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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Excavating and Loading Machine Operators

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Excavating and Loading Machine Operators 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
Florence	50	$34,210	3.5
Birmingham	580	$36,380	3.5
Montgomery	80	$26,960	1.5
Mobile	80	$34,570	1.4
Huntsville	40	$26,020	0.6
ALASKA
Anchorage	30	$47,580	0.6
ARIZONA
Prescott	240	$38,770	13.4
Kingman	170	$35,810	11.7
Yuma	80	$31,790	4.6
Phoenix	1,090	$43,960	1.8
Tucson	70	$33,830	0.6
ARKANSAS
Fort Smith	90	$29,500	2.5
Little Rock	270	$28,840	2.5
Fayetteville	130	$26,960	2.1
CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield	270	$47,220	3.2
San Luis Obispo	80	$43,100	2.7
Santa Rosa	120	$64,350	2.1
Chico	40	$73,440	2
Stockton	70	$53,770	1
Sacramento	150	$60,350	0.5
San Jose	150	$45,380	0.5
San Diego	180	$52,520	0.4
Oakland	120	$60,450	0.4
Santa Ana	80	$66,200	0.2
COLORADO
Grand Junction	130	$37,060	8
Colorado Springs	270	$37,240	3.4
Greeley	70	$29,130	3.2
Denver	360	$46,720	0.9
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	30	$53,240	1.5
Hartford	180	$38,130	1
Bridgeport	130	$42,060	0.9
Norwich	30	$38,590	0.8
DELAWARE
Wilmington	210	$46,770	2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	960	$42,320	1.3
FLORIDA
Naples	130	$32,080	3.6
Panama City	70	$29,210	3.5
Tallahassee	160	$33,060	3.2
Jacksonville	590	$33,790	3
Palm Bay	150	$34,500	2.4
Cape Coral	160	$35,600	2.4
Tampa	880	$30,220	2.2
Sarasota	150	$29,140	1.8
Fort Lauderdale	390	$26,790	1.6
Gainesville	50	$38,080	1.4
Ocala	40	$30,420	1.4
Orlando	440	$31,530	1.3
West Palm Beach	150	$31,960	0.9
Pensacola	30	$29,080	0.7
Miami	140	$42,420	0.4
GEORGIA
Brunswick	40	$31,230	3.4
Augusta	70	$42,410	1.1
Macon	30	$33,340	1
Atlanta	600	$35,070	0.8
HAWAII
Honolulu	60	$44,610	0.4
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	220	$41,060	14.1
ILLINOIS
Springfield	50	$42,040	1.6
Rockford	70	$46,310	1.5
Chicago	700	$59,000	0.6
INDIANA
Evansville	150	$34,670	2.8
Gary	80	$41,710	0.9
Indianapolis	200	$33,920	0.7
IOWA
Ames	70	$38,050	6.7
Iowa City	90	$38,290	4.3
Cedar Rapids	100	$31,080	2.4
Sioux City	50	$29,430	2.4
Des Moines	150	$47,410	1.4
Waterloo	30	$29,550	1.2
KANSAS
Topeka	50	$33,950	1.5
Wichita	90	$31,970	0.9
KENTUCKY
Louisville	370	$34,520	1.9
Bowling Green	30	$33,150	1.8
LOUISIANA
Houma	120	$33,200	4.2
Baton Rouge	180	$33,640	1.5
Shreveport	70	$36,440	1.3
New Orleans	130	$33,850	0.8
MAINE
Portland	80	$40,140	1.3
MARYLAND
Hagerstown	100	$33,180	3.4
Baltimore	630	$42,760	1.5
Bethesda	130	$38,880	0.7
MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable	170	$51,640	5.6
Haverhill	60	$51,260	2.7
Springfield	120	$42,240	1.3
Boston	700	$47,680	1.2
Framingham	50	$51,190	1
MICHIGAN
Jackson	40	$49,130	2.7
Lansing	80	$43,540	1.3
Warren	360	$55,420	1
Kalamazoo	30	$42,550	0.7
Detroit	110	$53,550	0.5
Grand Rapids	50	$48,630	0.4
MINNESOTA
Duluth	50	$53,750	1.3
Minneapolis	220	$60,660	0.4
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	130	$30,590	1.6
Gulfport	50	$23,830	1.5
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	60	$52,320	3
Springfield	170		2.8
St. Louis	1,170	$56,070	2.7
