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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:
Loan Officers

Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Loan Officers 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
Montgomery	530	$58,940	1.2
Birmingham	1,420	$76,530	1
Tuscaloosa	200	$56,820	1
Decatur	90	$43,310	0.7
Mobile	310	$56,280	0.7
Auburn	70	$70,210	0.7
Florence	80	$51,690	0.6
Huntsville	310	$62,320	0.6
Dothan	80	$50,380	0.6
Gadsden	30	$42,300	0.4
ALASKA
Anchorage	280	$79,110	0.6
Fairbanks	40	$63,420	0.5
ARIZONA
Phoenix	8,900	$72,830	1.7
Prescott	170	$82,510	1.1
Tucson	1,060	$51,550	1.1
Flagstaff	90	$92,280	0.7
ARKANSAS
Fort Smith	310	$48,170	1
Jonesboro	100	$62,250	0.9
Pine Bluff	60	$54,350	0.8
Fayetteville	330	$58,720	0.7
Little Rock	570	$58,530	0.6
CALIFORNIA
Santa Ana	9,770	$77,850	2.2
Oxnard	1,540	$92,660	1.8
Sacramento	4,390	$67,850	1.7
Santa Rosa	740	$76,890	1.4
Modesto	620	$67,020	1.3
Oakland	3,200	$75,130	1.1
San Luis Obispo	290	$57,520	1.1
Los Angeles	11,830	$69,120	1
Merced	130	$69,780	1
Hanford	70	$55,750	0.9
Chico	180	$49,080	0.9
San Diego	3,440	$73,110	0.9
Fresno	740	$51,630	0.8
Stockton	460	$66,450	0.8
Riverside	2,950	$79,570	0.8
Santa Cruz	170	$61,100	0.8
Santa Barbara	340	$80,860	0.7
San Francisco	2,000	$90,170	0.7
Redding	120	$74,650	0.7
Vallejo	240	$95,120	0.7
San Jose	1,760	$76,750	0.7
Bakersfield	480	$65,110	0.7
Madera	50	$40,950	0.7
Visalia	220	$63,710	0.6
Yuba City	50	$53,060	0.5
El Centro	60	$63,170	0.5
COLORADO
Boulder	620	$69,690	1.6
Pueblo	150	$62,790	1.3
Greeley	220	$70,050	1.2
Grand Junction	150	$58,970	1.2
Denver	4,070	$60,200	1.2
Colorado Springs	740	$59,040	1.1
Fort Collins	340	$82,330	1.1
CONNECTICUT
Danbury	160	$77,210	0.9
Bridgeport	1,140	$86,920	0.9
Hartford	1,270	$68,470	0.8
New Haven	450	$74,090	0.6
Waterbury	80	$78,940	0.5
Norwich	90	$85,840	0.3
DELAWARE
Dover	120	$48,400	0.9
Wilmington	690	$63,180	0.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	6,470	$63,390	1
FLORIDA
Ocala	450	$44,940	1.9
Fort Lauderdale	3,190	$62,330	1.5
Miami	4,160	$62,400	1.5
Port St. Lucie	480	$54,010	1.5
Fort Walton Beach	300	$55,910	1.5
Cape Coral	870	$53,920	1.5
Jacksonville	2,440	$52,150	1.5
West Palm Beach	2,080	$69,040	1.3
Palm Bay	700	$52,330	1.3
Orlando	3,710	$53,140	1.3
Tampa	4,120	$54,630	1.2
Deltona	510	$66,000	1.2
Panama City	190	$34,530	1.1
Tallahassee	440	$52,670	1
Punta Gorda	100	$59,180	1
Naples	330	$80,200	1
Gainesville	290	$44,350	1
Pensacola	400	$44,460	1
Sarasota	700	$62,490	0.9
Lakeland	340	$71,440	0.6
Sebastian	30	$92,110	0.3
GEORGIA
Gainesville	290	$70,860	1.8
