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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Cost Estimators

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:
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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Cost Estimators 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
Gadsden	60	$43,110	1.2
Dothan	100	$48,330	1.1
Birmingham	940	$58,500	1
Huntsville	350	$49,670	1
Mobile	290	$52,410	0.9
Florence	60	$50,500	0.8
Decatur	60	$50,300	0.7
Tuscaloosa	100	$48,390	0.7
Montgomery	140	$53,910	0.5
ALASKA
Fairbanks	80	$62,080	1.7
Anchorage	190	$64,730	0.7
ARIZONA
Prescott	140	$44,940	1.4
Yuma	100	$48,950	1.1
Flagstaff	90	$49,350	1.1
Phoenix	3,330	$57,750	1
Tucson	610	$56,360	1
Kingman	50	$49,780	0.6
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	390	$53,030	0.7
Fayetteville	210	$63,310	0.6
Fort Smith	80	$47,750	0.4
Jonesboro	30	$41,530	0.4
CALIFORNIA
Redding	190	$55,490	1.8
Santa Rosa	560	$75,200	1.8
Yuba City	80	$64,520	1.4
Modesto	360	$63,080	1.3
Santa Ana	3,420	$64,350	1.3
Oakland	2,250	$78,860	1.2
Napa	120	$77,180	1.2
Fresno	650	$54,900	1.1
Stockton	410	$64,400	1.1
Riverside	2,530	$64,980	1.1
Sacramento	1,750	$65,970	1.1
San Jose	1,810	$74,760	1.1
Madera	60	$58,040	1.1
San Luis Obispo	170	$66,690	1.1
Vallejo	210	$78,880	1
Bakersfield	460	$70,190	1
Visalia	220	$45,830	1
San Diego	2,310	$67,310	1
Santa Cruz	130	$61,780	0.9
San Francisco	1,620	$80,680	0.9
Oxnard	470	$66,730	0.9
Santa Barbara	240	$65,220	0.9
Chico	90	$59,990	0.8
Merced	70	$54,670	0.8
Salinas	180	$62,640	0.7
El Centro	30	$54,070	0.4
COLORADO
Greeley	250	$56,400	2.1
Boulder	440	$67,390	1.6
Fort Collins	300	$59,490	1.5
Denver	3,090	$61,160	1.4
Colorado Springs	570	$54,400	1.3
Grand Junction	100	$55,990	1.1
Pueblo	90	$58,800	1.1
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	1,050	$65,200	1
Waterbury	90		0.8
Danbury	90	$64,650	0.8
New Haven	350	$67,550	0.7
Bridgeport	460	$75,440	0.6
Norwich	110	$64,760	0.5
DELAWARE
Wilmington	630	$64,270	1.1
Dover	80	$54,230	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	4,070	$65,680	1
FLORIDA
Palm Coast	80	$63,020	4.5
Naples	400	$67,330	2
Palm Bay	630	$53,740	1.9
Pensacola	430	$48,700	1.7
Cape Coral	610	$56,840	1.7
Punta Gorda	90		1.5
Ocala	200	$52,070	1.3
Sarasota	560	$54,250	1.2
Sebastian	90	$50,410	1.2
West Palm Beach	1,140	$57,630	1.2
Panama City	130	$47,570	1.2
Fort Walton Beach	140	$48,180	1.2
Jacksonville	1,150	$58,260	1.1
Tampa	2,250	$54,400	1.1
Lakeland	340	$58,470	1
Gainesville	190	$54,130	1
Tallahassee	270	$55,550	1
Deltona	250	$43,300	1
Orlando	1,670	$57,720	0.9
Fort Lauderdale	1,130	$60,230	0.9
Port St. Lucie	180	$61,340	0.9
Miami	1,250	$56,180	0.7
GEORGIA
Valdosta	100	$50,820	1.2
Atlanta	4,020	$65,500	1
Albany	80	$50,940	0.8
Savannah	200	$55,460	0.8
Augusta	270	$57,560	0.8
Athens	90	$45,090	0.8
Gainesville	70	$66,210	0.6
Brunswick	40	$49,080	0.6
