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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Middle School Teachers

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:
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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Middle School Teachers 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
Gadsden	290	$42,150	2.2
Auburn	340	$41,890	1.9
Tuscaloosa	640	$43,850	1.7
Mobile	1,220	$43,090	1.5
Decatur	320	$45,910	1.5
Dothan	340	$45,700	1.4
Florence	260	$41,500	1.3
Anniston	230	$43,340	1.2
Birmingham	2,860	$46,600	1.2
Montgomery	530	$43,360	0.7
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	290	$35,910	1.3
Tucson	2,080	$43,220	1.2
Prescott	280	$39,690	1.1
Kingman	190	$38,020	0.9
Phoenix	2,900	$40,970	0.3
ARKANSAS
Pine Bluff	280	$43,470	2.2
Hot Springs	240	$44,730	1.7
Fort Smith	530	$41,940	1
Jonesboro	170	$37,630	0.9
Little Rock	1,270	$45,750	0.8
Fayetteville	690	$43,410	0.8
CALIFORNIA
Yuba City	400	$70,250	2.6
Fresno	3,770	$62,510	2.5
Merced	580	$60,810	2.5
Napa	490	$72,630	1.9
Sacramento	7,410	$55,790	1.8
Redding	490	$54,240	1.8
Stockton	1,450	$61,660	1.5
Vallejo	690	$57,820	1.3
Riverside	7,530	$59,730	1.3
Oxnard	1,710	$67,330	1.3
Modesto	900	$71,150	1.2
Bakersfield	1,340	$59,380	1.1
San Diego	6,310	$66,750	1
Santa Cruz	330	$51,370	0.9
Santa Ana	5,830	$69,530	0.8
San Jose	3,480	$67,680	0.8
Oakland	3,440	$58,810	0.7
Santa Rosa	580	$61,900	0.7
Santa Barbara	490	$59,270	0.7
San Luis Obispo	260	$64,370	0.6
Chico	160	$59,810	0.6
San Francisco	2,510	$62,890	0.5
COLORADO
Greeley	600	$42,510	1.9
Colorado Springs	1,850	$44,060	1.6
Denver	6,290	$50,950	1.1
Boulder	760		1.1
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	620	$66,300	2.2
Bridgeport	3,220	$68,290	1.6
Danbury	450	$65,790	1.5
Norwich	760	$62,820	1.4
Hartford	3,290	$66,410	1.2
New Haven	1,530	$61,530	1.2
DELAWARE
Wilmington	1,870	$56,530	1.3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	9,850	$63,820	0.9
FLORIDA
Sebastian	260	$55,550	1.3
Jacksonville	2,950	$44,490	1.1
West Palm Beach	2,470	$47,500	1
Orlando	4,790	$47,340	1
Tallahassee	680	$45,500	0.9
Sarasota	1,060	$48,870	0.9
Tampa	4,880	$53,840	0.9
GEORGIA
Brunswick	360	$48,720	2.1
Augusta	1,670	$55,290	1.8
Albany	410	$54,630	1.6
Dalton	410	$51,650	1.3
Valdosta	280	$47,620	1.2
Atlanta	11,690	$52,040	1.1
HAWAII
Honolulu	1,130	$38,730	0.6
ILLINOIS
Danville	270	$42,640	2.8
Kankakee	280	$56,510	1.9
Peoria	1,370	$44,930	1.8
Champaign	440	$44,350	1.1
Chicago	19,200	$65,040	1.1
Springfield	390	$52,090	0.9
Rockford	540	$48,910	0.8
Decatur	150		0.8
Bloomington	220	$49,730	0.8
INDIANA
Kokomo	280	$42,770	2
Michigan City	240	$59,180	1.4
Fort Wayne	1,220	$48,960	1.3
South Bend	710	$48,700	1.2
Lafayette	370	$49,330	1.2
Evansville	870	$47,260	1.1
Gary	1,220	$50,400	1
Muncie	160	$45,590	0.9
Anderson	130	$49,770	0.8
Indianapolis	3,230	$52,210	0.8
Elkhart	430	$44,880	0.8
Terre Haute	170	$61,300	0.6
Bloomington	130	$50,070	0.5
IOWA
Sioux City	590	$44,560	2
Davenport	1,120	$50,240	1.4
Waterloo	410	$41,070	1.1
Cedar Rapids	610	$42,290	1
Des Moines	1,310	$40,430	0.9
Iowa City	180	$43,300	0.6
KANSAS
Topeka	880	$44,260	1.9
Wichita	1,870	$46,630	1.3
Lawrence	240	$40,300	1.3
KENTUCKY