Atlanta	7,660	$63,030	1.1
Rome	80	$65,560	0.9
Athens	130	$71,570	0.7
Columbus	200	$39,410	0.7
Brunswick	60	$74,410	0.7
Macon	150	$58,620	0.6
Valdosta	60	$58,250	0.5
Albany	80	$57,670	0.5
Augusta	190	$50,750	0.3
HAWAII
Honolulu	830	$72,440	0.7
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	180	$37,210	1.7
Boise	1,020	$51,780	1.5
Lewiston	70	$35,290	1.4
Coeur d'Alene	160	$53,900	1.4
Pocatello	80	$34,160	1.2
ILLINOIS
Springfield	330	$59,610	1.2
Chicago	12,190	$66,810	1.1
Waukegan	1,050	$75,140	1
Bloomington	170	$44,990	1
Danville	50	$58,460	0.8
Rockford	320	$37,990	0.8
Champaign	150	$51,510	0.7
Peoria	260	$58,850	0.6
Decatur	60	$53,100	0.5
Kankakee	30	$52,850	0.3
INDIANA
Kokomo	150	$43,240	1.7
Anderson	110	$38,970	1.3
South Bend	400	$64,920	1.1
Indianapolis	2,640	$59,660	1.1
Bloomington	170	$49,720	1
Evansville	490	$46,390	1
Fort Wayne	540	$49,460	0.9
Terre Haute	150	$61,260	0.9
Michigan City	90	$45,400	0.8
Gary	600	$49,330	0.8
Columbus	60	$74,310	0.7
Lafayette	110	$52,380	0.6
Muncie	70	$48,800	0.6
Elkhart	100	$55,090	0.3
IOWA
Waterloo	400	$37,350	1.9
Ames	150	$46,810	1.9
Des Moines	1,510	$53,080	1.7
Dubuque	170	$45,300	1.3
Cedar Rapids	420	$52,740	1.2
Davenport	530	$47,770	1.1
Sioux City	120	$48,740	0.7
KANSAS
Lawrence	100	$60,120	1
Topeka	260	$42,760	0.9
Wichita	700	$51,710	0.9
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	160	$47,870	1.5
Bowling Green	180	$49,360	1.5
Elizabethtown	120	$45,100	1.2
Louisville	1,990	$47,570	1.2
Lexington	500	$54,200	0.8
LOUISIANA
Monroe	330	$39,650	1.8
Baton Rouge	1,420	$40,510	1.4
Alexandria	180	$41,280	1.2
New Orleans	1,160	$49,420	0.9
Shreveport	400	$39,900	0.9
Lake Charles	190	$34,420	0.9
Lafayette	280	$44,950	0.8
Houma	120	$42,410	0.6
MAINE
Lewiston	160	$47,680	1.4
Bangor	200	$53,360	1.3
Portland	520	$55,850	1
MARYLAND
Bethesda	2,020	$65,050	1.3
Baltimore	4,510	$70,980	1.2
Hagerstown	120	$51,820	0.5
Cumberland	30	$53,050	0.4
MASSACHUSETTS
Taunton	160	$53,020	1.7
Boston	5,310	$84,530	1.1
Brockton	230	$56,820	1
Framingham	400	$72,860	1
Leominster	120	$59,410	1
Haverhill	150	$85,600	0.8
Barnstable	160	$79,770	0.6
Worcester	350	$67,340	0.5
New Bedford	80	$65,860	0.5
Springfield	250	$63,390	0.3
MICHIGAN
Warren	4,800	$55,280	1.4
Bay City	100	$41,530	1.3
Grand Rapids	1,320	$57,590	1.2
Kalamazoo	430	$52,560	1.2
Detroit	2,200	$49,130	1.1
Holland	240	$79,810	0.9
Jackson	100	$45,680	0.7
Lansing	350	$60,130	0.7
Saginaw	120	$40,020	0.6
Monroe	40	$63,400	0.5
Ann Arbor	200	$63,670	0.4
Niles	60	$44,790	0.4
MINNESOTA
Rochester	280	$48,040	1.5
Minneapolis	7,410	$74,600	1.4
