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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 Engineers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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
Huntsville	3,400	$100,700	13.9
Mobile	180	$63,600	0.8
Anniston	40	$95,190	0.8
Decatur	30		0.5
Birmingham	140	$69,640	0.2
ALASKA
Anchorage	400	$91,620	2.1
Fairbanks	50	$78,380	1.5
ARIZONA
Yuma	70	$93,100	1.1
Phoenix	1,800	$82,720	0.8
Tucson	310	$68,040	0.7
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	40	$69,900	0.2
CALIFORNIA
San Jose	4,850	$108,590	4.3
San Diego	3,740	$93,000	2.3
Oakland	2,860	$102,390	2.3
Santa Ana	3,900	$96,050	2.1
Bakersfield	650	$99,370	2.1
Santa Barbara	330	$102,090	1.7
Sacramento	1,820	$91,250	1.7
Oxnard	570	$97,720	1.6
Yuba City	50	$93,030	1.2
San Francisco	1,450	$90,720	1.2
San Luis Obispo	130	$89,980	1.2
Hanford	30	$75,880	1
Santa Rosa	210	$90,000	1
Chico	60	$69,650	0.8
Vallejo	100	$80,170	0.7
Fresno	260	$81,560	0.7
El Centro	30		0.6
Stockton	130	$88,850	0.5
Santa Cruz	40	$98,320	0.4
Salinas	70	$96,520	0.4
Riverside	550	$86,310	0.4
COLORADO
Colorado Springs	800	$93,460	2.7
Boulder	360	$104,360	1.9
Fort Collins	250	$86,510	1.8
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport	1,030	$81,030	2
Danbury	50	$89,840	0.6
Norwich	70	$99,580	0.5
Hartford	330	$75,130	0.5
New Haven	90	$76,070	0.3
DELAWARE
Wilmington	380	$70,400	1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	5,900	$109,430	2.1
FLORIDA
Palm Bay	1,900	$92,490	8.2
Fort Walton Beach	610	$83,920	7.3
Panama City	130	$76,260	1.7
Orlando	1,990	$85,800	1.6
Gainesville	150	$60,390	1.1
Tallahassee	200	$76,550	1.1
Lakeland	220		1
Jacksonville	540	$82,790	0.7
Deltona	130	$75,670	0.7
Miami	820	$75,090	0.7
West Palm Beach	380	$83,570	0.6
Tampa	780	$77,630	0.5
Sarasota	130	$75,900	0.4
Port St. Lucie	60	$89,500	0.4
Pensacola	60	$72,950	0.3
Fort Lauderdale	300	$74,710	0.3
Cape Coral	50	$81,810	0.2
GEORGIA
Warner Robins	160	$90,770	3
Augusta	160	$99,030	0.7
Atlanta	1,840	$74,040	0.6
Athens	30	$68,010	0.4
Macon	40	$56,500	0.4
HAWAII
Honolulu	430	$80,440	0.8
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	230	$80,620	4.6
Boise	580	$73,540	1.8
Pocatello	50	$74,370	1.6
ILLINOIS
Decatur	1,460	$92,430	29.6
Champaign	170	$79,400	1.6
Danville	40	$71,590	1.6
Chicago	6,960	$88,270	1.5
Rockford	260	$66,500	1.5
Springfield	40	$97,610	0.3
INDIANA
Columbus	250	$79,200	5.7
Bloomington	50	$68,220	0.7
South Bend	70		0.4
Elkhart	50	$55,720	0.3
Gary	110	$53,840	0.3
Evansville	40	$84,310	0.2
Fort Wayne	30	$60,930	0.1
IOWA
Davenport	480	$83,140	2.2
Ames	40	$63,730	1
Cedar Rapids	60	$56,180	0.4
Des Moines	90	$66,150	0.2
KANSAS
Wichita	740	$85,520	2
Topeka	50	$81,970	0.4
KENTUCKY
Lexington	340	$79,960	1.2
Owensboro	50	$66,780	1
Louisville	310	$67,540	0.4
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	1,370	$77,630	3.1
New Orleans	1,400	$70,250	2.3
Lake Charles	210	$78,720	2.2
Lafayette	240		1.4
Houma	120	$63,550	1.1
Alexandria	60	$52,390	0.9
Monroe	80	$70,550	0.9
Shreveport	80	$67,890	0.4
MARYLAND
Bethesda	2,030	$101,280	2.9
Baltimore	3,200	$82,790	2
Hagerstown	60	$77,480	0.5
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	360	$101,870	1.9
Boston	2,970	$94,540	1.4
Lawrence	40	$78,530	0.7
Worcester	130	$92,410	0.4
Lowell	40		0.3
MICHIGAN
Warren	11,840		8.4
Holland	960		8.4
Detroit	4,540	$92,200	5.3
Ann Arbor	650	$79,270	3.4
Flint	410	$81,560	2.6
Battle Creek	100	$75,460	1.9
Saginaw	160		1.9
Grand Rapids	610	$60,580	1.3
Kalamazoo	170	$65,550	1.1
Niles	70	$118,900	1
