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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Auburn	120	$42,700	1.6
Montgomery	480	$40,320	1.5
Birmingham	1,170	$46,850	1.2
Huntsville	450	$44,260	1.2
Mobile	380	$41,300	1.1
Gadsden	40	$36,820	0.7
Dothan	70	$40,630	0.7
Florence	50	$36,980	0.6
Anniston	40	$42,560	0.5
Decatur	30	$39,070	0.3
ALASKA
Fairbanks	60	$54,420	1.1
Anchorage	130	$63,630	0.4
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	70	$49,320	0.7
Phoenix	2,450	$49,900	0.7
Tucson	470	$53,290	0.7
Kingman	50	$49,150	0.6
Prescott	30	$32,220	0.3
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	570	$53,760	0.9
Pine Bluff	40	$41,970	0.7
Fayetteville	220	$43,870	0.6
Jonesboro	30	$38,810	0.4
Fort Smith	70	$39,300	0.3
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco	4,930	$71,170	2.5
Santa Cruz	250	$43,150	1.6
Sacramento	2,210	$71,400	1.3
San Jose	2,030	$89,210	1.1
San Diego	2,520	$57,260	1
Oakland	1,830	$65,660	0.9
Santa Ana	2,550	$60,340	0.9
Napa	90	$50,040	0.8
Redding	90	$43,750	0.8
Salinas	220	$65,600	0.8
Santa Barbara	220	$58,520	0.7
Oxnard	380	$93,170	0.7
Santa Rosa	220	$53,830	0.6
Chico	70	$29,720	0.6
San Luis Obispo	100	$56,320	0.6
Vallejo	120	$57,410	0.5
Fresno	300	$46,970	0.5
Stockton	180	$50,750	0.4
Merced	40	$48,780	0.4
Bakersfield	200	$44,510	0.4
Modesto	110	$48,720	0.4
Riverside	840	$52,530	0.3
Visalia	70	$43,670	0.3
COLORADO
Denver	5,850	$64,170	2.4
Boulder	700	$72,500	2.3
Colorado Springs	880	$53,650	1.8
Fort Collins	390	$52,580	1.8
Grand Junction	110	$43,220	1.1
Pueblo	90	$42,960	1
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	1,390	$64,490	1.2
Bridgeport	680	$54,330	0.8
New Haven	370	$51,610	0.7
Norwich	100	$50,840	0.4
Waterbury	50	$52,890	0.4
Danbury	40	$67,270	0.3
DELAWARE
Dover	90	$52,920	1
Wilmington	580	$61,330	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	15,530	$90,970	3.4
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	820	$52,250	2.7
Gainesville	290	$49,590	1.4
Miami	2,530	$55,670	1.3
Tampa	2,780	$58,930	1.2
Pensacola	320	$71,970	1.2
Orlando	2,230	$52,340	1.1
Fort Lauderdale	1,470	$57,780	1
Sarasota	510	$52,840	1
West Palm Beach	1,060	$55,350	1
Jacksonville	970	$57,030	0.8
Cape Coral	320	$52,970	0.8
Palm Bay	280	$55,990	0.8
Port St. Lucie	170	$45,770	0.7
Deltona	210	$49,410	0.7
Ocala	110	$42,830	0.7
Lakeland	230	$51,570	0.6
Punta Gorda	40	$44,960	0.6
Fort Walton Beach	80	$54,090	0.6
Naples	120	$45,240	0.5
Panama City	60	$47,250	0.5
Sebastian	40	$46,240	0.5
GEORGIA
Atlanta	3,520	$50,550	0.8
Brunswick	40	$40,670	0.6
Athens	70	$43,150	0.5
Warner Robins	40	$54,200	0.5
Savannah	130	$45,000	0.5
Augusta	170	$53,380	0.4
Gainesville	50	$46,500	0.4
Macon	70	$43,420	0.4
Columbus	60	$41,030	0.3
HAWAII
Honolulu	1,280	$54,850	1.5
