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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Purchasing Agents

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:
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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Purchasing Agents 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
Huntsville	1,820	$70,750	4
Anniston	120	$53,590	1.3
Mobile	440	$50,180	1.1
Montgomery	400	$51,210	1.1
Decatur	110	$47,280	1
Gadsden	60	$49,370	0.9
Birmingham	940	$52,450	0.8
Dothan	90	$44,640	0.8
Tuscaloosa	130	$46,680	0.7
Florence	70	$42,370	0.7
Auburn	50	$53,800	0.6
ALASKA
Anchorage	400	$60,750	1.2
Fairbanks	60	$54,760	1
ARIZONA
Tucson	1,480	$55,670	1.8
Kingman	120	$41,220	1.2
Phoenix	4,420	$50,630	1
Flagstaff	100	$48,240	0.9
Prescott	110	$43,110	0.9
Yuma	80	$50,690	0.7
ARKANSAS
Pine Bluff	60	$53,180	1
Fayetteville	350	$45,660	0.8
Little Rock	550	$44,830	0.7
Hot Springs	50	$41,330	0.7
Jonesboro	60	$39,290	0.6
Fort Smith	130	$49,300	0.5
CALIFORNIA
San Jose	3,440	$69,980	1.7
Oxnard	920	$61,340	1.4
Santa Barbara	480	$62,280	1.3
Santa Ana	4,150	$59,800	1.2
San Diego	3,500	$62,420	1.2
Oakland	2,490	$65,560	1.1
Santa Rosa	310	$56,150	0.8
Napa	100	$55,880	0.8
Vallejo	200	$61,610	0.8
Riverside	2,190	$51,780	0.8
San Francisco	1,690	$67,330	0.7
Hanford	40	$53,770	0.7
El Centro	70	$58,870	0.7
Stockton	320	$56,670	0.7
Bakersfield	400	$67,330	0.7
Santa Cruz	120	$60,610	0.7
Sacramento	1,250	$58,620	0.6
Modesto	220	$49,910	0.6
San Luis Obispo	120	$59,390	0.6
Madera	40	$59,040	0.6
Merced	60	$47,580	0.5
Fresno	380	$46,640	0.5
Salinas	150	$50,930	0.5
Redding	60	$49,690	0.4
Chico	60	$43,410	0.4
Yuba City	30	$58,380	0.4
Visalia	110	$58,240	0.4
COLORADO
Boulder	640	$62,660	1.8
Colorado Springs	890	$63,090	1.6
Fort Collins	290	$61,310	1.1
Denver	3,150	$63,190	1.1
Greeley	130	$56,530	0.9
Grand Junction	90	$47,140	0.8
Pueblo	60	$50,720	0.6
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	380	$67,270	1.4
Bridgeport	1,090	$66,590	1.1
Danbury	160	$61,330	1.1
Hartford	1,440	$63,030	1.1
New Haven	500	$60,540	0.8
Waterbury	80	$56,370	0.6
DELAWARE
Wilmington	740	$63,750	1
Dover	100	$52,340	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	8,910	$76,090	1.7
FLORIDA
Palm Bay	880	$56,630	2.1
Fort Walton Beach	310	$64,960	2
Panama City	160	$56,500	1.1
West Palm Beach	1,230	$55,970	1
Orlando	2,180	$51,760	0.9
Jacksonville	1,240	$51,780	0.9
Tampa	2,480	$53,860	0.9
Tallahassee	310	$44,480	0.9
Sebastian	80	$47,100	0.8
Lakeland	350	$49,420	0.8
Ocala	160	$49,500	0.8
Miami	1,800	$52,000	0.8
Sarasota	460	$46,080	0.8
Gainesville	180	$45,370	0.7
Deltona	240	$46,550	0.7
Naples	180	$47,840	0.7
Pensacola	220	$53,430	0.7
Port St. Lucie	180	$49,710	0.7
Punta Gorda	50	$43,170	0.7
Fort Lauderdale	1,040	$51,460	0.6
Cape Coral	250	$49,750	0.5
GEORGIA
Warner Robins	360	$70,880	3.7
Savannah	370	$51,480	1.2
Albany	110	$63,390	0.9
Augusta	400	$61,330	0.9
Gainesville	120	$54,180	0.8
Atlanta	4,080	$56,540	0.8
