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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2007)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Decatur	40	$20,540	3.1
Mobile	70	$20,140	1.5
Birmingham	150	$20,450	1.1
ARIZONA
Tucson	190	$25,250	1.9
Phoenix	750	$23,740	1.4
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	40	$24,750	0.8
Little Rock	60	$21,970	0.7
CALIFORNIA
Chico	70	$23,520	3.9
Merced	50	$21,850	3.5
Redding	50	$25,900	3
Bakersfield	180	$24,420	2.6
Oxnard	210	$26,700	2.6
San Luis Obispo	50	$25,050	1.9
Fresno	150	$29,380	1.7
Modesto	70	$29,440	1.6
Santa Barbara	70	$24,840	1.6
Salinas	60	$35,020	1.5
Riverside	520	$25,500	1.4
Visalia	50	$24,600	1.4
Stockton	70	$24,940	1.3
San Diego	390	$23,290	1.1
Los Angeles	1,180	$25,450	1
Santa Rosa	50	$28,980	1
Oakland	250	$33,180	0.9
Sacramento	210	$25,650	0.8
Santa Ana	340	$26,950	0.8
San Francisco	170	$29,020	0.6
San Jose	130	$30,290	0.5
COLORADO
Fort Collins	40	$26,540	1.3
Denver	200	$30,480	0.6
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	70	$24,550	4
Bridgeport	190	$29,660	1.6
New Haven	90	$25,660	1.2
Hartford	170	$28,940	1.1
DELAWARE
Wilmington	170	$27,600	1.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	330	$27,730	0.5
FLORIDA
Ocala	70	$20,700	2.9
Miami	490	$24,930	1.8
Sarasota	80	$23,850	1.1
Cape Coral	60	$24,280	1
Fort Lauderdale	200	$23,910	1
Jacksonville	150	$26,910	0.9
West Palm Beach	130	$24,220	0.8
Tampa	280	$23,420	0.8
Orlando	170	$21,410	0.6
GEORGIA
Columbus	60	$19,090	2.1
Augusta	70	$24,780	1.3
Atlanta	330	$25,030	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	80	$27,660	0.7
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	70	$21,420	5.8
Boise	150	$23,590	2.1
ILLINOIS
Peoria	100	$26,410	2.3
Rockford	70	$32,700	1.8
Chicago	1,620	$26,070	1.5
INDIANA
Lafayette	40	$22,170	2.2
Indianapolis	300	$20,420	1.2
Gary	90	$23,960	1.2
South Bend	30	$35,250	0.8
Fort Wayne	30	$28,730	0.5
IOWA
Dubuque	80	$22,400	6.3
Des Moines	50	$26,860	0.6
KANSAS
Topeka	40	$24,560	1.5
Wichita	110	$20,910	1.4
KENTUCKY
Lexington	130	$21,510	2
Louisville	120	$23,850	0.7
LOUISIANA
Lafayette	120	$18,420	3.4
Monroe	60	$20,000	3.2
Alexandria	40	$20,500	2.8
Shreveport	90	$22,570	2
Lake Charles	40	$17,830	1.8
Baton Rouge	170	$18,940	1.8
New Orleans	190	$23,490	1.4
MARYLAND
Salisbury	40	$21,310	3.2
Baltimore	650	$29,880	1.8
Bethesda	230	$29,800	1.5
MASSACHUSETTS
Lowell	60	$25,390	2
Lynn	40	$26,660	1.6
Barnstable	30	$31,480	1.2
Framingham	40	$30,220	1
Worcester	60	$25,690	0.9
Boston	340	$29,700	0.7
MICHIGAN
Detroit	310	$23,320	1.5
Warren	370	$23,900	1.1
Flint	40	$28,120	1.1
Grand Rapids	80	$25,650	0.8
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	170	$29,110	0.3
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	40	$20,250	3.9
Hattiesburg	50	$18,380	3.6
Gulfport	80	$19,920	3
Jackson	60	$19,980	0.9
MISSOURI
Joplin	30	$22,700	1.5
Springfield	60	$23,720	1.2
St. Louis	400	$22,040	1.1
Kansas City	130	$24,970	0.5
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	70	$19,480	1.7
Omaha	130	$24,430	1.1
NEVADA
Reno	160	$25,060	2.8
