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The Top Metro Areas for Machinists

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:
Machinists

Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Machinists 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.

Clicking on each city's name takes you to a detailed career profile for that city, providing the number of jobs, salaries, amount of training required, and more, for hundreds of job types.

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2006)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Anniston	520	$33,560	4.8
Decatur	330	$31,670	2.6
Auburn	200	$22,520	2
Florence	200	$32,040	1.7
Huntsville	660	$33,690	1.3
Birmingham	1,700	$38,330	1.2
Tuscaloosa	200	$38,770	1
Montgomery	440	$28,680	1
Mobile	340	$35,490	0.8
Dothan	70	$35,660	0.5
ALASKA
Anchorage	110		0.3
ARIZONA
Prescott	110	$29,750	0.7
Tucson	610	$35,960	0.6
Phoenix	3,120	$36,870	0.6
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	120	$32,290	1.1
Fayetteville	370	$33,130	0.8
Little Rock	580	$34,940	0.7
Hot Springs	50	$31,810	0.6
Fort Smith	180	$30,680	0.6
Pine Bluff	40	$35,470	0.5
CALIFORNIA
Oxnard	980	$35,150	1.2
Madera	80	$32,980	1.1
Santa Ana	4,460	$37,760	1.1
San Diego	3,630	$39,310	1
San Luis Obispo	260	$41,350	1
San Jose	2,410	$43,720	1
Los Angeles	9,900	$36,020	0.9
Oakland	2,140	$45,100	0.7
Stockton	410	$40,920	0.7
Hanford	50	$24,770	0.7
Riverside	2,470	$32,880	0.7
Santa Barbara	310	$40,630	0.7
Redding	110	$32,250	0.7
Vallejo	180	$49,040	0.5
Bakersfield	360	$42,510	0.5
Santa Rosa	240	$45,940	0.5
Chico	80	$34,110	0.4
Visalia	140	$29,100	0.4
Modesto	180	$34,640	0.4
Sacramento	1,000	$38,050	0.4
Fresno	340	$33,800	0.4
Santa Cruz	70	$41,360	0.3
San Francisco	710	$45,680	0.3
Napa	40	$33,410	0.3
Salinas	60	$40,790	0.1
COLORADO
Fort Collins	470	$37,540	1.6
Greeley	200	$35,390	1.2
Colorado Springs	680	$32,720	1
Grand Junction	110	$32,750	0.9
Boulder	330	$48,870	0.9
Pueblo	60	$33,820	0.5
Denver	1,770	$39,410	0.5
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	560		3.3
Hartford	3,770	$40,200	2.5
New Haven	1,560	$34,210	2.1
Danbury	320	$39,950	2
Bridgeport	1,550	$36,820	1.3
DELAWARE
Wilmington	540	$46,860	0.6
Dover	60	$35,880	0.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,020	$40,440	0.2
FLORIDA
Port St. Lucie	330	$35,560	1.1
Fort Walton Beach	150	$34,380	0.8
Deltona	320	$33,680	0.8
Palm Bay	390	$34,780	0.7
Lakeland	390	$34,380	0.7
Jacksonville	1,040	$38,190	0.6
Panama City	90	$36,740	0.5
Sarasota	380	$29,450	0.5
Fort Lauderdale	980	$34,040	0.5
Tampa	1,620	$34,160	0.5
West Palm Beach	560	$29,490	0.4
Ocala	80	$26,650	0.3
Miami	830	$28,760	0.3
Gainesville	90	$33,280	0.3
Orlando	810	$31,040	0.3
Pensacola	110	$33,240	0.3
Cape Coral	110	$31,430	0.2
Naples	40	$39,930	0.1
GEORGIA
Gainesville	560	$21,040	3.7
Hinesville	30	$23,740	1.4
Dalton	250	$30,680	1.4
Warner Robins	130	$44,780	1.2
Albany	150	$30,110	1
Augusta	430	$36,530	0.8
Athens	110	$31,730	0.7
Atlanta	3,570	$36,080	0.6
Savannah	180	$39,730	0.5
Brunswick	40	$37,470	0.5
Valdosta	40	$29,540	0.4
Columbus	90	$33,160	0.3
HAWAII
Honolulu	300	$50,770	0.3
IDAHO
Boise	470	$31,500	0.7
Coeur d'Alene	70	$32,160	0.6
Pocatello	40	$35,960	0.6
ILLINOIS
Rockford	3,650	$36,520	9.4
Danville	360	$29,570	6
Waukegan	1,820	$40,470	1.9
Decatur	200	$36,070	1.8
Kankakee	150	$36,730	1.6
Chicago	16,190	$35,280	1.6
Champaign	180	$29,090	0.8
Bloomington	80	$32,540	0.5
Springfield	60	$32,840	0.2
INDIANA
Columbus	370	$33,000	4.4
Michigan City	430	$37,500	4.2
Muncie	310	$29,360	2.9