Columbus	90	$54,050	0.5
Macon	80	$59,560	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	720	$69,270	1
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	140	$46,280	1.7
Pocatello	60	$47,480	1.4
Boise	480	$44,760	1
Idaho Falls	50	$47,720	0.7
ILLINOIS
Decatur	150	$68,760	2.1
Rockford	320	$57,670	1.3
Springfield	160	$52,020	1
Chicago	5,880	$67,040	0.9
Peoria	240	$50,550	0.8
Bloomington	90	$66,870	0.8
Champaign	110	$62,150	0.7
Kankakee	40	$60,930	0.7
INDIANA
Michigan City	120	$56,420	1.9
Anderson	90	$45,220	1.5
Columbus	90	$52,560	1.4
Fort Wayne	450	$53,270	1.2
Lafayette	140	$58,080	1.2
South Bend	260	$60,930	1.2
Kokomo	60	$46,340	1.2
Indianapolis	1,740	$60,570	1.1
Evansville	320	$56,370	1.1
Gary	510	$65,380	1.1
Elkhart	200	$56,310	0.9
Muncie	60	$68,750	0.9
Bloomington	90	$57,980	0.8
Terre Haute	70	$52,580	0.6
IOWA
Ames	90	$50,770	1.6
Dubuque	110	$44,450	1.4
Davenport	360	$56,370	1.2
Des Moines	560	$56,860	1
Sioux City	110	$54,650	1
Cedar Rapids	210	$50,850	0.9
Waterloo	120	$56,000	0.9
Iowa City	80	$53,080	0.7
KANSAS
Wichita	590	$58,240	1.1
Lawrence	70	$50,100	1
Topeka	140	$56,050	0.8
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	80	$61,770	1.1
Louisville	1,030	$53,440	1
Elizabethtown	60	$43,580	0.9
Lexington	360	$52,130	0.9
Bowling Green	60	$50,150	0.7
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	590	$59,740	0.9
Alexandria	80	$67,010	0.9
New Orleans	700	$50,580	0.8
Lake Charles	100	$54,600	0.7
Lafayette	150	$55,740	0.6
Shreveport	150	$50,770	0.5
Monroe	60	$45,150	0.5
Houma	50	$51,720	0.3
MAINE
Lewiston	60	$46,220	0.8
Portland	260	$55,310	0.8
Bangor	70	$42,940	0.7
MARYLAND
Bethesda	1,220	$66,940	1.2
Salisbury	90	$51,340	1.1
Baltimore	2,370	$62,680	1
Cumberland	50	$39,560	1
Hagerstown	140	$50,670	0.9
MASSACHUSETTS
New Bedford	180	$63,540	1.8
Lawrence	150	$64,170	1.7
Brockton	230	$71,810	1.6
Framingham	340	$77,220	1.3
Pittsfield	60	$61,820	1.2
Barnstable	190	$52,950	1.2
Lowell	220	$62,620	1.1
Haverhill	130	$59,020	1.1
Leominster	80	$68,280	1.1
Worcester	420	$56,090	1
Springfield	450	$63,590	0.9
Taunton	60	$79,720	0.9
Boston	2,450	$83,290	0.8
MICHIGAN
Monroe	110	$70,930	1.9
Saginaw	180	$48,190	1.5
Kalamazoo	300	$53,860	1.3
Jackson	100	$57,830	1.3
Flint	280	$70,880	1.2
Grand Rapids	800	$55,260	1.2
Bay City	60	$50,050	1.2
Holland	190	$54,840	1.2
Warren	2,280	$69,520	1.1
Battle Creek	80	$49,490	1.1
Lansing	330	$62,130	1
Ann Arbor	250	$57,840	0.9
Detroit	1,110	$78,760	0.9
Niles	70	$50,900	0.7
Muskegon	60	$55,940	0.6
MINNESOTA
St. Cloud	200	$47,190	1.2
Minneapolis	3,130	$59,590	1
Duluth	160	$54,290	0.8
Rochester	110	$59,570	0.7
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	180	$53,630	1
Pascagoula	60	$56,580	0.8
Jackson	320	$54,960	0.7
Hattiesburg	50	$49,010	0.6
MISSOURI
Springfield	460	$48,580	1.4
St. Joseph	100	$58,580	1.3
Columbia	170	$51,270	1.3
Jefferson City	140	$41,060	1.3
St. Louis	2,710	$62,590	1.1
