1
Cumberland	30	$71,130	0.6
Hagerstown	90	$82,440	0.6
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	2,570	$113,430	0.8
Framingham	210	$98,210	0.8
Barnstable	120	$96,880	0.7
Brockton	100	$93,780	0.7
Springfield	360	$77,660	0.7
Leominster	50	$79,750	0.7
Taunton	40	$115,030	0.6
Lawrence	40	$106,760	0.5
Lowell	90	$95,010	0.4
Worcester	190	$83,500	0.4
New Bedford	30	$110,330	0.3
MICHIGAN
Kalamazoo	220	$78,470	1
Battle Creek	70	$66,210	0.9
Warren	1,630	$90,810	0.8
Grand Rapids	510	$132,610	0.8
Saginaw	90	$71,460	0.7
Niles	70	$109,200	0.7
Lansing	220	$88,140	0.7
Detroit	800	$103,740	0.6
Jackson	40	$92,380	0.5
Holland	70	$77,140	0.4
Ann Arbor	110	$103,930	0.4
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	1,880	$94,930	0.6
Duluth	120	$82,980	0.6
St. Cloud	90	$77,580	0.5
Rochester	60	$77,940	0.4
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	120	$79,700	1.7
Gulfport	220	$67,220	1.2
Hattiesburg	90	$52,690	1
Jackson	330	$64,790	0.8
MISSOURI
Kansas City	1,850	$83,260	1
St. Louis	1,980	$87,780	0.8
St. Joseph	60	$72,240	0.8
Columbia	80	$70,320	0.6
Springfield	170	$66,120	0.5
Joplin	60	$95,700	0.5
MONTANA
Billings	150	$68,060	1.2
NEBRASKA
Omaha	1,120	$71,610	1.4
Lincoln	330	$61,320	1.2
NEVADA
Carson City	110	$88,260	2.8
Las Vegas	2,750	$98,720	1.7
Reno	530	$90,010	1.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth	110	$68,880	1.3
Manchester	170	$109,670	1
Nashua	220	$73,730	1
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	100	$95,610	1.1
Trenton	360	$99,270	1
Camden	820	$94,780	0.9
Newark	1,440	$109,680	0.8
Edison	1,340	$118,000	0.7
Atlantic City	140	$103,880	0.6
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	190	$68,400	1.9
Albuquerque	1,110	$67,840	1.6
Farmington	80	$93,900	1
Las Cruces	60	$65,350	0.6
NEW YORK
Nassau	2,680	$131,210	1.2
Poughkeepsie	410	$122,770	1
New York	8,910	$129,450	1
Syracuse	490	$95,550	0.9
Albany	660	$103,190	0.9
Elmira	40	$86,430	0.8
Rochester	630	$83,900	0.7
Ithaca	40	$76,940	0.6
Buffalo	500	$119,840	0.5
Binghamton	90	$103,930	0.5
Kingston	40	$106,280	0.4
Utica	70		0.3
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh	1,670	$82,450	1.9
Asheville	550	$95,620	1.8
Wilmington	390	$80,250	1.6
Charlotte	2,400	$86,290	1.5
Goldsboro	80	$71,010	1.4
Winston-Salem	520	$87,120	1.4
Rocky Mount	120	$80,340	1.3
Burlington	120	$80,970	1.3
Greenville	140	$72,890	1.2
Jacksonville	70	$78,240	1.1
Greensboro	670	$79,710	1
Durham	440	$102,840	0.9
Fayetteville	160	$80,670	0.8
Hickory	200	$83,670	0.7
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	150	$82,820	1.7
Fargo	220	$87,100	1.2
Grand Forks	70	$75,050	1
OHIO
Lima	70	$69,060	0.9
Cincinnati	1,430	$88,930	0.8
Sandusky	40	$77,450	0.8
Toledo	380	$119,400	0.7
Columbus	1,130	$97,970	0.7
Canton	190	$101,690	0.6
Dayton	430	$90,140	0.6
Mansfield	50	$78,350	0.6
Youngstown	240	$98,850	0.6
Cleveland	1,110	$93,700	0.6
Akron	330	$113,040	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	780	$66,820	1
Oklahoma City	830	$56,620	0.8
OREGON
Bend	360	$78,030	3.3
Eugene	340	$84,380	1.4
Salem	330	$76,280	1.3