Kansas City	630	$41,920	1.9
Joplin	40	$31,970	1.7
Columbia	40	$52,190	1.7
MONTANA
Missoula	70	$32,670	4.8
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	110	$31,280	2.2
Omaha	100	$41,820	0.7
NEVADA
Las Vegas	440	$47,410	1.5
Reno	60	$45,720	0.9
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	60	$43,400	1.9
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	30	$38,680	1.8
Trenton	110		1.6
Newark	350	$50,460	1.1
Edison	260	$50,600	0.8
Camden	100	$53,580	0.6
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	70	$34,070	0.6
NEW YORK
Rochester	240	$35,520	1.5
Albany	130	$38,280	0.9
Nassau	110	$48,570	0.3
New York	210	$44,150	0.1
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh	420	$30,850	2.6
Greenville	50	$33,790	2.4
Asheville	110	$28,410	2
Hickory	90	$45,070	1.8
Charlotte	380	$32,220	1.3
Winston-Salem	70	$33,840	1
OHIO
Mansfield	30	$26,800	2
Akron	180	$42,150	1.7
Toledo	150	$46,650	1.5
Cleveland	430	$53,710	1.2
Canton	60	$35,520	1.1
Cincinnati	290	$40,060	0.9
Columbus	220	$31,170	0.7
Youngstown	50	$30,540	0.7
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	520	$31,610	3.7
Oklahoma City	650	$34,780	3.6
OREGON
Medford	120	$30,840	4.8
Salem	210	$41,900	4.5
Bend	90	$34,180	4.5
Eugene	130	$38,950	2.8
Portland	620	$48,470	1.8
PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown	170	$34,130	10.6
Allentown	220	$41,940	2
Harrisburg	190	$33,980	1.9
Pittsburgh	450	$35,590	1.2
Lancaster	80	$40,750	1.1
Scranton	80	$34,740	1
Reading	50	$41,100	1
Philadelphia	420		0.7
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spartanburg	90	$35,330	2.4
Columbia	220	$27,600	2
Charleston	170	$31,810	1.8
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	70	$34,400	3.9
Sioux Falls	50	$35,480	1.2
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	100	$31,540	1.4
Memphis	160	$21,580	0.8
TEXAS
Corpus Christi	240	$26,690	4.4
College Station	90	$25,480	4
Waco	100	$30,500	3.5
Austin	810	$26,690	3.3
Killeen	110	$29,400	3
Tyler	60	$25,360	2.2
McAllen	110	$34,190	1.6
Fort Worth	440	$29,300	1.6
San Antonio	290	$29,350	1.1
Houston	760	$29,520	0.9
Dallas	520	$29,650	0.8
UTAH
Logan	80	$32,600	6.3
St. George	50	$38,080	3.7
Salt Lake City	190	$36,710	0.9
VIRGINIA
Winchester	70	$37,660	4.7
Roanoke	60	$30,830	1.2
Virginia Beach	280	$31,650	1.1
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	40	$42,530	1.5
Tacoma	110	$60,840	1.3
Seattle	340	$51,750	0.7
Spokane	40	$42,040	0.6
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	520	$44,170	11.7
Weirton	40	$30,600	3.5
WISCONSIN
Appleton	70	$32,990	2
Oshkosh	50	$36,680	2
Milwaukee	130	$37,960	0.5

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Construction Trades	21,810	33%	$35,090
Civil Engineering	13,530	20%	$35,670
Mining	11,940	18%	$35,350
Waste Management	3,480	5%	$35,250
Construction	2,550	3%	$36,210
Government	2,370	3%	$35,240
Mining Services	2,020	3%	$33,440
Utilities	1,020	1%	$59,800
Trucking	950	1%	$31,630
Office Services And Staffing	910	1%	$34,980
Durable Goods Wholesale	900	1%	$28,540

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Excavating and Loading Machine Operators

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OREGON

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