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	60	$54,530	0.8
Boise	280	$62,340	0.5
ILLINOIS
Springfield	170	$51,420	0.9
Chicago	5,180	$57,360	0.7
Kankakee	30	$48,890	0.5
Champaign	80	$57,000	0.5
Peoria	100	$55,430	0.3
Rockford	50	$44,920	0.2
INDIANA
Bloomington	250	$46,750	2.1
Muncie	120	$42,740	1.6
Lafayette	170	$50,130	1.3
Columbus	80	$31,960	1.1
Indianapolis	1,910	$54,060	1.1
Kokomo	60	$41,630	1
Evansville	330	$43,200	1
Terre Haute	120	$35,960	1
Fort Wayne	310	$43,390	0.8
Anderson	40	$31,190	0.6
South Bend	150	$47,880	0.6
Elkhart	110	$45,560	0.5
Gary	240	$39,840	0.5
Michigan City	30	$41,040	0.4
IOWA
Ames	140	$47,790	2.2
Cedar Rapids	250	$44,300	1
Des Moines	520	$52,920	0.8
Iowa City	100	$53,860	0.8
Davenport	200	$49,120	0.6
Sioux City	70	$44,510	0.6
Waterloo	80	$41,480	0.5
Dubuque	30	$50,890	0.3
KANSAS
Topeka	310	$56,530	1.6
Lawrence	90	$66,170	1.2
Wichita	440	$42,300	0.8
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green	110	$35,090	1.1
Elizabethtown	80	$53,600	1.1
Lexington	500	$42,820	1.1
Louisville	940	$44,150	0.8
Owensboro	40	$38,740	0.5
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	850	$44,680	1.2
Shreveport	200	$32,180	0.6
Alexandria	50	$48,830	0.5
New Orleans	420	$55,750	0.4
Lake Charles	60	$47,630	0.4
Lafayette	50	$42,430	0.2
MAINE
Portland	390	$50,990	1
Bangor	110	$41,370	1
Lewiston	60	$59,470	0.7
MARYLAND
Bethesda	880	$72,150	0.8
Baltimore	1,550	$55,230	0.6
Hagerstown	70	$37,600	0.4
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	6,420	$63,320	1.9
Barnstable	290	$63,550	1.6
Pittsfield	80	$47,810	1.5
Framingham	390	$69,100	1.3
Worcester	440	$55,070	0.9
New Bedford	90	$52,560	0.8
Springfield	450	$47,770	0.8
Taunton	60	$58,970	0.8
Haverhill	100	$70,960	0.7
Lowell	130	$69,790	0.6
Lawrence	40	$49,970	0.4
Brockton	60	$69,720	0.4
MICHIGAN
Lansing	780	$59,060	2.2
Niles	180	$44,880	1.7
Ann Arbor	470	$59,410	1.5
Kalamazoo	290	$46,150	1.2
Bay City	60	$54,130	1.1
Saginaw	130	$59,770	1
Detroit	1,310	$59,150	1
Warren	1,920	$57,860	0.9
Battle Creek	60	$54,980	0.7
Flint	170	$50,670	0.7
Grand Rapids	480	$56,880	0.7
Holland	110	$47,640	0.6
Jackson	40	$41,630	0.5
Muskegon	30	$49,360	0.3
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	2,500	$58,340	0.7
Duluth	110	$56,010	0.5
Rochester	60	$66,290	0.4
St. Cloud	60	$59,130	0.3
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	850	$38,980	1.8
Gulfport	230	$42,750	1.2
Hattiesburg	50	$33,440	0.5
Pascagoula	40	$45,510	0.5
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	360	$51,180	3
Columbia	340	$42,950	2.3
Kansas City	2,510	$54,080	1.3
St. Louis	3,070	$57,670	1.2
St. Joseph	90	$43,590	1.1
Springfield	370	$39,260	1
Joplin	110	$39,790	0.8
MONTANA
Missoula	100	$48,820	1.1
Billings	160	$47,090	1.1
Great Falls	40	$37,080	0.7
