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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Pharmacists

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:
Pharmacists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Pharmacists 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
Dothan	230	$106,030	2.2
Auburn	140	$87,420	1.8
Gadsden	90	$127,520	1.6
Decatur	140	$97,130	1.5
Tuscaloosa	210	$107,150	1.3
Birmingham	1,300	$99,150	1.3
Montgomery	370	$107,710	1.1
Anniston	90	$114,610	1.1
Mobile	340	$120,970	1
Huntsville	310	$109,800	0.8
ALASKA
Fairbanks	60	$111,740	1.1
Anchorage	240	$111,430	0.8
ARIZONA
Kingman	110	$111,390	1.2
Prescott	130	$99,280	1.2
Tucson	730	$99,040	1
Phoenix	3,470	$104,240	0.9
Yuma	90	$113,480	0.8
Flagstaff	70	$110,370	0.7
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	110	$85,680	1.8
Jonesboro	130	$98,660	1.5
Pine Bluff	80	$81,330	1.5
Little Rock	950	$92,110	1.4
Fort Smith	220	$99,090	1
Fayetteville	360	$97,920	1
CALIFORNIA
Fresno	990	$122,510	1.5
Hanford	70	$120,120	1.5
Madera	80	$119,060	1.3
Vallejo	260	$110,850	1.1
Stockton	460	$112,370	1.1
Yuba City	70	$126,740	1.1
Modesto	330	$136,020	1.1
Santa Cruz	160	$126,170	1
Chico	120	$124,510	1
San Luis Obispo	170	$115,620	0.9
San Jose	1,600	$116,300	0.9
Redding	100	$100,730	0.9
Oakland	1,700	$116,980	0.8
San Diego	2,200	$118,190	0.8
Riverside	2,040	$116,210	0.8
Napa	90	$111,100	0.8
Santa Ana	2,310	$114,810	0.8
Salinas	220	$117,970	0.8
San Francisco	1,480	$118,790	0.7
Sacramento	1,270	$119,830	0.7
Bakersfield	350	$120,960	0.7
Santa Rosa	230	$118,930	0.7
Santa Barbara	190	$135,770	0.6
Merced	50	$120,990	0.5
El Centro	40	$140,800	0.5
Visalia	90	$121,650	0.4
COLORADO
Pueblo	140	$102,390	1.5
Colorado Springs	500	$105,370	1
Denver	2,500	$106,400	1
Fort Collins	220	$110,100	1
Boulder	290	$108,750	1
Grand Junction	90	$108,520	0.9
Greeley	110	$116,850	0.8
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	190	$97,870	1.6
Danbury	120	$111,190	0.9
Hartford	1,020	$110,400	0.9
Norwich	200	$101,930	0.9
New Haven	400	$106,240	0.7
Bridgeport	580	$111,000	0.7
DELAWARE
Dover	100	$95,610	1.1
Wilmington	630	$104,040	1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	2,870	$102,980	0.6
FLORIDA
Punta Gorda	150	$104,960	2.3
Gainesville	410	$93,670	1.9
Panama City	190	$111,880	1.6
Tampa	3,220	$101,300	1.3
Sebastian	110	$105,120	1.3
Port St. Lucie	300	$114,720	1.3
Lakeland	470	$107,740	1.3
Deltona	360	$101,170	1.2
Cape Coral	490	$109,110	1.2
Ocala	210	$103,550	1.2
Tallahassee	360	$100,500	1.2
Fort Lauderdale	1,690	$105,030	1.2
Pensacola	320	$106,580	1.1
Miami	2,190	$105,100	1.1
Jacksonville	1,240	$100,130	1
Naples	230	$112,500	1
Palm Bay	380	$105,330	1
Sarasota	470	$101,550	0.9
Orlando	1,790	$104,450	0.9
Fort Walton Beach	110	$104,850	0.8
GEORGIA
Rome	110	$106,600	1.8
Athens	220	$97,960	1.6
Macon	280	$112,960	1.5
Columbus	300	$104,970	1.5
Augusta	570	$109,630	1.5
Albany	150	$102,900	1.4
Warner Robins	120	$103,510	1.4
Brunswick	80	$97,630	1.1
Valdosta	100	$96,810	1
Atlanta	4,390	$100,200	0.9