South Bend	850	$37,410	2.4
Terre Haute	390	$33,190	2.4
Fort Wayne	1,330	$33,510	2.4
Elkhart	810	$31,580	2.4
Evansville	780	$32,900	1.7
Gary	870	$40,210	1.2
Indianapolis	2,670	$40,670	1.1
Lafayette	170	$32,290	1
Bloomington	60	$35,070	0.4
IOWA
Waterloo	490	$32,010	2.5
Davenport	1,090	$36,920	2.3
Dubuque	180	$35,350	1.5
Ames	100	$33,750	1.3
Cedar Rapids	340	$34,510	1
Iowa City	100	$30,590	0.6
Sioux City	90	$33,040	0.5
Des Moines	350	$35,420	0.4
KANSAS
Wichita	1,370	$32,040	1.9
Topeka	180	$37,760	0.7
KENTUCKY
Lexington	830	$29,070	1.3
Elizabethtown	110	$37,510	1.2
Owensboro	120	$32,990	1.2
Louisville	1,530	$37,440	1
Bowling Green	110	$30,870	0.9
LOUISIANA
Lafayette	960	$32,340	2.9
Houma	440	$32,040	2.2
Lake Charles	300	$42,620	1.5
Baton Rouge	1,150	$41,790	1.2
Shreveport	490	$34,400	1.2
New Orleans	980	$36,740	0.8
Monroe	130	$33,790	0.7
Alexandria	60	$36,550	0.4
MAINE
Lewiston	150	$33,880	1.3
Portland	490	$43,970	1
Bangor	80	$24,520	0.5
MARYLAND
Cumberland	210	$37,040	2.7
Hagerstown	300	$35,550	1.3
Baltimore	2,550	$39,930	0.7
Salisbury	40	$33,910	0.3
Bethesda	220	$41,280	0.1
MASSACHUSETTS
Lynn	620	$47,290	2.7
Pittsfield	190	$39,480	2.5
Springfield	1,500	$37,580	1.9
Haverhill	340	$42,770	1.8
Worcester	960	$38,250	1.5
Lowell	430	$42,690	1.4
Brockton	300	$40,560	1.4
Leominster	120	$39,250	1
Lawrence	120	$39,550	0.9
New Bedford	140	$40,300	0.9
Framingham	320	$41,280	0.8
Taunton	70	$35,190	0.8
Boston	2,760	$41,590	0.6
Barnstable	90	$39,480	0.4
MICHIGAN
Jackson	770	$29,740	5.8
Niles	760	$32,800	5.3
Monroe	280	$37,370	3.6
Bay City	250	$47,570	3.3
Muskegon	460	$39,030	3.3
Holland	800	$38,910	3.1
Warren	9,490	$41,500	2.9
Saginaw	500	$33,340	2.5
Grand Rapids	2,480	$35,700	2.4
Battle Creek	230	$32,770	1.9
Detroit	2,520	$43,120	1.3
Lansing	430	$46,410	0.9
MINNESOTA
St. Cloud	330	$40,110	1.4
Minneapolis	5,890	$41,270	1.2
Rochester	160	$30,960	0.9
Duluth	200	$39,200	0.6
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	90	$33,990	0.4
Jackson	200	$32,940	0.3
MISSOURI
Joplin	420	$27,070	2.3
Springfield	530	$28,890	1.2
St. Louis	3,980	$36,850	1.1
Kansas City	1,770	$36,150	0.6
Columbia	90	$41,740	0.5
MONTANA
Billings	130	$30,140	0.6
NEBRASKA
Omaha	510	$36,810	0.4
Lincoln	160	$34,930	0.4
NEVADA
Carson City	140	$35,630	2.2
Reno	220	$40,860	0.4
Las Vegas	260	$38,410	0.1
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	760	$38,200	2.2
Portsmouth	240	$40,410	1.9
Rochester	160	$35,440	1.3
Manchester	250	$44,280	1
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	160	$37,950	1.1
Newark	2,540	$38,450	0.9
Camden	1,150	$42,180	0.8
Edison	1,340	$40,130	0.5
Trenton	160	$41,330	0.3
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	170	$38,150	1.5
Albuquerque	960	$44,200	1
Las Cruces	110	$25,920	0.8
NEW YORK
Elmira	170	$32,350	2.1
Buffalo	2,180	$38,930	1.5
Glens Falls	180	$35,300	1.4
Syracuse	1,160	$33,500	1.4
Rochester	1,780	$35,080	1.3
Binghamton	270		1
Utica	300	$31,370	0.9
Kingston	120	$38,310	0.8
Nassau	2,440	$37,440	0.7
Albany	680	$47,270	0.6
Poughkeepsie	280	$46,090	0.4
New York	3,730	$37,460	0.3
NORTH CAROLINA
Rocky Mount	550	$31,010	4
Asheville	710	$33,750	1.6
Greenville	220	$33,500	1.5
Winston-Salem	770	$40,230	1.4
Hickory	560	$30,970	1.3
Greensboro	1,250	$30,830	1.3
Charlotte	2,610	$33,000	1.2
Raleigh	1,280	$31,080	1
Durham	610	$31,240	0.9
Goldsboro	80	$29,820	0.9
Fayetteville	160	$32,950	0.5
Wilmington	150	$34,980	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	50	$31,620	0.4
Fargo	80	$39,710	0.3
Bismarck	30	$35,710	0.2
OHIO
Springfield	320	$31,780	3
