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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Plumbers And Pipefitters

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Plumbers And Pipefitters 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	1,250	$35,580	2.1
Decatur	230	$41,940	1.4
Gadsden	120	$32,080	1.3
Florence	170	$51,260	1.1
Birmingham	1,750	$37,080	1
Huntsville	580	$38,340	0.9
Auburn	100	$33,950	0.8
Montgomery	410	$39,140	0.7
Anniston	70	$37,450	0.5
Dothan	90	$42,780	0.5
ALASKA
Fairbanks	260	$60,030	2.8
Anchorage	710	$67,090	1.4
ARIZONA
Prescott	360	$39,910	1.9
Kingman	190	$41,260	1.3
Phoenix	7,410	$41,210	1.2
Tucson	1,250	$39,990	1
Flagstaff	160	$37,000	1
ARKANSAS
Fort Smith	380	$33,340	1
Little Rock	1,150	$38,870	1
Fayetteville	590	$37,330	0.9
Jonesboro	100	$36,760	0.7
CALIFORNIA
Yuba City	260	$63,290	2.3
Santa Cruz	480	$55,070	1.8
Oxnard	1,390	$45,450	1.4
Vallejo	480	$55,710	1.2
Santa Rosa	740	$67,470	1.2
Santa Barbara	650	$49,880	1.2
Merced	200	$39,890	1.2
Hanford	90	$55,950	1.1
San Diego	5,060	$52,570	1.1
Sacramento	3,320	$51,310	1.1
Oakland	3,690	$66,280	1.1
Bakersfield	900	$48,790	1
Visalia	440	$41,290	1
Riverside	4,350	$42,140	1
Modesto	520	$53,840	1
Santa Ana	5,040	$48,800	1
San Francisco	3,170	$65,300	0.9
San Jose	2,730	$73,050	0.9
Madera	90	$35,100	0.9
San Luis Obispo	260	$51,190	0.8
Fresno	840	$48,470	0.8
Chico	150	$47,150	0.7
Stockton	460	$48,260	0.7
Napa	120	$46,560	0.6
El Centro	90	$47,920	0.6
Salinas	190		0.4
COLORADO
Grand Junction	460	$41,850	2.7
Greeley	530	$46,350	2.3
Fort Collins	730	$48,890	1.9
Colorado Springs	990	$44,540	1.2
Denver	4,690	$46,740	1.1
Pueblo	130	$44,410	0.8
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	620	$50,970	1.6
New Haven	1,190	$60,750	1.3
Bridgeport	1,270	$56,890	0.9
Hartford	1,630	$58,550	0.8
Waterbury	160	$49,140	0.8
Danbury	130	$52,920	0.6
DELAWARE
Wilmington	1,240	$53,220	1.1
Dover	130	$50,290	0.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	8,530	$51,830	1.1
FLORIDA
Naples	880	$43,940	2.3
Cape Coral	1,530	$38,950	2.2
Deltona	850	$31,840	1.7
Panama City	350	$34,090	1.7
Port St. Lucie	580	$36,600	1.4
Sarasota	1,160	$38,820	1.3
Ocala	390	$35,750	1.3
Pensacola	550	$34,330	1.2
Jacksonville	2,270	$37,460	1.1
West Palm Beach	1,880	$38,230	1
Orlando	3,560	$34,720	1
Gainesville	320	$33,530	0.9
Punta Gorda	100	$41,680	0.9
Fort Lauderdale	2,170	$42,330	0.9
Fort Walton Beach	200	$36,630	0.9
Palm Bay	550	$40,440	0.9
Sebastian	110	$38,630	0.8
Miami	2,600	$42,030	0.8
Tallahassee	350	$36,230	0.7
Tampa	2,650	$35,220	0.6
Lakeland	290	$38,410	0.5
GEORGIA
Hinesville	70	$32,720	2.1
Augusta	840	$32,840	1.3
Gainesville	250	$39,080	1.2
Valdosta	190	$35,680	1.2