Savannah	260	$99,500	0.9
Gainesville	110	$104,820	0.9
Dalton	90	$98,450	0.7
HAWAII
Honolulu	810	$101,960	0.9
IDAHO
Boise	850	$111,440	1.6
Lewiston	50	$101,640	1.4
Idaho Falls	100	$92,750	1.2
Pocatello	60	$92,070	1.2
Coeur d'Alene	100	$96,140	1.1
ILLINOIS
Kankakee	90	$104,030	1.4
Peoria	440	$107,450	1.4
Decatur	100	$111,910	1.2
Danville	50	$105,140	1.2
Springfield	210	$107,880	1.1
Champaign	180	$118,920	1.1
Rockford	240	$111,290	0.8
Chicago	6,330	$99,370	0.8
Bloomington	70	$111,880	0.6
INDIANA
Anderson	130	$99,420	1.9
Kokomo	100	$100,020	1.7
Fort Wayne	560	$104,030	1.4
Gary	720	$98,120	1.3
Muncie	100	$98,870	1.3
Bloomington	150	$100,830	1.2
Indianapolis	2,000	$96,460	1.1
Lafayette	150	$97,240	1.1
Columbus	70	$98,600	1
Terre Haute	120	$104,240	1
Evansville	290	$100,360	0.9
Michigan City	60	$100,310	0.8
Elkhart	110	$102,850	0.5
IOWA
Iowa City	310	$86,990	2.4
Cedar Rapids	440	$93,880	1.7
Dubuque	120	$89,110	1.4
Ames	80	$87,020	1.3
Des Moines	750	$82,780	1.2
Waterloo	150	$93,740	1
Sioux City	120	$97,000	0.9
Davenport	310	$103,460	0.9
KANSAS
Lawrence	110	$94,570	1.4
Topeka	280	$91,880	1.4
Wichita	560	$105,140	0.9
KENTUCKY
Lexington	770	$95,520	1.6
Owensboro	90	$101,120	1.1
Bowling Green	100	$103,580	1
Elizabethtown	70	$113,870	0.9
Louisville	1,150	$111,640	0.9
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	220	$93,170	2.1
Monroe	190	$94,160	1.4
Shreveport	420	$98,630	1.3
Lake Charles	190	$99,980	1.2
Lafayette	320	$101,380	1.2
New Orleans	1,130	$101,510	1.1
Baton Rouge	670	$100,030	0.9
Houma	160	$97,230	0.9
MAINE
Lewiston	110	$111,050	1.3
Bangor	120	$114,880	1.1
Portland	360	$109,220	0.9
MARYLAND
Cumberland	120	$99,520	2
Salisbury	100	$108,990	1.1
Hagerstown	190	$102,970	1
Baltimore	2,560	$101,720	1
Bethesda	1,020	$98,240	0.9
MASSACHUSETTS
Brockton	250	$101,830	1.5
Leominster	120	$112,030	1.4
Lowell	250	$100,060	1.1
Lawrence	100	$116,250	1
Boston	3,310	$90,940	1
Worcester	460	$99,770	1
Haverhill	130	$112,080	0.9
Taunton	70	$107,430	0.9
New Bedford	100	$103,990	0.9
Barnstable	150	$108,310	0.8
Springfield	420	$93,860	0.7
Framingham	190	$91,350	0.6
MICHIGAN
Bay City	100	$103,130	1.7
Muskegon	170	$94,240	1.6
Saginaw	210	$93,920	1.5
Flint	380	$102,480	1.5
Battle Creek	120	$110,590	1.4
Ann Arbor	410	$95,760	1.3
Jackson	110	$102,470	1.2
Detroit	1,680	$99,550	1.2
Kalamazoo	270	$103,340	1.1
Niles	110	$105,170	1
Grand Rapids	740	$100,460	1
Warren	2,250	$102,890	1
Lansing	330	$103,610	0.9
Monroe	50	$103,620	0.8
Holland	140	$91,960	0.8
MINNESOTA
Rochester	370	$112,480	2.2
St. Cloud	240	$116,330	1.3
Duluth	260	$101,660	1.1
Minneapolis	3,670	$110,020	1
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	150	$106,680	1.5
Pascagoula	100	$104,930	1.2
Jackson	540	$94,880	1.1
Gulfport	190	$105,620	0.9
MISSOURI
Springfield	550	$103,970	1.5
St. Louis	3,040	$100,610	1.1
Joplin	160	$110,900	1.1
Columbia	150	$100,310	1
Kansas City	2,050	$103,330	1
St. Joseph	70	$110,980	0.8
Jefferson City	80	$106,020	0.7
MONTANA
Great Falls	120	$87,740	2.1
Missoula	150	$90,540	1.7
