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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Opticians

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:
Opticians

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Opticians 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
Decatur	40	$24,240	2.1
Mobile	120	$31,670	1.7
Florence	30	$22,560	1.6
Birmingham	260	$27,280	1.2
Montgomery	80	$35,930	1.2
Huntsville	30	$27,200	0.4
ALASKA
Anchorage	70	$39,910	1.1
ARIZONA
Prescott	50	$29,700	2.2
Flagstaff	30	$30,610	1.5
Phoenix	700	$32,020	0.9
Tucson	80	$37,480	0.5
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	150	$28,720	1.9
Little Rock	230	$29,610	1.7
CALIFORNIA
Chico	50	$29,890	2
Oxnard	170	$34,950	1.4
Oakland	570	$52,080	1.3
Santa Ana	840	$37,100	1.3
Redding	30	$34,700	1.2
Santa Cruz	40	$37,200	1.2
Visalia	60	$31,020	1.2
San Diego	610	$47,160	1.1
Vallejo	50	$34,230	1.1
Stockton	90	$34,550	1.1
Santa Rosa	70	$36,390	1
Sacramento	350	$31,440	1
Modesto	60	$31,830	0.9
Riverside	460	$32,650	0.9
Salinas	50	$39,380	0.8
San Jose	300	$40,810	0.8
San Francisco	320	$42,950	0.8
Santa Barbara	50	$42,130	0.8
Fresno	90	$35,320	0.7
Bakersfield	50	$27,970	0.5
COLORADO
Fort Collins	110	$31,460	2.4
Boulder	140	$39,540	2.2
Colorado Springs	180	$27,760	1.8
Greeley	40	$31,470	1.4
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	90	$41,510	3.6
Bridgeport	120	$56,330	0.7
DELAWARE
Dover	60	$33,380	3
Wilmington	70	$34,090	0.5
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,440	$50,110	1.5
FLORIDA
Sebastian	80	$38,100	4.7
Punta Gorda	60	$51,150	4.4
Cape Coral	270	$42,630	3.2
Deltona	150	$33,260	2.5
Lakeland	170	$37,020	2.2
Palm Bay	160	$36,780	2.1
Miami	750	$32,610	1.8
Fort Lauderdale	540	$38,580	1.8
Sarasota	170	$36,440	1.6
Ocala	50	$35,380	1.4
Pensacola	80	$35,310	1.4
Jacksonville	330	$40,290	1.3
West Palm Beach	270	$45,850	1.2
Tampa	540	$38,090	1.1
Orlando	280	$40,990	0.7
Tallahassee	30	$39,710	0.5
GEORGIA
Gainesville	80	$40,040	3.1
Augusta	70	$29,070	0.9
Savannah	40	$35,680	0.7
Atlanta	650	$35,460	0.7
HAWAII
Honolulu	80	$41,860	0.5
IDAHO
Boise	150	$24,080	1.4
ILLINOIS
Bloomington	60	$32,170	2.3
Peoria	150	$25,780	2.2
Chicago	1,820	$32,810	1.2
INDIANA
Muncie	60	$24,520	3.7
Bloomington	70	$24,570	2.8
Kokomo	30	$29,960	2.5
Fort Wayne	150	$25,770	1.8
Gary	160	$26,050	1.4
Lafayette	40	$24,740	1.4
Indianapolis	460	$27,930	1.3
Elkhart	60	$27,390	1.2
South Bend	60	$27,730	1.1
Evansville	50	$23,230	0.7
IOWA
Ames	70	$26,290	5.3
Iowa City	90	$25,090	3.4
Sioux City	80	$27,270	3
Dubuque	40	$31,790	2.2
Cedar Rapids	100	$24,170	1.9
Des Moines	190	$28,930	1.4
Davenport	40	$32,320	0.6
KANSAS
Topeka	110	$23,710	2.6
Lawrence	40	$22,460	2.5
Wichita	50	$28,280	0.4
KENTUCKY
Louisville	170	$36,380	0.7
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	40	$32,340	1.8
Monroe	50	$28,210	1.7
Baton Rouge	210	$28,920	1.4
New Orleans	270	$32,600	1.3
Shreveport	40	$38,710	0.6
MAINE
Bangor	40	$28,860	1.7
Portland	40	$42,940	0.5
MARYLAND
Salisbury	50	$31,400	2.7
Hagerstown	70	$34,510	1.9
Bethesda	330	$36,550	1.4
Baltimore	430	$34,170	0.8
MASSACHUSETTS
Springfield	320	$42,830	2.7
Leominster	40	$56,440	2.2
Worcester	110	$46,990	1.1
Boston	670	$60,190	0.9
Framingham	40	$43,020	0.6
MICHIGAN
Battle Creek	60	$39,330	3.5
Niles	60	$28,770	2.7
Saginaw	70	$37,450	2.5
Muskegon	40	$32,790	1.8
Lansing	130	$31,150	1.7
Flint	80	$39,850	1.5
Ann Arbor	80	$34,800	1.2
Warren	500	$33,690	1.1
Holland	40	$31,700	1
Grand Rapids	140	$31,610	0.9
Detroit	180	$35,180	0.6
MINNESOTA
Rochester	70	$35,910	2
St. Cloud	60	$34,280	1.5
Minneapolis	950	$38,980	1.3
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	80	$26,670	3.9
Jackson	110	$30,320	1.1
MISSOURI
Columbia	80	$27,630	2.6
Jefferson City	60	$26,400	2.4
St. Louis	1,040	$27,670	1.9
