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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Occupational Therapist Assistants

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:
Occupational Therapist Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Occupational Therapist Assistants 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	40		8.9
Birmingham	170	$49,250	2.1
ARIZONA
Tucson	90	$45,300	1.6
Phoenix	60	$51,170	0.2
CALIFORNIA
San Diego	190	$61,130	0.9
Sacramento	120	$53,430	0.9
Oakland	100	$51,460	0.6
Fresno	30	$54,050	0.6
Santa Ana	140	$60,390	0.6
Riverside	110	$59,750	0.5
San Jose	40	$48,640	0.3
COLORADO
Denver	170	$39,220	0.9
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	180	$54,820	2
New Haven	70	$47,990	1.6
DELAWARE
Wilmington	100	$52,310	2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	140	$46,940	0.4
FLORIDA
Port St. Lucie	30	$59,940	1.6
Sarasota	50	$44,430	1.2
Fort Lauderdale	130	$57,430	1.1
Tampa	210	$56,910	1.1
West Palm Beach	90	$57,800	1.1
Jacksonville	80	$62,100	0.8
Orlando	90	$55,340	0.5
Miami	70	$52,620	0.4
GEORGIA
Atlanta	220	$54,080	0.6
HAWAII
Honolulu	50	$40,910	0.7
ILLINOIS
Bloomington	40	$45,760	4
Champaign	40	$48,620	2.9
Chicago	1,230	$53,770	2
INDIANA
Fort Wayne	80	$45,890	2.5
South Bend	40	$41,650	2
Evansville	50	$44,760	1.9
Indianapolis	220	$46,250	1.6
Gary	60	$51,680	1.4
IOWA
Cedar Rapids	30	$40,310	1.5
Des Moines	60	$46,070	1.2
KANSAS
Wichita	30	$42,270	0.6
KENTUCKY
Louisville	90	$51,970	0.9
LOUISIANA
New Orleans	60	$54,800	0.7
Baton Rouge	30	$50,720	0.5
MARYLAND
Cumberland	50	$37,660	10.6
Baltimore	210	$55,240	1
MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester	190	$46,450	5
Haverhill	40	$46,910	3.6
Springfield	90	$42,600	1.9
Boston	450	$47,400	1.6
MICHIGAN
Grand Rapids	140	$41,230	2.4
Detroit	170	$47,870	1.5
Warren	250	$44,960	1.4
MINNESOTA
Rochester	40	$40,270	3
Duluth	40	$38,880	2.1
Minneapolis	220	$40,610	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	130	$39,160	3.3
MISSOURI
St. Louis	500	$45,120	2.3
Kansas City	190	$47,270	1.2
NEBRASKA
Omaha	60	$46,400	0.8
NEVADA
Las Vegas	150	$55,310	1
NEW JERSEY
Newark	130	$43,380	0.8
Edison	120	$59,360	0.7
Camden	40	$56,830	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	90	$54,830	1.5
NEW YORK
Poughkeepsie	150	$44,670	4.1
Kingston	30	$47,070	3.6
Buffalo	300	$35,420	3.5
Utica	40	$34,490	2.1
Rochester	110	$39,730	1.4
Albany	90	$36,730	1.3
Nassau	220	$49,560	1.1
New York	840	$50,060	1
Syracuse	30	$35,180	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Rocky Mount	50	$56,460	6.1
Greenville	30	$45,550	3
Hickory	50	$49,510	2
Asheville	40	$46,250	1.5
Durham	60	$50,100	1.4
Greensboro	80	$54,380	1.4
Charlotte	110	$47,450	0.8
Raleigh	50	$46,490	0.6
OHIO
Canton	200	$50,700	7.6
Youngstown	270	$48,000	7.5
Cincinnati	560	$46,990	3.4
Cleveland	430	$53,960	2.6
Dayton	110	$47,980	1.8
Akron	70	$47,220	1.3
Columbus	190	$47,160	1.3
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	210	$52,540	2.4
Tulsa	120	$39,230	1.8
OREGON
Portland	150	$49,020	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
Reading	80	$46,090	3.2
Pittsburgh	540	$43,240	3
Philadelphia	530	$46,060	1.8
Lancaster	40	$40,220	1.1
Harrisburg	50	$44,330	1
Scranton	40	$35,630	1
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	230	$50,140	2.6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	60	$43,540	1.1
TENNESSEE
Kingsport	60	$50,700	3.6
Chattanooga	100	$49,900	2.8
Knoxville	40	$45,740	0.8
TEXAS
Tyler	50	$54,370	3.8
Laredo	40	$46,460	3.4
McAllen	80	$56,070	2.4
San Antonio	210	$63,130	1.6
Corpus Christi	40	$52,100	1.5
El Paso	50	$52,770	1.2
Houston	410	$67,420	1
Dallas	330	$53,230	1
Austin	50	$49,490	0.4
Fort Worth	50	$55,460	0.4
UTAH
Provo	30	$42,140	1.2
Salt Lake City	80	$41,740	0.8
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	70	$65,220	4.8
Roanoke	90	$50,190	3.8
Charlottesville	40	$43,020	3
Richmond	100	$53,070	1.1
Virginia Beach	90	$50,620	0.8
WASHINGTON
Spokane	30	$45,400	0.9
Seattle	130	$51,100	0.6
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington	40	$44,000	2.4
Charleston	30	$41,020	1.4
WISCONSIN
Oshkosh	60	$42,670	4.9
La Crosse	30	$42,120	3.1
Madison	120	$51,400	2.3
Green Bay	40	$41,110	1.6
Milwaukee	210	$44,030	1.6

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Medical Office	9,510	37%	$50,640
Hospital	6,660	26%	$45,840
Nursing And Residential Care	5,370	21%	$50,060
Education	1,900	7%	$41,420
Social Service	740	2%	$39,200
Government	550	2%	$44,700
Office Services And Staffing	480	1%	$55,400

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School	Locations	Degrees	Quick Info
Everest College	ON	Diploma	Get Info
ICS Canada	Online	Diploma	Get Info
Kaplan College	AZ, CA, IN	Associate, Diploma	Get Info
Keiser University	FL	Associate	Get Info
New England Institute of Technology	RI	Associate	Get Info
Penn Foster Career School	Online	Diploma	Get Info
Sanford-Brown College	MO	Associate	Get Info

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