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	720	$55,260	2.4
Omaha	860	$40,670	1
NEVADA
Carson City	60	$54,180	1.4
Reno	160	$77,860	0.4
Las Vegas	640	$69,560	0.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	90	$47,330	0.9
Manchester	170	$48,700	0.9
Portsmouth	70	$59,740	0.7
Nashua	80	$58,120	0.3
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	740	$63,030	1.8
Newark	1,490	$57,990	0.8
Edison	1,090	$64,070	0.5
Atlantic City	100	$50,670	0.4
Camden	370	$51,360	0.4
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	120	$59,200	1.1
Albuquerque	430	$55,170	0.6
NEW YORK
New York	18,620	$67,020	1.9
Albany	1,290	$56,940	1.5
Kingston	120	$38,350	1.2
Rochester	740	$47,070	0.8
Nassau	1,580	$66,800	0.6
Utica	150	$54,080	0.6
Binghamton	120	$46,330	0.6
Syracuse	370	$48,050	0.6
Buffalo	650	$47,210	0.6
Poughkeepsie	270	$56,070	0.6
Ithaca	40	$45,930	0.6
Glens Falls	30	$42,710	0.3
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	640	$58,770	1.2
Raleigh	790	$51,870	0.8
Charlotte	1,320	$50,050	0.8
Greenville	90	$38,380	0.7
Winston-Salem	220	$57,260	0.5
Asheville	180	$39,870	0.5
Wilmington	140	$49,250	0.5
Rocky Mount	40	$46,950	0.4
Burlington	40	$44,130	0.4
Hickory	90	$42,260	0.3
Greensboro	210	$48,140	0.3
Fayetteville	40	$52,000	0.2
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	220	$46,780	1
Bismarck	90	$49,260	0.9
Grand Forks	70	$44,270	0.9
OHIO
Columbus	1,760	$59,050	1
Canton	250	$54,380	0.8
Sandusky	40	$52,420	0.7
Cincinnati	1,350	$53,200	0.7
Akron	420	$47,810	0.7
Dayton	450	$52,780	0.6
Springfield	40	$46,020	0.5
Cleveland	1,030	$53,960	0.5
Toledo	250	$45,790	0.4
Youngstown	160	$41,460	0.4
Lima	30	$43,300	0.3
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	40	$49,730	0.7
Oklahoma City	600	$45,260	0.5
Tulsa	420	$50,100	0.5
OREGON
Portland	1,590	$56,210	0.8
Salem	190	$61,830	0.7
Eugene	140	$49,150	0.5
Medford	60	$41,590	0.4
PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg	900	$51,930	1.5
State College	120	$49,250	1.3
Philadelphia	3,620	$67,280	1
Pittsburgh	2,170	$66,350	1
York	280	$43,980	0.8
Erie	190	$45,960	0.8
Lancaster	310	$52,700	0.7
Altoona	70	$39,950	0.7
Reading	200	$47,810	0.7
Allentown	410	$51,920	0.6
Johnstown	50	$47,120	0.5
Scranton	250	$42,380	0.5
Lebanon	30	$52,070	0.4
Williamsport	30	$45,000	0.4
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,210	$54,020	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville	590	$59,790	1
Columbia	590	$42,800	0.9
Myrtle Beach	170	$36,830	0.8
Charleston	410	$44,070	0.7
Florence	80	$44,480	0.5
Spartanburg	110	$47,440	0.5
Anderson	50	$45,370	0.5
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	380	$42,220	1.5
Rapid City	150	$43,010	1.4
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	400	$47,440	0.6
Jackson	50	$42,100	0.5
