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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2006) for:
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Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Meeting And Convention Planners 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
Mobile	30	$34,610	0.6
Birmingham	80	$42,470	0.5
ARIZONA
Phoenix	740	$42,060	1.2
Tucson	120	$43,960	1.1
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	40	$27,300	4.2
Little Rock	30	$46,470	0.3
CALIFORNIA
Santa Cruz	70	$34,660	2.8
Santa Rosa	140	$48,590	2.3
San Francisco	710	$49,000	2.3
San Luis Obispo	60	$46,340	1.9
Sacramento	420	$44,860	1.4
San Diego	580	$41,970	1.4
Santa Ana	560	$48,490	1.1
Salinas	50	$42,640	1
Oakland	310	$47,160	0.9
San Jose	240	$56,500	0.8
Los Angeles	1,090	$54,060	0.8
Riverside	270	$40,820	0.6
Santa Barbara	30	$42,980	0.6
Oxnard	50	$37,970	0.5
Fresno	40	$30,280	0.4
COLORADO
Boulder	100	$40,950	2.3
Fort Collins	80	$41,690	2.3
Colorado Springs	160	$36,670	2.1
Denver	520	$45,330	1.3
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport	280	$57,250	2
Norwich	40	$56,280	1.1
New Haven	60	$51,520	0.7
Hartford	110	$52,070	0.6
DELAWARE
Wilmington	190	$47,520	1.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	2,830	$52,150	3.8
FLORIDA
Naples	70	$43,920	1.9
Orlando	570	$41,170	1.7
Tampa	650	$35,700	1.6
Panama City	30	$37,450	1.5
Tallahassee	70	$40,830	1.4
Miami	360	$42,400	1.2
Cape Coral	50	$37,470	0.7
Palm Bay	40	$35,500	0.6
West Palm Beach	100	$50,640	0.6
Sarasota	30	$43,070	0.3
GEORGIA
Brunswick	50	$50,590	5.1
Athens	70	$33,620	3.5
Atlanta	1,130	$45,160	1.5
Columbus	40	$51,730	1.2
Savannah	50	$40,620	1.2
Augusta	30	$51,090	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	130	$46,700	1
ILLINOIS
Springfield	70	$52,140	2.3
Chicago	1,840	$54,110	1.5
Waukegan	110	$60,380	1
INDIANA
Indianapolis	350	$41,770	1.2
IOWA
Des Moines	90	$42,110	0.9
Davenport	30	$38,400	0.5
KANSAS
Lawrence	50	$31,300	4.3
Wichita	40	$38,610	0.5
KENTUCKY
Lexington	90	$37,380	1.2
Louisville	130	$41,670	0.7
LOUISIANA
Shreveport	40	$31,980	0.8
New Orleans	90	$40,890	0.6
MAINE
Portland	50	$34,740	0.8
MARYLAND
Bethesda	420	$45,950	2.3
Baltimore	490	$45,950	1.2
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	1,060	$52,520	2
Framingham	90	$51,800	1.9
Worcester	90	$46,100	1.2
Brockton	30	$55,450	1.1
Springfield	80	$54,020	0.9
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	110	$69,900	2.1
Lansing	110	$33,240	1.9
Detroit	380	$42,120	1.7
Grand Rapids	80	$37,520	0.7
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	520	$44,820	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	50	$26,320	1.8
MISSOURI
Kansas City	420	$48,660	1.3
Springfield	70	$30,180	1.3
St. Louis	420	$41,670	1
MONTANA
Missoula	40	$24,470	2.7
Billings	30	$33,330	1.3
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	40	$39,310	0.8
Omaha	60	$36,220	0.4
NEVADA
Las Vegas	310	$39,950	1
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	120	$42,650	1.7
Atlantic City	60	$42,690	1.5
Edison	310	$47,120	0.9
Newark	240	$42,960	0.7
Camden	120	$50,410	0.7
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	70	$37,050	0.6
NEW YORK
Ithaca	30	$41,360	3.5
New York	2,920	$57,310	1.8
Kingston	30	$43,950	1.8
Albany	170	$40,420	1.2
Binghamton	30	$40,690	1
Nassau	370		0.9
Rochester	120	$39,630	0.8
Poughkeepsie	50	$53,640	0.7
Syracuse	60	$39,550	0.6
Buffalo	40	$48,520	0.2
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	130	$40,450	1.7
Winston-Salem	80	$45,690	1.2
Raleigh	160	$43,690	1
Charlotte	250	$43,470	1
Asheville	50	$35,880	1
Greensboro	80	$39,800	0.7
OHIO
Cleveland	280	$41,390	0.8
Columbus	150	$40,850	0.5
Akron	50	$38,810	0.5
Cincinnati	160	$43,520	0.5
Dayton	40	$35,730	0.3
Toledo	30	$35,050	0.3
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	120	$34,480	0.7
Tulsa	80	$32,330	0.6
OREGON
Portland	440	$39,100	1.4
PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg	150	$36,780	1.6
Philadelphia	820	$49,610	1.3
Lancaster	90	$39,050	1.2
Allentown	100	$37,790	1
Pittsburgh	250	$34,010	0.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	210	$46,420	1.2
SOUTH CAROLINA
Myrtle Beach	100	$31,700	2.9
Charleston	110	$34,970	1.3
Columbia	80	$41,980	0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	30	$29,010	0.8
TENNESSEE
Nashville	230	$39,900	1
Memphis	140	$44,210	0.7
TEXAS
Austin	430	$46,220	1.9
Dallas	1,030	$50,540	1.6
San Antonio	250	$43,100	1
Houston	690	$43,510	0.9
Corpus Christi	40	$33,470	0.8
Fort Worth	200	$45,810	0.8
UTAH
Salt Lake City	350	$47,600	1.8
Provo	60	$34,080	1.2
Ogden	50	$39,520	0.9
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	100	$34,310	4.2
Virginia Beach	270	$41,780	1.1
Roanoke	40	$40,500	0.8
Richmond	120	$45,220	0.6
WASHINGTON
Seattle	700	$49,330	1.6
Tacoma	60	$42,830	0.7
Spokane	30	$43,260	0.5
WISCONSIN
Eau Claire	80	$34,200	3.7
Madison	200	$41,800	2
Milwaukee	220	$37,560	0.8

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