Billings	200	$97,230	1.4
NEBRASKA
Omaha	1,140	$88,320	1.3
Lincoln	290	$97,570	0.9
NEVADA
Carson City	70	$111,780	1.6
Las Vegas	1,730	$102,900	0.9
Reno	350	$105,050	0.9
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	200	$106,300	1
Portsmouth	80		0.8
Rochester	70	$122,460	0.7
NEW JERSEY
Camden	1,390	$105,410	1.3
Ocean City	90	$115,680	1.3
Vineland	120	$103,780	1.2
Newark	2,130	$98,410	1.1
Edison	2,170	$103,800	1.1
Atlantic City	290	$103,190	1
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	1,120	$98,680	1.5
Santa Fe	120	$106,180	1.1
Las Cruces	110	$100,380	1
Farmington	50	$128,550	0.6
NEW YORK
Binghamton	260	$93,480	1.3
Glens Falls	120	$110,270	1.3
Utica	300	$107,070	1.3
Buffalo	1,290	$100,020	1.2
Elmira	70	$108,150	1.2
Nassau	2,690	$107,190	1.1
Kingston	110	$102,870	1.1
Albany	890	$93,760	1
Syracuse	600	$103,350	1
Poughkeepsie	440	$112,010	1
Rochester	840	$111,970	0.9
New York	8,700	$103,190	0.9
Ithaca	60	$109,400	0.8
NORTH CAROLINA
Greenville	190	$112,560	1.5
Winston-Salem	590	$109,470	1.4
Durham	720	$103,000	1.4
Jacksonville	80	$108,600	1.2
Goldsboro	70	$109,250	1.1
Hickory	320	$110,470	1
Fayetteville	230	$104,380	1
Asheville	340	$99,500	1
Burlington	100	$104,000	1
Charlotte	1,640	$105,050	0.9
Raleigh	910	$105,160	0.9
Wilmington	240	$110,990	0.9
Greensboro	590	$109,750	0.8
Rocky Mount	80	$102,080	0.8
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	450	$90,010	2.1
Bismarck	110	$90,130	1.1
Grand Forks	90	$91,910	1.1
OHIO
Lima	140	$91,470	1.6
Toledo	900	$79,430	1.5
Columbus	2,630	$92,590	1.4
Springfield	110	$106,390	1.4
Cincinnati	2,220	$103,070	1.1
Youngstown	460	$99,420	1
Cleveland	2,130	$107,760	1
Mansfield	90	$101,400	1
Canton	330	$102,760	1
Dayton	700	$104,000	0.9
Sandusky	50	$105,040	0.9
Akron	560	$104,630	0.9
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	90	$93,990	1.5
Oklahoma City	1,320	$97,480	1.2
Tulsa	740	$96,780	0.9
OREGON
Corvallis	90	$104,720	1.8
Eugene	320	$101,790	1.1
Medford	160	$111,790	1.1
Portland	1,970	$105,660	1
Bend	110	$116,610	0.9
Salem	230	$104,470	0.8
PENNSYLVANIA
Lebanon	110	$90,670	1.4
Johnstown	130	$102,830	1.3
Pittsburgh	2,810	$92,340	1.2
Altoona	120	$93,240	1.2
Philadelphia	4,210	$92,740	1.1
Scranton	540	$88,450	1.1
State College	100	$88,390	1
Allentown	630	$100,320	1
Harrisburg	510	$94,900	0.8
Williamsport	70	$88,590	0.8
Erie	180	$89,640	0.8
Reading	230	$100,550	0.7
Lancaster	310	$95,810	0.7
York	220	$93,900	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,330	$94,540	1.2
SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence	250	$107,970	1.7
Anderson	170	$105,910	1.6
Sumter	90	$92,240	1.6
Charleston	840	$100,820	1.5
Columbia	860	$101,690	1.3
Greenville	680	$106,220	1.1
Spartanburg	240	$105,100	1.1
Myrtle Beach	220	$84,680	1
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	500	$90,420	1.9
Rapid City	190	$100,840	1.7
TENNESSEE
Jackson	190	$104,690	1.9
Johnson City	220	$97,650	1.7
Memphis	1,950	$110,260	1.6
Kingsport	330	$111,910	1.6
Clarksville	170	$107,240	1.3
Morristown	100	$118,620	1.3