Portland	2,020	$90,900	1.1
Medford	140	$105,720	1
Corvallis	30	$89,140	0.7
PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster	420	$74,520	1
York	210	$85,570	0.7
Pittsburgh	1,330	$83,490	0.7
Philadelphia	1,930	$109,180	0.6
Allentown	330	$98,390	0.6
Williamsport	40	$59,270	0.5
Reading	130	$91,420	0.5
Altoona	40	$52,050	0.4
Harrisburg	230	$81,590	0.4
Scranton	170	$81,160	0.4
Erie	40	$84,170	0.2
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	480	$107,580	0.5
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	130	$86,180	2.5
Columbia	1,170	$76,040	1.9
Anderson	150	$79,310	1.6
Charleston	760	$82,690	1.5
Myrtle Beach	280	$71,120	1.4
Greenville	630	$82,850	1.2
Spartanburg	230	$86,120	1.1
Florence	90	$68,640	0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	40	$73,530	0.4
Sioux Falls	80	$74,000	0.3
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	780	$56,380	1.3
Jackson	100	$53,310	1.1
Chattanooga	380	$75,030	1
Morristown	60	$56,130	0.8
Memphis	830	$63,170	0.8
Kingsport	130	$53,930	0.7
Johnson City	70	$61,000	0.6
TEXAS
Beaumont	700	$63,070	2.6
Sherman	140	$41,270	2.4
College Station	260	$58,340	2.1
Longview	320	$60,570	2.1
Houston	9,560	$79,520	2.1
Odessa	180	$57,970	2.1
Midland	210	$60,610	2
Austin	2,500	$69,840	1.9
Corpus Christi	540	$50,590	1.8
Fort Worth	2,740	$69,980	1.8
Waco	280	$64,780	1.8
Tyler	260	$58,800	1.8
Victoria	120	$61,160	1.7
Dallas	6,050	$72,930	1.6
Laredo	200	$73,780	1.5
El Paso	650	$69,660	1.4
Killeen	280	$64,010	1.4
San Antonio	2,000	$66,250	1.3
Abilene	120	$60,940	1.2
San Angelo	70	$64,040	1.2
Texarkana	90	$57,030	1.1
Amarillo	170	$68,290	1
Brownsville	210	$37,070	1
McAllen	370	$48,740	1
Lubbock	190	$57,530	0.9
Wichita Falls	70	$49,250	0.8
UTAH
Provo	520	$69,560	1.9
St. George	70	$104,440	0.9
Logan	60	$81,650	0.9
Salt Lake City	920	$81,050	0.8
Ogden	200	$82,050	0.6
VERMONT
Burlington	220	$96,350	1.2
VIRGINIA
Winchester	120	$80,420	1.5
Harrisonburg	100	$58,870	1.2
Virginia Beach	1,450	$84,380	1.1
Blacksburg	90	$69,920	0.9
Richmond	960	$85,790	0.9
Charlottesville	120	$73,590	0.8
Lynchburg	120	$67,160	0.7
Roanoke	190	$68,780	0.7
WASHINGTON
Bremerton	160	$97,040	1.2
Seattle	2,720	$111,470	1.1
Bellingham	130	$96,450	1
Tacoma	420	$112,400	0.9
Kennewick	110	$106,090	0.8
Olympia	110	$95,880	0.7
Spokane	240	$103,780	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington	80	$73,560	0.4
Charleston	70	$79,320	0.3
Parkersburg	30	$77,260	0.3
WISCONSIN
Janesville	140	$83,900	1.4
Appleton	160	$95,750	0.9
Madison	450	$101,980	0.8
Milwaukee	1,110	$86,940	0.7
Fond du Lac	40	$75,270	0.6
Eau Claire	70	$74,430	0.6
Green Bay	150	$79,420	0.5
Wausau	40	$116,060	0.4
Racine	40	$84,390	0.3
La Crosse	30	$87,220	0.3

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Construction	94,840	43%	$77,890
Construction Trades	63,620	28%	$79,750
Civil Engineering	24,160	10%	$82,920
Professional And Technical Services	12,130	5%	$85,430
Government	8,360	3%	$72,580
Real Estate	4,850	2%	$89,660
Business Management	3,000	1%	$88,570

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