Warner Robins	160	$38,720	1.1
Brunswick	130	$33,150	1.1
Albany	170	$30,060	0.9
Savannah	440	$35,880	0.9
Columbus	270	$34,130	0.8
Athens	180	$35,320	0.8
Atlanta	6,230	$42,730	0.8
Macon	170	$43,940	0.5
Dalton	110	$33,440	0.5
Rome	40	$45,180	0.4
HAWAII
Honolulu	1,700	$53,460	1.2
IDAHO
Lewiston	110	$45,640	1.8
Boise	640	$42,850	0.7
Pocatello	40	$36,960	0.5
ILLINOIS
Decatur	460	$60,060	3.4
Peoria	670	$64,950	1.2
Champaign	300	$70,270	1
Rockford	490	$65,560	1
Bloomington	210	$43,470	1
Chicago	12,450	$74,620	1
Kankakee	60	$66,840	0.6
Springfield	160	$60,200	0.5
INDIANA
Evansville	1,990	$50,730	3.5
Michigan City	240	$51,430	1.9
Gary	1,680	$67,540	1.8
Anderson	200	$50,030	1.8
Fort Wayne	1,170	$52,680	1.7
Bloomington	350	$53,840	1.7
Elkhart	580	$49,650	1.4
Indianapolis	3,830	$48,450	1.3
Terre Haute	230		1.1
South Bend	410	$53,330	0.9
Columbus	70		0.6
Muncie	70	$48,200	0.5
Lafayette	100	$39,800	0.4
IOWA
Sioux City	540	$46,470	2.5
Cedar Rapids	640	$42,980	1.5
Davenport	760	$47,480	1.3
Waterloo	270	$41,940	1
Des Moines	1,100	$46,180	1
Iowa City	150	$59,460	0.7
KANSAS
Topeka	350	$53,030	1
Wichita	900	$44,140	0.9
Lawrence	90	$44,300	0.7
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	250	$43,350	1.8
Louisville	2,720	$50,640	1.3
Lexington	850	$42,320	1.1
Bowling Green	100	$51,150	0.6
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	4,410	$47,300	3.6
Houma	800	$37,090	2.7
Lake Charles	660	$44,660	2.5
New Orleans	2,650	$40,110	1.6
Monroe	270	$41,270	1.1
Lafayette	490	$37,530	1.1
Alexandria	170	$44,540	1
Shreveport	530	$44,760	0.9
MAINE
Bangor	240	$38,950	1.3
Portland	720	$39,390	1.1
Lewiston	140	$36,150	1
MARYLAND
Bethesda	2,640	$49,080	1.4
Baltimore	5,280	$48,990	1.2
Salisbury	180	$34,520	1.2
Hagerstown	320	$35,670	1
Cumberland	40	$31,880	0.4
MASSACHUSETTS
Haverhill	400	$47,820	1.7
Barnstable	460	$54,650	1.5
Brockton	310	$38,610	1.1
Taunton	150	$56,490	1.1
Pittsfield	100	$50,520	1.1
Lowell	400	$50,760	1
Boston	5,610	$64,290	1
Springfield	910	$53,320	0.9
Worcester	730	$49,710	0.9
Framingham	350	$57,230	0.7
Leominster	90	$52,420	0.6
Lawrence	90	$52,690	0.5
MICHIGAN
Kalamazoo	920	$61,780	2.1
Monroe	210	$60,100	1.9
Flint	540	$54,900	1.2
Ann Arbor	550	$65,450	1
Lansing	600	$55,430	1
Grand Rapids	1,100	$50,050	0.9
Niles	150	$40,580	0.8
Jackson	120	$56,710	0.8
Detroit	1,860	$66,740	0.8
Warren	3,030	$60,120	0.8
Bay City	60	$50,250	0.6
MINNESOTA
St. Cloud	380	$44,630	1.2
Duluth	420	$51,060	1
Minneapolis	5,140	$66,870	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	700	$49,400	5.1
Hattiesburg	300	$30,850	1.8
Gulfport	450	$33,280	1.3
Jackson	1,090	$30,900	1.3
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	350	$46,740	1.7
