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Job Popularity in 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 2008) for:
Machinists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Machinists 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
Anniston	530	$37,960	4.5
Decatur	380	$27,520	2.8
Huntsville	970	$37,840	1.7
Florence	190	$40,970	1.5
Montgomery	580	$32,240	1.2
Birmingham	1,810	$39,970	1.2
Mobile	570	$38,870	1.1
Gadsden	90	$34,570	1.1
Auburn	120	$35,220	1.1
Tuscaloosa	210	$27,880	0.9
Dothan	100	$34,250	0.7
ARIZONA
Prescott	180	$32,190	1.1
Kingman	140		1.1
Phoenix	4,090	$35,390	0.8
Tucson	710	$39,710	0.7
Yuma	40	$37,370	0.3
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	530	$33,390	1
Fort Smith	250	$32,180	0.8
Little Rock	660	$35,360	0.7
Jonesboro	80	$36,190	0.6
Hot Springs	40	$31,790	0.4
CALIFORNIA
Santa Ana	6,060	$36,040	1.4
Oxnard	1,120	$35,340	1.3
San Jose	2,550	$42,840	1
Riverside	3,320	$35,070	0.9
San Diego	3,340	$39,590	0.9
Oakland	2,330	$45,340	0.8
San Luis Obispo	190	$40,710	0.7
Santa Barbara	310	$47,580	0.7
Bakersfield	480	$32,180	0.6
Vallejo	180	$44,480	0.5
Stockton	300	$39,890	0.5
Modesto	220	$42,290	0.5
Redding	80	$37,780	0.5
Madera	40	$36,990	0.4
Fresno	420	$35,740	0.4
Santa Rosa	210	$40,560	0.4
Sacramento	990	$41,320	0.4
Chico	60	$32,390	0.3
San Francisco	670	$48,630	0.2
Santa Cruz	50	$39,450	0.2
Salinas	90	$40,470	0.2
Visalia	70	$32,880	0.2
COLORADO
Pueblo	250	$32,940	1.8
Greeley	250	$39,240	1.3
Grand Junction	140	$37,030	1
Fort Collins	280	$37,620	0.9
Colorado Springs	520	$38,010	0.7
Denver	2,200	$36,650	0.6
Boulder	260	$55,930	0.6
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	590	$32,590	3.3
Hartford	4,450	$41,720	2.7
New Haven	1,550	$32,340	2
Danbury	300	$42,110	1.6
Bridgeport	1,560	$40,380	1.2
Norwich	320	$41,150	0.9
DELAWARE
Wilmington	510	$50,180	0.5
Dover	60	$31,010	0.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	980	$47,250	0.1
FLORIDA
Fort Walton Beach	160	$32,500	0.8
Jacksonville	1,190	$38,570	0.7
Deltona	290	$32,540	0.7
Sarasota	450	$31,570	0.6
Tampa	1,850	$32,070	0.5
Panama City	90	$33,050	0.5
West Palm Beach	750	$33,070	0.5
Lakeland	260	$36,740	0.5
Port St. Lucie	160	$34,170	0.5
Ocala	110	$33,410	0.4
Miami	940	$32,490	0.3
Fort Lauderdale	690	$36,630	0.3
Orlando	810	$34,850	0.3
Gainesville	60	$35,640	0.2
Pensacola	60	$30,500	0.1
Cape Coral	80	$31,630	0.1
GEORGIA
Rome	170	$24,530	1.9
Albany	180	$32,030	1.2
Warner Robins	140	$42,730	1.1
Gainesville	200	$29,070	1.1
Dalton	220	$34,160	1.1
Macon	280	$22,820	1.1
Athens	200	$34,380	1
Savannah	300	$41,690	0.7
Atlanta	3,380	$34,040	0.5
Augusta	200	$39,390	0.3
Columbus	90	$35,900	0.3
Valdosta	40	$29,530	0.3
HAWAII
Honolulu	360	$49,060	0.3
IDAHO
Lewiston	80	$51,410	1.5