Clarksville	60	$42,640	0.5
Chattanooga	180	$43,030	0.4
Memphis	490	$45,230	0.4
Kingsport	80	$43,560	0.4
TEXAS
Austin	2,760	$60,420	1.9
College Station	220	$63,130	1.6
Waco	250	$46,360	1.4
Dallas	5,670	$58,730	1.4
Lubbock	240	$45,440	1.1
Amarillo	190	$46,140	1.1
Tyler	170	$47,280	1.1
Abilene	110	$38,730	1
Laredo	150	$44,330	1
San Antonio	1,550	$55,080	0.9
Sherman	60	$51,270	0.9
Houston	4,210	$61,380	0.8
Fort Worth	1,290	$57,700	0.8
San Angelo	50	$46,120	0.7
Odessa	70	$41,430	0.7
Corpus Christi	230	$44,590	0.7
Midland	80	$44,130	0.7
Killeen	140	$45,000	0.6
Brownsville	140	$36,140	0.6
El Paso	310	$45,090	0.6
Beaumont	180	$51,840	0.6
McAllen	250	$52,610	0.6
Texarkana	50	$67,410	0.5
Wichita Falls	30	$50,880	0.3
UTAH
Salt Lake City	1,440	$51,050	1.2
Provo	300	$43,670	1
Logan	70	$43,710	0.9
St. George	60	$51,450	0.7
Ogden	260	$46,550	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	560	$52,130	2.8
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg	210	$40,120	2
Charlottesville	300	$46,280	1.8
Richmond	1,500	$49,380	1.3
Roanoke	290	$38,230	1
Lynchburg	160	$45,990	0.9
Harrisonburg	80	$48,130	0.9
Winchester	70	$54,000	0.8
Virginia Beach	1,120	$54,170	0.8
WASHINGTON
Olympia	520	$66,340	3.1
Seattle	3,270	$63,820	1.2
Mount Vernon	60	$58,630	0.8
Wenatchee	50	$60,840	0.8
Kennewick	100	$63,090	0.6
Bellingham	80	$58,140	0.6
Yakima	80	$52,300	0.6
Tacoma	280	$56,690	0.5
Bremerton	80	$57,970	0.5
Spokane	210	$48,970	0.5
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	290	$42,660	1.1
Morgantown	80	$40,580	1
Wheeling	100	$28,040	0.9
Weirton	50	$33,330	0.7
Huntington	110	$48,510	0.5
Parkersburg	50	$55,470	0.4
WISCONSIN
Madison	1,260	$49,030	2
Fond du Lac	80	$45,080	1.1
Milwaukee	1,580	$55,810	1
Sheboygan	90	$46,100	0.9
Appleton	150	$41,570	0.7
Green Bay	220	$44,010	0.7
Wausau	80	$53,370	0.7
La Crosse	80	$41,630	0.7
Eau Claire	90	$40,300	0.7
Janesville	70	$46,420	0.6
Oshkosh	90	$59,230	0.6
Racine	50	$45,440	0.4
WYOMING
Cheyenne	70	$45,150	1
Casper	60	$39,540	1

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Professional And Technical Services	57,150	24%	$56,730
Non-Profit	40,540	17%	$50,820
Education	23,110	9%	$46,640
Government	19,740	8%	$55,820
Business Management	9,600	4%	$55,530
Social Service	7,520	3%	$41,670
Office Services And Staffing	6,880	2%	$50,910
Performing Arts And Sports	6,050	2%	$41,900
Insurance	5,630	2%	$52,510
Media And Broadcasting	5,070	2%	$49,940
Banking And Credit	5,030	2%	$50,170
Hospital	4,940	2%	$50,400
Traditional Publishing	4,390	1%	$52,480
Medical Office	4,320	1%	$45,320
Nursing And Residential Care	3,400	1%	$43,420
Real Estate	3,030	1%	$45,060
Durable Goods Wholesale	3,010	1%	$55,790
Non-Durable Goods Wholesale	2,570	1%	$55,940

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