Rome	50	$48,550	0.7
Athens	100	$51,460	0.7
Brunswick	50	$61,480	0.6
Macon	120	$46,320	0.6
Dalton	90	$46,370	0.6
Columbus	100	$56,390	0.4
HAWAII
Honolulu	790	$62,450	0.8
IDAHO
Boise	540	$49,440	0.9
Idaho Falls	80	$56,150	0.9
Coeur d'Alene	80	$45,390	0.7
Pocatello	30	$46,300	0.5
ILLINOIS
Peoria	380	$54,610	1
Rockford	310	$50,550	1
Chicago	7,390	$61,520	0.9
Danville	40	$56,940	0.9
Champaign	140	$55,260	0.7
Kankakee	40	$51,120	0.6
Springfield	90	$50,520	0.4
INDIANA
Elkhart	610	$47,880	2.2
Columbus	130	$52,730	1.6
Fort Wayne	560	$54,350	1.2
Kokomo	70	$69,470	1
Bloomington	140	$66,860	1
Indianapolis	1,970	$54,220	1
Lafayette	150	$55,860	1
South Bend	240	$53,730	0.8
Muncie	70	$49,540	0.8
Terre Haute	100	$50,080	0.7
Evansville	250	$50,110	0.7
Anderson	50	$51,210	0.7
Gary	350	$58,140	0.6
IOWA
Davenport	1,000	$64,950	2.5
Ames	100	$49,180	1.4
Cedar Rapids	290	$47,020	1
Sioux City	140	$50,890	1
Des Moines	520	$44,900	0.7
Iowa City	100	$56,560	0.7
Waterloo	120	$43,660	0.7
Dubuque	60	$46,470	0.6
KANSAS
Wichita	1,310	$56,610	1.9
Topeka	200	$60,300	0.9
Lawrence	50	$43,950	0.6
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	130	$44,810	1.4
Lexington	640	$54,800	1.2
Elizabethtown	90	$61,010	1.1
Bowling Green	90	$47,320	0.8
Louisville	970	$53,630	0.7
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	140	$45,600	1.2
Houma	230	$43,600	1.2
Lafayette	320	$48,050	1
New Orleans	900	$49,240	0.8
Baton Rouge	600	$52,470	0.7
Shreveport	250	$45,420	0.7
Lake Charles	110	$47,930	0.6
Monroe	60	$43,470	0.4
MAINE
Lewiston	70	$45,480	0.7
Portland	290	$53,190	0.7
Bangor	80	$45,860	0.6
MARYLAND
Bethesda	1,830	$69,040	1.4
Baltimore	2,770	$63,490	0.9
Cumberland	60	$56,830	0.9
Hagerstown	130	$52,240	0.6
Salisbury	50	$53,270	0.5
MASSACHUSETTS
Pittsfield	110	$52,240	1.8
Lowell	390	$66,610	1.5
Framingham	510	$69,280	1.5
Brockton	220	$52,610	1.2
Lawrence	120	$60,600	1.1
Springfield	700	$64,150	1.1
Taunton	90	$63,500	1
Boston	3,810	$67,880	1
Worcester	430	$59,690	0.8
Haverhill	120	$52,200	0.8
Leominster	70	$65,610	0.7
New Bedford	60	$52,430	0.5
Barnstable	90	$58,450	0.4
MICHIGAN
Muskegon	230	$46,490	1.9
Niles	230	$53,720	1.9
Battle Creek	150	$54,920	1.6
Detroit	2,400		1.5
Warren	3,880	$67,490	1.5
Holland	300	$53,440	1.4
Saginaw	190	$59,570	1.2
Grand Rapids	940	$53,590	1.1
Ann Arbor	390	$57,850	1.1
Kalamazoo	300	$49,900	1
Lansing	420	$59,650	1
Jackson	100	$56,860	1
Bay City	60	$51,890	0.9
Monroe	50	$56,640	0.7
Flint	150	$56,580	0.5
MINNESOTA
Rochester	220	$60,420	1.1
Minneapolis	4,620	$60,200	1.1
St. Cloud	170	$51,170	0.8
Duluth	150	$52,970	0.6
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	260	$56,890	2.8
Gulfport	250	$53,610	1.1
Jackson	480	$45,100	0.9
Hattiesburg	60	$35,200	0.5
MISSOURI
St. Louis	3,310	$58,950	1.1
Jefferson City	150	$46,680	1.1
Kansas City	2,410	$54,830	1
St. Joseph	100	$47,430	1
Joplin	120	$39,630	0.7
Springfield	310	$43,730	0.7
Columbia	90	$45,050	0.5
MONTANA
Missoula	110	$44,290	1.1
Billings	80	$49,890	0.5
Great Falls	30	$50,500	0.5
