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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Industrial Designers

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:
Industrial Designers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Industrial Designers 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	40	$54,960	1.1
Huntsville	30	$50,210	0.7
Birmingham	60	$49,380	0.5
ARIZONA
Phoenix	550	$57,260	1.3
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco	680	$92,770	3
San Jose	580	$101,820	2.8
Oakland	300	$75,390	1.3
Santa Ana	430	$72,150	1.2
San Diego	310	$62,370	1
Oxnard	50	$70,940	0.8
Riverside	170	$55,580	0.6
COLORADO
Boulder	80	$58,830	2.3
Denver	320	$57,400	1.1
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport	200	$74,160	2.1
Hartford	200	$42,690	1.5
New Haven	40	$54,680	0.7
FLORIDA
Tampa	60	$48,290	0.2
Fort Lauderdale	30	$61,150	0.2
GEORGIA
Augusta	40	$57,050	0.9
Atlanta	300	$57,120	0.6
HAWAII
Honolulu	40	$47,370	0.4
IDAHO
Boise	50	$36,580	0.8
ILLINOIS
Chicago	940	$46,960	1.1
INDIANA
Elkhart	90	$51,960	3.3
Terre Haute	30	$47,980	2.1
Indianapolis	410	$52,210	2
Evansville	50	$49,400	1.3
Fort Wayne	40	$58,360	0.9
IOWA
Waterloo	60	$35,920	3.4
Des Moines	70	$45,680	1
KANSAS
Wichita	80	$51,140	1.2
KENTUCKY
Lexington	50	$55,660	0.9
Louisville	80	$54,580	0.6
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	120	$44,130	1.5
MAINE
Portland	110	$68,850	2.5
MARYLAND
Baltimore	150	$42,550	0.5
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	130	$72,740	3.7
Lowell	40	$79,160	1.6
Springfield	50	$70,010	0.8
Boston	290	$70,650	0.7
Worcester	30	$46,470	0.6
MICHIGAN
Niles	120	$63,360	9.7
Detroit	1,330		8.4
Warren	2,110	$76,860	8.1
Ann Arbor	240	$77,110	6.7
Grand Rapids	490	$63,720	5.8
Holland	50	$60,200	2.4
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	900	$80,330	2.2
MISSOURI
Springfield	100	$51,290	2.4
Kansas City	200		0.9
St. Louis	230	$58,960	0.8
NEBRASKA
Omaha	50	$41,520	0.5
NEW JERSEY
Camden	150	$54,860	1.3
Edison	270	$61,230	1.2
Trenton	50	$62,410	1.1
Newark	150	$64,130	0.7
NEW YORK
Utica	60	$49,550	2.2
Nassau	490	$54,660	1.7
Syracuse	110	$57,850	1.6
New York	1,840	$68,220	1.6
Albany	120	$65,010	1.2
Rochester	130	$62,540	1.2
Poughkeepsie	60	$59,900	1.1
Buffalo	130	$53,970	1.1
NORTH CAROLINA
Greensboro	150	$86,650	1.8
Asheville	60	$63,240	1.6
Hickory	40	$73,820	1.1
Charlotte	110	$61,160	0.6
Raleigh	50	$64,600	0.4
OHIO
Akron	180	$50,780	2.4
Toledo	120	$46,390	1.7
Dayton	130	$62,140	1.5
Columbus	290	$60,640	1.4
Cincinnati	310	$58,440	1.3
Cleveland	290	$55,220	1.2
Canton	30	$45,700	0.8
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	210	$44,690	2.2
Oklahoma City	180	$42,900	1.4
OREGON
Eugene	60	$42,470	1.9
Portland	310	$59,620	1.3
PENNSYLVANIA
York	100	$53,570	2.6
Pittsburgh	660	$47,730	2.6
Erie	60	$44,220	2.3
Reading	60	$52,310	1.7
Philadelphia	460	$55,250	1.1
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	490	$58,710	3.9
SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville	90	$51,250	1.3
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	40	$34,780	1.4
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	40	$46,810	0.8
Knoxville	50	$68,120	0.7
TEXAS
Austin	270	$65,220	1.6
Dallas	360	$51,340	0.8
Houston	210	$57,150	0.4
Fort Worth	50	$46,930	0.3
UTAH
Ogden	140	$77,840	3.2
Salt Lake City	170	$60,450	1.2
VERMONT
Burlington	80	$66,500	3.5
VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach	60	$51,870	0.4
WASHINGTON
Seattle	570	$66,940	1.8
WISCONSIN
Wausau	110	$55,310	8.2
Madison	240	$61,800	3.3
Racine	50	$58,720	3.2
Appleton	60	$56,470	2.5
Green Bay	80	$50,520	2.2
Milwaukee	380	$56,590	2
Eau Claire	30	$57,140	1.9

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Professional And Technical Services	9,020	28%	$60,370
Business Management	3,410	10%	$63,940
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	2,560	8%	$51,750
Machinery	2,390	7%	$52,910
Automotive And Vehicle Manufacturing	2,220	6%	$68,990
Durable Goods Wholesale	1,860	5%	$60,510
Plastics And Rubber	1,100	3%	$52,410
Furniture	1,020	3%	$46,650
Office Services And Staffing	970	3%	$71,370
Electrical Appliance	790	2%	$60,880
Electronics And Computer	680	2%	$62,950
Traditional Publishing	580	1%	$48,640
Paper	530	1%	$55,540
Non-Durable Goods Wholesale	520	1%	$52,900
Online Wholesale	510	1%	$60,410
Metal Products	470	1%	$56,750
Carpet And Household Fabric	430	1%	$39,200
Printing	390	1%	$39,130
Wood Products Manufacturing	340	1%	$46,820
Non-Store Retailers	330	1%	$56,190
Furniture Stores	320	1%	$39,000

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Schools for Industrial Designers (including online schools)

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School	Locations	Degrees	Quick Info
AIU Online	Online	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
American InterContinental University	GA, TX	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
California College San Diego	CA	Associate	Get Info
Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University	DC, MA	Certificate	Get Info
Coleman College	CA	Bachelor	Get Info
CollegeAmerica	AZ, CO, WY	Associate	Get Info
Collins College	AZ	Bachelor	Get Info
Digital Media Arts College	FL	Bachelor, Master	Get Info
Harrington College of Design	IL	Bachelor	Get Info
Herzing College	ON, QC	Certificate, Diploma	Get Info
Herzing University	WI	Bachelor	Get Info
ITT Technical Institute	AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI	Associate, Bachelor, Diploma	Get Info
International Academy of Design & Technology Online	Online	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
International Academy of Design and Technology	CA, FL, IL, MI, NV, TN, WA	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
Kaplan University	Online	Bachelor	Get Info
Keiser University	FL	Associate	Get Info
Minnesota School of Business	MN	Associate, Diploma	Get Info
Pittsburgh Technical Institute	PA	Associate	Get Info
Stevens-Henager College	ID, UT	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division	Online	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
The Art Institutes	AZ, BC, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, NC, NV, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA	Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Coursework, Diploma, Non-Degree	Get Info
The Career Institute of American International College	MA	Certificate	Get Info
The College of Westchester	NY	Associate, Certificate	Get Info
Tri-State Business Institute	PA	Diploma	Get Info
Western Career College	CA	Associate, Certificate	Get Info
Westwood College	CA, IL	Bachelor	Get Info

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Industrial Designers

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ARIZONA

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSOURI

NEBRASKA

NEW JERSEY

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WISCONSIN

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