St. Joseph	210	$49,470	1.4
Columbia	330	$36,950	1.3
Springfield	690	$46,140	1.1
Joplin	260	$46,110	1.1
St. Louis	4,690	$62,650	1
Kansas City	2,830	$55,520	0.8
MONTANA
Missoula	270	$52,960	1.8
Billings	380	$45,960	1.5
Great Falls	110	$44,190	1.1
NEBRASKA
Omaha	2,150	$54,280	1.4
Lincoln	340	$42,610	0.6
NEVADA
Las Vegas	4,970	$55,800	1.6
Reno	660	$63,900	1
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth	270	$45,930	1.6
Manchester	510	$49,350	1.6
Nashua	370	$47,810	0.8
Rochester	80	$43,870	0.5
NEW JERSEY
Ocean City	220	$55,320	1.9
Camden	1,800	$63,450	1
Newark	2,620	$55,930	0.8
Atlantic City	300	$66,540	0.6
Trenton	440	$71,900	0.6
Edison	1,720	$64,790	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	210	$40,150	1.4
Albuquerque	1,760	$42,850	1.4
Santa Fe	190	$32,930	1
Las Cruces	160	$36,150	0.9
NEW YORK
Nassau	5,350	$63,550	1.3
Kingston	220	$49,850	1.2
Ithaca	140	$53,390	1.1
Albany	1,620	$54,690	1.1
Syracuse	1,000	$40,920	1
Glens Falls	150	$50,000	1
Poughkeepsie	660	$52,500	0.8
Rochester	1,380	$48,840	0.8
Buffalo	1,430	$48,360	0.8
New York	13,630	$60,590	0.8
Elmira	70	$51,350	0.7
Binghamton	150	$51,980	0.5
Utica	130	$39,750	0.3
NORTH CAROLINA
Burlington	320	$30,920	1.8
Wilmington	710	$34,780	1.5
Rocky Mount	200	$30,820	1.2
Fayetteville	430	$39,110	1.1
Charlotte	2,610	$36,700	0.9
Asheville	500	$38,490	0.9
Raleigh	1,470	$40,550	0.9
Goldsboro	90	$33,610	0.8
Greensboro	920	$38,040	0.7
Winston-Salem	450	$38,310	0.6
Durham	510	$39,530	0.6
Hickory	210	$34,630	0.4
Greenville	70	$37,840	0.3
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	380	$43,550	1
Bismarck	140	$37,760	0.8
Grand Forks	100	$43,340	0.7
OHIO
Canton	610	$42,360	1.1
Toledo	1,120	$60,120	1.1
Youngstown	810	$47,660	1.1
Mansfield	160	$57,770	1
Sandusky	100	$58,870	1
Cincinnati	3,290	$46,600	0.9
Springfield	120	$47,840	0.9
Dayton	1,000	$48,110	0.8
Cleveland	2,440	$55,950	0.7
Columbus	2,070	$46,140	0.7
Akron	720	$46,900	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	150	$39,410	1.4
Tulsa	1,720	$37,600	1.2
OREGON
Bend	350	$47,030	1.7
Salem	570	$42,440	1.2
Corvallis	90	$55,120	1
Portland	3,520	$62,810	1
Medford	210	$58,250	0.8
Eugene	340	$57,740	0.7
PENNSYLVANIA
Williamsport	170	$35,160	1.1
State College	190	$40,120	1.1
Pittsburgh	3,780	$54,960	1
York	560	$41,170	1
Lebanon	120	$54,030	0.9
Lancaster	690	$41,630	0.9
Philadelphia	4,790	$60,240	0.8
Harrisburg	770	$48,680	0.7
Reading	380	$55,900	0.7
Allentown	680	$64,010	0.6
Erie	230	$43,750	0.6
Altoona	100	$49,270	0.6
Scranton	250	$45,170	0.3
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	2,170	$54,170	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	160	$31,390	1.6
Spartanburg	520	$39,870	1.3