Springfield	130	$26,430	1.7
Joplin	50	$23,820	1.7
Kansas City	490	$29,060	1.2
MONTANA
Billings	90	$26,060	3
Great Falls	30	$22,700	2.5
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	110	$27,050	1.7
Omaha	220	$28,850	1.2
NEVADA
Las Vegas	410	$39,580	1.1
Reno	80	$48,740	1
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	80	$34,700	1.5
NEW JERSEY
Edison	420	$49,430	1
Newark	360	$48,740	0.9
Trenton	70	$47,280	0.8
Camden	100	$50,380	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	210	$29,710	1.3
NEW YORK
Buffalo	300	$40,830	1.4
Rochester	270	$43,700	1.3
Syracuse	110	$43,790	0.9
Binghamton	30	$43,180	0.7
Albany	130	$39,080	0.7
Nassau	290		0.6
New York	1,110	$49,070	0.5
Poughkeepsie	30	$47,870	0.3
NORTH CAROLINA
Rocky Mount	40	$33,760	1.9
Charlotte	480	$39,110	1.3
Raleigh	270	$38,880	1.3
Hickory	70	$36,460	1.1
Asheville	70	$32,730	1
Greensboro	150	$32,870	1
Fayetteville	40	$41,220	0.9
Winston-Salem	70	$40,440	0.8
Wilmington	40	$38,040	0.7
Durham	50	$40,210	0.5
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	100	$26,960	4.9
Fargo	120	$24,730	2.7
OHIO
Youngstown	220	$29,390	2.4
Toledo	230	$35,330	1.8
Cleveland	750	$38,090	1.7
Canton	110	$32,980	1.6
Dayton	250	$33,230	1.6
Columbus	530	$34,150	1.4
Akron	160	$32,840	1.2
Cincinnati	430	$34,770	1
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	390		1.7
Tulsa	160	$31,230	0.9
OREGON
Bend	50	$31,550	2
Eugene	100	$28,460	1.7
Portland	540	$39,930	1.3
Salem	60	$34,520	1
PENNSYLVANIA
York	210	$27,120	3
Erie	140	$29,830	2.9
Allentown	180	$38,120	1.3
Lancaster	120	$37,450	1.3
Pittsburgh	490	$32,220	1
Scranton	100	$27,290	1
Harrisburg	100	$39,810	0.8
Reading	50	$28,700	0.8
Philadelphia	590	$41,230	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	190	$42,610	0.8
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	280	$33,430	2
Greenville	210	$29,430	1.7
Charleston	140	$30,000	1.2
Myrtle Beach	40	$32,330	0.9
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	120	$30,890	2.2
TENNESSEE
Johnson City	60	$34,980	2.2
Knoxville	170	$29,960	1.3
Kingsport	50	$33,190	1.1
Memphis	260	$32,570	1
Chattanooga	50	$35,330	0.5
TEXAS
Amarillo	90	$28,880	2.4
McAllen	170	$23,710	2
Wichita Falls	40	$25,400	1.9
Killeen	80	$26,250	1.7
College Station	40	$25,730	1.4
Abilene	30	$21,930	1.3
Beaumont	70	$24,250	1.1
Dallas	810	$34,080	0.9
Houston	930	$27,940	0.9
Longview	30	$27,480	0.9
Fort Worth	300	$27,030	0.8
Corpus Christi	50	$23,980	0.7
Lubbock	30		0.6
El Paso	60	$23,320	0.6
San Antonio	190	$25,930	0.5
UTAH
Provo	80	$28,760	1.2
Salt Lake City	160	$37,770	0.6
Ogden	40	$29,920	0.5
VIRGINIA
Roanoke	70	$38,510	1.1
Virginia Beach	320	$37,800	1
Richmond	160	$41,290	0.7
WASHINGTON
Bellingham	70	$37,280	2.4
Bremerton	60	$33,210	1.9
Spokane	160	$35,800	1.9
Mount Vernon	30	$41,270	1.9
Kennewick	60	$36,050	1.8
Tacoma	150	$36,870	1.4
Seattle	650	$34,870	1.1
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling	40	$29,930	1.7
Parkersburg	40	$25,290	1.6
WISCONSIN
Green Bay	180	$29,850	2.8
Eau Claire	60	$30,340	2.1
La Crosse	50	$31,120	2
Wausau	40	$34,380	1.6
Madison	190	$31,450	1.4
Oshkosh	40	$35,470	1.3
Appleton	50	$27,820	1.1
Milwaukee	320	$35,920	0.9

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Medical Office	32,050	54%	$31,300
Drug Stores	20,630	35%	$34,700
Department And General Stores	5,070	8%	$37,790

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Opticians

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ARIZONA

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CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

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DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

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IDAHO

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