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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Personal Financial Advisors

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:
Personal Financial Advisors

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Personal Financial Advisors 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
Birmingham	720	$95,450	1.1
Decatur	60	$104,850	1
Montgomery	150	$122,540	0.8
Huntsville	160	$122,180	0.7
Mobile	140	$120,950	0.7
Tuscaloosa	50		0.5
Dothan	30	$76,350	0.5
ALASKA
Anchorage	50		0.3
ARIZONA
Phoenix	1,680	$67,790	0.7
Tucson	240	$63,170	0.5
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	340	$70,760	0.8
Fort Smith	90	$69,460	0.7
Fayetteville	80	$84,130	0.3
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco	3,900	$139,300	3.2
Santa Barbara	320	$73,320	1.6
Sacramento	1,380	$65,460	1.3
Oxnard	410	$124,080	1.2
Oakland	1,430	$74,520	1.1
Santa Ana	1,930	$105,540	1
Napa	70	$96,080	1
San Jose	1,120	$104,960	1
San Diego	1,540	$73,130	0.9
Santa Cruz	90	$83,550	0.9
Salinas	160	$79,750	0.9
Modesto	120		0.6
Chico	40	$69,990	0.5
Santa Rosa	110	$97,810	0.5
Riverside	700	$74,840	0.5
Fresno	170	$68,710	0.4
Visalia	50		0.3
Bakersfield	70	$79,440	0.2
Vallejo	30	$72,170	0.2
Stockton	50	$69,490	0.2
COLORADO
Denver	1,390	$111,060	0.9
Boulder	170	$70,670	0.9
Grand Junction	50	$103,430	0.8
Fort Collins	100	$76,140	0.7
Colorado Springs	130		0.4
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport	1,730	$122,690	3.3
Hartford	1,210	$102,720	1.7
New Haven	200	$100,880	0.6
Danbury	40	$106,060	0.5
DELAWARE
Wilmington	890	$88,510	2.3
Dover	80	$69,680	1.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	2,180	$86,630	0.8
FLORIDA
West Palm Beach	2,120	$69,880	3.3
Sebastian	150	$97,730	3
Tallahassee	530	$40,260	2.8
Naples	320	$78,760	2.3
Miami	2,690	$57,940	2.2
Sarasota	560	$71,480	1.8
Jacksonville	1,240	$68,660	1.7
Tampa	2,510	$60,520	1.7
Fort Lauderdale	1,500	$93,770	1.7
Punta Gorda	60	$72,740	1.5
Orlando	1,720	$61,650	1.4
Port St. Lucie	190	$63,940	1.3
Palm Bay	280	$50,210	1.2
Cape Coral	280	$61,670	1.1
Pensacola	160	$49,940	0.9
Ocala	80	$62,180	0.8
Fort Walton Beach	50	$87,470	0.6
Panama City	40		0.5
Lakeland	80	$53,950	0.4
GEORGIA
Atlanta	3,700	$92,450	1.3
Macon	100	$103,460	0.9
HAWAII
Honolulu	280	$62,750	0.5
IDAHO
Boise	300	$58,170	0.9
ILLINOIS
Springfield	100	$91,210	0.9
Chicago	3,690	$95,690	0.8
Peoria	120		0.6
Champaign	60	$103,070	0.6
Rockford	80	$89,150	0.5
INDIANA
Bloomington	70	$90,750	0.9
Fort Wayne	210	$71,160	0.8
Columbus	30		0.7
Indianapolis	700	$111,600	0.6
Evansville	120	$81,520	0.6
South Bend	90	$99,870	0.6
Terre Haute	40		0.5
Gary	160	$87,920	0.5
IOWA
Des Moines	450	$72,750	1.2
Waterloo	70	$56,170	0.7
Sioux City	50	$73,880	0.6
Davenport	100	$62,860	0.5
Cedar Rapids	50	$92,410	0.3
KANSAS
Topeka	90	$79,730	0.7
Wichita	170	$65,260	0.5
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	30	$44,460	0.6
Louisville	420	$53,280	0.6
Lexington	120	$49,640	0.4
LOUISIANA
New Orleans	300	$70,120	0.5
Monroe	40		0.5
Baton Rouge	60	$71,970	0.1
MAINE
Portland	110	$85,810	0.5
MARYLAND
Baltimore	1,700	$89,210	1.1
Bethesda	610	$80,110	0.9
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	3,890	$127,910	1.9
Barnstable	190	$63,440	1.7
Springfield	210	$94,480	0.6
Worcester	170	$135,280	0.6
Brockton	50	$50,600	0.5
Framingham	70	$90,740	0.4
Lowell	40	$65,620	0.3
MICHIGAN
Kalamazoo	260	$70,260	1.7
Warren	1,880	$95,950	1.3
Saginaw	110	$60,880	1.3
Lansing	190	$105,260	0.8
Monroe	30	$62,740	0.7
Detroit	590	$81,530	0.7
Flint	90	$102,720	0.6
Niles	30	$105,470	0.4
Grand Rapids	200	$70,800	0.4
Ann Arbor	80	$78,250	0.4
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	1,490	$65,050	0.7
St. Cloud	50	$57,860	0.4
Duluth	60	$46,790	0.4
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	70	$34,940	1.4
Jackson	340	$59,130	1.1
Gulfport	40	$39,890	0.3
MISSOURI
Springfield	270	$81,150	1.2
Kansas City	1,010	$81,960	0.8