Elizabethtown	230	$48,290	1.3
Owensboro	230	$48,190	1.2
Lexington	1,010	$47,410	0.9
Bowling Green	200	$45,620	0.9
Louisville	2,200	$50,990	0.8
LOUISIANA
New Orleans	510	$43,080	0.2
Baton Rouge	100	$36,670	0.1
MAINE
Lewiston	290	$42,280	1.5
Bangor	320	$46,320	1.2
Portland	880	$47,640	1
MARYLAND
Salisbury	530	$42,660	2.5
Cumberland	330	$53,800	2.4
Hagerstown	850	$48,350	2
Bethesda	4,000	$73,250	1.5
Baltimore	7,660	$52,870	1.3
MASSACHUSETTS
New Bedford	1,080	$57,620	4
Taunton	480	$54,560	2.6
Lawrence	580	$59,480	2.5
Leominster	480	$54,450	2.4
Pittsfield	260	$59,600	2
Brockton	740	$51,830	2
Lowell	1,020	$61,610	1.9
Haverhill	570	$52,770	1.8
Springfield	2,220	$54,590	1.6
Barnstable	660	$55,880	1.5
Framingham	910	$68,130	1.3
Worcester	1,360	$56,630	1.2
Boston	7,540	$60,400	0.9
MICHIGAN
Monroe	270	$55,960	1.7
Muskegon	400	$51,650	1.6
Saginaw	470	$54,010	1.5
Battle Creek	280	$50,740	1.4
Jackson	230	$52,610	1.1
Niles	270	$48,950	1.1
Warren	5,470	$65,240	1
Flint	580	$56,290	1
Holland	390	$55,070	0.9
Kalamazoo	500	$47,950	0.8
Lansing	720	$61,520	0.8
Detroit	2,450	$55,350	0.7
Grand Rapids	1,150	$54,820	0.7
Ann Arbor	320	$63,850	0.4
MINNESOTA
Rochester	710	$40,690	1.8
Duluth	700	$45,840	1.3
Minneapolis	7,820	$46,390	0.9
St. Cloud	380	$47,360	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	580	$38,220	3.1
Gulfport	580	$45,050	1.2
Jackson	1,220	$40,850	1.1
Hattiesburg	200	$40,600	0.9
MISSOURI
St. Joseph	430	$37,580	2.1
St. Louis	6,370	$47,950	1
Kansas City	4,790	$43,970	1
Columbia	280	$47,810	0.8
Springfield	700	$37,810	0.8
Joplin	250	$36,640	0.7
Jefferson City	210	$39,610	0.7
MONTANA
Great Falls	270	$33,390	2
Billings	370	$37,390	1.1
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	810	$47,110	1.1
Omaha	1,560	$43,550	0.7
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	960	$49,370	1.6
Rochester	320	$47,630	1.4
Portsmouth	280	$50,820	1.2
Manchester	500	$48,670	1.1
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	460	$58,170	2
Ocean City	280	$60,120	1.7
Camden	4,020	$59,990	1.6
Newark	6,170	$62,680	1.3
Atlantic City	840	$58,320	1.3
Edison	5,670	$58,860	1.2
Trenton	1,000	$58,650	1
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	350	$46,830	1.7
Albuquerque	2,390	$48,850	1.3
NEW YORK
Glens Falls	480	$57,670	2.3
Kingston	510	$68,040	2.1
Binghamton	710	$58,250	1.6
Utica	850	$57,690	1.5
Poughkeepsie	1,640	$65,580	1.5
Rochester	3,110	$55,980	1.4
Elmira	180	$51,120	1.3
Syracuse	1,810	$56,790	1.3
Nassau	7,220	$80,330	1.2
Buffalo	2,920	$56,040	1.2
Albany	2,170	$56,290	1.1
New York	19,990	$68,880	0.8
Ithaca	90	$53,760	0.5
NORTH CAROLINA
Wilmington	820	$40,560	1.3
Rocky Mount	300	$43,580	1.3
Greensboro	2,070	$41,450	1.2
Greenville	320	$41,470	1.1
Hickory	710	$40,470	1
Asheville	760	$42,470	1
Charlotte	3,540	$42,480	0.9
Winston-Salem	800	$41,340	0.8
Raleigh	1,680	$43,010	0.7
Durham	780	$43,510	0.6
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	90	$42,730	0.5
Fargo	120	$48,570	0.2
OHIO
Springfield	280	$47,420	1.5
Mansfield	280	$48,000	1.3
Lima	260	$48,220	1.2
Youngstown	1,240	$51,000	1.2
Cleveland	5,520	$58,990	1.1
Toledo	1,490	$50,730	1.1
Akron	1,610	$56,320	1
Dayton	1,850	$50,150	1
Sandusky	140	$55,530	1
Cincinnati	4,630	$52,940	1
Canton	650	$53,210	0.8
