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The Top 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 2006) for:
Occupational Therapist Assistants

Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Occupational Therapist Assistants 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
ARIZONA
Tucson	80	$39,630	1.6
Phoenix	70	$44,060	0.3
CALIFORNIA
Stockton	40	$39,820	1.4
Modesto	30	$45,050	1.3
Fresno	50	$37,780	1.1
Santa Ana	170	$47,160	0.8
Riverside	140	$59,230	0.8
Oakland	110	$46,430	0.7
Sacramento	80	$52,130	0.6
Los Angeles	300	$50,390	0.5
San Diego	80	$48,430	0.4
COLORADO
Denver	130	$38,980	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	150	$48,350	1.9
New Haven	40	$46,960	1
DELAWARE
Wilmington	110	$46,080	2.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	120	$44,910	0.4
FLORIDA
West Palm Beach	140	$50,640	1.8
Fort Lauderdale	180	$53,970	1.7
Sarasota	60	$46,720	1.5
Tampa	220	$49,930	1.3
Palm Bay	30	$49,670	1.1
Miami	100	$49,350	0.7
Jacksonville	60	$50,310	0.7
Orlando	70	$46,510	0.5
GEORGIA
Atlanta	270	$39,210	0.8
HAWAII
Honolulu	50	$34,780	0.8
ILLINOIS
Chicago	1,090	$43,350	2
Waukegan	40	$42,220	0.8
INDIANA
Gary	150	$38,050	3.9
South Bend	50	$41,690	2.7
Indianapolis	190	$43,420	1.5
Fort Wayne	40	$37,210	1.4
IOWA
Waterloo	40	$32,010	3.8
Cedar Rapids	50	$37,960	2.9
Des Moines	40	$36,720	0.9
KANSAS
Topeka	40	$42,670	2.8
KENTUCKY
Louisville	60	$45,000	0.7
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	60	$45,900	1.2
MARYLAND
Baltimore	160	$43,730	0.9
MASSACHUSETTS
Lynn	60	$45,010	5
Haverhill	50	$44,890	5
Worcester	120	$36,500	3.5
Boston	370	$42,450	1.5
Framingham	30	$39,370	1.5
Springfield	60	$41,140	1.5
MICHIGAN
Holland	70	$38,800	5.1
Ann Arbor	40	$24,860	1.7
Detroit	140	$45,790	1.4
Grand Rapids	50	$34,580	0.9
Warren	100	$41,820	0.6
MINNESOTA
Duluth	40	$36,430	2.3
Minneapolis	260	$37,410	1
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	40	$35,890	1.1
MISSOURI
St. Louis	410	$40,030	2.2
Kansas City	210	$38,930	1.5
NEBRASKA
Omaha	30	$41,580	0.5
NEW JERSEY
Edison	200	$49,400	1.4
Camden	90	$40,140	1.2
Newark	150	$41,410	1
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	60	$45,350	1.1
NEW YORK
Binghamton	50		3.6
Poughkeepsie	100	$41,000	3
Buffalo	200	$32,300	2.7
Albany	140	$33,520	2.3
Utica	30	$30,740	1.8
Rochester	100	$34,820	1.4
Syracuse	50	$33,930	1.1
Nassau	180	$49,140	1
New York	660	$44,200	0.9
NORTH CAROLINA
Hickory	60	$42,650	2.6
Durham	50	$46,100	1.5
Raleigh	70	$43,540	1
Greensboro	40	$46,920	0.8
Charlotte	80	$42,290	0.7
OHIO
Youngstown	240	$43,590	7.4
Canton	140	$43,820	5.8
Cincinnati	480	$43,290	3.2
Cleveland	450	$44,090	2.9
Dayton	110	$37,980	1.9
Columbus	160	$44,640	1.2
Akron	50	$42,820	1.1
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	30	$39,480	7.8
Oklahoma City	240	$45,590	3
Tulsa	90	$38,060	1.6
OREGON
Portland	140	$42,920	1
PENNSYLVANIA
York	60	$38,980	2.5
Allentown	100	$36,520	2.2
Philadelphia	560	$46,830	2.1
Pittsburgh	320	$39,160	2
Reading	40	$40,080	1.8
Scranton	50	$29,710	1.4
Harrisburg	40	$38,930	1
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	260	$37,950	3.3
SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville	120	$34,620	2.9
Charleston	50	$44,960	1.3
Columbia	30	$49,480	0.6
TENNESSEE
Nashville	150	$48,570	1.4
Knoxville	40	$41,650	0.9
TEXAS
Tyler	50	$49,620	4.3
Amarillo	40	$39,050	3.1
El Paso	90	$38,170	2.7
Corpus Christi	50	$54,070	2.2
McAllen	50	$49,920	1.7
Dallas	410	$48,290	1.4
San Antonio	150	$49,040	1.4
Houston	390	$40,440	1.1
Austin	90	$49,480	0.9
Fort Worth	80	$47,280	0.7
UTAH
Ogden	30	$42,440	1.2
Salt Lake City	80	$41,240	0.9
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	40	$48,960	3.2
Roanoke	50	$42,350	2.4
Virginia Beach	120	$42,760	1.1
Richmond	90	$44,700	1
WASHINGTON
Tacoma	60	$42,650	1.7
Spokane	40	$41,360	1.4
Seattle	130	$43,520	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington	40	$38,200	2.7
WISCONSIN
Janesville	40	$36,340	4.7
Oshkosh	30	$37,760	2.8
Madison	120	$45,080	2.7
Green Bay	40	$35,870	1.8
Milwaukee	190	$37,310	1.6

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Occupational Therapist Assistants: Schools and Careers

The Top Metro Areas for Occupational Therapist Assistants

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2006) for:Occupational Therapist Assistants

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