Coeur d'Alene	90	$30,010	0.6
Boise	440	$31,720	0.6
ILLINOIS
Rockford	4,810	$39,410	11.5
Kankakee	190	$41,160	2.1
Chicago	19,120	$37,310	1.7
Decatur	130	$39,600	1.1
Springfield	170	$28,180	0.6
Champaign	100	$34,710	0.4
Bloomington	70	$29,370	0.4
INDIANA
Michigan City	490	$40,890	4.6
Columbus	340	$31,780	3.2
Fort Wayne	1,470	$34,760	2.5
Terre Haute	440	$36,900	2.4
South Bend	880	$38,840	2.4
Muncie	170	$36,620	1.5
Evansville	640	$31,520	1.3
Gary	1,010	$42,240	1.3
Indianapolis	3,180	$39,520	1.2
Elkhart	390	$32,960	1.1
Anderson	70	$30,680	0.7
Bloomington	100	$32,820	0.6
Lafayette	70	$38,700	0.4
IOWA
Waterloo	820	$34,330	3.6
Davenport	1,210	$38,810	2.4
Dubuque	270	$34,420	2.1
Ames	130	$34,800	1.4
Cedar Rapids	410	$37,240	1.1
Des Moines	660	$38,220	0.7
Sioux City	100	$36,090	0.5
Iowa City	70	$33,250	0.4
KANSAS
Wichita	1,460	$34,380	1.7
Topeka	90	$33,050	0.3
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green	360	$30,360	2.5
Owensboro	240	$29,020	2
Louisville	1,690	$38,570	1
Lexington	580	$33,140	0.8
Elizabethtown	60	$32,160	0.6
LOUISIANA
Houma	800	$38,160	3.2
Lafayette	1,200	$36,480	3
Monroe	360	$37,860	1.8
Lake Charles	330	$46,310	1.4
New Orleans	1,430	$43,120	1
Baton Rouge	980	$42,040	0.9
Shreveport	420	$34,990	0.9
MAINE
Lewiston	230	$33,970	1.9
Portland	490	$37,380	0.9
Bangor	60	$42,080	0.4
MARYLAND
Cumberland	160	$42,800	1.9
Baltimore	2,710	$43,990	0.7
Hagerstown	140	$42,730	0.5
Salisbury	60	$29,300	0.5
Bethesda	280	$39,400	0.2
MASSACHUSETTS
Springfield	2,070	$41,530	2.4
Haverhill	420	$40,940	2.1
Leominster	220	$43,080	1.7
Worcester	1,180	$39,680	1.7
New Bedford	260	$39,050	1.6
Brockton	350	$41,070	1.5
Taunton	140	$32,430	1.2
Framingham	480	$39,850	1.1
Lowell	350	$44,730	1.1
Lawrence	110	$39,810	0.8
Boston	3,010	$43,060	0.6
Barnstable	90	$40,690	0.3
MICHIGAN
Jackson	760	$35,030	5.8
Bay City	240	$37,230	2.9
Holland	710	$38,090	2.6
Warren	7,940	$40,870	2.4
Kalamazoo	880	$41,400	2.4
Niles	360	$38,240	2.3
Muskegon	320	$33,800	2.1
Grand Rapids	1,790	$35,360	1.7
Battle Creek	200	$35,940	1.6
Monroe	150	$46,430	1.5
Detroit	2,540	$45,550	1.2
Lansing	590	$39,330	1.1
MINNESOTA
Rochester	380	$36,440	1.5
Minneapolis	6,620	$42,100	1.3
St. Cloud	260	$41,370	0.9
Duluth	260	$38,850	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	350	$31,920	3
Hattiesburg	40	$30,630	0.3
Gulfport	70	$37,300	0.2
MISSOURI
Columbia	750	$31,230	3.5
Springfield	990	$31,280	1.8
St. Louis	4,790	$41,820	1.2
Kansas City	2,050	$37,090	0.7
Jefferson City	100	$37,570	0.6
St. Joseph	70	$32,100	0.6
MONTANA
Billings	190	$38,720	0.9
Missoula	30	$38,880	0.2
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	360	$31,810	0.8
Omaha	570	$32,720	0.4
NEVADA
Carson City	170	$37,110	2.7
Reno	240	$40,150	0.4
Las Vegas	260	$37,390	0.1