St. Cloud	350	$55,760	1.4
Duluth	290	$63,550	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	110	$51,210	0.8
Gulfport	180	$37,430	0.7
Jackson	510	$66,590	0.7
Pascagoula	40	$47,140	0.4
MISSOURI
Joplin	280	$56,670	1.5
Columbia	250	$50,250	1.4
St. Joseph	130	$58,910	1.3
Jefferson City	210	$49,660	1.3
Springfield	580	$56,870	1.2
St. Louis	4,430	$57,130	1.2
Kansas City	3,020	$55,780	1.1
MONTANA
Great Falls	90	$37,980	1.2
Missoula	160	$43,080	1.2
Billings	230	$46,610	1.1
NEBRASKA
Omaha	1,430	$59,670	1.1
Lincoln	450	$50,740	1.1
NEVADA
Carson City	290	$33,480	4.3
Las Vegas	3,080	$61,510	1.2
Reno	460	$67,820	0.8
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	240	$75,340	0.9
Portsmouth	110	$72,560	0.8
Nashua	240	$94,170	0.7
NEW JERSEY
Camden	2,890	$70,280	1.9
Edison	2,610	$69,270	0.9
Trenton	490	$68,240	0.8
Newark	1,970	$55,710	0.7
Ocean City	60	$70,830	0.6
Atlantic City	180	$74,550	0.5
Vineland	40	$52,850	0.3
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	130	$47,400	0.9
Santa Fe	90	$68,150	0.6
Farmington	60	$44,210	0.5
Albuquerque	520	$47,650	0.5
NEW YORK
Nassau	3,880	$78,230	1.1
Albany	750	$59,040	0.6
New York	8,320	$78,230	0.6
Rochester	720	$64,680	0.5
Utica	170	$66,600	0.5
Elmira	40	$56,210	0.5
Syracuse	330	$59,430	0.4
Poughkeepsie	200	$64,210	0.3
Glens Falls	30	$55,390	0.2
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte	3,540	$60,450	1.5
Greenville	210		1.3
Wilmington	460	$46,170	1.3
Raleigh	1,680	$51,140	1.3
Winston-Salem	660	$53,870	1.2
Burlington	140	$45,820	1.1
Greensboro	950	$50,180	0.9
Goldsboro	70	$62,210	0.8
Fayetteville	230	$44,620	0.7
Asheville	320	$39,040	0.7
Durham	460	$40,130	0.7
Hickory	210	$49,020	0.5
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	150	$53,530	1
Fargo	250	$55,030	0.9
Grand Forks	100	$56,700	0.8
OHIO
Akron	1,030	$51,850	1.1
Columbus	2,360	$53,770	0.9
Youngstown	590	$52,400	0.9
Cleveland	2,590	$48,060	0.8
Cincinnati	2,390	$58,460	0.8
Canton	350	$44,450	0.7
Toledo	560	$52,140	0.6
Dayton	630	$52,020	0.6
Mansfield	50	$52,020	0.4
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	100	$39,600	1.3
Tulsa	920	$50,860	0.8
Oklahoma City	1,030	$59,580	0.7
OREGON
Eugene	720	$62,530	1.9
Bend	220	$54,990	1.5
Portland	4,220	$66,410	1.5
Medford	200	$61,860	1
Corvallis	50	$48,110	0.9
Salem	290	$51,090	0.8
PENNSYLVANIA
Williamsport	190	$47,650	1.6
Reading	580	$48,990	1.3
Johnstown	180	$44,080	1.3
State College	170	$45,060	1.3
Philadelphia	5,690	$56,680	1.1
Scranton	730	$46,180	1
Altoona	150	$70,710	1
Pittsburgh	3,140	$51,500	1
York	410	$44,350	0.8
Lancaster	520	$47,780	0.8
Harrisburg	650	$46,320	0.8