Sandusky	220	$36,170	2.8
Canton	1,250	$31,110	2.7
Akron	2,390	$33,050	2.7
Dayton	2,880	$38,050	2.6
Cleveland	7,460	$33,840	2.5
Mansfield	270	$33,100	2.1
Youngstown	1,220	$41,000	2
Cincinnati	5,060	$33,570	1.8
Toledo	1,470	$38,340	1.7
Columbus	1,700	$35,090	0.7
Lima	80	$39,220	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	2,070	$32,630	1.9
Oklahoma City	2,280	$35,380	1.5
OREGON
Bend	160	$36,230	1.1
Portland	2,310	$40,750	0.9
Eugene	300	$36,900	0.8
Medford	100	$32,090	0.5
Salem	170	$35,610	0.5
PENNSYLVANIA
Williamsport	490	$30,140	4.3
Johnstown	400	$29,060	3
Erie	940	$36,180	2.9
Lebanon	260	$35,530	2.7
York	860	$34,900	1.8
Lancaster	1,010	$33,130	1.6
Reading	650	$35,480	1.6
Pittsburgh	4,330	$33,480	1.4
Scranton	870	$36,650	1.3
State College	160	$31,530	1.2
Allentown	1,060	$36,490	1.2
Harrisburg	710	$35,850	0.9
Philadelphia	4,160	$38,740	0.8
Altoona	110	$33,830	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,660	$38,100	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spartanburg	950	$35,160	3.3
Sumter	240	$32,740	3.3
Florence	590	$32,850	2.9
Greenville	1,930	$28,310	2.5
Anderson	160	$35,750	1.3
Charleston	630	$34,020	0.8
Columbia	720	$30,800	0.8
Myrtle Beach	150	$32,840	0.5
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	70	$33,650	0.5
Sioux Falls	110	$28,750	0.3
TENNESSEE
Johnson City	780	$28,800	4.6
Jackson	340	$34,180	2.8
Knoxville	1,600	$40,670	1.9
Chattanooga	760	$34,170	1.3
Kingsport	320	$34,520	1.1
Nashville	1,940	$35,930	1
Clarksville	170	$28,730	0.9
Memphis	1,090	$37,920	0.7
TEXAS
Odessa	610	$30,630	5.1
Longview	700	$32,190	3.2
Midland	330	$33,390	2.6
Wichita Falls	300	$40,670	2.2
Victoria	190	$32,790	1.9
Houston	11,800	$33,820	1.8
Beaumont	720	$35,980	1.8
Tyler	380	$32,090	1.7
Waco	350	$30,800	1.5
Texarkana	180	$29,980	1.4
Killeen	380	$29,740	1.4
Corpus Christi	580	$38,680	1.3
Sherman	110	$35,650	1.2
Fort Worth	2,490	$32,390	1.1
Dallas	4,470	$31,960	0.8
Amarillo	190	$38,710	0.8
El Paso	470	$27,610	0.7
Brownsville	220	$24,320	0.7
Abilene	100	$27,280	0.7
San Antonio	1,300	$29,630	0.6
Lubbock	170	$26,590	0.6
Austin	890	$33,310	0.5
McAllen	230	$28,230	0.4
College Station	60	$31,030	0.3
UTAH
Ogden	1,280	$38,540	2.8
Logan	170	$31,910	1.9
St. George	100	$35,070	0.9
Provo	350	$36,610	0.9
Salt Lake City	1,340	$34,930	0.8
VERMONT
Burlington	330	$32,010	1.3
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	580	$36,870	2.4
Blacksburg	260	$33,240	2.1
Roanoke	480	$27,870	1.2
Virginia Beach	2,400	$37,730	1.2
Danville	80	$30,590	0.9
Richmond	980	$37,360	0.6
Winchester	60	$32,410	0.5
Harrisonburg	40	$38,910	0.4
Charlottesville	50	$35,010	0.2
WASHINGTON
Longview	110	$40,200	1.6
Bremerton	210	$52,630	1.1
Mount Vernon	90	$41,010	0.9
Tacoma	580	$41,270	0.8
Bellingham	150	$37,810	0.8
Seattle	2,900	$44,890	0.8
Yakima	150	$35,560	0.8
Spokane	400	$37,190	0.7
Kennewick	150	$44,270	0.7
Olympia	70	$35,370	0.3
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington	380	$35,460	1.3
Weirton	130	$36,690	1.3
Charleston	330	$38,240	0.9
Morgantown	90	$30,770	0.8
Wheeling	100	$37,080	0.7
Parkersburg	90	$32,560	0.5
WISCONSIN
Racine	830	$36,780	4.6
Janesville	440	$35,710	2.7
Oshkosh	430	$37,500	2.1
Milwaukee	4,860	$37,130	2.1
Appleton	450	$35,810	1.6
Green Bay	650	$36,390	1.5
Wausau	170	$33,790	1
Eau Claire	160	$35,850	0.9
Madison	700	$34,760	0.8
WYOMING
Casper	170	$36,070	2.1

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2006) for:Machinists

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

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