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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Probation Officers

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:
Probation Officers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Probation Officers 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
Auburn	50	$37,740	3.8
Mobile	130	$33,410	2.2
Birmingham	260		1.5
ARIZONA
Tucson	960	$42,040	7.7
Phoenix	1,620	$45,570	2.5
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	40	$31,310	2.7
Little Rock	200	$34,590	1.8
Fayetteville	60	$32,680	0.9
CALIFORNIA
Fresno	430	$74,730	3.8
Riverside	1,190	$78,710	2.7
COLORADO
Pueblo	80	$57,460	5
Colorado Springs	190	$56,360	2.3
Denver	900	$55,260	2.1
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	620	$67,140	3.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,170	$52,180	1.5
FLORIDA
Pensacola	160	$39,200	3.3
Tallahassee	140	$38,730	2.6
Sarasota	130	$37,600	1.5
Orlando	340	$39,170	0.9
GEORGIA
Albany	120	$33,600	6.5
Valdosta	70	$33,090	4.2
Macon	130	$33,330	4.1
Savannah	150	$35,640	3.1
Gainesville	60	$34,380	2.8
Atlanta	2,220	$37,980	2.7
Augusta	130	$36,460	1.9
Dalton	40	$38,910	1.7
IDAHO
Pocatello	100	$37,110	11.7
Boise	250	$38,630	2.8
ILLINOIS
Chicago	1,480	$56,570	1.1
Champaign	30	$58,060	1
INDIANA
Gary	290	$39,760	3.1
Indianapolis	760	$34,120	2.5
Elkhart	80	$37,370	1.9
Lafayette	30	$40,500	1.3
Evansville	70	$42,230	1.2
KANSAS
Topeka	90	$40,890	2.6
KENTUCKY
Louisville	280	$37,000	1.3
LOUISIANA
Lafayette	110	$35,800	2.3
Shreveport	90	$43,420	1.6
Baton Rouge	140		1.1
New Orleans	150	$46,710	0.9
MAINE
Portland	140	$36,880	2.1
MARYLAND
Cumberland	160	$47,380	15.7
Baltimore	1,460	$50,870	3.3
Hagerstown	80	$48,040	2.6
MICHIGAN
Jackson	100	$55,010	6.4
Kalamazoo	110	$54,550	2.5
Detroit	570		2.4
Saginaw	50	$58,420	2.1
Lansing	130	$54,380	2
Ann Arbor	90	$58,630	1.7
Grand Rapids	210	$57,680	1.6
Warren	360	$54,960	0.9
MINNESOTA
Duluth	140	$51,600	3.4
Minneapolis	1,100	$63,360	1.8
MISSOURI
St. Joseph	110	$35,160	7.4
St. Louis	810	$40,130	1.7
Springfield	110	$36,190	1.7
Kansas City	600	$36,890	1.7
NEBRASKA
Omaha	280	$43,100	1.8
NEW JERSEY
Newark	740	$58,590	2.1
Edison	580	$59,790	1.6
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	680	$37,730	5.2
NEW YORK
Albany	330	$54,120	2.2
Rochester	320	$58,970	1.9
NORTH CAROLINA
Fayetteville	110	$37,420	2.8
Hickory	110	$38,020	2.1
Asheville	100	$36,880	1.7
Winston-Salem	120	$37,820	1.7
Raleigh	240	$37,590	1.4
Charlotte	370	$37,580	1.2
OHIO
Lima	40	$53,330	2.6
Toledo	250	$41,590	2.4
Youngstown	170	$45,470	2.2
Cleveland	620	$49,180	1.7
Canton	90	$48,330	1.6
Cincinnati	480	$42,120	1.3
Columbus	430	$47,850	1.3
Akron	140	$43,280	1.2
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	340	$33,900	1.8
Tulsa	150	$30,130	1
OREGON
Portland	830	$50,780	2.3
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown	280	$46,320	2.5
Pittsburgh	440	$47,820	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	190	$37,650	1.6
TENNESSEE
Johnson City	70	$29,930	3
Jackson	50	$36,590	2.9
Chattanooga	180	$36,620	2.3
Knoxville	220	$32,920	2
Kingsport	60	$39,850	1.6
Memphis	310	$32,490	1.5
TEXAS
Abilene	140	$34,910	7.5
San Antonio	710	$34,390	2.5
Longview	50	$31,260	1.7
Houston	1,390	$37,990	1.6
Fort Worth	290	$39,040	1
Austin	140	$34,040	0.5
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	120	$40,420	4.1
Roanoke	200	$38,980	3.9
Richmond	640	$43,200	3.1
Virginia Beach	730	$43,330	2.8
Blacksburg	40	$46,250	2.2
Harrisonburg	30	$45,600	1.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Parkersburg	30	$36,390	1.4
Huntington	30	$33,510	0.8
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee	520	$45,170	1.8
Eau Claire	40	$47,730	1.7

