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The Top Metro Areas for Physical 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:
Physical Therapist Assistants

Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Physical 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
ALABAMA
Decatur	60	$43,460	3.2
Florence	40	$42,530	2.3
Birmingham	390	$44,380	1.9
Mobile	100	$38,800	1.5
Montgomery	80	$44,970	1.2
Huntsville	30	$42,330	0.4
ALASKA
Anchorage	50	$37,660	0.8
ARIZONA
Tucson	140	$33,510	1
Phoenix	610	$30,170	0.8
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	50	$39,530	3
Fort Smith	60	$44,650	1.3
Little Rock	130	$29,850	1
Fayetteville	40	$38,630	0.6
CALIFORNIA
Santa Cruz	50	$47,520	1.6
Modesto	90	$52,220	1.4
Chico	30	$39,150	1.1
Oxnard	120	$37,550	1
Visalia	50	$37,720	1
Santa Barbara	60	$44,810	0.9
Bakersfield	90	$49,790	0.9
Oakland	290	$55,300	0.7
Salinas	40	$52,670	0.7
Santa Rosa	50	$46,010	0.7
Riverside	340	$52,780	0.6
Sacramento	230	$47,320	0.6
Santa Ana	390	$52,640	0.6
Los Angeles	860	$53,850	0.5
Stockton	40	$50,970	0.5
San Francisco	150	$57,170	0.4
San Jose	140	$54,030	0.4
San Diego	200	$47,700	0.4
Fresno	40	$47,550	0.3
COLORADO
Pueblo	70	$41,160	4.2
Fort Collins	50	$30,900	1.1
Colorado Springs	70	$35,910	0.7
Denver	320	$35,350	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	90	$39,030	3.6
Bridgeport	110	$39,000	0.6
New Haven	60	$36,900	0.6
Hartford	120	$47,750	0.5
DELAWARE
Wilmington	170	$40,790	1.3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	440	$40,600	0.5
FLORIDA
Deltona	150	$44,710	2.4
Fort Lauderdale	570	$52,940	1.9
Sebastian	30	$45,950	1.9
Port St. Lucie	80	$42,980	1.7
Panama City	40	$35,570	1.6
Tampa	750	$47,330	1.5
Cape Coral	120	$41,000	1.4
Gainesville	60	$40,860	1.4
Miami	550	$44,130	1.4
West Palm Beach	290	$48,320	1.3
Sarasota	140	$44,830	1.2
Ocala	40	$48,260	1.2
Palm Bay	70	$47,620	0.9
Naples	40	$48,580	0.8
Jacksonville	200	$38,330	0.8
Pensacola	40	$41,370	0.7
Orlando	250	$45,090	0.6
Lakeland	40	$43,010	0.5
GEORGIA
Valdosta	40	$34,600	2.6
Athens	50	$36,330	2
Augusta	100	$38,380	1.2
Atlanta	570	$44,840	0.6
Savannah	30	$33,870	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	100	$37,360	0.6
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	30	$32,220	2
Boise	100	$36,940	1
ILLINOIS
Rockford	100	$33,480	1.7
Bloomington	40	$42,480	1.6
Peoria	80	$34,650	1.2
Chicago	1,660	$41,510	1.1
Waukegan	120	$42,920	0.8
INDIANA
Evansville	180	$42,820	2.7
Terre Haute	50	$43,560	2.1
Fort Wayne	140	$37,240	1.7
Indianapolis	500	$48,010	1.4
South Bend	70	$43,020	1.4
Gary	70	$44,070	0.6
IOWA
Waterloo	50	$33,100	1.7
Davenport	90	$34,780	1.3
Des Moines	70	$35,240	0.6
KANSAS
Topeka	150	$41,430	3.8
Wichita	90	$41,630	0.8
KENTUCKY
Louisville	420	$43,750	1.8
Lexington	80	$38,670	0.9
LOUISIANA
Monroe	40	$36,090	1.5
Shreveport	80	$41,930	1.3
New Orleans	210	$41,220	1.2
Lake Charles	30	$37,220	1
Baton Rouge	130	$47,490	0.9
Lafayette	40	$39,240	0.8
MAINE
Bangor	30	$41,010	1.3
MARYLAND
Salisbury	80	$38,210	4.3
Hagerstown	40	$38,230	1.1
Baltimore	390	$47,900	0.7
MASSACHUSETTS
Leominster	70	$45,770	3.9
Pittsfield	40	$39,780	3.6
New Bedford	80	$42,850	3.5
Haverhill	90	$44,420	3.2
Brockton	80	$44,050	2.4
Barnstable	90	$45,720	2.4
Springfield	230	$43,090	2
Lynn	60	$46,450	1.8
Worcester	120	$43,140	1.2
Boston	820	$44,340	1.2
Lowell	50	$38,850	1.1
Framingham	50	$46,840	0.9
MICHIGAN
Bay City	70	$38,370	6.2
Saginaw	130	$32,930	4.3
Holland	120	$38,110	3.1
Flint	150	$38,530	2.9
Battle Creek	40	$40,180	2.3
Kalamazoo	80	$40,010	1.5
Warren	640	$36,760	1.3
Detroit	370	$36,950	1.3
Lansing	80	$36,590	1.1
Ann Arbor	70	$35,570	1.1
Grand Rapids	120	$36,720	0.8
MINNESOTA
Duluth	130	$36,680	2.7
St. Cloud	40	$36,240	1.1
