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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Physician 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 2008) for:
Physician Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Physician Assistants 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
Mobile	40	$74,190	0.4
Birmingham	100	$78,420	0.4
Montgomery	30	$99,450	0.4
Huntsville	30	$86,060	0.3
ALASKA
Fairbanks	40	$74,480	2.8
Anchorage	120	$116,120	1.5
ARIZONA
Prescott	40	$81,840	1.4
Yuma	30	$81,140	1.1
Tucson	190	$77,720	1
Phoenix	950	$75,540	1
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	30	$42,200	0.2
CALIFORNIA
Hanford	40	$88,660	3.2
San Luis Obispo	150	$65,840	3.1
Chico	100	$80,920	3.1
Madera	30	$77,500	1.9
Oakland	850	$99,030	1.6
Fresno	240	$96,650	1.4
Sacramento	640	$101,840	1.4
Vallejo	80	$86,080	1.3
San Diego	930	$83,400	1.3
Santa Cruz	50	$92,930	1.2
Santa Rosa	90	$78,670	1
Bakersfield	130	$82,740	1
Santa Barbara	70	$86,770	0.8
Visalia	50	$94,010	0.8
Riverside	480	$76,030	0.7
Santa Ana	560	$73,640	0.7
Salinas	40	$88,730	0.5
San Jose	240	$100,100	0.5
Stockton	50	$81,940	0.5
San Francisco	240	$89,830	0.5
Oxnard	60	$102,720	0.4
COLORADO
Greeley	60	$57,000	1.7
Boulder	130	$70,360	1.6
Denver	750	$83,160	1.1
Colorado Springs	140	$73,200	1.1
Fort Collins	60	$81,860	1
CONNECTICUT
New Haven	330	$94,710	2.3
Danbury	70	$88,000	2.1
Waterbury	60	$97,820	1.9
Norwich	90	$87,850	1.5
Hartford	430	$95,290	1.4
Bridgeport	260	$97,120	1.2
DELAWARE
Dover	60	$91,650	2.4
Wilmington	180	$83,290	1.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,110	$78,700	0.9
FLORIDA
Sarasota	280	$91,760	2.1
Port St. Lucie	130	$62,340	2.1
Naples	120	$74,120	2
Tallahassee	150	$84,930	1.9
Gainesville	100	$80,890	1.8
Deltona	130	$60,750	1.7
Pensacola	100	$74,700	1.4
Tampa	810	$77,260	1.3
Cape Coral	130	$85,530	1.2
Palm Bay	120	$82,610	1.2
Fort Walton Beach	40	$75,830	1.1
Jacksonville	320	$84,300	1
West Palm Beach	240	$78,160	0.9
Orlando	430	$87,450	0.8
Fort Lauderdale	260	$86,020	0.7
Ocala	30	$117,550	0.7
Miami	250	$82,490	0.5
Lakeland	40	$87,030	0.4
GEORGIA
Athens	110	$80,080	3.1
Macon	140	$88,080	2.9
Columbus	120	$84,040	2.3
Augusta	190	$76,200	1.8
Albany	50	$77,600	1.8
Atlanta	1,270	$86,810	1
Gainesville	30	$104,880	0.9
HAWAII
Honolulu	190	$76,860	0.8
IDAHO
Pocatello	40	$76,510	3.1
Boise	230	$73,520	1.7
ILLINOIS
Rockford	170	$104,870	2.3
Peoria	190	$74,170	2.2
Springfield	100	$68,150	2
Chicago	1,300	$70,870	0.6
INDIANA
Muncie	70	$80,220	3.4
Anderson	30	$57,290	1.7
Fort Wayne	130	$77,650	1.2
Gary	100	$76,070	0.7
Indianapolis	290	$76,580	0.6
IOWA
Iowa City	50	$100,230	1.5
Des Moines	200	$80,410	1.2
Waterloo	40	$85,800	1
Sioux City	30	$81,630	0.9
Cedar Rapids	40	$77,130	0.6
Davenport	50	$73,450	0.5
KANSAS
Wichita	200	$73,920	1.3
Topeka	60	$85,440	1.1
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	30	$104,050	1.4
Lexington	160	$72,150	1.3
Louisville	110	$91,290	0.3
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	50	$74,270	1.8
Shreveport	110	$64,200	1.3
Baton Rouge	140	$74,840	0.7
New Orleans	90	$66,780	0.3
MAINE
Lewiston	90	$84,880	4
Bangor	90	$92,400	3
Portland	190	$84,930	1.9
MARYLAND
Salisbury	60	$84,550	2.5
Baltimore	860	$85,840	1.3
Hagerstown	60	$81,310	1.3
Bethesda	350	$93,260	1.2
MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable	140	$95,830	2.9
Pittsfield	30		2.1
Leominster	40	$119,330	1.8
Springfield	270	$90,500	1.8
New Bedford	50	$99,020	1.7
Boston	1,480	$81,270	1.6
Framingham	90	$97,420	1.1
Worcester	140	$92,640	1.1
Brockton	40	$91,000	0.9
Lowell	50	$78,230	0.8
MICHIGAN
Niles	110	$86,330	3.8
Ann Arbor	310	$88,650	3.8
Battle Creek	50	$74,610	2.3
Saginaw	80	$67,450	2.2
Muskegon	60	$73,470	2.2
Flint	130	$76,000	1.9
Lansing	170	$81,150	1.8
Kalamazoo	110	$95,250	1.6
Grand Rapids	280	$79,730	1.4
Detroit	470	$84,970	1.3
Warren	600	$92,930	1
MINNESOTA
St. Cloud	70	$78,980	1.4
Duluth	60	$85,820	1
Minneapolis	790	$83,930	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	70	$60,070	2.7
MISSOURI
Columbia	50	$76,500	1.3
Springfield	90	$56,170	0.9
Kansas City	300	$76,560	0.6
St. Louis	360	$68,130	0.5
MONTANA