Kansas City	1,910	$60,620	1.1
Joplin	120	$54,510	0.9
MONTANA
Billings	210	$44,700	1.6
Missoula	90	$58,470	1.1
Great Falls	40	$47,260	0.8
NEBRASKA
Omaha	950	$49,210	1.2
Lincoln	280	$48,630	1
NEVADA
Reno	410	$67,100	1.2
Las Vegas	1,890	$66,610	1.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	330	$59,500	1.4
Manchester	180	$66,760	1.1
Portsmouth	60	$53,000	0.7
Rochester	50	$52,240	0.6
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	170	$72,970	1.9
Camden	860	$64,820	0.9
Newark	1,520	$68,890	0.9
Atlantic City	180	$68,680	0.7
Edison	1,300	$64,280	0.7
Trenton	170	$76,270	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	570	$58,200	0.8
Las Cruces	50	$45,780	0.5
Santa Fe	50	$56,940	0.5
Farmington	30	$45,210	0.4
NEW YORK
Syracuse	690	$50,770	1.3
Binghamton	170	$47,380	1
Elmira	50	$48,750	1
Rochester	720	$52,850	0.8
Albany	620	$57,650	0.8
Poughkeepsie	310	$54,690	0.8
Nassau	1,660	$78,360	0.8
Buffalo	690	$57,450	0.7
Utica	150	$47,960	0.7
Kingston	60	$51,320	0.7
Ithaca	40	$51,280	0.6
New York	5,030	$72,220	0.6
Glens Falls	40	$51,020	0.5
NORTH CAROLINA
Goldsboro	70	$46,800	1.3
Charlotte	1,580	$56,980	1
Burlington	80	$47,260	0.9
Greenville	90	$51,490	0.8
Greensboro	510	$56,230	0.8
Fayetteville	150	$55,340	0.7
Rocky Mount	60	$53,970	0.7
Jacksonville	40	$55,630	0.7
Winston-Salem	240	$52,930	0.7
Raleigh	570	$54,540	0.6
Wilmington	150	$49,680	0.6
Durham	250	$58,820	0.5
Asheville	160	$48,940	0.5
Hickory	120	$49,150	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	120	$44,810	1.6
Fargo	300	$49,470	1.6
Bismarck	110	$47,780	1.3
OHIO
Canton	660	$44,910	2.3
Akron	940	$61,850	1.6
Mansfield	120	$53,040	1.5
Sandusky	70	$49,650	1.4
Dayton	870	$63,150	1.3
Springfield	90	$40,130	1.3
Youngstown	490	$52,370	1.2
Columbus	1,930	$61,390	1.2
Cleveland	2,160	$62,250	1.2
Toledo	550	$66,810	1
Cincinnati	1,820	$59,620	1
Lima	60	$54,240	0.8
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	700	$55,190	0.9
Oklahoma City	600	$51,820	0.6
OREGON
Bend	240	$51,460	2.2
Portland	2,760	$64,370	1.5
Medford	200	$51,910	1.5
Salem	350	$61,480	1.4
Eugene	270	$46,550	1.1
PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster	780	$57,410	1.9
Lebanon	120	$48,720	1.7
Reading	430	$55,340	1.6
Altoona	140	$57,610	1.5
State College	130	$48,930	1.5
York	420	$55,530	1.4
Pittsburgh	2,650	$53,910	1.3
Erie	250	$53,720	1.2
Philadelphia	3,500	$64,910	1.1
Harrisburg	570	$50,940	1
Williamsport	80	$41,280	1
Johnstown	80	$54,280	0.9
Scranton	380	$53,910	0.9
Allentown	440	$58,860	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	810	$65,720	0.8
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	80	$49,140	1.6
Greenville	650	$55,440	1.2
Charleston	620	$53,400	1.2
Myrtle Beach	200	$50,160	1
Columbia	560	$51,310	0.9
Anderson	70	$51,620	0.8
Spartanburg	130	$55,580	0.6
Florence	60	$45,700	0.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	260	$46,920	1.1
Rapid City	90	$43,510	0.9
