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The Top Metro Areas for Public Relations Specialists

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:
Public Relations Specialists

Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Public Relations Specialists 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
Montgomery	320	$40,820	1.2
Huntsville	260	$44,860	0.8
Birmingham	610	$45,800	0.7
Mobile	180	$40,330	0.6
Anniston	40	$39,950	0.6
Florence	40	$27,860	0.5
Tuscaloosa	60	$33,280	0.5
Dothan	40	$30,430	0.5
ALASKA
Fairbanks	30		0.7
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	60	$46,020	0.8
Phoenix	2,290	$44,850	0.7
Tucson	370	$43,200	0.6
Prescott	40	$41,060	0.4
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	510	$44,700	0.9
Jonesboro	50	$35,240	0.7
Pine Bluff	30	$31,080	0.6
Fort Smith	100	$35,680	0.5
Fayetteville	150	$37,250	0.5
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco	3,250	$65,610	2
Sacramento	1,870	$62,470	1.2
Oakland	1,880	$58,260	1
San Diego	2,270	$53,860	1
Santa Cruz	130	$40,280	1
Los Angeles	6,950	$52,770	1
Napa	90	$55,570	0.9
San Jose	1,440	$78,950	0.9
Santa Ana	2,450	$56,460	0.9
Santa Barbara	240	$56,650	0.9
Oxnard	400	$91,270	0.8
Santa Rosa	220	$42,030	0.7
Salinas	160	$51,710	0.6
Vallejo	130	$55,690	0.6
Chico	70	$42,160	0.6
Redding	60	$47,480	0.6
Fresno	270	$40,920	0.5
San Luis Obispo	80	$44,620	0.5
Stockton	160	$53,570	0.5
Bakersfield	170	$44,010	0.4
Riverside	850	$47,150	0.4
Visalia	70	$40,840	0.3
Modesto	80	$45,100	0.3
COLORADO
Boulder	590	$56,760	2.6
Denver	3,660	$58,930	1.8
Colorado Springs	690	$45,750	1.7
Fort Collins	230	$48,610	1.2
Greeley	80	$42,370	0.8
Pueblo	50	$39,500	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	1,300	$60,760	1.4
Bridgeport	690	$60,690	0.9
New Haven	380	$51,680	0.8
Waterbury	70	$47,670	0.7
Danbury	60	$54,770	0.6
Norwich	110	$53,090	0.6
DELAWARE
Wilmington	470	$50,380	0.8
Dover	50	$49,820	0.6
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	14,760	$80,180	3.7
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	750	$50,450	2.9
Gainesville	390	$45,370	2.2
Tampa	3,870	$51,330	1.8
Miami	2,740	$47,340	1.7
Panama City	160	$59,540	1.5
Fort Lauderdale	1,770	$55,250	1.4
Orlando	2,470	$50,000	1.4
West Palm Beach	1,280	$51,060	1.4
Port St. Lucie	220	$45,480	1.1
Pensacola	280	$43,410	1.1
Palm Bay	360	$52,480	1.1
Cape Coral	390	$46,430	1.1
Jacksonville	1,020	$50,120	1
Naples	200	$46,850	1
Sarasota	480	$48,670	1
Deltona	250	$46,140	1
Sebastian	60	$40,920	0.9
Lakeland	270	$47,280	0.8
Ocala	100	$43,980	0.7
Punta Gorda	40	$49,650	0.7
GEORGIA
Brunswick	40	$47,020	0.8
Warner Robins	50	$51,300	0.7
Atlanta	2,190	$51,240	0.5
Columbus	90	$38,730	0.5
Savannah	100	$43,570	0.4
Gainesville	40	$43,600	0.4
Augusta	70	$57,910	0.2
HAWAII
Honolulu	1,080	$49,180	1.5
IDAHO
Boise	220	$49,820	0.5
ILLINOIS
Springfield	170	$49,860	1
Waukegan	540	$48,620	0.9
Bloomington	90	$55,890	0.9
Chicago	4,820	$53,250	0.7
Peoria	130	$44,660	0.5
Champaign	50	$45,780	0.4
Rockford	80	$41,700	0.3
INDIANA
Indianapolis	1,810	$49,490	1.2
Lafayette	120	$41,710	1.2
Anderson	50	$47,160	1
Kokomo	50	$36,890	0.9
Fort Wayne	320	$43,140	0.9
Muncie	60	$34,650	0.9
Terre Haute	90	$37,520	0.9
Bloomington	80	$32,610	0.8
Evansville	220	$39,630	0.8
South Bend	160	$43,840	0.7
Columbus	30	$49,460	0.6
Gary	220	$40,300	0.5
Elkhart	70	$33,560	0.3
