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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2006)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Decatur	60	$34,360	2.6
Huntsville	130	$53,570	1.4
Florence	30	$27,980	1.4
Montgomery	90	$42,140	1.2
Mobile	90	$49,040	1.1
Birmingham	240	$45,450	1
ALASKA
Anchorage	70		0.9
ARIZONA
Tucson	270	$46,720	1.6
Phoenix	1,240	$39,970	1.4
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	250	$37,430	3
Fort Smith	50	$37,550	0.9
Little Rock	110	$40,440	0.7
CALIFORNIA
Modesto	110	$48,830	1.4
Oakland	500	$55,450	1
Oxnard	130	$48,310	0.9
Santa Ana	460	$48,990	0.6
Stockton	50	$47,430	0.5
Riverside	320	$43,540	0.5
San Jose	220	$58,130	0.5
Sacramento	220	$38,950	0.5
San Diego	320	$52,010	0.5
Fresno	70	$34,870	0.4
Los Angeles	870	$45,680	0.4
San Francisco	70	$59,540	0.1
COLORADO
Grand Junction	50	$32,910	2.3
Colorado Springs	120	$50,070	1
Boulder	60	$42,960	0.9
Denver	410	$49,490	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Danbury	60	$48,570	2
Hartford	510	$51,850	1.9
Waterbury	50	$47,060	1.6
Bridgeport	280	$49,880	1.3
New Haven	130	$52,340	1
DELAWARE
Wilmington	170	$64,910	1.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	500	$47,370	0.4
FLORIDA
Palm Bay	140	$41,490	1.5
Sarasota	120	$40,220	0.9
West Palm Beach	210	$52,180	0.8
Lakeland	70	$38,190	0.7
Cape Coral	60	$48,530	0.6
Orlando	280	$42,970	0.5
Tampa	280	$40,900	0.5
Fort Lauderdale	160	$37,670	0.4
Jacksonville	110	$39,490	0.4
Miami	150	$37,940	0.3
GEORGIA
Albany	40	$54,980	1.5
Savannah	100	$49,330	1.5
Gainesville	30	$46,280	1.1
Macon	40	$37,600	1
Augusta	60	$41,930	0.6
Atlanta	650	$45,890	0.6
IDAHO
Boise	40	$35,500	0.3
ILLINOIS
Decatur	50	$45,630	2.5
Rockford	150	$44,940	2.1
Champaign	40	$43,510	1
Waukegan	170	$44,630	1
Chicago	1,360	$44,980	0.7
INDIANA
Elkhart	130	$42,100	2.1
Muncie	40	$42,850	2.1
Terre Haute	60	$33,190	2.1
Michigan City	30	$43,090	1.6
South Bend	100	$41,200	1.6
Indianapolis	690	$46,160	1.6
Evansville	130	$42,810	1.6
Fort Wayne	140	$43,350	1.4
Gary	100	$46,740	0.8
IOWA
Ames	90	$38,260	6.5
Waterloo	110	$43,290	3.1
Sioux City	90	$37,260	2.9
Davenport	120	$41,560	1.4
Cedar Rapids	80	$40,000	1.3
Des Moines	130	$42,210	0.9
KANSAS
Topeka	50	$37,850	1
KENTUCKY
Lexington	190	$44,510	1.7
Louisville	250	$38,440	0.9
LOUISIANA
Lafayette	180	$35,890	3
Houma	40	$41,230	1.1
New Orleans	190	$44,310	0.9
Shreveport	50	$34,330	0.7
Baton Rouge	80	$35,300	0.5
MAINE
Portland	110	$47,510	1.2
MARYLAND
Baltimore	490	$42,330	0.8
Bethesda	60	$45,750	0.2
MASSACHUSETTS
Haverhill	60	$54,040	1.7
Framingham	120	$58,520	1.7
Leominster	30	$55,380	1.4
Worcester	160	$50,640	1.3
Springfield	180	$51,370	1.3
Barnstable	50	$39,920	1.1
Boston	760	$67,170	0.9
Lowell	30		0.5
MICHIGAN
Warren	2,600	$55,990	4.4
Grand Rapids	750	$49,720	4
Holland	180	$45,380	3.8
Muskegon	90	$45,740	3.6
Niles	90	$48,900	3.5
Kalamazoo	170	$41,060	2.7
Jackson	60	$43,830	2.5
Flint	140	$46,210	2.2
Lansing	190	$50,420	2.2
Detroit	520	$61,290	1.5
Battle Creek	30	$58,520	1.4
Saginaw	30	$56,160	0.8
MINNESOTA
St. Cloud	90	$37,200	2.1
Minneapolis	1,670	$50,090	1.9
Rochester	50	$42,860	1.5
Duluth	80	$41,470	1.3
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	100	$33,150	0.8
MISSOURI
Joplin	40	$29,210	1.2
Kansas City	520	$44,740	1.1
Columbia	30	$41,660	1
Springfield	80	$34,880	1
St. Louis	610	$48,570	1
MONTANA
Billings	40	$34,620	1.1
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	130	$31,510	1.8
Omaha	200	$37,210	0.9
NEVADA
Reno	220	$42,620	2.3
NEW JERSEY
Camden	350	$52,450	1.3
Newark	400	$49,810	0.8
Trenton	70	$48,700	0.6
Edison	240	$52,190	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	60	$32,390	2.3
Albuquerque	320	$46,880	1.8
NEW YORK
Elmira	50	$44,080	3.5
Ithaca	30	$56,000	2.3
Glens Falls	40	$42,250	1.8
Syracuse	250	$41,650	1.7
Buffalo	350	$45,840	1.4
Binghamton	60	$40,410	1.3
Rochester	270	$47,060	1.1
Albany	200	$42,490	0.9
New York	1,810	$62,030	0.7
Utica	40	$39,020	0.7
Poughkeepsie	70	$40,430	0.6
Nassau	340	$58,370	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte	360	$51,550	0.9
Raleigh	160	$48,850	0.7
Hickory	50	$46,370	0.6
Asheville	40	$48,950	0.5
Wilmington	30	$46,930	0.5
Greensboro	70	$44,990	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	120	$39,020	2.4
Grand Forks	40	$35,730	1.9
OHIO
Mansfield	50	$35,750	2.1
Akron	320	$39,060	2
Dayton	360	$45,400	1.8
Cleveland	730	$41,070	1.4
Canton	110	$45,520	1.3
Cincinnati	650	$42,100	1.3
Columbus	480	$40,400	1.1
Toledo	140	$38,020	0.9
Youngstown	100	$38,040	0.9
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	760	$45,520	3.8
Oklahoma City	220	$39,560	0.8
OREGON
Eugene	170	$37,010	2.6
Bend	40	$38,280	1.6
Portland	770	$48,430	1.6
Salem	30	$41,160	0.5
PENNSYLVANIA
York	250	$44,480	3
Erie	150	$45,630	2.6
State College	60	$32,050	2.6
Williamsport	50	$50,450	2.4
Lebanon	40	$41,270	2.3
Johnstown	50	$29,790	2.1
Lancaster	190	$39,300	1.7
Allentown	270	$46,230	1.7
Pittsburgh	920	$45,670	1.7
Philadelphia	1,230	$47,920	1.3
Harrisburg	170	$42,380	1.2
Reading	90	$47,270	1.2
Scranton	110	$39,850	0.9
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	30	$43,080	2.3
Greenville	260	$51,540	1.8
Spartanburg	90	$45,610	1.7
Charleston	180	$56,050	1.3
Florence	30	$46,240	0.8
Columbia	120	$43,490	0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	40	$32,280	0.7
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	180	$44,630	1.7
Nashville	310	$43,520	0.9
Knoxville	130	$47,880	0.8
Memphis	140	$46,220	0.5
TEXAS
Wichita Falls	140	$43,390	5.6
Sherman	50	$48,090	3.1
Fort Worth	1,110	$45,730	2.8
Houston	2,710	$51,540	2.3
Beaumont	160	$47,960	2.2
Longview	80	$39,730	2
Amarillo	80	$38,850	1.8
Tyler	70	$43,190	1.7
Waco	60	$39,340	1.4
Odessa	30	$39,900	1.4
Lubbock	70	$40,740	1.4
Dallas	1,250	$47,770	1.3
Austin	400	$49,030	1.2
San Antonio	280	$44,870	0.7
Corpus Christi	50	$42,970	0.6
El Paso	60	$38,000	0.5
UTAH
Salt Lake City	380	$39,160	1.3
Provo	70	$39,540	1
Ogden	50	$45,070	0.6
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	90	$37,670	2.1
Roanoke	110	$37,000	1.5
Richmond	260	$45,660	0.9
WASHINGTON
Seattle	840	$58,340	1.3
Yakima	40	$40,650	1.1
Spokane	100	$39,100	1
Tacoma	90	$53,960	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Weirton	40	$34,080	2.2
Parkersburg	40	$33,570	1.3
Charleston	70	$32,040	1
Huntington	50	$31,080	1
WISCONSIN
Sheboygan	140	$46,790	6
Racine	150	$46,790	4.6
Wausau	120	$42,330	4
Eau Claire	130	$38,240	3.9
Green Bay	290	$46,450	3.8
Milwaukee	1,540	$44,480	3.7
Appleton	180	$44,480	3.6
Oshkosh	120	$40,750	3.3
Fond du Lac	50	$48,820	3.2
Madison	270	$41,950	1.7

