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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for EMT And Paramedics

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2007) for:
EMT And Paramedics

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for EMT And Paramedics relative to the population of the city, as of 2007.

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 (2007)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Tuscaloosa	160	$28,390	1.8
Mobile	300	$23,780	1.5
Birmingham	790	$30,460	1.3
Dothan	70	$28,740	1
Montgomery	180	$29,450	0.9
Huntsville	110	$24,840	0.5
ARIZONA
Prescott	270	$28,480	3.9
Yuma	130	$25,010	2
Flagstaff	110	$25,860	2
Phoenix	2,430	$27,170	1.1
Tucson	340	$33,780	0.8
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	140	$24,100	2.8
Fort Smith	210	$25,820	1.6
Hot Springs	40	$21,910	1.1
Fayetteville	160	$26,740	0.7
Little Rock	180	$19,730	0.5
CALIFORNIA
Modesto	420	$28,520	2.2
Chico	110	$38,130	1.4
Salinas	210	$40,160	1.2
Riverside	1,580	$30,790	1
Stockton	220	$34,600	0.9
San Diego	1,140	$34,150	0.7
San Jose	750	$33,840	0.7
Santa Ana	1,120	$29,880	0.6
Los Angeles	2,950	$29,440	0.6
Sacramento	620	$29,010	0.6
Bakersfield	130	$32,150	0.4
San Francisco	410	$51,420	0.3
COLORADO
Colorado Springs	500	$33,310	1.7
Pueblo	80	$37,420	1.4
Fort Collins	180	$37,040	1.3
Grand Junction	60	$30,830	1
Denver	1,270	$35,510	0.8
Boulder	140	$31,490	0.8
CONNECTICUT
New Haven	450	$35,200	1.4
Norwich	170	$32,720	1.2
Bridgeport	420	$37,880	0.8
Hartford	530	$34,080	0.8
DELAWARE
Wilmington	420	$39,530	1.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	2,810	$44,480	1
FLORIDA
Fort Walton Beach	160	$25,910	1.8
Ocala	190	$29,930	1.8
Tallahassee	220	$24,130	1.2
Fort Lauderdale	990	$28,800	1.1
Sarasota	300	$28,450	0.9
Tampa	1,340	$29,930	0.9
Pensacola	140	$33,240	0.8
Jacksonville	550	$31,500	0.7
Gainesville	80	$22,650	0.6
Miami	730	$31,170	0.6
Orlando	740	$30,860	0.6
Palm Bay	100	$31,400	0.4
Port St. Lucie	60	$32,200	0.4
West Palm Beach	230	$35,770	0.3
GEORGIA
Gainesville	270	$26,880	3.8
Albany	150	$29,320	2.4
Augusta	490	$29,520	2.1
Macon	210	$27,180	1.9
Athens	140	$26,780	1.7
Dalton	80	$28,900	0.9
Atlanta	2,630	$34,830	0.9
Columbus	110	$26,170	0.9
HAWAII
Honolulu	500	$41,950	1
IDAHO
Lewiston	50	$48,170	2.4
Pocatello	50	$30,590	1.6
Boise	320	$37,900	1
ILLINOIS
Champaign	200	$30,630	2.1
Springfield	200	$26,000	1.8
Chicago	7,350	$36,170	1.6
Peoria	210	$18,650	1.1
Bloomington	60	$17,550	0.8
Rockford	130	$23,980	0.8
INDIANA
Anderson	110	$17,720	2.8
Terre Haute	190	$26,330	2.6
Lafayette	170	$28,730	2.1
Gary	660	$30,460	2
Bloomington	150	$25,940	2
Muncie	90	$29,310	1.8
Michigan City	70		1.6
Elkhart	190	$26,920	1.3
Fort Wayne	290	$31,540	1.2
Indianapolis	1,190	$31,720	1.1
Evansville	210	$30,510	1
South Bend	140	$28,280	0.9
IOWA
Iowa City	130	$31,470	1.7
Sioux City	90	$29,450	1.2
Dubuque	60	$25,550	1.1
Cedar Rapids	160	$17,150	1
Des Moines	370	$26,350	1
Waterloo	80	$26,810	0.9
Davenport	80	$27,820	0.4
KANSAS
Topeka	210	$24,610	1.7
Wichita	590	$34,920	1.7
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	100	$22,360	2
Louisville	1,100	$28,370	1.5
Lexington	230	$26,200	0.8
LOUISIANA
Lake Charles	200	$24,740	2.1
Monroe	110		1.3
Shreveport	220	$24,070	1.1
New Orleans	480	$31,290	0.8
Baton Rouge	260	$31,730	0.6
MAINE
Portland	370	$29,630	1.6
Lewiston	60	$28,260	1.2
Bangor	80	$26,370	1.2
MARYLAND
Hagerstown	270	$24,700	2.4
Salisbury	120	$31,950	2.2
Cumberland	60	$21,440	1.7
Baltimore	1,670	$38,920	1.1
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	600	$34,520	3.3
Leominster	140	$32,250	2.7
Lynn	270	$36,740	2.4
New Bedford	140	$32,870	2.1
Barnstable	230	$45,430	2.1
Worcester	490	$36,180	1.7
Lowell	200	$45,590	1.5
Boston	2,340	$40,050	1.1
Haverhill	70	$38,160	0.8
Springfield	260	$30,700	0.7
MICHIGAN
Flint	270	$27,560	1.7
Lansing	320	$35,380	1.4
Warren	1,700	$30,640	1.2
Detroit	1,050	$32,880	1.2
Grand Rapids	380	$25,840	0.8
MINNESOTA
Duluth	190	$26,270	1.3
Minneapolis	1,590	$35,210	0.7
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	90	$26,410	1.5
MISSOURI
St. Joseph	280	$28,860	5.6
Jefferson City	200	$28,000	2.7
Columbia	200	$32,130	2.2
Joplin	150	$31,730	1.8
