Mechanical Engineering Technicians: Schools and Careers

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The Top Metro Areas for Mechanical Engineering Technicians

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:
Mechanical Engineering Technicians

Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Mechanical Engineering Technicians 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
Huntsville	460	$43,640	8.4
Tuscaloosa	30	$46,950	1.5
ALASKA
Anchorage	40	$56,540	0.9
ARIZONA
Phoenix	910	$43,960	1.7
Tucson	110	$49,020	1.1
CALIFORNIA
San Jose	1,350	$58,830	5.2
Bakersfield	180	$53,870	2.5
San Diego	890	$47,870	2.3
Santa Barbara	100	$49,160	2.1
San Luis Obispo	50	$39,190	1.8
Oakland	440	$59,040	1.5
Riverside	440	$46,690	1.2
Los Angeles	1,350	$48,110	1.1
Sacramento	230	$46,050	0.9
Oxnard	70	$52,890	0.8
Santa Ana	260	$48,280	0.6
San Francisco	110	$59,420	0.4
COLORADO
Fort Collins	50	$39,940	1.6
CONNECTICUT
Danbury	30	$48,900	1.7
Hartford	260	$52,470	1.6
New Haven	100	$51,850	1.3
Bridgeport	110	$52,470	0.9
DELAWARE
Wilmington	50	$58,740	0.5
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	530	$48,370	0.8
FLORIDA
Palm Bay	210	$46,720	3.8
Panama City	40	$42,200	2.3
West Palm Beach	250	$47,370	1.6
GEORGIA
Augusta	40	$47,200	0.7
ILLINOIS
Rockford	90	$44,840	2.2
Chicago	870	$52,810	0.8
Waukegan	40	$49,700	0.4
INDIANA
Indianapolis	520	$38,090	2
Fort Wayne	70	$37,240	1.2
IOWA
Waterloo	50	$43,640	2.4
Davenport	40	$55,640	0.8
KANSAS
Wichita	100	$42,230	1.3
KENTUCKY
Lexington	50	$44,100	0.8
Louisville	90	$40,520	0.5
MAINE
Portland	70	$43,300	1.3
MARYLAND
Baltimore	330	$52,020	0.9
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	180	$53,800	4.3
Lowell	100	$48,960	3.1
Worcester	190	$42,030	2.7
Boston	1,210	$51,680	2.5
Springfield	160	$53,060	1.9
Lynn	40	$53,510	1.6
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	340	$61,780	7.3
Jackson	50	$39,050	3.6
Warren	1,090	$46,940	3.2
Detroit	540	$47,350	2.7
Kalamazoo	70	$46,330	1.9
Lansing	60	$45,980	1.2
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	1,540	$51,150	2.9
Duluth	40	$48,620	1.1
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	50	$40,240	2
MISSOURI
Springfield	40	$37,450	0.8
Kansas City	200	$47,490	0.7
St. Louis	230	$48,480	0.6
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	40	$46,850	0.9
Omaha	50	$43,500	0.4
NEVADA
Reno	80	$44,470	1.4
Las Vegas	50	$49,800	0.2
NEW JERSEY
Camden	330	$44,040	2.1
Trenton	90	$47,470	1.4
Edison	300	$48,960	1
Newark	140	$48,230	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	430	$45,000	4.1
NEW YORK
Binghamton	60	$41,470	2.1
Albany	220	$55,120	1.8
Syracuse	100	$42,970	1.1
Buffalo	170	$47,390	1.1
Nassau	280		0.8
Rochester	110	$48,910	0.8
New York	380	$46,030	0.3
NORTH CAROLINA
Hickory	60	$53,020	1.3
Charlotte	270	$54,250	1.2
Raleigh	80	$53,840	0.6
Greensboro	60	$45,810	0.6
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	50	$45,720	1.7
OHIO
Dayton	470	$43,650	4.1
Cleveland	760	$47,570	2.4
Akron	220	$44,840	2.3
Columbus	560	$45,230	2.2
Cincinnati	550	$39,760	1.8
Toledo	130	$45,630	1.4
Canton	50	$40,240	1
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	190	$41,770	1.6
Oklahoma City	140	$40,140	0.9
OREGON
Portland	440	$52,160	1.5
PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown	80	$40,940	5.7
Pittsburgh	660	$47,980	2
Altoona	30	$48,950	2
York	90	$49,640	1.8
Reading	70	$53,110	1.6
Erie	50	$51,590	1.5
Philadelphia	630	$44,420	1.1
Lancaster	30	$40,950	0.5
Allentown	40	$40,670	0.4
SOUTH CAROLINA
Spartanburg	110	$58,130	3.6
Columbia	140	$38,560	1.5
Greenville	120	$52,440	1.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	50	$39,280	1.4
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	80	$41,360	1.3
Knoxville	90	$47,780	1
Memphis	100	$39,200	0.6
Nashville	80	$47,040	0.4
TEXAS
Houston	1,580	$53,200	2.3
Austin	390	$44,270	1.9
Beaumont	80	$42,570	1.9
Dallas	750	$57,230	1.3
San Antonio	240	$40,270	1.1
UTAH
Logan	30	$35,270	3.3
Salt Lake City	300	$40,210	1.8
VERMONT
Burlington	30	$42,360	1.1
VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach	310	$42,170	1.4
Richmond	160	$51,750	0.9
WASHINGTON
Seattle	630	$55,820	1.6
Kennewick	30	$48,400	1.4
Spokane	40	$51,000	0.7
WISCONSIN
Oshkosh	170	$48,960	7.9
Sheboygan	40	$42,100	2.9
Madison	140	$36,850	1.5
Milwaukee	340	$49,180	1.4
Green Bay	60	$45,760	1.3

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The Top Metro Areas for Mechanical Engineering Technicians

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

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