Minneapolis	640	$37,560	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	40	$39,490	2.8
Hattiesburg	40	$29,700	2
Gulfport	40	$32,330	1.1
Jackson	100	$33,970	1
MISSOURI
Columbia	60	$28,620	2.4
Springfield	120	$35,030	1.8
St. Louis	720	$39,360	1.4
Jefferson City	30	$33,600	1.3
Kansas City	400	$39,440	1
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	50	$36,960	0.8
Omaha	130	$39,310	0.7
NEVADA
Reno	50	$42,120	0.6
Las Vegas	180	$45,430	0.5
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	30	$37,040	1.7
Manchester	40	$38,510	1.1
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City	80	$45,240	1.5
Camden	250	$41,780	1.1
Newark	410	$36,330	1
Edison	260	$45,510	0.6
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	160	$37,680	1.1
NEW YORK
Utica	90	$30,860	1.9
Poughkeepsie	130	$41,800	1.4
Syracuse	170	$34,530	1.4
Nassau	640	$45,570	1.3
Buffalo	220	$34,550	1
Binghamton	40	$37,030	1
Albany	170	$33,780	1
Rochester	180	$34,630	0.9
New York	1,370	$44,940	0.7
NORTH CAROLINA
Rocky Mount	80	$44,040	3.9
Fayetteville	120	$44,130	2.7
Wilmington	90	$46,360	1.8
Asheville	110	$40,520	1.7
Hickory	80	$41,170	1.2
Raleigh	210	$47,400	1.1
Charlotte	260	$44,010	0.8
Durham	70	$46,150	0.7
Greensboro	100	$43,420	0.7
Winston-Salem	40	$50,030	0.5
OHIO
Youngstown	500	$42,390	5.4
Canton	280	$42,830	4.1
Toledo	490	$49,050	3.8
Springfield	60	$43,380	3.7
Lima	50	$41,650	2.6
Mansfield	40	$36,330	2.1
Cincinnati	830	$43,690	2
Cleveland	830	$40,830	1.9
Dayton	270	$42,360	1.7
Akron	160	$40,730	1.2
Columbus	420	$45,170	1.2
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	40	$40,330	3.7
Oklahoma City	460	$38,080	2
Tulsa	210	$36,500	1.3
OREGON
Bend	30	$42,160	1.5
Portland	420	$40,430	1
Salem	30	$40,280	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona	60	$37,210	2.8
Erie	120	$28,960	2.5
Philadelphia	1,290	$40,040	1.7
York	110	$36,800	1.6
Pittsburgh	700	$35,950	1.5
Harrisburg	170	$33,580	1.5
Reading	90	$41,920	1.4
Allentown	170	$40,170	1.3
Scranton	120	$34,180	1.2
Lancaster	100	$40,090	1.1
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	370	$41,910	1.7
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson	50	$43,750	2.7
Charleston	190	$37,480	1.7
Greenville	170	$39,390	1.5
Florence	40	$48,180	1.3
Spartanburg	50	$43,820	1.2
Myrtle Beach	50	$38,010	1.2
Columbia	90	$45,870	0.7
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	120	$27,900	2.4
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	180	$49,290	2
Knoxville	240	$38,330	1.9
Nashville	490	$51,810	1.6
Johnson City	40	$41,840	1.6
Kingsport	60	$49,650	1.4
Memphis	330	$35,460	1.4
TEXAS
Tyler	110	$50,660	3.3
Laredo	80	$44,790	3.1
El Paso	200	$39,870	2.1
Victoria	30	$46,410	2
Amarillo	70	$38,980	1.9
Corpus Christi	120	$46,880	1.9
McAllen	130	$48,260	1.6
Midland	30	$38,990	1.6
San Antonio	490		1.6
Longview	40	$41,240	1.2
Brownsville	50	$37,510	1.1
Houston	840	$42,600	0.9
Waco	30	$44,450	0.9
Austin	220	$44,930	0.8
Lubbock	30	$40,950	0.7
Fort Worth	220	$46,600	0.7
Dallas	540	$49,850	0.7
UTAH
Provo	60	$28,540	1
Salt Lake City	200	$37,880	0.8
VERMONT
Burlington	50	$39,030	1.3
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg	80	$35,460	4.3
Lynchburg	90	$45,830	2.5
Roanoke	100	$43,070	1.7
Richmond	270	$37,920	1.1
Virginia Beach	270	$47,150	0.9
WASHINGTON
Yakima	60	$40,820	2.1
Tacoma	180	$41,140	1.8
Bremerton	50	$44,250	1.7
Spokane	70	$41,140	0.9
Seattle	440	$42,340	0.8
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington	130	$37,420	3.1
Parkersburg	60	$35,330	2.3
Wheeling	40	$38,770	1.8
Charleston	80	$31,900	1.5
WISCONSIN
Janesville	40	$40,350	1.7
Green Bay	80	$40,740	1.3
Milwaukee	430	$37,060	1.3
Racine	30	$37,250	1.1
Eau Claire	30	$38,460	1.1
Madison	130	$39,040	1

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