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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Kindergarten Teachers

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 2007) for:
Kindergarten Teachers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Kindergarten Teachers relative to the population of the city, as of 2007.

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 (2007)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Decatur	130	$46,800	2.4
Mobile	400	$40,270	2
Anniston	90	$40,180	1.8
Dothan	110	$37,390	1.6
Auburn	70	$39,420	1.6
Montgomery	290	$38,820	1.6
Florence	80	$40,300	1.5
Gadsden	40	$36,950	1.3
Tuscaloosa	100	$35,450	1.2
Huntsville	250	$43,660	1.1
Birmingham	500	$41,270	0.8
ARIZONA
Prescott	130	$39,920	2
Yuma	110	$34,150	1.8
Tucson	660	$32,470	1.5
Flagstaff	80	$38,520	1.5
Phoenix	1,720	$40,070	0.8
ARKANSAS
Pine Bluff	80	$40,660	2.4
Jonesboro	110	$37,720	2.3
Fort Smith	270	$38,700	2.2
Fayetteville	400	$41,980	1.8
Hot Springs	50	$41,530	1.4
Little Rock	470	$42,020	1.3
CALIFORNIA
Madera	280	$45,980	8.2
Merced	290	$55,820	4.8
Yuba City	150	$74,680	3.7
El Centro	180	$57,790	3.6
Hanford	100	$43,730	3.1
Bakersfield	820	$54,260	2.8
Visalia	360	$56,200	2.4
Riverside	3,400	$55,270	2.2
Redding	150	$53,400	2.2
Chico	160	$54,260	2.1
Stockton	490	$64,140	2.1
Oxnard	670	$53,900	1.9
Fresno	710	$71,750	1.9
Salinas	280	$50,730	1.7
Santa Cruz	140	$56,560	1.5
Vallejo	190	$49,770	1.4
Sacramento	1,390	$52,330	1.3
Modesto	230	$56,340	1.3
San Jose	1,310	$53,410	1.3
San Francisco	1,340	$51,900	1.2
Los Angeles	5,650	$52,160	1.2
Santa Barbara	210	$59,140	1.1
San Luis Obispo	120	$59,890	1.1
Oakland	1,090	$50,880	0.9
Santa Rosa	190	$52,450	0.9
Santa Ana	1,480	$53,010	0.8
Napa	50	$51,220	0.8
San Diego	850	$45,690	0.6
COLORADO
Greeley	130	$40,010	1.7
Colorado Springs	470	$41,300	1.6
Fort Collins	150		1.1
Boulder	160	$46,790	0.9
Denver	1,250	$46,280	0.9
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport	650	$61,180	1.3
New Haven	390	$51,710	1.3
Hartford	610	$58,920	0.9
Norwich	110	$62,510	0.8
Waterbury	60	$51,500	0.8
DELAWARE
Dover	60	$48,940	1
Wilmington	360	$47,640	1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	3,010	$60,010	1.1
FLORIDA
Port St. Lucie	230	$63,350	1.6
Tallahassee	260	$41,930	1.4
West Palm Beach	920	$42,660	1.4
Jacksonville	980	$44,470	1.4
Gainesville	160		1.3
Tampa	1,770	$51,410	1.2
Orlando	1,400	$45,220	1.1
Sarasota	330	$52,610	1
Miami	1,070		0.9
GEORGIA
Hinesville	170	$47,110	16.8
Macon	280	$43,640	2.7
Warner Robins	100	$47,060	2
Columbus	240	$38,790	2
Brunswick	70	$50,820	1.8
Atlanta	4,700	$42,890	1.7
Dalton	130	$48,470	1.6
Savannah	220		1.3
Valdosta	60	$42,370	1.2
Augusta	210	$43,180	0.9
Athens	70	$37,820	0.9
HAWAII
Honolulu	320	$39,200	0.7
ILLINOIS
Danville	40	$37,920	1.7
Decatur	50		1.1
Kankakee	40	$51,960	1.1
Peoria	190	$39,240	1
Rockford	170	$44,560	1
Springfield	90	$38,010	0.8
Champaign	70	$36,730	0.8
Bloomington	40	$35,280	0.6
Chicago	1,770	$44,950	0.4
INDIANA
Muncie	50	$44,360	1
Kokomo	40	$43,730	0.9
South Bend	120	$44,360	0.8
Terre Haute	50	$50,580	0.7
Gary	220	$42,910	0.7
Bloomington	50	$44,930	0.7
Evansville	110	$37,820	0.6
Indianapolis	510	$48,830	0.5
Elkhart	70	$45,600	0.5
Fort Wayne	60	$44,560	0.3
IOWA
Sioux City	110	$37,560	1.5
Davenport	200	$46,300	1
Cedar Rapids	120	$40,150	0.8
Waterloo	70	$35,980	0.8