NEBRASKA
Omaha	1,050	$54,710	1
Lincoln	300	$49,980	0.9
NEVADA
Carson City	50	$50,720	1
Las Vegas	1,220	$53,180	0.6
Reno	260	$50,010	0.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	410	$62,210	1.4
Rochester	140	$53,740	1.2
Portsmouth	110	$59,740	1
Manchester	200	$53,800	0.9
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	470	$66,330	1
Edison	2,270	$71,060	1
Newark	1,790	$67,980	0.8
Camden	880	$56,270	0.7
Vineland	80	$52,460	0.7
Atlantic City	160	$63,370	0.5
Ocean City	30	$52,680	0.4
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	120	$42,170	0.9
Las Cruces	110	$56,240	0.9
Albuquerque	770	$60,720	0.9
Farmington	70	$56,640	0.7
NEW YORK
Binghamton	360	$57,040	1.6
Rochester	1,300	$54,390	1.2
Elmira	70	$53,320	1.1
Syracuse	620	$52,170	0.9
Utica	240	$53,120	0.9
Poughkeepsie	440	$63,520	0.8
Albany	820	$53,690	0.8
Buffalo	980	$51,910	0.8
Ithaca	60	$50,370	0.7
Nassau	2,060	$63,750	0.7
New York	8,020	$64,240	0.7
Kingston	70	$46,190	0.6
Glens Falls	60	$52,140	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	710	$64,090	1.2
Greensboro	910	$56,820	1.1
Goldsboro	70	$47,210	1
Winston-Salem	450	$53,680	1
Burlington	110	$47,500	0.9
Jacksonville	70	$51,620	0.9
Hickory	310	$46,910	0.9
Rocky Mount	100	$52,750	0.9
Charlotte	1,720	$52,820	0.9
Raleigh	920	$53,650	0.8
Asheville	290	$47,440	0.8
Fayetteville	180	$55,010	0.7
Greenville	90	$52,030	0.6
Wilmington	130	$50,460	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	90	$56,230	0.8
Fargo	180	$52,520	0.7
Grand Forks	50	$48,850	0.5
OHIO
Dayton	1,530	$66,490	1.8
Columbus	2,900	$59,820	1.4
Akron	740	$52,440	1
Cincinnati	2,300	$57,120	1
Lima	100	$51,660	1
Cleveland	2,280	$52,660	0.9
Sandusky	60	$51,510	0.9
Canton	320	$50,480	0.9
Mansfield	80	$44,610	0.8
Toledo	460	$53,800	0.7
Springfield	60	$56,320	0.7
Youngstown	280	$48,780	0.5
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	1,210	$49,310	1.2
Oklahoma City	1,430	$55,440	1.1
Lawton	50	$54,380	0.7
OREGON
Portland	2,670	$54,800	1.1
Salem	330	$49,210	1
Corvallis	50	$44,740	0.9
Eugene	270	$43,340	0.8
Bend	100	$48,750	0.7
Medford	100	$43,930	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA
Erie	470	$45,190	1.8
Williamsport	140	$47,210	1.4
State College	150	$45,850	1.3
Philadelphia	5,240	$61,130	1.2
Harrisburg	800	$60,840	1.1
Lebanon	100	$48,100	1.1
York	430	$55,610	1.1
Johnstown	120	$47,170	1.1
Lancaster	490	$51,220	0.9
Pittsburgh	2,420	$53,560	0.9
Altoona	100	$50,110	0.8
Reading	280	$51,650	0.8
Scranton	400	$46,370	0.7
Allentown	520	$52,830	0.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,120	$60,100	0.9
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	70	$51,510	1.1
Spartanburg	260	$51,860	1
Florence	170	$56,740	1
Columbia	730	$49,020	0.9
Anderson	110	$52,360	0.9
Greenville	600	$54,410	0.9
Charleston	540	$55,630	0.8
Myrtle Beach	120	$42,940	0.5
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	220	$46,480	0.7
Rapid City	70	$48,680	0.6
TENNESSEE
Cleveland	70	$38,350	1
Kingsport	250	$48,710	1