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth	250	$41,820	1.7
Nashua	580	$40,310	1.5
Manchester	350	$43,900	1.2
Rochester	170	$42,240	1.2
NEW JERSEY
Camden	1,320	$46,320	0.9
Vineland	110	$41,620	0.8
Newark	2,180	$42,420	0.7
Edison	1,300	$46,170	0.4
Trenton	150	$41,950	0.2
Atlantic City	30	$38,140	0.1
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	150	$48,790	1.1
Albuquerque	820	$36,960	0.7
Las Cruces	60	$39,840	0.4
NEW YORK
Elmira	410	$41,230	4.8
Rochester	2,210	$37,190	1.5
Glens Falls	200	$40,000	1.5
Utica	480	$31,240	1.4
Buffalo	1,940	$40,080	1.3
Syracuse	950	$34,240	1.1
Binghamton	230	$29,350	0.8
Nassau	2,370	$38,580	0.7
Albany	710	$48,490	0.6
Kingston	70	$36,860	0.5
Poughkeepsie	210	$43,670	0.3
New York	3,520	$39,990	0.2
NORTH CAROLINA
Rocky Mount	430	$42,020	2.9
Asheville	1,300	$34,170	2.6
Burlington	280	$25,540	1.9
Winston-Salem	1,070	$36,630	1.8
Goldsboro	160	$27,360	1.7
Hickory	540	$31,810	1.2
Greensboro	1,180	$35,360	1.1
Charlotte	2,280	$33,580	0.9
Greenville	140	$31,760	0.8
Wilmington	260	$34,420	0.7
Raleigh	900	$33,670	0.6
Durham	450	$40,240	0.6
Fayetteville	140	$30,040	0.4
Jacksonville	30	$31,660	0.3
OHIO
Sandusky	370		4.3
Dayton	3,480	$35,980	3.1
Akron	2,870	$35,950	3
Canton	1,430	$33,360	3
Cleveland	8,350	$36,200	2.7
Springfield	310	$29,560	2.6
Cincinnati	5,470	$36,310	1.8
Mansfield	230	$31,030	1.8
Youngstown	1,130	$40,060	1.7
Toledo	1,400	$42,740	1.6
Lima	150	$42,520	1.1
Columbus	1,680	$35,230	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	3,370	$34,930	2.7
Oklahoma City	1,760	$35,750	1.1
OREGON
Eugene	420	$36,850	1
Portland	2,940	$42,470	1
Bend	90	$37,380	0.5
Medford	80	$35,640	0.4
Salem	140	$35,820	0.3
PENNSYLVANIA
Williamsport	440	$37,730	3.4
York	1,280	$41,760	2.6
Johnstown	300	$29,460	2.1
Erie	660	$32,290	1.9
Lebanon	220	$40,120	1.9
Pittsburgh	4,920	$35,840	1.5
Lancaster	780	$34,620	1.2
Reading	530	$36,880	1.2
Altoona	170	$34,520	1.1
Allentown	1,060	$39,520	1.1
State College	140	$34,580	1
Scranton	640	$34,350	0.9
Harrisburg	680	$38,680	0.8
Philadelphia	3,640	$41,200	0.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,660	$40,320	1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson	440	$31,640	2.9
Florence	630	$32,880	2.8
Greenville	1,970	$33,310	2.3
Spartanburg	740	$33,660	2.2
Charleston	760	$34,710	0.9
Sumter	60	$33,000	0.7
Columbia	660	$34,590	0.7
Myrtle Beach	120	$37,660	0.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	150	$32,210	0.4
Rapid City	60	$35,040	0.4
TENNESSEE
Jackson	380	$34,180	2.6
Johnson City	500	$32,830	2.6
Morristown	260	$30,340	2.2
Cleveland	130	$38,710	1.5
Clarksville	280	$36,750	1.4
Chattanooga	770	$37,720	1.2
Kingsport	240	$35,510	0.8
Knoxville	700	$35,170	0.7
Memphis	1,200	$38,680	0.7
TEXAS
Odessa	930	$33,750	6.5
Longview	890	$35,770	3.6
