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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 2006) for:
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Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for General Managers relative to the population of the city, as of 2006.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.

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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2006)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Gadsden	570	$76,690	1.7
Mobile	3,160	$83,660	1.5
Dothan	930	$73,860	1.4
Tuscaloosa	1,300	$88,200	1.4
Birmingham	8,720	$100,550	1.3
Decatur	800	$78,280	1.3
Anniston	650	$80,160	1.2
Florence	710	$74,260	1.2
Montgomery	2,490	$91,140	1.2
Auburn	580	$89,060	1.2
Huntsville	2,880	$95,260	1.2
ALASKA
Fairbanks	900	$71,910	2.5
Anchorage	4,270	$78,620	2.1
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	860	$82,930	1.5
Tucson	5,050	$88,110	1.1
Prescott	730	$83,230	1
Phoenix	23,730	$96,860	1
Yuma	590	$74,180	0.9
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	390	$72,900	1
Fayetteville	1,970	$83,650	0.9
Little Rock	3,700	$90,260	0.9
Fort Smith	1,260	$81,400	0.9
Jonesboro	430	$81,900	0.8
Pine Bluff	240	$86,500	0.7
CALIFORNIA
Santa Cruz	1,660	$99,770	1.6
Napa	1,080	$118,300	1.5
San Francisco	17,930	$123,500	1.4
Santa Barbara	2,880	$104,250	1.3
San Jose	15,660	$131,150	1.3
Santa Rosa	3,240	$107,560	1.3
Oxnard	5,010	$114,580	1.3
Chico	1,140	$81,880	1.3
Santa Ana	25,670	$121,030	1.3
Yuba City	540	$80,110	1.2
Oakland	16,470	$118,780	1.2
San Luis Obispo	1,490	$86,810	1.2
Madera	410	$92,940	1.1
Redding	900	$91,800	1.1
Los Angeles	62,140	$113,940	1.1
Vallejo	1,820	$96,060	1.1
San Diego	19,500	$113,370	1.1
Merced	680	$91,420	1.1
Hanford	360	$85,590	1
Stockton	2,760	$97,170	1
Salinas	2,010	$96,910	1
Sacramento	12,140	$103,870	1
Modesto	2,100	$93,280	1
El Centro	530	$83,670	1
Fresno	4,010	$95,740	1
Riverside	15,800	$103,060	0.9
Bakersfield	2,940	$90,370	0.9
Visalia	1,360	$86,360	0.8
COLORADO
Grand Junction	1,030	$76,950	1.8
Greeley	1,280	$82,590	1.6
Fort Collins	2,190	$81,190	1.5
Boulder	2,640	$107,870	1.5
Denver	20,950	$105,970	1.3
Colorado Springs	3,790	$89,950	1.2
Pueblo	630	$72,430	1.2
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	1,030	$96,490	1.3
Bridgeport	6,700	$143,530	1.2
Hartford	8,230	$108,570	1.1
Danbury	850	$129,070	1.1
New Haven	3,380	$109,960	1
Norwich	1,050	$101,000	0.7
DELAWARE
Wilmington	3,750	$106,590	0.9
Dover	490	$86,290	0.7
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	41,910	$121,430	1.4
FLORIDA
Naples	1,100	$102,490	0.7
Port St. Lucie	1,050	$89,330	0.7
Fort Walton Beach	660	$91,840	0.7
Fort Lauderdale	6,620	$103,190	0.7
Cape Coral	1,840	$99,980	0.7
Sebastian	340	$95,040	0.6
Lakeland	1,590	$100,010	0.6
West Palm Beach	4,440	$107,810	0.6
Tampa	9,720	$98,130	0.6
Ocala	670	$86,890	0.6
Sarasota	2,150	$97,000	0.6
Palm Bay	1,450	$85,590	0.6
Deltona	1,160	$78,960	0.6
Tallahassee	1,130	$96,680	0.6
Miami	7,140	$110,120	0.6
Jacksonville	4,340	$98,680	0.6