St. Louis	1,170	$93,730	0.7
Jefferson City	40	$98,830	0.5
Columbia	40	$102,890	0.4
MONTANA
Billings	120	$57,330	1.3
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	160	$73,640	0.8
Omaha	370	$55,260	0.7
NEVADA
Reno	400	$90,740	1.6
Las Vegas	460	$73,260	0.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	120	$94,270	1
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	350	$129,280	1.4
Edison	990	$79,740	0.8
Newark	950	$85,760	0.8
Camden	470	$72,970	0.7
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	170	$102,800	2.5
Albuquerque	280	$53,510	0.6
NEW YORK
New York	20,270	$138,680	3.2
Nassau	2,110	$112,590	1.4
Albany	650	$117,090	1.2
Buffalo	640	$77,790	1
Elmira	30	$71,160	0.8
Rochester	480	$97,410	0.8
Syracuse	280	$85,770	0.8
Kingston	40	$58,190	0.6
Binghamton	70	$53,200	0.6
Utica	80	$117,150	0.5
Poughkeepsie	140	$126,920	0.5
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte	2,200	$69,600	2
Durham	560	$68,970	1.7
Winston-Salem	270	$67,730	1.1
Greensboro	440	$69,050	1
Raleigh	470	$52,840	0.8
Greenville	50	$63,130	0.6
Asheville	110	$75,760	0.5
Hickory	90	$70,450	0.5
Wilmington	40	$56,860	0.2
Fayetteville	30	$70,210	0.2
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	90	$83,160	0.7
OHIO
Cincinnati	1,410	$74,510	1.1
Columbus	810	$84,810	0.7
Akron	280	$86,310	0.7
Cleveland	800	$95,010	0.6
Toledo	180	$106,960	0.5
Youngstown	100	$75,520	0.4
Dayton	160	$54,470	0.3
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	540	$53,320	0.8
Tulsa	300	$80,040	0.6
OREGON
Portland	670	$75,690	0.5
Eugene	70	$80,870	0.4
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia	3,440	$88,460	1.5
Pittsburgh	1,700	$80,360	1.2
State College	70	$60,700	1.2
Reading	190	$61,030	1
Scranton	270	$76,960	0.9
Johnstown	50		0.8
Lancaster	230		0.8
York	160	$67,020	0.8
Allentown	290	$62,150	0.7
Erie	70	$95,790	0.5
Altoona	30		0.5
Harrisburg	80	$53,840	0.2
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	570	$87,850	0.8
SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville	370	$63,510	1
Columbia	410	$75,560	1
Charleston	230	$69,170	0.7
Florence	60	$53,690	0.6
Anderson	40	$57,110	0.6
Spartanburg	60	$68,720	0.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	80	$74,340	0.5
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	120	$102,490	0.4
Memphis	290	$102,250	0.4
Knoxville	150	$74,020	0.4
TEXAS
San Antonio	1,270	$66,190	1.2
Dallas	3,000	$109,690	1.2
Austin	960	$92,620	1
Fort Worth	960	$92,260	0.9
Houston	2,430	$92,200	0.8
Abilene	50	$67,840	0.7
Amarillo	80		0.7
Corpus Christi	120	$87,240	0.6
Waco	60	$62,470	0.6
Laredo	40	$77,920	0.4
McAllen	90	$53,590	0.3
Beaumont	40	$59,470	0.2
El Paso	60	$101,980	0.2
UTAH
Salt Lake City	1,120	$67,340	1.5
Provo	110	$80,420	0.6
VERMONT
Burlington	120	$56,250	1
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	110	$90,230	1
Richmond	670	$90,080	0.9
Roanoke	150	$89,130	0.8
Charlottesville	80	$90,800	0.8
Virginia Beach	370	$69,560	0.4
WASHINGTON
Seattle	970	$92,570	0.6
Kennewick	50	$115,460	0.5
Olympia	50	$68,920	0.5
WISCONSIN
Madison	640	$70,360	1.6
Milwaukee	1,250	$60,410	1.2
Oshkosh	90	$99,200	1
Green Bay	160	$61,500	0.8
Wausau	60	$68,410	0.8
Appleton	90	$77,700	0.7
La Crosse	50	$71,020	0.7
Janesville	40	$56,580	0.6
Racine	40		0.5
WYOMING
Casper	50		1.3

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Securities And Investment	89,270	61%	$78,360
Banking And Credit	31,050	21%	$61,130
Professional And Technical Services	6,900	4%	$64,420
Insurance	6,770	4%	$63,360
Pension And Trusts	4,060	2%	$53,730
Business Management	3,250	2%	$62,810

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Personal Financial Advisors

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Personal Financial Advisors

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

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SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WISCONSIN

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