Anderson	240	$33,080	1.3
Columbia	1,490	$36,760	1.3
Myrtle Beach	430	$32,600	1.2
Charleston	980	$34,890	1
Greenville	940	$36,450	0.9
Florence	240	$34,910	0.9
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	320	$36,270	1.7
Sioux Falls	460	$38,500	1
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga	770	$40,060	1
Johnson City	220	$29,790	1
Memphis	1,940	$39,120	0.9
Knoxville	870	$34,400	0.8
Kingsport	170	$30,340	0.5
TEXAS
Odessa	410	$40,040	2.5
Beaumont	1,060	$39,580	2.1
Corpus Christi	1,150	$39,240	2
San Angelo	140	$39,210	1.2
Houston	10,250	$44,890	1.2
College Station	270	$34,790	1.1
Wichita Falls	170	$40,890	1
Killeen	370	$35,790	1
San Antonio	2,790	$40,210	1
Austin	2,350	$46,630	0.9
Laredo	230	$35,030	0.9
Sherman	100	$36,230	0.9
Lubbock	320	$32,280	0.8
Amarillo	240	$38,260	0.8
Midland	150	$33,520	0.8
Dallas	5,290	$45,210	0.7
El Paso	640	$32,680	0.7
Longview	200	$46,470	0.7
Fort Worth	2,010	$42,500	0.7
Brownsville	220	$26,760	0.6
Abilene	90	$38,860	0.5
McAllen	340	$26,730	0.5
Tyler	110	$37,600	0.4
Texarkana	50	$34,630	0.3
UTAH
St. George	250	$41,920	1.8
Provo	900	$50,340	1.7
Ogden	960	$44,040	1.5
Logan	180	$38,670	1.4
Salt Lake City	2,580	$42,320	1.2
VERMONT
Burlington	460	$42,530	1.3
VIRGINIA
Harrisonburg	470	$38,280	3
Danville	260	$36,470	2.7
Virginia Beach	4,960	$40,160	2
Richmond	2,540	$41,060	1.3
Charlottesville	320	$40,650	1.1
Winchester	170	$43,940	1.1
Blacksburg	200	$36,260	1.1
Lynchburg	340	$29,740	1.1
Roanoke	430	$36,030	0.8
WASHINGTON
Bellingham	710	$52,560	2.9
Bremerton	720	$56,160	2.8
Kennewick	670	$57,900	2.4
Mount Vernon	250	$53,200	1.9
Wenatchee	190	$40,240	1.7
Tacoma	1,250	$57,490	1.4
Yakima	280	$47,360	1.1
Seattle	5,290	$57,640	1.1
Spokane	540	$49,430	0.8
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	790	$51,290	1.7
Huntington	480	$44,190	1.3
Wheeling	160	$33,210	0.8
Morgantown	90	$37,550	0.7
Weirton	60	$41,000	0.5
WISCONSIN
Fond du Lac	360	$61,490	2.9
Appleton	850	$56,590	2.4
Wausau	360	$55,900	1.8
La Crosse	230	$52,500	1.1
Janesville	210	$62,290	1.1
Green Bay	570	$55,490	1.1
Madison	1,070	$64,230	1
Oshkosh	240	$63,360	0.9
Sheboygan	150	$55,630	0.9
Milwaukee	2,220	$62,470	0.8
Eau Claire	160	$58,520	0.7
Racine	140	$63,590	0.6
WYOMING
Cheyenne	280	$34,060	2.3
Casper	180	$46,110	1.7

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Construction Trades	323,760	74%	$45,290
Construction	20,680	4%	$47,480
Civil Engineering	17,730	4%	$44,240
Government	17,630	4%	$45,920
Automotive And Vehicle Manufacturing	10,160	2%	$51,860
Utilities	8,340	1%	$53,610
Office Services And Staffing	7,690	1%	$39,160
Education	6,100	1%	$48,030

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