The Top 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 2006) for:
Industrial Designers
Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Industrial Designers 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 | | | |
| Birmingham | 60 | $43,260 | 0.6 |
ARIZONA | | | |
| Phoenix | 450 | $55,290 | 1.1 |
CALIFORNIA | | | |
| San Francisco | 620 | $99,850 | 3 |
| Los Angeles | 1,510 | $57,570 | 1.7 |
| San Jose | 310 | $98,110 | 1.6 |
| Santa Ana | 500 | $65,940 | 1.5 |
| Oakland | 290 | $68,330 | 1.3 |
| San Diego | 330 | $61,770 | 1.2 |
| Oxnard | 70 | $99,040 | 1.1 |
| Santa Barbara | 30 | $74,840 | 0.9 |
| Riverside | 170 | $51,820 | 0.6 |
| Sacramento | 50 | $52,960 | 0.3 |
COLORADO | | | |
| Boulder | 50 | $59,890 | 1.8 |
| Denver | 260 | $52,080 | 1 |
| Colorado Springs | 50 | $47,920 | 1 |
CONNECTICUT | | | |
| Bridgeport | 260 | $69,200 | 2.9 |
| Norwich | 30 | $73,760 | 1.3 |
| Hartford | 90 | $45,940 | 0.8 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | | | |
| Washington | 230 | $58,870 | 0.5 |
FLORIDA | | | |
| Jacksonville | 50 | $41,970 | 0.4 |
| Tampa | 60 | $40,080 | 0.2 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 30 | $43,050 | 0.2 |
| Orlando | 30 | $56,100 | 0.1 |
GEORGIA | | | |
| Augusta | 100 | $52,170 | 2.4 |
| Atlanta | 260 | $53,640 | 0.5 |
IDAHO | | | |
| Boise | 50 | $43,530 | 1 |
ILLINOIS | | | |
| Waukegan | 70 | $61,340 | 0.9 |
| Chicago | 570 | $60,730 | 0.7 |
INDIANA | | | |
| Elkhart | 70 | $40,410 | 2.6 |
| South Bend | 60 | $51,300 | 2.2 |
| Indianapolis | 360 | $53,260 | 1.9 |
| Fort Wayne | 80 | $57,630 | 1.8 |
| Evansville | 50 | $52,250 | 1.4 |
KANSAS | | | |
| Wichita | 30 | $64,120 | 0.5 |
KENTUCKY | | | |
| Lexington | 40 | $56,630 | 0.8 |
| Louisville | 80 | $45,490 | 0.6 |
MARYLAND | | | |
| Baltimore | 150 | $56,010 | 0.6 |
| Bethesda | 40 | $55,730 | 0.3 |
MASSACHUSETTS | | | |
| Framingham | 110 | $67,760 | 3.6 |
| Lowell | 40 | $82,350 | 1.7 |
| Springfield | 70 | $63,780 | 1.1 |
| Boston | 290 | $62,010 | 0.8 |
MICHIGAN | | | |
| Warren | 2,760 | $70,500 | 10.9 |
| Grand Rapids | 430 | $56,130 | 5.4 |
| Ann Arbor | 100 | $66,590 | 2.9 |
| Holland | 40 | $66,070 | 2 |
| Flint | 30 | $51,950 | 1.1 |
MISSOURI | | | |
| St. Louis | 250 | $56,790 | 0.9 |
| Kansas City | 140 | $48,580 | 0.7 |
NEBRASKA | | | |
| Omaha | 60 | $33,900 | 0.6 |
NEVADA | | | |
| Las Vegas | 240 | $64,730 | 1.2 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | | | |
| Nashua | 60 | $44,350 | 2.3 |
NEW JERSEY | | | |
| Edison | 230 | $58,890 | 1.1 |
| Trenton | 40 | $61,370 | 0.9 |
| Camden | 90 | $59,330 | 0.8 |
| Newark | 140 | $62,620 | 0.7 |
NEW MEXICO | | | |
| Albuquerque | 50 | $49,530 | 0.6 |
NEW YORK | | | |
| Syracuse | 160 | $62,230 | 2.5 |
| New York | 2,590 | $63,570 | 2.4 |
| Albany | 110 | $68,800 | 1.2 |
| Nassau | 310 | $62,730 | 1.2 |
| Buffalo | 100 | $54,520 | 0.9 |
| Rochester | 70 | $62,480 | 0.7 |
NORTH CAROLINA | | | |
| Greensboro | 180 | $56,170 | 2.4 |
| Hickory | 70 | $58,650 | 2.1 |
| Charlotte | 220 | $44,380 | 1.3 |
OHIO | | | |
| Akron | 340 | $51,910 | 4.9 |
| Columbus | 530 | $48,480 | 2.8 |
| Cleveland | 470 | $49,370 | 2.1 |
| Cincinnati | 240 | $56,030 | 1.1 |
| Dayton | 80 | $50,150 | 0.9 |
| Toledo | 60 | $38,780 | 0.9 |
| Youngstown | 30 | $42,430 | 0.6 |
OKLAHOMA | | | |
| Oklahoma City | 230 | $39,250 | 2 |
| Tulsa | 150 | $48,350 | 1.8 |
OREGON | | | |
| Eugene | 90 | $38,920 | 3.2 |
| Portland | 160 | $53,260 | 0.8 |
PENNSYLVANIA | | | |
| Erie | 40 | $39,520 | 1.6 |
| York | 50 | $54,150 | 1.4 |
| Pittsburgh | 310 | $47,370 | 1.3 |
| Philadelphia | 450 | $54,830 | 1.1 |
| Reading | 30 | $46,830 | 0.9 |
RHODE ISLAND | | | |
| Providence | 600 | $55,310 | 5.2 |
SOUTH CAROLINA | | | |
| Greenville | 70 | $42,030 | 1.2 |
SOUTH DAKOTA | | | |
| Sioux Falls | 30 | $34,050 | 1.2 |
TENNESSEE | | | |
| Chattanooga | 30 | $47,220 | 0.6 |
TEXAS | | | |
| Austin | 170 | $68,110 | 1.1 |
| Fort Worth | 150 | $60,090 | 0.9 |
| Dallas | 300 | $58,020 | 0.7 |
| Houston | 320 | $63,490 | 0.6 |
| San Antonio | 70 | $35,810 | 0.4 |
UTAH | | | |
| Ogden | 120 | $60,110 | 3.4 |
| Salt Lake City | 120 | $57,430 | 1 |
VERMONT | | | |
| Burlington | 50 | $50,680 | 2.5 |
VIRGINIA | | | |
| Richmond | 50 | $56,450 | 0.4 |
| Virginia Beach | 50 | $36,290 | 0.3 |
WASHINGTON | | | |
| Seattle | 410 | $55,250 | 1.4 |
WISCONSIN | | | |
| Wausau | 70 | $48,390 | 5.5 |
| Madison | 220 | $55,780 | 3.3 |
| Green Bay | 100 | $58,570 | 3 |
| Racine | 40 | $47,940 | 2.8 |
| Milwaukee | 460 | $50,690 | 2.6 |
| Oshkosh | 40 | $57,580 | 2.6 |