Pensacola	1,070	$87,940	0.5
Orlando	7,460	$95,630	0.5
Panama City	420	$84,800	0.5
Punta Gorda	240	$82,450	0.5
Gainesville	630	$88,940	0.5
GEORGIA
Brunswick	810	$85,790	2
Gainesville	1,450	$85,900	2
Hinesville	190	$74,530	1.8
Savannah	3,100	$80,070	1.7
Warner Robins	880	$75,840	1.7
Macon	1,850	$78,790	1.7
Albany	1,130	$80,370	1.6
Athens	1,310	$75,040	1.6
Atlanta	50,050	$91,020	1.6
Columbus	2,060	$76,140	1.6
Dalton	1,380	$83,050	1.6
Valdosta	760	$71,050	1.5
Rome	580	$73,310	1.5
Augusta	3,770	$78,780	1.4
HAWAII
Honolulu	5,730	$99,310	1
IDAHO
Pocatello	980	$55,990	3
Coeur d'Alene	1,530	$68,240	2.8
Idaho Falls	1,180	$61,840	2.4
Boise	6,090	$64,280	1.9
Lewiston	410	$67,520	1.8
ILLINOIS
Springfield	1,650	$69,430	1.3
Bloomington	690	$74,660	0.8
Waukegan	3,750	$110,550	0.8
Kankakee	340	$85,900	0.8
Decatur	390	$76,690	0.7
Chicago	35,270	$108,920	0.7
Rockford	1,220	$102,060	0.7
Danville	180	$81,420	0.6
Peoria	1,250	$96,600	0.6
Champaign	600	$89,590	0.6
INDIANA
Columbus	530	$93,260	1.3
Lafayette	740	$84,020	0.9
South Bend	1,540	$86,660	0.9
Muncie	460	$79,700	0.9
Michigan City	440	$87,050	0.9
Kokomo	340	$77,160	0.8
Fort Wayne	2,230	$91,820	0.8
Anderson	310	$81,940	0.8
Terre Haute	600	$78,780	0.8
Indianapolis	8,740	$100,480	0.7
Evansville	1,630	$89,960	0.7
Gary	2,500	$88,880	0.7
Bloomington	530	$85,070	0.7
Elkhart	1,150	$95,040	0.7
IOWA
Ames	270	$87,490	0.7
Dubuque	410	$88,330	0.7
Cedar Rapids	1,100	$94,500	0.7
Des Moines	2,710	$97,020	0.7
Davenport	1,440	$83,270	0.6
Sioux City	500	$87,520	0.6
Iowa City	440	$82,680	0.6
Waterloo	550	$91,500	0.6
KANSAS
Topeka	1,730	$72,940	1.3
Lawrence	610	$79,790	1.3
Wichita	3,770	$78,480	1.1
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	670	$69,630	1.4
Elizabethtown	550	$77,210	1.2
Lexington	3,290	$79,820	1.1
Bowling Green	590	$71,620	1
Louisville	7,410	$84,550	1
LOUISIANA
Houma	2,240	$79,440	2.3
Lafayette	3,240	$89,020	2
Baton Rouge	8,510	$82,350	1.9
Monroe	1,490	$73,480	1.7
New Orleans	9,310	$87,820	1.6
Lake Charles	1,530	$71,490	1.6
Shreveport	3,070	$87,020	1.5
Alexandria	1,030	$74,190	1.5
MAINE
Lewiston	800	$85,430	1.5
Bangor	1,010	$81,200	1.4
Portland	3,350	$94,190	1.3
MARYLAND
Bethesda	12,880	$117,560	1.8
Baltimore	23,420	$108,030	1.4
Salisbury	740	$82,810	1.2
Hagerstown	1,330	$85,080	1.2
Cumberland	390	$81,390	1
MASSACHUSETTS
Taunton	590	$90,320	1.3
Pittsfield	470	$90,470	1.3
Lawrence	780	$95,900	1.2
Framingham	2,190	$109,220	1.2
Brockton	1,210	$86,970	1.1
Boston	24,320	$115,130	1.1
Lynn	1,150	$108,090	1
Worcester	3,210	$96,720	1
Lowell	1,490	$104,420	1
Leominster	570	$82,270	1
Barnstable	1,210	$87,880	1
Haverhill	880	$94,000	1
New Bedford	670	$75,060	0.9
Springfield	3,260	$97,900	0.9
MICHIGAN
Lansing	2,740	$90,740	1.2
Battle Creek	590	$83,670	1
Bay City	350	$78,500	1
Jackson	580	$90,490	0.9
Saginaw	860	$70,870	0.9
Kalamazoo	1,450	$83,830	0.9
Muskegon	570	$83,680	0.8
Niles	560	$89,650	0.8
Ann Arbor	1,670	$97,530	0.8
Grand Rapids	3,840	$86,660	0.8
Holland	940	$87,400	0.7
Detroit	6,840	$103,580	0.7
Warren	11,620	$106,230	0.7
Flint	1,190	$82,540	0.7