Allentown	660	$50,640	0.7
Lebanon	70	$48,660	0.7
Erie	200	$43,590	0.6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence	250	$47,890	1.2
Greenville	920	$73,580	1.1
Myrtle Beach	310	$52,860	1
Anderson	130	$43,730	1
Columbia	800	$57,070	0.8
Charleston	510	$41,800	0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	220	$45,530	1.5
Sioux Falls	480	$44,630	1.4
TENNESSEE
Morristown	200	$33,460	1.9
Cleveland	140	$43,600	1.7
Jackson	140	$53,360	1.1
Johnson City	190	$36,670	1.1
Chattanooga	580	$37,740	0.9
Knoxville	730	$54,470	0.8
Nashville	1,620	$45,930	0.8
Kingsport	220	$42,000	0.7
Clarksville	130	$48,370	0.7
Memphis	1,150	$47,400	0.7
TEXAS
Lubbock	330	$59,580	1.1
Austin	2,060	$59,200	1
Fort Worth	2,300	$54,120	1
Waco	250	$58,940	1
Dallas	5,400	$76,880	0.9
San Angelo	80	$52,010	0.9
Sherman	80	$42,610	0.8
Victoria	80	$53,580	0.8
Amarillo	190	$54,760	0.8
Midland	100	$52,000	0.7
McAllen	420	$53,360	0.7
San Antonio	1,610	$61,550	0.7
Longview	140	$50,290	0.6
Abilene	90	$45,830	0.6
Odessa	70	$49,030	0.6
Tyler	130	$73,410	0.6
Wichita Falls	80	$59,200	0.6
Houston	3,660	$66,350	0.5
Laredo	90	$50,760	0.5
College Station	90	$60,780	0.5
El Paso	320	$51,230	0.5
Texarkana	60	$37,380	0.5
Brownsville	130	$48,760	0.4
Beaumont	130	$55,310	0.3
Corpus Christi	130	$51,710	0.3
UTAH
St. George	250	$61,480	2.3
Salt Lake City	3,190	$59,660	1.9
Ogden	700	$52,630	1.5
Logan	130	$41,260	1.4
Provo	540	$76,620	1.3
VERMONT
Burlington	250	$68,440	0.9
VIRGINIA
Winchester	260	$70,050	2.1
Roanoke	570	$40,180	1.4
Richmond	1,700	$57,160	1
Virginia Beach	2,120	$60,690	1
Blacksburg	120	$54,600	0.9
Harrisonburg	100	$56,500	0.8
Charlottesville	150	$50,700	0.7
Lynchburg	140	$47,390	0.6
WASHINGTON
Spokane	840	$52,230	1.5
Seattle	5,180	$65,680	1.4
Tacoma	770	$63,910	1.1
Mount Vernon	110	$49,920	1.1
Olympia	240	$71,760	1
Wenatchee	90	$66,420	1
Longview	70	$68,190	1
Kennewick	160	$64,710	0.7
Yakima	140	$65,980	0.7
Bremerton	140	$54,130	0.7
Bellingham	120	$53,090	0.6
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington	250	$45,450	0.8
Parkersburg	140	$45,160	0.8
Morgantown	70	$57,710	0.6
Wheeling	80	$46,460	0.5
Weirton	50	$39,920	0.5
Charleston	160	$45,020	0.4
WISCONSIN
Appleton	510	$44,160	1.8
La Crosse	230	$51,800	1.3
Madison	980	$54,710	1.1
Milwaukee	2,620	$59,390	1.1
Racine	200	$43,210	1.1
Janesville	170	$55,080	1
Sheboygan	120	$50,620	0.9
Green Bay	390	$81,960	0.9
Wausau	130	$43,570	0.8
Eau Claire	140	$41,220	0.7
Oshkosh	150	$52,190	0.7
WYOMING
Cheyenne	140	$36,540	1.5
Casper	100	$45,650	1.2

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