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Schools for people wanting to be Mechanical Drafters; these schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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School	States	Degrees	Quick Info
Baker College Campus	MI	Associate, Certificate	Get Info
Berks Technical Institute	PA	Associate	Get Info
CDM Institute	NJ, PA	Certificate	Get Info
Florida Technical College	FL	Associate, Diploma	Get Info
Herzing College	LA, MN, ON, QC, WI	Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Diploma	Get Info
High-Tech Institute	AZ	Associate	Get Info
ICS Canada	Online	Diploma	Get Info
ITT Technical Institute	AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI	Associate, Bachelor, Diploma	Get Info
Lincoln College of Technology	FL	Coursework	Get Info
Lincoln Tech®	PA	Coursework	Get Info
Louisville Technical Institute	KY	Associate	Get Info
Penn Foster Career School	Online	Diploma	Get Info
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology	PA	Associate	Get Info
Pittsburgh Technical Institute	PA	Associate	Get Info
Robert Morris College	IL	Associate	Get Info
Southwest Florida College	FL	Associate	Get Info
Spencerian College	KY	Associate, Certificate	Get Info
TESST College of Technology	MD	Certificate	Get Info
Technology Education College	OH	Associate	Get Info
The Art Institutes	MN, NV	Associate, Bachelor, Certificate, Coursework, Diploma, Non-Degree - General	Get Info
The Chubb Institute	NJ	Diploma	Get Info
Vatterott College	IA, IL, MO, NE	Associate, Diploma	Get Info

Mechanical Drafters: Schools and Careers

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2006) for:Mechanical Drafters

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