Lansing	190	$72,780	0.8
Jackson	40	$78,190	0.7
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	1,740	$86,190	0.8
Rochester	70	$83,030	0.7
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	70	$94,060	1.4
Gulfport	170	$98,390	1.4
Jackson	60	$73,760	0.2
MISSOURI
St. Louis	2,830	$82,710	1.7
Kansas City	470	$92,460	0.4
Springfield	40	$59,470	0.2
NEBRASKA
Omaha	200	$57,220	0.4
Lincoln	40	$43,190	0.2
NEVADA
Las Vegas	660	$83,090	0.6
Reno	50	$60,170	0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	350	$76,190	5.7
Portsmouth	340	$87,360	5.6
Nashua	440	$82,110	2.8
Manchester	190	$78,950	1.6
NEW JERSEY
Newark	1,320	$104,070	1.1
Edison	930	$86,870	0.7
Camden	380	$79,520	0.6
Atlantic City	100	$103,490	0.6
Trenton	140	$85,420	0.6
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	1,070	$100,520	2.3
Farmington	40	$33,740	0.7
NEW YORK
Rochester	580	$76,750	1
Albany	170	$70,600	0.3
Syracuse	80	$69,900	0.2
Utica	30	$79,430	0.2
New York	1,140	$83,470	0.2
Nassau	190	$73,160	0.1
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	230	$81,590	0.7
Charlotte	740	$84,610	0.7
Raleigh	230	$81,150	0.4
Winston-Salem	60	$84,020	0.2
Greensboro	100	$77,850	0.2
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	100	$68,210	0.8
OHIO
Dayton	1,020	$95,930	2.2
Sandusky	40	$94,290	1.1
Columbus	770	$80,620	0.7
Cincinnati	760	$74,150	0.6
Mansfield	30	$63,660	0.5
Cleveland	650	$81,110	0.5
Akron	200	$71,010	0.5
Toledo	80	$72,950	0.2
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	370	$67,980	0.7
Oklahoma City	420	$78,270	0.6
OREGON
Portland	1,160	$89,750	0.9
Bend	40	$71,090	0.5
Eugene	40	$80,960	0.2
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia	1,180	$89,930	0.5
Pittsburgh	400	$90,180	0.3
York	40	$74,290	0.2
Lancaster	30	$76,630	0.1
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	480	$96,930	0.7
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	150	$70,810	0.4
Greenville	80	$87,400	0.2
Columbia	50	$72,540	0.1
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	890	$100,610	2.2
Memphis	720	$84,440	1
Clarksville	60	$74,910	0.7
Johnson City	50	$42,380	0.6
Kingsport	30	$67,110	0.2
TEXAS
Houston	5,830	$101,490	1.8
San Antonio	1,080	$89,610	1.1
Corpus Christi	200	$92,550	1
Amarillo	80	$107,510	0.7
Midland	50	$61,200	0.7
Dallas	1,600	$90,060	0.6
Beaumont	90	$72,710	0.5
Austin	390	$90,620	0.4
El Paso	80	$78,990	0.3
Killeen	30	$78,070	0.2
UTAH
Ogden	270	$78,360	1.1
Salt Lake City	210	$75,850	0.3
VERMONT
Burlington	70	$98,330	0.6
VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach	1,110	$88,360	1.2
Roanoke	90	$63,440	0.5
Blacksburg	30	$58,540	0.5
Richmond	220	$75,030	0.3
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	470	$95,420	4.7
Bremerton	270	$84,490	2.9
Spokane	40	$75,740	0.2
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	110	$57,150	0.7
Huntington	40	$78,460	0.3
WISCONSIN
Racine	80	$71,010	0.9
Green Bay	170	$75,020	0.9
Janesville	30	$78,040	0.4
Milwaukee	300	$74,870	0.3

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Professional And Technical Services	44,910	26%	$85,440
Automotive And Vehicle Manufacturing	27,720	16%	$91,900
Government	27,640	16%	$100,580
Electronics And Computer	16,080	9%	$94,280
Office Services And Staffing	8,790	5%	$77,730
Business Management	5,670	3%	$88,110
Machinery	5,420	3%	$76,760
Utilities	3,150	1%	$89,040
Durable Goods Wholesale	3,070	1%	$76,170
Education	2,670	1%	$77,310
Oil And Gas	2,610	1%	$102,310
Metal Products	2,150	1%	$75,760
Chemicals	2,000	1%	$82,990

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