Las Vegas	160	$24,820	0.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	30	$33,130	2.3
NEW JERSEY
Edison	680	$20,840	2.4
Atlantic City	80	$23,320	2.2
Trenton	120	$23,640	2.1
Newark	530	$24,640	1.9
Camden	210	$24,390	1.4
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	70	$27,520	0.7
NEW YORK
Nassau	830	$24,060	2.4
Poughkeepsie	130	$23,750	2
Utica	60	$23,160	1.8
Syracuse	90	$24,080	1.1
New York	1,490	$27,090	1.1
Albany	100	$27,960	0.8
Buffalo	110	$26,240	0.8
Rochester	50	$23,750	0.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Greensboro	130	$25,480	1.3
Asheville	60	$24,000	1.3
Winston-Salem	50	$26,930	0.9
Durham	50	$25,080	0.7
Charlotte	90	$23,780	0.4
OHIO
Toledo	160	$25,980	1.8
Youngstown	100	$23,670	1.6
Cleveland	300	$24,940	1
Canton	40	$23,290	0.9
Dayton	90	$22,960	0.8
Cincinnati	220	$23,750	0.8
Akron	60	$23,430	0.7
Columbus	150	$21,660	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	220	$21,700	1.9
Oklahoma City	240	$17,900	1.6
OREGON
Bend	70	$22,670	4.1
Portland	300	$25,210	1.1
Eugene	30	$21,780	0.8
PENNSYLVANIA
Erie	70	$25,220	2.1
Philadelphia	790	$24,190	1.5
Reading	60	$25,510	1.4
Pittsburgh	410	$23,890	1.3
Scranton	70	$21,370	1
Harrisburg	70		0.9
Lancaster	50	$30,950	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	100	$25,120	0.6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson	30	$15,530	2.1
Charleston	100	$25,390	1.3
Greenville	40	$29,010	0.5
TENNESSEE
Jackson	60	$19,550	4.6
Cleveland	40	$22,890	4.6
Johnson City	40	$17,700	2.1
Memphis	230	$21,540	1.3
Knoxville	110	$21,430	1.2
Chattanooga	70	$25,370	1.2
TEXAS
Odessa	90	$19,680	7
Wichita Falls	80	$19,350	6
Lubbock	160	$19,670	5.4
Brownsville	110	$19,440	3.5
Tyler	80	$22,420	3.5
McAllen	180	$20,070	3.3
Victoria	30	$21,920	2.7
College Station	50	$19,170	2.6
Corpus Christi	110	$20,180	2.4
Amarillo	60	$20,210	2.4
Abilene	30	$21,940	2.1
Beaumont	70	$22,330	1.7
Austin	310	$21,290	1.5
Laredo	30	$17,040	1.5
San Antonio	330	$20,990	1.5
Dallas	720	$20,640	1.3
Fort Worth	260	$20,710	1.1
Houston	430	$22,610	0.6
UTAH
Provo	250	$15,670	5.7
Logan	40	$18,560	4
Salt Lake City	340	$19,660	2.1
VIRGINIA
Danville	50	$23,980	6.1
Richmond	270	$24,970	1.6
WASHINGTON
Olympia	90	$23,140	3.8
Yakima	50	$22,020	2.5
Kennewick	50	$23,260	2.3
Spokane	120	$24,300	2.2
Tacoma	100	$21,800	1.4
Seattle	340	$27,210	0.9

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2007)
Medical Office	25,500	59%	$22,000
Hospital	12,370	28%	$24,110
Nursing And Residential Care	4,340	10%	$25,550

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School	Locations	Degrees	Quick Info
Ashworth University	Online	Diploma	Get Info
Baker College Campus	MI	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
Everest College of Business Technology and Health Care	ON	Diploma	Get Info
Herzing College	FL	Associate	Get Info
ICS Canada	Online	Diploma	Get Info
Keiser University	FL	Associate	Get Info
Medical Careers Institute	VA	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
Stratford Career Institute	Online	Diploma	Get Info

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