Billings	70	$81,030	1.8
Missoula	40	$93,700	1.7
NEBRASKA
Omaha	450	$78,230	1.9
Lincoln	150	$89,310	1.8
NEVADA
Reno	80	$73,760	0.8
Las Vegas	350	$101,740	0.7
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	120	$74,920	2.4
Nashua	100	$89,040	1.5
NEW JERSEY
Newark	340	$89,500	0.6
Trenton	60	$80,950	0.6
Atlantic City	40	$93,730	0.5
Camden	150	$89,100	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	40	$68,610	1.4
Albuquerque	260	$54,130	1.3
NEW YORK
Glens Falls	80	$85,710	3.3
Syracuse	350	$77,870	2.2
Rochester	560	$78,850	2.2
Nassau	1,360	$91,220	2.1
Albany	460	$85,910	2
Poughkeepsie	180	$85,490	1.5
New York	3,910	$87,490	1.5
Buffalo	330	$81,650	1.2
Utica	70	$86,730	1.1
Binghamton	40	$82,120	0.8
NORTH CAROLINA
Fayetteville	280	$83,300	4.7
Greenville	150	$80,210	4.5
Winston-Salem	260	$81,250	2.4
Durham	290	$77,560	2.1
Wilmington	140	$85,510	2
Greensboro	360	$81,520	1.9
Goldsboro	30	$80,190	1.8
Asheville	140	$82,300	1.6
Hickory	120	$81,630	1.5
Raleigh	240	$82,040	0.9
Charlotte	320	$86,320	0.7
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	140	$76,510	2.5
Grand Forks	40	$72,600	1.8
OHIO
Mansfield	40	$95,630	1.7
Dayton	190	$84,250	0.9
Cleveland	510	$81,190	0.9
Columbus	330	$83,090	0.7
Akron	80	$75,400	0.5
Canton	40	$83,990	0.5
Youngstown	50	$61,960	0.4
Cincinnati	220	$77,410	0.4
Toledo	60	$82,270	0.4
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	420	$66,270	1.9
Oklahoma City	360	$77,790	1.2
OREGON
Eugene	90	$92,080	1.2
Portland	450	$96,590	0.8
Salem	50	$77,250	0.7
PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona	100	$59,730	3.6
Lebanon	50	$73,990	2.4
Johnstown	60	$72,190	2.3
Allentown	350	$60,410	2
Scranton	240	$64,200	1.8
Williamsport	40	$71,290	1.7
Reading	140	$72,050	1.7
York	150	$81,190	1.7
Pittsburgh	830	$66,960	1.4
Harrisburg	200	$75,500	1.2
Philadelphia	1,150	$70,130	1.2
Erie	70	$74,230	1.1
Lancaster	100	$72,880	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	250	$83,630	0.9
SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville	120	$50,790	0.8
Charleston	100	$78,750	0.7
Columbia	90	$76,920	0.5
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	70	$78,860	2.4
Sioux Falls	160	$82,950	2.4
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	250	$83,020	1.5
Johnson City	50	$74,940	1.4
Clarksville	50	$71,040	1.4
Chattanooga	120	$124,220	1
Kingsport	50	$81,910	0.9
Memphis	180	$54,520	0.6
TEXAS
Tyler	70	$93,360	1.6
Killeen	70	$84,300	1.2
Wichita Falls	30	$86,780	1.1
Abilene	30	$78,570	1
Corpus Christi	80	$68,000	0.9
Dallas	870	$83,440	0.8
Houston	1,060	$90,870	0.8
McAllen	80	$80,350	0.7
Lubbock	40	$100,940	0.7
San Antonio	270	$83,300	0.6
Fort Worth	270	$80,940	0.6
El Paso	80	$63,690	0.6
Austin	220	$76,550	0.6
UTAH
St. George	50	$43,860	2.3
Ogden	100	$91,500	1
Salt Lake City	320	$93,550	1
Provo	70	$88,320	0.9
VERMONT
Burlington	70	$87,350	1.3
VIRGINIA
Winchester	30	$72,600	1.3
Virginia Beach	380	$64,710	1
Richmond	270	$59,610	0.9
Roanoke	60	$66,840	0.8
WASHINGTON
Wenatchee	50	$89,630	2.8
Mount Vernon	50	$82,310	2.5
Spokane	200	$87,280	1.9
Yakima	60	$79,870	1.6
Bremerton	60	$95,680	1.5
Tacoma	200	$108,580	1.5
Olympia	60	$88,020	1.3
Bellingham	50	$88,580	1.3
Kennewick	50	$86,430	1.2
Seattle	710	$90,140	0.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	80	$69,610	3.9
Charleston	120	$77,480	1.7
Huntington	90	$78,070	1.6
Parkersburg	50	$85,930	1.5
Wheeling	30	$79,460	1
WISCONSIN
Janesville	50	$77,330	1.7
Milwaukee	570	$79,340	1.3
Madison	220	$75,700	1.3
Oshkosh	50	$82,160	1.3
Green Bay	80	$95,800	1
La Crosse	30	$85,080	0.9
Appleton	40	$81,630	0.7
WYOMING
Casper	70	$90,890	4.2
Cheyenne	30		1.6

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Medical Office	47,450	66%	$80,400
Hospital	17,660	24%	$84,850
Government	3,060	4%	$78,660
Education	1,970	2%	$74,220
Office Services And Staffing	900	1%	$87,300

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Physician Assistants

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Physician Assistants

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

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

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