Iowa City	40	$39,520	0.6
Des Moines	200	$40,490	0.6
KANSAS
Wichita	400	$42,620	1.2
Topeka	100	$38,080	0.9
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	60	$44,340	1.3
Louisville	680	$43,950	1
LOUISIANA
Shreveport	580	$39,450	3.1
Alexandria	150	$35,020	2.5
Monroe	160	$41,000	2
Houma	160	$40,690	1.6
Lafayette	180	$39,700	1.2
Baton Rouge	480	$41,160	1.2
New Orleans	570	$42,310	1
MAINE
Lewiston	70	$41,380	1.4
Bangor	70	$40,240	1.1
Portland	220	$45,460	1
MARYLAND
Cumberland	80	$49,590	2.3
Hagerstown	210	$39,030	2
Bethesda	910	$53,570	1.4
Salisbury	60		1.2
Baltimore	1,190	$49,850	0.8
MASSACHUSETTS
New Bedford	140	$52,420	2.2
Lowell	240	$51,660	1.9
Pittsfield	50	$54,040	1.4
Worcester	400	$51,370	1.4
Brockton	130	$55,690	1.4
Leominster	70	$48,440	1.4
Lynn	140	$52,390	1.3
Haverhill	100	$45,400	1.2
Barnstable	130	$51,050	1.2
Springfield	390	$51,440	1.1
Taunton	50	$53,520	1.1
Lawrence	60		1
Framingham	160	$48,380	0.9
Boston	1,720	$48,580	0.9
MICHIGAN
Jackson	40	$44,450	0.7
Holland	70	$37,140	0.6
Niles	30	$44,360	0.5
Flint	70	$51,400	0.4
Ann Arbor	80	$39,660	0.4
Grand Rapids	180	$43,780	0.4
Kalamazoo	50	$44,120	0.3
Lansing	70	$51,110	0.3
Detroit	140	$54,430	0.2
MINNESOTA
St. Cloud	150	$45,200	1.4
Minneapolis	1,800	$48,600	0.9
Duluth	70	$50,640	0.5
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	120	$41,970	2.8
Gulfport	210	$42,630	1.9
Hattiesburg	110	$36,820	1.9
Jackson	400	$33,290	1.4
MISSOURI
Joplin	140	$35,290	1.7
St. Louis	1,820	$42,770	1.2
St. Joseph	50	$34,010	1
Springfield	190	$34,760	0.9
Jefferson City	60	$38,770	0.8
Kansas City	950	$42,760	0.8
Columbia	50	$39,140	0.6
MONTANA
Billings	80	$37,650	0.9
NEBRASKA
Omaha	530	$40,170	1
Lincoln	140		0.8
NEVADA
Reno	210		0.9
Las Vegas	630	$37,040	0.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	80	$41,750	1.5
Nashua	130	$43,230	0.9
Manchester	80	$42,450	0.8
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	120	$54,400	2
Ocean City	60	$48,440	1.5
Camden	770	$60,300	1.3
Newark	1,300	$54,940	1.1
Edison	1,190	$56,110	1
Trenton	190	$56,780	0.8
Atlantic City	100	$56,140	0.7
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	90	$42,660	1.7
Albuquerque	260	$45,420	0.6
NEW YORK
Elmira	110	$42,390	3
Ithaca	70	$53,970	1.8
New York	8,850	$62,100	1.5
Binghamton	170	$59,640	1.5
Kingston	80	$65,270	1.3
Poughkeepsie	340	$63,940	1.3
Rochester	720	$53,530	1.3
Utica	170	$51,360	1.2
Nassau	1,780	$77,400	1.2
Glens Falls	60	$56,170	1.2
Buffalo	700	$58,500	1.2
Syracuse	360	$51,920	1.1
Albany	440	$58,020	0.9
NORTH CAROLINA
Fayetteville	300	$37,090	2.3
Hickory	350	$37,700	1.9
Winston-Salem	400	$36,320	1.7
Raleigh	620	$38,290	1.1
Asheville	200	$40,480	1
Rocky Mount	60	$36,000	1
Greensboro	390	$37,480	0.9
Charlotte	820	$37,860	0.8
Burlington	40	$33,880	0.7
Wilmington	80	$38,350	0.5
Durham	120	$39,320	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	60	$44,250	1.2
Bismarck	60	$39,820	1.1
Fargo	90	$43,290	0.7
OHIO
Springfield	110	$40,020	2.3
Sandusky	50	$45,790	1.5
Lima	80	$42,040	1.5
Akron	550	$49,950	1.4
Youngstown	340	$47,330	1.3
Canton	220	$50,690	1.2
Toledo	390	$47,180	1.1
Mansfield	40	$37,850	0.8
Columbus	780	$51,110	0.7
Dayton	300	$47,420	0.7
Cincinnati	790	$50,460	0.7
Cleveland	730	$57,100	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	100	$32,120	2.9
Tulsa	680	$40,550	1.4
Oklahoma City	660	$33,600	1
OREGON
Corvallis	40	$34,700	1.4