TENNESSEE
Jackson	130	$51,840	1.5
Knoxville	660	$58,200	1.1
Clarksville	120	$56,420	1
Kingsport	180	$40,190	1
Johnson City	90	$44,630	0.8
Chattanooga	300	$48,070	0.8
Memphis	740	$59,500	0.7
Morristown	30	$44,430	0.4
TEXAS
Fort Worth	1,920	$56,600	1.3
Waco	190	$48,300	1.2
College Station	140	$40,350	1.1
Beaumont	300	$56,750	1.1
Houston	5,040	$66,700	1.1
Dallas	3,930	$57,300	1.1
Odessa	90	$54,720	1
Victoria	70	$41,470	1
Amarillo	160	$54,850	1
Austin	1,310	$63,690	1
San Antonio	1,110	$51,600	0.8
Longview	110	$42,050	0.7
Texarkana	60	$44,210	0.7
Corpus Christi	210	$49,190	0.7
El Paso	300	$48,270	0.7
Killeen	130	$54,570	0.7
San Angelo	40	$41,380	0.7
Tyler	90	$51,820	0.6
Laredo	70	$45,410	0.5
Midland	50	$51,890	0.5
Lubbock	90	$37,560	0.5
Abilene	40	$57,200	0.4
McAllen	110	$49,440	0.3
Brownsville	60	$35,860	0.3
UTAH
St. George	130	$44,000	1.8
Salt Lake City	1,360	$54,100	1.2
Ogden	390	$57,600	1.2
Provo	310	$50,530	1.1
Logan	40	$54,720	0.6
VERMONT
Burlington	280	$59,860	1.6
VIRGINIA
Harrisonburg	190	$78,530	2.3
Lynchburg	260	$52,250	1.6
Charlottesville	210	$53,730	1.4
Virginia Beach	1,780	$58,600	1.3
Richmond	1,290	$52,400	1.2
Roanoke	310	$53,190	1.2
Winchester	90	$56,260	1.1
Blacksburg	100	$46,560	1.1
Danville	50	$47,950	1
WASHINGTON
Bellingham	180	$58,050	1.4
Kennewick	200	$59,200	1.4
Tacoma	610	$57,400	1.3
Longview	60	$64,400	1.3
Seattle	2,850	$66,790	1.1
Mount Vernon	60	$65,510	0.9
Olympia	130	$51,890	0.9
Spokane	300	$48,330	0.8
Bremerton	110	$57,670	0.8
Yakima	100	$50,790	0.8
Wenatchee	40	$70,090	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Parkersburg	110	$55,360	1
Huntington	140	$45,600	0.8
Charleston	170	$48,660	0.7
Weirton	40	$56,550	0.6
Wheeling	60	$51,620	0.6
Morgantown	40	$45,230	0.6
WISCONSIN
Wausau	220	$54,120	2.1
Appleton	390	$53,960	2.1
Sheboygan	170	$53,360	1.9
Oshkosh	230	$53,990	1.7
Racine	190	$56,910	1.6
Fond du Lac	100	$53,510	1.5
Green Bay	410	$48,300	1.5
Janesville	140	$83,480	1.4
La Crosse	130	$50,020	1.2
Madison	680	$64,070	1.2
Eau Claire	140	$47,160	1.2
Milwaukee	1,640	$72,960	1.1
WYOMING
Casper	90	$52,810	1.6
Cheyenne	50	$45,470	0.8

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Construction Trades	81,250	37%	$57,550
Construction	38,800	17%	$60,750
Civil Engineering	12,070	5%	$63,160
Maintenance And Repair	11,440	5%	$48,460
Metal Products	10,820	4%	$52,010
Professional And Technical Services	9,070	4%	$63,320
Printing	5,420	2%	$48,430
Office Services And Staffing	5,050	2%	$51,690
Auto And Auto Parts Dealers	4,950	2%	$61,670
Hardware And Garden Stores	4,320	1%	$45,540
Durable Goods Wholesale	3,930	1%	$50,510
Machinery	3,510	1%	$54,690
Automotive And Vehicle Manufacturing	2,680	1%	$66,050
Furniture	2,590	1%	$48,700
Business Management	2,590	1%	$62,250

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ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

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