Monroe	250	$75,860	0.7
MINNESOTA
St. Cloud	1,210	$81,450	1.1
Rochester	890	$85,690	1
Minneapolis	24,020	$110,040	1
Duluth	1,280	$82,830	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	4,310	$82,000	1.3
Pascagoula	530	$65,910	1.1
Hattiesburg	700	$69,830	1.1
Gulfport	1,110	$75,040	1
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	740	$79,890	1
St. Joseph	430	$94,030	1
Kansas City	11,980	$98,110	0.9
Springfield	1,780	$87,210	0.8
St. Louis	13,010	$103,040	0.8
Joplin	650	$82,480	0.7
Columbia	600	$85,540	0.7
MONTANA
Missoula	1,420	$59,670	2.3
Great Falls	770	$69,110	2.3
Billings	2,150	$69,540	2.2
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	1,300	$91,690	0.7
Omaha	3,540	$94,920	0.6
NEVADA
Carson City	400	$97,180	1.3
Reno	3,190	$102,370	1.2
Las Vegas	11,100	$105,560	0.9
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth	760	$99,270	1.2
Manchester	1,070	$97,280	0.9
Nashua	1,270	$102,170	0.8
Rochester	390	$90,540	0.7
NEW JERSEY
Newark	10,780	$135,220	0.8
Camden	5,420	$128,200	0.8
Edison	9,670	$140,690	0.7
Trenton	2,050	$143,240	0.7
Vineland	480	$109,450	0.7
Ocean City	310	$106,420	0.6
Atlantic City	1,010	$107,590	0.6
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	810	$77,680	1.5
Albuquerque	6,430	$83,690	1.3
Las Cruces	860	$72,230	1.2
NEW YORK
Ithaca	450	$85,440	1.3
Nassau	14,780	$115,020	0.9
Binghamton	1,120	$86,280	0.9
Kingston	600	$84,040	0.9
New York	57,400	$137,360	0.9
Syracuse	3,260	$107,640	0.8
Albany	4,550	$98,500	0.8
Glens Falls	470	$85,830	0.8
Elmira	300	$78,750	0.8
Rochester	4,940	$103,680	0.8
Buffalo	5,310	$96,730	0.8
Poughkeepsie	2,230	$94,600	0.7
Utica	960	$87,330	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Burlington	950	$92,570	1.6
Raleigh	8,770	$110,930	1.4
Wilmington	2,220	$93,480	1.3
Charlotte	13,840	$112,070	1.3
Greenville	900	$88,460	1.2
Goldsboro	510	$87,220	1.2
Greensboro	5,690	$102,320	1.2
Durham	3,470	$115,860	1.1
Asheville	2,370	$95,840	1.1
Fayetteville	1,550	$81,550	1.1
Hickory	2,190	$97,710	1
Jacksonville	430	$81,090	1
Winston-Salem	2,640	$107,870	1
Rocky Mount	660	$90,180	1
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	1,470	$93,500	1.1
Bismarck	610	$80,050	0.9
Grand Forks	510	$85,640	0.9
OHIO
Springfield	530	$73,590	1
Akron	4,040	$94,840	0.9
Lima	580	$68,870	0.9
Cincinnati	12,130	$95,400	0.9
Cleveland	12,070	$102,620	0.8
Columbus	9,830	$97,510	0.8
Dayton	4,360	$95,000	0.8
Mansfield	500	$76,260	0.8
Toledo	3,270	$89,150	0.8
Canton	1,730	$80,480	0.8
Sandusky	280	$87,770	0.8
Youngstown	1,980	$83,540	0.7
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	590	$58,800	1.7
Tulsa	8,350	$77,990	1.6
Oklahoma City	11,200	$71,210	1.5
OREGON
Corvallis	320	$79,530	1.2
Bend	780	$85,800	1.2
Salem	1,970	$91,240	1.1
Medford	960	$83,550	1
Eugene	1,570	$92,770	0.9
Portland	11,670	$101,830	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
Erie	820	$89,380	0.5
Allentown	2,250	$98,530	0.5
Johnstown	330	$91,000	0.5
Harrisburg	1,900	$96,250	0.5
York	1,130	$87,680	0.5
Williamsport	270	$76,460	0.5
Philadelphia	11,970	$113,370	0.5