Medford	110	$45,530	1.3
Portland	1,360	$43,190	1.1
Salem	180	$46,560	1.1
Bend	70	$40,010	1
PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown	100	$46,430	1.7
Allentown	530	$48,450	1.4
Lancaster	340	$48,140	1.3
Erie	170	$40,460	1.2
Philadelphia	2,530	$49,690	1.2
York	230	$46,570	1.2
State College	70	$47,520	1.2
Pittsburgh	1,360	$54,470	1
Reading	180	$53,130	1
Harrisburg	330	$49,940	1
Scranton	280	$51,400	1
Williamsport	40	$44,160	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	580	$60,680	0.9
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	60	$42,730	1.8
Florence	150	$41,700	1.6
Greenville	500	$39,920	1.5
Anderson	80	$45,000	1.3
Spartanburg	160	$46,520	1.2
Charleston	380	$47,880	1.2
Columbia	290	$42,820	0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	70	$41,880	1.1
Sioux Falls	110	$34,170	0.8
TENNESSEE
Kingsport	190	$41,080	1.6
Morristown	60	$37,150	1.3
Johnson City	100	$41,580	1.3
Knoxville	100	$42,320	0.3
TEXAS
Sherman	90	$42,570	2.3
Killeen	270	$41,470	2.2
Longview	200	$38,020	2.1
McAllen	470	$42,300	2
El Paso	580	$44,740	2
College Station	160	$38,560	2
Waco	150	$41,070	1.5
Corpus Christi	270	$43,640	1.4
Dallas	2,550	$45,630	1.1
San Angelo	40	$39,500	1.1
Abilene	60	$31,510	1
Tyler	90	$33,480	0.9
Houston	2,730	$44,110	0.9
Austin	800	$41,750	0.9
Beaumont	160	$43,460	0.9
Wichita Falls	50	$39,960	0.9
Texarkana	40	$38,510	0.8
Lubbock	90	$39,210	0.7
Fort Worth	680	$44,200	0.7
Victoria	30	$37,830	0.6
San Antonio	530	$44,220	0.6
Amarillo	40	$38,490	0.4
UTAH
Provo	150	$36,370	0.8
Salt Lake City	400	$37,520	0.6
VERMONT
Burlington	100	$49,110	0.9
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	140	$57,600	1.4
Lynchburg	150	$44,360	1.4
Roanoke	190	$41,270	1.1
Richmond	670	$51,110	1
Virginia Beach	660	$40,040	0.8
WASHINGTON
Yakima	160	$42,440	1.9
Wenatchee	70	$45,770	1.8
Mount Vernon	60	$43,020	1.4
Longview	40	$46,460	1.2
Kennewick	100	$48,410	1.1
Tacoma	330	$51,780	1.1
Olympia	100	$47,340	1
Bellingham	80	$45,710	1
Bremerton	80	$53,990	1
Spokane	190	$45,250	0.8
Seattle	1,120	$48,420	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Weirton	80	$38,510	2
Wheeling	80	$45,700	1.2
Charleston	190	$41,710	1.2
Parkersburg	80	$45,190	1.1
Morgantown	50	$41,070	1
Huntington	110	$38,590	0.9
WISCONSIN
Janesville	160	$44,200	2.3
Racine	120	$45,720	1.5
Wausau	80	$42,970	1.1
Appleton	140	$45,020	1.1
Green Bay	190	$46,530	1.1
Sheboygan	60	$41,790	1
La Crosse	70	$42,810	1
Oshkosh	80	$42,750	0.9
Eau Claire	50	$41,860	0.6
Madison	230	$45,900	0.6
Milwaukee	520	$46,040	0.5

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Kindergarten Teachers

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2007) for:Kindergarten Teachers

ALABAMA

ARIZONA

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CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

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MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

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NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

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NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

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OHIO

OKLAHOMA

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TEXAS

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