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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Environmental Scientists

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:
Environmental Scientists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Environmental Scientists 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
Montgomery	290	$50,900	3
Anniston	50	$61,990	2.1
Decatur	50	$48,440	1.8
Birmingham	350	$55,780	1.1
Mobile	90	$51,700	0.9
Huntsville	100	$69,420	0.8
ALASKA
Fairbanks	70	$56,740	4.3
Anchorage	300	$65,110	3.3
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	60	$49,290	2.1
Yuma	50	$59,890	1.6
Phoenix	930	$54,360	0.8
Tucson	150	$49,550	0.7
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	180	$50,120	0.9
CALIFORNIA
Santa Rosa	380	$80,880	3.6
Sacramento	1,840	$71,020	3.5
Santa Cruz	110	$60,220	2.3
San Francisco	1,290	$84,940	2.2
Oxnard	360	$62,720	2.1
Oakland	1,270	$70,020	2.1
Redding	70	$69,040	2
San Diego	1,460	$66,150	1.8
Santa Ana	1,320	$71,170	1.5
Fresno	230	$59,420	1.2
Riverside	840	$61,500	1.1
San Luis Obispo	60	$62,710	1.1
Chico	40	$60,340	1.1
Santa Barbara	100	$76,570	1
Salinas	70	$72,290	0.8
Stockton	90	$63,860	0.7
Bakersfield	110	$69,140	0.7
San Jose	390	$90,850	0.7
Modesto	40	$60,170	0.4
COLORADO
Boulder	620	$78,140	6.8
Denver	1,370	$74,140	1.8
Grand Junction	30	$71,390	1
Fort Collins	60	$75,200	0.9
Greeley	30	$58,690	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	430	$62,450	1.3
Norwich	50	$76,400	0.7
New Haven	70	$61,440	0.4
Bridgeport	80	$69,490	0.3
DELAWARE
Dover	130	$58,340	4.6
Wilmington	190	$62,530	1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	3,160	$89,610	2.3
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	630	$49,720	6.8
Gainesville	200	$58,240	3.1
Pensacola	260	$49,350	3.1
Sarasota	240	$64,890	1.6
Port St. Lucie	110	$65,160	1.6
West Palm Beach	470	$57,460	1.5
Palm Bay	160	$56,230	1.4
Panama City	50	$45,620	1.4
Cape Coral	160	$50,780	1.3
Jacksonville	370	$51,600	1
Orlando	620	$49,340	1
Tampa	720	$53,330	1
Lakeland	100	$47,490	0.9
Miami	420	$60,230	0.7
GEORGIA
Albany	40	$52,540	1.2
Savannah	80	$45,570	0.9
Macon	40	$43,810	0.7
Atlanta	780	$55,990	0.6
Augusta	60	$58,750	0.5
Columbus	30	$40,040	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	630	$66,870	2.5
IDAHO
Boise	250	$52,560	1.6
Coeur d'Alene	40	$49,200	1.4
Idaho Falls	30	$58,610	1.2
ILLINOIS
Springfield	210	$60,520	3.7
Rockford	90	$61,980	1
Chicago	1,410	$75,160	0.6
Peoria	40	$54,530	0.4
INDIANA
Lafayette	90	$55,720	2.2
Indianapolis	700	$66,410	1.3
Bloomington	30	$51,700	0.8
Fort Wayne	80	$45,110	0.7
Evansville	50	$53,150	0.5
IOWA
Des Moines	140	$62,080	0.7
Davenport	60	$67,800	0.6
KANSAS
Topeka	230	$60,020	3.8
Lawrence	30	$49,730	1.3
Wichita	70	$55,590	0.4
KENTUCKY
Louisville	190	$60,550	0.5
Lexington	50	$69,330	0.4
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	730	$52,580	3.4
Lake Charles	50		1.1
Monroe	40	$46,980	0.9
Lafayette	50	$49,270	0.6
Houma	30		0.6
New Orleans	150	$55,960	0.5
Shreveport	30	$52,120	0.3
MAINE
Portland	310	$60,190	2.7
Bangor	40	$49,950	1.2
MARYLAND
Baltimore	1,730	$62,780	2.2
Bethesda	580	$82,680	1.7
MASSACHUSETTS
Taunton	80	$73,350	3.4
Lowell	200	$69,730	3
Lawrence	50	$67,800	1.7
Boston	1,600	$87,840	1.6
Barnstable	70	$65,660	1.3
Springfield	190	$74,620	1.1
Worcester	140	$73,350	1
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	210	$82,840	2.2
Kalamazoo	100	$53,680	1.3
Grand Rapids	110	$84,600	0.5
Warren	270	$54,670	0.4
MINNESOTA
Duluth	100	$59,300	1.4
Minneapolis	1,060	$58,670	1
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	50	$57,600	2.1
Gulfport	60	$50,110	1
Jackson	130	$42,510	0.9
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	290	$41,950	7.9