IOWA
Ames	130	$44,930	2.7
Des Moines	600	$50,190	1.1
Cedar Rapids	150	$39,990	0.7
Iowa City	60	$47,330	0.6
Davenport	160	$44,600	0.5
Dubuque	40	$39,230	0.5
Sioux City	40	$44,000	0.4
KANSAS
Topeka	320	$45,980	1.9
Lawrence	110	$34,650	1.8
Wichita	360	$42,820	0.8
KENTUCKY
Elizabethtown	90	$45,640	1.5
Bowling Green	110	$35,990	1.5
Lexington	510	$38,910	1.3
Louisville	780	$43,160	0.8
Owensboro	40	$37,860	0.6
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge	630	$45,570	1.1
Lake Charles	70	$41,730	0.6
Alexandria	40	$36,790	0.5
New Orleans	340	$42,610	0.5
Lafayette	80	$41,560	0.4
MAINE
Bangor	80	$40,300	0.8
Portland	210	$44,230	0.7
Lewiston	40	$46,400	0.6
MARYLAND
Bethesda	800	$71,540	0.8
Baltimore	1,550	$51,430	0.7
Hagerstown	90	$31,890	0.6
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	6,090	$60,070	2.1
Framingham	410	$75,840	1.7
Barnstable	260		1.6
Pittsfield	50	$49,080	1.1
Worcester	420	$50,610	1
Springfield	490	$50,160	1
Lowell	150	$63,400	0.8
Lynn	110	$63,970	0.8
Taunton	40	$56,320	0.7
Brockton	80	$59,060	0.6
New Bedford	50	$42,390	0.5
Haverhill	60	$77,110	0.5
Leominster	30	$47,750	0.4
Lawrence	30	$55,190	0.4
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	610	$50,590	2.2
Lansing	590	$60,690	2
Battle Creek	100	$53,480	1.3
Saginaw	160	$53,520	1.3
Bay City	60	$53,490	1.3
Detroit	1,490	$58,100	1.2
Kalamazoo	240	$43,800	1.1
Grand Rapids	600	$52,830	0.9
Warren	1,870	$57,390	0.9
Jackson	70	$40,460	0.8
Holland	130	$48,850	0.8
Flint	150	$45,050	0.7
Muskegon	50	$52,120	0.6
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	2,390	$52,260	0.8
Duluth	150	$58,490	0.7
Rochester	60	$68,790	0.5
St. Cloud	60	$48,770	0.4
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	800	$36,380	1.9
Gulfport	160	$36,640	1.1
Pascagoula	50	$41,380	0.8
Hattiesburg	50	$27,750	0.6
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	340	$48,530	3.5
Columbia	310	$46,910	2.9
Springfield	350	$38,610	1.2
Kansas City	2,080	$51,330	1.2
St. Louis	2,400	$49,980	1.1
St. Joseph	60	$51,350	1
Joplin	90	$33,780	0.8
MONTANA
Billings	200	$46,410	1.6
Missoula	80	$42,120	1
Great Falls	40	$38,580	0.9
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	680	$52,120	2.7
Omaha	940	$40,650	1.2
NEVADA
Carson City	50	$56,610	1.2
Reno	170	$84,450	0.5
Las Vegas	620	$60,380	0.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	110	$47,450	0.7
Portsmouth	50	$43,900	0.6
Rochester	40	$41,000	0.5
Nashua	80	$46,580	0.4
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	510	$59,660	1.4
Ocean City	40	$39,520	0.6
Newark	1,090	$59,810	0.6
Atlantic City	110	$57,670	0.5
Edison	840	$61,890	0.5
Camden	320	$52,100	0.3
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	160	$45,840	1.8
Albuquerque	240	$47,910	0.4
NEW YORK
Albany	1,400	$46,990	1.9
New York	15,380	$56,820	1.8
Ithaca	40	$46,220	0.9
Rochester	680	$48,800	0.8
Kingston	70	$43,100	0.8
Utica	130	$47,630	0.6
Buffalo	550	$42,250	0.6
Nassau	1,120	$54,000	0.5
Syracuse	280	$43,530	0.5
Glens Falls	40	$42,440	0.5
Binghamton	80	$42,880	0.5
Poughkeepsie	170	$54,390	0.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	540	$58,020	1.3
Winston-Salem	370	$51,270	1.1
Raleigh	840	$56,340	1
Greenville	80	$48,210	0.8
Charlotte	970	$48,480	0.7
Wilmington	100	$40,530	0.5
Asheville	110	$35,850	0.4
Fayetteville	70	$38,260	0.4
Hickory	80	$41,260	0.3