Springfield	380	$25,990	1.7
St. Louis	2,220	$38,720	1.4
Kansas City	1,360	$31,990	1.1
NEBRASKA
Omaha	200	$29,080	0.4
NEVADA
Las Vegas	830	$41,210	0.7
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	270	$36,860	1.7
Rochester	50	$41,110	0.9
NEW JERSEY
Ocean City	160	$28,380	3.8
Atlantic City	590	$28,440	3.7
Trenton	360	$40,690	1.4
Edison	1,700	$34,610	1.4
Camden	880	$29,780	1.4
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	70	$43,750	1.3
Las Cruces	70	$30,720	1.1
Albuquerque	360	$29,730	0.8
NEW YORK
Poughkeepsie	540	$33,860	1.9
New York	9,050	$40,620	1.5
Syracuse	470	$27,860	1.3
Binghamton	140	$25,250	1.1
Albany	540	$29,450	1
Rochester	620	$29,060	1
Buffalo	630	$26,550	1
Nassau	1,420	$38,160	0.9
Utica	90	$41,510	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Greenville	260	$27,160	3.4
Asheville	430	$31,150	2.1
Rocky Mount	100		1.6
Hickory	290	$29,970	1.5
Durham	430	$30,250	1.4
Raleigh	710	$26,430	1.2
Winston-Salem	280	$32,020	1.1
Greensboro	430	$30,570	1
Charlotte	840	$32,300	0.8
OHIO
Toledo	1,430	$24,400	3.7
Akron	960	$26,210	2.4
Mansfield	100	$23,040	1.8
Canton	310	$31,160	1.6
Youngstown	430	$24,480	1.5
Cleveland	1,920	$30,880	1.5
Cincinnati	1,610	$28,230	1.3
Dayton	450	$26,430	1
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	650	$25,540	1.3
OREGON
Portland	1,010	$40,340	0.8
Eugene	70	$40,320	0.4
PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown	490	$18,000	8
Scranton	710	$23,190	2.3
York	450	$23,670	2.2
Allentown	830	$31,360	2.1
Pittsburgh	2,670	$27,890	1.9
Lancaster	520	$28,830	1.9
Williamsport	100	$25,100	1.9
Harrisburg	650	$23,150	1.8
Reading	320	$32,990	1.7
Altoona	110	$23,600	1.7
Philadelphia	3,710	$34,830	1.6
State College	90	$26,670	1.4
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	790	$34,290	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson	430	$24,490	6.8
Columbia	670	$30,110	1.6
Greenville	560	$31,410	1.6
Charleston	490	$36,330	1.4
Florence	110	$32,960	1.1
Myrtle Beach	50		0.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	100	$27,440	1.5
Sioux Falls	130	$23,490	0.8
TENNESSEE
Morristown	190	$26,090	3.9
Jackson	180	$30,810	3.2
Chattanooga	530	$29,740	2
Knoxville	760	$28,050	1.9
Kingsport	220	$27,980	1.7
Memphis	1,050	$38,500	1.4
Johnson City	90	$30,070	1.1
TEXAS
McAllen	880	$26,630	3.6
Beaumont	410	$23,340	2.3
Sherman	90	$25,410	2.2
Tyler	210	$34,030	2.1
Corpus Christi	380	$27,340	1.9
Abilene	80	$20,180	1.2
Wichita Falls	70	$18,190	1.2
San Antonio	1,120	$27,240	1.1
Killeen	140	$29,580	1.1
Houston	3,150	$30,110	1
El Paso	300	$26,690	1
Fort Worth	660	$33,380	0.7
Austin	570	$26,140	0.6
Amarillo	60	$28,960	0.5
Waco	50	$27,760	0.5
Dallas	1,100	$28,870	0.4
UTAH
St. George	110	$26,320	2.1
Salt Lake City	910	$33,030	1.2
Ogden	220	$30,210	1
Provo	180	$23,360	0.9
VERMONT
Burlington	150	$26,460	1.2
VIRGINIA
Roanoke	330	$25,920	1.8
Richmond	720	$34,420	1
Lynchburg	90	$27,180	0.8
Winchester	40	$24,980	0.7
Harrisonburg	40	$32,470	0.7
Blacksburg	40	$34,870	0.7
Virginia Beach	470	$35,850	0.5
Charlottesville	50	$32,720	0.5
WASHINGTON
Bremerton	120	$49,380	1.4
Kennewick	110	$31,070	1.2
Olympia	110	$47,820	1.1
Seattle	1,420	$37,780	0.8
Spokane	80	$36,400	0.3
Tacoma	70	$64,320	0.2
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington	310	$32,960	2.4
Wheeling	150	$21,550	2.2
Weirton	90	$26,790	2.1
Parkersburg	140	$22,920	1.9
Morgantown	70	$23,830	1.3
Charleston	190	$25,540	1.1
WISCONSIN
La Crosse	200	$26,050	2.6
Fond du Lac	100	$26,340	2.3
Wausau	120	$27,720	1.6
Eau Claire	130	$25,140	1.6
Racine	120	$52,540	1.4
Milwaukee	1,450	$33,070	1.4
Sheboygan	60	$26,750	1
Janesville	70	$29,690	1
Madison	330	$22,640	0.9
Green Bay	140	$32,990	0.7
Appleton	70	$25,670	0.5

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2007)
Medical Office	96,010	48%	$26,400
Government	58,230	29%	$31,720
Hospital	40,590	20%	$29,660
Office Services And Staffing	2,120	1%	$28,080

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for EMT And Paramedics

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2007) for:EMT And Paramedics

ALABAMA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

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