Pittsburgh	6,880	$97,920	0.5
Reading	930	$91,080	0.5
Scranton	1,490	$88,250	0.5
State College	280	$79,920	0.5
Lancaster	1,320	$87,290	0.4
Lebanon	200	$79,700	0.4
Altoona	290	$91,760	0.4
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	8,120	$100,760	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	540	$75,290	1.5
Spartanburg	1,980	$88,360	1.4
Greenville	4,930	$83,100	1.3
Anderson	780	$79,080	1.3
Columbia	5,510	$83,970	1.3
Myrtle Beach	1,750	$70,990	1.2
Florence	1,190	$80,520	1.2
Charleston	4,280	$82,920	1.2
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	1,180	$101,700	0.7
Rapid City	460	$92,590	0.7
TENNESSEE
Jackson	970	$73,380	1.6
Cleveland	630	$79,430	1.6
Chattanooga	4,550	$88,810	1.6
Nashville	14,760	$84,510	1.5
Johnson City	1,230	$64,850	1.5
Morristown	750	$62,420	1.5
Knoxville	6,210	$85,900	1.5
Memphis	10,490	$90,570	1.3
Clarksville	1,020	$68,310	1.2
Kingsport	1,500	$71,500	1.1
TEXAS
Odessa	1,340	$83,720	2.3
Midland	1,280	$83,880	2.1
Victoria	790	$76,270	1.7
Amarillo	1,800	$81,550	1.5
Wichita Falls	1,010	$75,330	1.5
College Station	1,260	$77,670	1.5
Longview	1,540	$84,510	1.5
Sherman	630	$77,760	1.4
Lubbock	1,920	$84,970	1.4
Dallas	37,040	$109,740	1.4
Tyler	1,500	$86,100	1.4
Laredo	1,160	$76,540	1.4
Waco	1,550	$78,700	1.3
Abilene	910	$76,640	1.3
Fort Worth	13,620	$98,950	1.3
Houston	40,720	$108,150	1.3
Corpus Christi	2,670	$78,080	1.3
San Angelo	520	$85,960	1.3
Austin	11,690	$97,460	1.3
Beaumont	2,370	$79,140	1.2
San Antonio	11,510	$89,690	1.1
El Paso	3,410	$77,700	1.1
Brownsville	1,640	$64,390	1.1
Texarkana	640	$69,870	1.1
Killeen	1,400	$72,570	1
McAllen	2,530	$76,990	1
UTAH
Salt Lake City	7,210	$91,740	0.9
St. George	470	$76,990	0.9
Provo	1,770	$87,170	0.9
Logan	370	$73,060	0.9
Ogden	1,660	$77,930	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	750	$111,290	0.6
VIRGINIA
Danville	270	$84,730	0.7
Lynchburg	740	$88,080	0.6
Roanoke	1,200	$99,860	0.6
Blacksburg	370	$81,730	0.6
Richmond	4,780	$105,480	0.6
Winchester	340	$107,080	0.6
Charlottesville	550	$99,610	0.6
Harrisonburg	310	$84,160	0.6
Virginia Beach	5,120	$113,950	0.5
WASHINGTON
Seattle	9,850	$131,090	0.6
Bremerton	520	$107,270	0.5
Kennewick	490	$119,830	0.5
Yakima	440	$98,370	0.5
Bellingham	410	$98,890	0.4
Spokane	1,160	$101,410	0.4
Tacoma	1,460	$122,090	0.4
Mount Vernon	200	$100,170	0.4
Longview	140	$110,480	0.4
Wenatchee	170	$101,130	0.4
Olympia	430	$103,850	0.4
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	1,870	$72,950	1
Parkersburg	780	$79,110	0.9
Huntington	1,280	$73,970	0.9
Wheeling	650	$93,220	0.9
Morgantown	460	$66,370	0.9
Weirton	330	$64,160	0.7
WISCONSIN
Fond du Lac	390	$88,410	0.9
Oshkosh	890	$98,330	0.9
Madison	3,330	$97,950	0.8
Green Bay	1,640	$106,650	0.8
Wausau	630	$92,080	0.8
Appleton	1,050	$87,880	0.8
Eau Claire	690	$91,200	0.8
La Crosse	620	$83,580	0.8
Sheboygan	470	$100,040	0.7
Milwaukee	8,100	$109,220	0.7
Racine	630	$105,120	0.7
Janesville	530	$81,250	0.7
WYOMING
Casper	980	$70,560	2.6
Cheyenne	800	$64,280	1.8

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