Columbus	2,200	$59,030	0.5
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	2,010	$41,960	1
Oklahoma City	2,300	$38,370	0.9
Lawton	120	$38,470	0.8
OREGON
Corvallis	460	$50,270	3.9
Bend	470	$49,270	1.7
Medford	540	$54,400	1.5
Salem	1,000	$44,830	1.5
Eugene	710	$50,330	1.1
Portland	4,270	$53,950	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
Williamsport	270	$51,280	1.3
Pittsburgh	6,850	$52,750	1.3
Allentown	1,980	$55,190	1.3
Reading	910	$52,930	1.3
Philadelphia	10,600	$56,680	1.2
Scranton	1,390	$56,190	1.2
Harrisburg	1,720	$52,000	1.2
Altoona	270	$47,260	1.1
State College	250	$55,110	1.1
Erie	570	$56,460	1
Lebanon	180	$53,320	1
Lancaster	1,020	$55,840	1
York	710	$54,430	0.9
Johnstown	110	$45,460	0.5
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	3,130	$60,810	1.2
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson	860	$46,400	3.5
Sumter	310	$41,100	2.3
Florence	600	$44,060	1.7
Charleston	1,470	$43,650	1.1
Spartanburg	530	$47,550	1
Columbia	1,150	$47,180	0.7
Greenville	770	$45,800	0.6
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	330	$47,800	1.3
Sioux Falls	490	$38,960	0.8
TENNESSEE
Clarksville	560	$52,600	1.8
Cleveland	230	$43,640	1.7
Morristown	310	$39,590	1.7
Kingsport	680	$42,430	1.4
Chattanooga	1,360	$45,910	1.3
Johnson City	380	$42,190	1.2
Jackson	250	$44,600	1.1
Knoxville	1,240	$45,600	0.8
Memphis	1,090	$41,600	0.4
TEXAS
McAllen	3,270	$46,760	3.3
Brownsville	1,610	$49,620	3
Killeen	1,300	$43,620	2.5
El Paso	2,890	$47,790	2.4
Sherman	370	$44,020	2.4
San Angelo	370	$41,540	2.3
Texarkana	510	$40,340	2.3
Wichita Falls	490	$43,620	2.1
Longview	810	$41,940	2
Amarillo	790	$43,490	1.8
Beaumont	1,260	$43,850	1.8
Tyler	650	$43,670	1.7
Abilene	420	$44,290	1.7
San Antonio	6,130	$49,000	1.6
Lubbock	810	$41,930	1.5
Waco	630	$42,220	1.5
College Station	490	$41,410	1.5
Corpus Christi	1,180	$44,130	1.5
Houston	18,000	$48,380	1.5
Fort Worth	5,860	$48,640	1.5
Victoria	270	$43,080	1.5
Austin	4,750	$45,160	1.3
Dallas	10,690	$48,860	1.1
Midland	280	$42,300	1
UTAH
Provo	1,260	$51,360	1.7
Ogden	1,220	$48,340	1.4
Salt Lake City	2,840	$50,290	1
VERMONT
Burlington	510	$53,440	1.1
VIRGINIA
Danville	280		2.1
Lynchburg	600	$41,980	1.4
Charlottesville	500	$59,310	1.3
Blacksburg	290	$50,930	1.2
Richmond	2,850	$53,850	1
Virginia Beach	3,200	$51,050	0.9
Roanoke	530	$52,350	0.8
WASHINGTON
Yakima	710	$54,080	2.1
Longview	230	$54,550	1.8
Wenatchee	240	$52,820	1.5
Bremerton	480	$55,900	1.4
Kennewick	480	$55,310	1.3
Mount Vernon	220	$53,830	1.2
Olympia	470	$52,980	1.2
Tacoma	1,400	$55,370	1.2
Spokane	1,060	$55,820	1.1
Bellingham	340	$54,470	1
Seattle	4,170	$54,850	0.6
WEST VIRGINIA
Weirton	360	$42,020	2.2
Huntington	690	$44,060	1.4
Parkersburg	290	$43,710	1
Morgantown	130	$41,480	0.7
Charleston	420	$42,050	0.7
Wheeling	170	$41,930	0.7
WISCONSIN
Janesville	610	$50,450	2.3
La Crosse	570	$49,940	2
Sheboygan	360	$44,710	1.6
Green Bay	1,130	$55,630	1.5
Racine	370	$46,850	1.1
Madison	1,320	$48,490	0.9
Oshkosh	290	$51,000	0.8
Eau Claire	240	$51,780	0.7
Milwaukee	2,620	$54,230	0.7
Wausau	160	$49,990	0.6
Appleton	240	$51,030	0.5

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Middle School Teachers

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