Jackson	110	$37,070	1
Clarksville	130	$52,970	0.8
Knoxville	600	$52,490	0.8
Memphis	980	$52,480	0.7
Johnson City	100	$42,520	0.7
Chattanooga	330	$47,090	0.6
Morristown	50	$39,350	0.6
TEXAS
San Angelo	100	$49,600	1.3
Austin	2,210	$56,900	1.3
Houston	6,940	$56,750	1.2
Beaumont	400	$51,170	1.2
Wichita Falls	130	$45,390	1.1
Longview	210	$45,570	1.1
Fort Worth	2,100	$56,400	1.1
Dallas	4,970	$58,190	1
Killeen	260	$56,360	1
Odessa	110	$44,290	1
San Antonio	1,860	$60,330	1
Waco	180	$47,210	0.9
College Station	130	$47,130	0.8
El Paso	430	$45,990	0.7
Abilene	90	$40,690	0.7
Amarillo	150	$47,180	0.7
Tyler	130	$49,150	0.7
Midland	90	$55,830	0.7
Texarkana	70	$52,730	0.7
Corpus Christi	230	$52,560	0.6
Victoria	50	$42,820	0.6
Sherman	40	$42,030	0.5
Lubbock	120	$47,370	0.5
Brownsville	100	$40,450	0.4
Laredo	60	$44,920	0.4
McAllen	130	$38,710	0.3
UTAH
Ogden	670	$62,830	1.5
Logan	120	$44,940	1.3
Salt Lake City	1,430	$49,250	1
Provo	330	$49,370	0.9
St. George	50	$36,570	0.5
VERMONT
Burlington	220	$54,230	1
VIRGINIA
Richmond	2,420	$60,780	1.8
Winchester	180	$71,300	1.7
Blacksburg	190	$52,850	1.6
Lynchburg	310	$49,420	1.5
Virginia Beach	2,430	$57,690	1.4
Charlottesville	230	$46,860	1.2
Harrisonburg	110	$42,290	1
Roanoke	300	$46,220	0.9
Danville	30	$52,200	0.5
WASHINGTON
Seattle	5,200	$64,890	1.6
Kennewick	290	$67,970	1.6
Olympia	280	$52,360	1.4
Bremerton	210	$63,010	1.2
Mount Vernon	100	$66,740	1.2
Longview	70	$50,740	1.1
Spokane	450	$46,260	1
Tacoma	530	$52,100	0.9
Bellingham	140	$43,630	0.9
Wenatchee	50	$54,470	0.7
Yakima	70	$53,310	0.4
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	90	$47,420	1
Parkersburg	130	$55,090	0.9
Weirton	60	$38,700	0.7
Huntington	170	$46,140	0.7
Charleston	170	$46,930	0.5
Wheeling	50	$47,690	0.4
WISCONSIN
Oshkosh	380	$52,660	2.2
Eau Claire	280	$48,680	1.8
Racine	250	$57,300	1.6
Fond du Lac	120	$49,870	1.4
Wausau	190	$44,480	1.4
Milwaukee	2,460	$54,490	1.3
Green Bay	460	$50,350	1.3
Appleton	290	$50,510	1.2
Madison	760	$51,770	1
Sheboygan	90	$50,860	0.8
La Crosse	110	$46,930	0.8
Janesville	100	$50,840	0.8
WYOMING
Cheyenne	90	$51,240	1.1
Casper	60	$47,930	0.8

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Government	44,090	15%	$64,730
Professional And Technical Services	24,300	8%	$59,450
Automotive And Vehicle Manufacturing	19,810	6%	$59,010
Electronics And Computer	19,100	6%	$57,350
Business Management	16,730	5%	$58,420
Machinery	14,020	4%	$49,650
Durable Goods Wholesale	12,710	4%	$49,350
Metal Products	11,320	3%	$48,960
Hospital	8,290	2%	$44,650
Construction Trades	7,670	2%	$47,630
Office Services And Staffing	7,630	2%	$49,640
Education	6,480	2%	$49,240
Chemicals	6,370	2%	$55,220
Construction	6,340	2%	$51,540
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	4,930	1%	$51,150
Electrical Appliance	4,490	1%	$50,930
Telecommunications	4,480	1%	$64,390
Plastics And Rubber	3,990	1%	$47,590
Utilities	3,450	1%	$61,700
Food	3,220	1%	$50,910

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