Sherman	280	$35,410	2.9
Midland	340	$33,510	2
Houston	14,670	$35,530	2
Wichita Falls	250	$34,040	1.7
Beaumont	730	$41,040	1.7
Waco	390	$33,230	1.5
Tyler	300	$30,310	1.2
Fort Worth	3,110	$34,450	1.2
Corpus Christi	580	$39,960	1.2
Victoria	130	$32,960	1.1
El Paso	700	$28,000	0.9
Brownsville	260	$25,040	0.8
Amarillo	200	$43,220	0.7
San Angelo	70	$35,730	0.7
Dallas	4,180	$33,250	0.7
Killeen	210	$36,820	0.7
College Station	130	$30,360	0.6
Abilene	100	$31,300	0.6
San Antonio	1,230	$27,760	0.5
Lubbock	160	$30,800	0.5
Texarkana	60	$38,970	0.4
Austin	870	$35,510	0.4
McAllen	230	$26,510	0.4
UTAH
Ogden	1,850	$39,210	3.3
Logan	250	$34,660	2.2
Salt Lake City	1,720	$37,370	1
Provo	300	$38,800	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	120	$33,600	0.4
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg	490	$36,050	3.1
Lynchburg	580	$33,340	2.2
Virginia Beach	2,090	$40,180	1
Roanoke	370	$32,510	0.9
Danville	70	$37,730	0.8
Richmond	1,230	$39,400	0.7
Winchester	60	$33,280	0.5
Charlottesville	110	$38,840	0.4
Harrisonburg	50	$36,140	0.4
WASHINGTON
Longview	100	$44,800	1.3
Bremerton	220	$53,820	1
Yakima	200	$39,740	1
Seattle	3,240	$48,870	0.8
Kennewick	160	$40,450	0.7
Spokane	370	$36,880	0.6
Tacoma	480	$46,410	0.6
Bellingham	80	$43,120	0.4
Mount Vernon	40	$44,230	0.4
Olympia	60	$36,530	0.2
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	220	$32,340	1.9
Weirton	150	$34,950	1.5
Huntington	390	$33,890	1.3
Charleston	460	$40,280	1.2
Wheeling	180	$34,180	1.1
Parkersburg	120	$34,400	0.7
WISCONSIN
Fond du Lac	810	$39,480	7.5
Appleton	920	$39,150	3
Racine	580	$32,760	2.9
Milwaukee	7,070	$40,070	2.9
Wausau	480	$37,520	2.8
Sheboygan	390	$38,600	2.7
Oshkosh	500	$36,480	2.3
Green Bay	600	$37,350	1.3
Janesville	190	$42,760	1.1
Eau Claire	190	$40,230	0.9
Madison	820	$48,840	0.9
WYOMING
Casper	140	$39,010	1.5

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Metal Products	130,890	31%	$35,240
Machinery	80,750	19%	$36,730
Automotive And Vehicle Manufacturing	56,530	13%	$39,410
Office Services And Staffing	33,790	8%	$27,410
Durable Goods Wholesale	18,500	4%	$33,630
Electronics And Computer	13,620	3%	$38,080
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	11,730	2%	$36,570
Metals	8,950	2%	$37,660
Maintenance And Repair	8,200	1%	$36,770
Electrical Appliance	7,840	1%	$36,820
Plastics And Rubber	7,230	1%	$35,760
Professional And Technical Services	5,130	1%	$40,240
Government	4,610	1%	$52,800
Railroad	4,390	1%	$45,160

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Machinists

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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

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

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