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Government	93,770	96%	$46,510
Social Service	1,520	1%	$29,810

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School	Locations	Degrees	Quick Info
Abilene Christian University Online	Online	Certificate, Master	Get Info
Allied College	MO	Associate	Get Info
American InterContinental University	TX	Bachelor	Get Info
Ashworth College	Online	Diploma	Get Info
Baker College Campus	MI	Associate, Certificate	Get Info
Berks Technical Institute	PA	Associate	Get Info
Bohecker College	OH	Associate	Get Info
Boston University Online	Online	Master	Get Info
Bowling Green State University Online	Online	Master	Get Info
Brookline College	AZ, NM	Associate	Get Info
Career Technical College	LA	Associate	Get Info
Colorado Technical University Online	Online	Master	Get Info
Ellis University	Online	Bachelor	Get Info
Everest College	AZ, CA, CO, OR, TX, UT, VA, WA	Associate, Bachelor, Diploma	Get Info
Everest University	FL	Associate, Bachelor, Master	Get Info
Everest University Online	Online	Associate, Master	Get Info
Florida Tech University Online	Online	Associate	Get Info
Florida Technical College	FL	Associate	Get Info
Harrison College	IN	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
Heald College	CA, HI, OR	Associate	Get Info
Herzing University Online	Online	Bachelor	Get Info
High-Tech Institute	MO, NV, TX	Diploma	Get Info
ICS Canada	Online	Diploma	Get Info
ITT Technical Institute	AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, LA, MI, MO, NC, NE, NV, OH, OK, OR, TN, UT, VA, WA, WI	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
Kaplan University	IA, NE	Bachelor, Master	Get Info
Lincoln College of Technology	GA	Associate, Bachelor, Coursework	Get Info
Miami-Jacobs Career College	OH	Associate	Get Info
Miller-Motte Technical College	NC, SC, TN, VA	Associate	Get Info
National American University	Online	Associate	Get Info
National American University Campus	CO, KS, MN, MO, NM, SD	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
National Institute of Technology Ohio	OH	Associate	Get Info
New England Institute of Technology	RI	Associate	Get Info
North Florida Institute	FL	Associate	Get Info
Penn Foster Career School	Online	Diploma	Get Info
Post University	Online	Master	Get Info
Rasmussen College	FL, ND	Bachelor	Get Info
Sanford-Brown College	MO	Bachelor	Get Info
Sanford-Brown Institute	NY	Associate	Get Info
South University	Online	Master	Get Info
Southwest Florida College	FL	Bachelor	Get Info
Strayer University	AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, UT, VA, WV	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
Strayer University Online	Online	Associate, Bachelor	Get Info
Technical Career Institute	FL	Diploma	Get Info
The George Washington University Online	ON	Master	Get Info
University of Phoenix Online	Online	Associate, Bachelor, Master	Get Info
Vatterott College	MO, OK	Associate	Get Info
Virginia College Online	Online	Associate, Bachelor, Master	Get Info
Walden University	Online	Bachelor	Get Info

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Probation Officers

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COLORADO

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

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MARYLAND

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSOURI

NEBRASKA

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NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

OHIO

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OREGON

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SOUTH CAROLINA

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TEXAS

VIRGINIA

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN

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