Columbia	50		1.1
Kansas City	600	$57,420	1
Springfield	90	$38,970	0.8
St. Louis	450	$56,260	0.6
MONTANA
Billings	100	$50,700	2.3
NEVADA
Carson City	110	$66,420	8.4
Las Vegas	530	$74,510	1
Reno	70	$65,060	0.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth	70	$65,730	2.4
Manchester	30	$55,430	0.5
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	960	$73,090	7.8
Edison	690	$72,740	1.1
Newark	660	$59,790	1.1
Camden	270	$57,900	0.9
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	40	$48,680	1.2
Albuquerque	200	$62,310	0.9
NEW YORK
Albany	610	$62,770	2.4
Poughkeepsie	200	$76,630	1.5
Nassau	780	$71,790	1
Syracuse	160	$51,380	0.9
Binghamton	40	$65,150	0.7
Rochester	170	$61,300	0.6
Buffalo	180	$56,810	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh	1,100	$54,580	3.6
Durham	400	$74,370	2.5
Jacksonville	50	$51,220	2.4
Wilmington	130	$49,830	1.6
Asheville	140	$44,550	1.4
Fayetteville	90	$51,460	1.3
Winston-Salem	120	$50,850	1
Charlotte	450	$55,090	0.9
Greensboro	160	$64,350	0.7
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	130	$76,880	5.3
Bismarck	100	$46,740	3.4
OHIO
Columbus	830	$69,620	1.5
Akron	260	$58,830	1.3
Toledo	200	$61,230	1.1
Dayton	160	$69,960	0.7
Cleveland	350	$56,810	0.6
Cincinnati	300	$64,440	0.5
Canton	30	$50,380	0.3
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	250	$46,520	0.7
OREGON
Corvallis	40	$72,630	2.6
Salem	180	$59,500	2.1
Portland	840	$63,090	1.4
Bend	40	$60,770	1.1
Eugene	60	$57,690	0.7
PENNSYLVANIA
Reading	100	$63,610	1.1
Harrisburg	170	$67,200	0.9
Philadelphia	890	$73,290	0.8
York	60	$56,310	0.6
Pittsburgh	300	$51,060	0.4
Allentown	60	$66,990	0.3
Lancaster	40	$59,220	0.3
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	330	$69,770	1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	180	$42,220	0.9
Charleston	70	$57,390	0.4
Greenville	70	$49,300	0.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	110	$64,530	1.4
Rapid City	40	$50,330	1.2
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	280	$63,080	1.4
Kingsport	50	$52,350	0.8
Memphis	110	$45,220	0.3
TEXAS
Midland	80	$74,170	2.3
Houston	1,870	$86,540	1.2
Austin	490	$62,990	1.1
Amarillo	50	$53,850	0.9
Lubbock	50	$46,810	0.7
Killeen	40	$38,980	0.6
Dallas	670	$70,890	0.5
San Antonio	230	$61,120	0.5
Corpus Christi	40	$57,010	0.4
Fort Worth	160	$67,730	0.3
El Paso	40	$56,460	0.3
UTAH
Salt Lake City	430	$55,640	1.2
Ogden	70	$59,770	0.6
VERMONT
Burlington	110	$78,660	1.8
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	100	$56,700	2
Harrisonburg	40	$53,810	1.4
Richmond	470	$67,510	1.3
Virginia Beach	430	$59,880	1
Blacksburg	30	$66,750	0.9
Lynchburg	50	$39,420	0.9
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	450	$82,050	9.3
Olympia	470	$54,570	9.2
Yakima	120	$51,260	2.8
Bremerton	120	$71,900	2.7
Bellingham	100	$71,460	2.3
Seattle	1,990	$70,090	2.3
Tacoma	150	$63,240	1
Spokane	100	$53,040	0.8
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	210	$44,270	2.6
Morgantown	40	$53,930	1.7
WISCONSIN
Madison	320	$68,090	1.6
Milwaukee	360	$94,010	0.7
Green Bay	40	$59,190	0.4
WYOMING
Cheyenne	110	$64,000	5
Casper	70	$54,300	3.7

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Government	35,460	44%	$57,970
Professional And Technical Services	35,270	44%	$61,330
Education	2,840	3%	$57,170
Utilities	1,040	1%	$83,440
Waste Management	890	1%	$56,380

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Environmental Scientists

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ARIZONA

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CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

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FLORIDA

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