Knoxville	810	$102,650	1.2
Cleveland	70	$122,980	1.2
Chattanooga	490	$117,180	1.1
TEXAS
Abilene	180	$111,820	1.7
Amarillo	280	$102,620	1.5
Lubbock	270	$111,890	1.2
Wichita Falls	120	$106,060	1.2
San Antonio	1,960	$108,620	1.2
Texarkana	110	$104,750	1.2
Fort Worth	1,990	$121,230	1.2
McAllen	480	$120,400	1.1
Killeen	250	$106,050	1.1
Tyler	180	$110,930	1.1
Beaumont	320	$116,840	1.1
Sherman	70	$102,830	1.1
San Angelo	70	$110,990	1
Houston	5,210	$102,530	1
Corpus Christi	310	$105,560	0.9
Brownsville	210	$112,200	0.9
Austin	1,330	$106,690	0.9
Dallas	3,630	$111,350	0.9
Waco	150	$114,460	0.9
El Paso	420	$105,350	0.8
Victoria	60	$113,740	0.8
Laredo	110	$120,130	0.7
College Station	100	$114,120	0.7
Odessa	70	$110,810	0.7
Midland	80	$107,690	0.7
Longview	100	$114,980	0.6
UTAH
St. George	120	$101,370	1.4
Ogden	350	$108,570	0.9
Salt Lake City	1,080	$97,110	0.9
Provo	270	$103,870	0.9
Logan	60	$97,680	0.8
VERMONT
Burlington	200	$103,880	1
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg	160	$106,700	1.5
Harrisonburg	120	$107,040	1.3
Winchester	110	$106,110	1.2
Roanoke	350	$112,440	1.2
Charlottesville	170	$99,320	1
Lynchburg	170	$106,900	0.9
Danville	50	$123,590	0.9
Virginia Beach	1,290	$105,570	0.9
WASHINGTON
Spokane	560	$99,700	1.4
Wenatchee	90	$106,680	1.3
Bellingham	190	$104,280	1.3
Mount Vernon	100	$118,820	1.3
Longview	70	$109,590	1.3
Bremerton	170	$105,600	1.1
Tacoma	540	$102,740	1
Kennewick	160	$104,240	1
Yakima	140	$97,170	1
Olympia	160	$100,670	0.9
Seattle	2,690	$103,030	0.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	130	$99,200	1.6
Huntington	340	$111,100	1.6
Weirton	110	$105,660	1.6
Charleston	350	$109,600	1.3
Wheeling	130	$99,560	1.2
Parkersburg	120	$105,950	1
WISCONSIN
Eau Claire	200	$112,380	1.5
La Crosse	170	$109,220	1.4
Madison	800	$102,480	1.2
Sheboygan	100	$114,740	1
Fond du Lac	70	$110,620	0.9
Racine	130	$109,330	0.9
Janesville	100	$111,350	0.9
Oshkosh	130	$113,250	0.9
Green Bay	270	$114,410	0.9
Milwaukee	1,430	$110,670	0.9
Appleton	170	$106,380	0.8
Wausau	80	$110,620	0.7
WYOMING
Cheyenne	110	$97,210	1.5
Casper	90	$96,760	1.4

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Hospital	58,670	40%	$104,850
Department And General Stores	29,240	20%	$112,460
Grocery Stores	21,690	15%	$107,420
Government	8,390	5%	$99,680
Medical Office	6,690	4%	$105,520
Office Services And Staffing	5,220	3%	$108,340
Non-Store Retailers	4,320	2%	$102,490
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Business Management	1,610	1%	$111,450

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ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

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FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

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MARYLAND

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MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

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NORTH CAROLINA

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