Greensboro	170	$42,030	0.3
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	270	$38,230	1.5
Bismarck	130	$51,550	1.5
Grand Forks	80	$44,030	1.1
OHIO
Columbus	1,530	$55,080	1
Akron	490	$49,570	0.9
Canton	250	$53,310	0.9
Cincinnati	1,460	$48,500	0.8
Lima	60	$41,520	0.7
Cleveland	1,250	$54,090	0.7
Dayton	460	$49,480	0.7
Toledo	310	$42,020	0.6
Springfield	30	$40,600	0.4
Youngstown	160	$46,320	0.4
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	40	$46,540	0.9
Oklahoma City	780	$46,280	0.8
Tulsa	430	$52,190	0.6
OREGON
Bend	80	$53,340	0.9
Portland	1,240	$50,760	0.7
Salem	140	$51,160	0.6
Eugene	100	$45,540	0.4
Medford	40	$44,690	0.3
PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg	730	$61,120	1.5
Johnstown	100	$44,820	1.2
Pittsburgh	1,690	$51,830	0.9
Reading	230	$48,530	0.9
Philadelphia	2,830	$63,140	0.9
Williamsport	60	$41,350	0.8
Altoona	70	$39,470	0.8
Allentown	420	$51,880	0.8
Lancaster	270	$44,850	0.7
York	200	$44,230	0.7
State College	50	$39,870	0.6
Erie	110	$42,130	0.5
Scranton	230	$38,320	0.5
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,050	$51,200	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	570	$47,480	1
Myrtle Beach	160	$27,940	0.9
Charleston	300	$36,390	0.6
Greenville	280	$46,130	0.6
Florence	70	$37,540	0.5
Spartanburg	60	$38,220	0.3
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	390	$35,690	1.9
Rapid City	100	$44,550	1.2
TENNESSEE
Nashville	760	$46,350	0.6
Knoxville	290	$39,130	0.5
Jackson	40	$34,750	0.5
Johnson City	40	$36,380	0.4
Chattanooga	140	$38,960	0.4
Clarksville	40	$38,360	0.4
Kingsport	40	$52,380	0.2
TEXAS
Dallas	4,450	$57,670	1.3
College Station	130	$48,110	1.2
Austin	1,240	$53,920	1
Abilene	90	$31,380	1
Odessa	70	$47,620	0.9
Tyler	130	$39,030	0.9
Amarillo	140	$39,350	0.9
Lubbock	140	$42,390	0.8
San Antonio	1,000	$48,080	0.8
San Angelo	40	$36,130	0.8
Brownsville	140	$33,730	0.7
El Paso	260	$37,590	0.7
Midland	50	$40,160	0.6
Fort Worth	830	$49,930	0.6
Corpus Christi	160	$41,780	0.6
Laredo	60	$44,400	0.6
Houston	2,080	$57,620	0.5
Texarkana	40	$42,370	0.5
Waco	70	$40,430	0.5
Beaumont	110	$39,210	0.4
McAllen	140	$52,970	0.4
Killeen	70	$45,940	0.4
Longview	40	$41,640	0.3
UTAH
Salt Lake City	1,020	$46,220	1
Provo	170	$45,370	0.7
Ogden	180	$45,560	0.6
Logan	30	$28,330	0.5
VERMONT
Burlington	410	$50,070	2.5
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	230	$47,280	1.8
Richmond	1,270	$51,560	1.2
Lynchburg	160	$38,370	1.1
Virginia Beach	1,110	$53,620	0.9
Roanoke	210	$40,080	0.8
Winchester	60	$42,970	0.8
WASHINGTON
Olympia	500	$58,440	3.5
Seattle	3,020	$60,100	1.3
Spokane	280	$52,920	0.8
Wenatchee	40	$55,830	0.7
Bellingham	80	$46,460	0.7
Tacoma	280	$54,840	0.7
Mount Vernon	40	$51,300	0.6
Kennewick	80	$63,750	0.6
Bremerton	60	$51,550	0.5
Yakima	50	$54,220	0.4
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	140	$36,940	2
Charleston	250	$45,970	1.1
Weirton	50	$44,620	0.8
Parkersburg	60	$46,260	0.6
Huntington	90	$40,790	0.5
WISCONSIN
Madison	1,080	$48,760	2
Milwaukee	1,710	$55,120	1.2
Fond du Lac	60	$43,180	1.1
Oshkosh	110	$47,430	0.9
La Crosse	90	$43,280	0.9
Sheboygan	70	$43,280	0.9
Green Bay	220	$40,980	0.8
Janesville	80	$45,180	0.8
Eau Claire	90	$42,840	0.8
Appleton	120	$43,160	0.7
Wausau	70	$48,990	0.7
Racine	70	$47,900	0.6
WYOMING
Cheyenne	90	$43,870	1.5

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