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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2006) for:
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Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Purchasing Agents 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
Huntsville	1,690	$65,670	4.1
Anniston	130	$48,190	1.5
Gadsden	60	$33,290	1.1
Montgomery	350	$50,840	1
Decatur	90	$47,540	0.9
Mobile	310	$46,010	0.9
Florence	80	$42,030	0.8
Dothan	90	$43,130	0.8
Birmingham	870	$51,200	0.8
Tuscaloosa	110	$41,410	0.7
Auburn	50	$44,540	0.6
ALASKA
Fairbanks	60	$54,970	1
Anchorage	290	$59,600	0.9
ARIZONA
Tucson	1,250	$51,300	1.6
Flagstaff	100	$44,740	1
Phoenix	3,860	$48,900	0.9
Prescott	110	$42,300	0.9
Yuma	70	$50,180	0.7
ARKANSAS
Pine Bluff	60	$50,830	1
Jonesboro	80	$35,510	0.9
Little Rock	470	$41,780	0.7
Hot Springs	40	$41,640	0.6
Fort Smith	140	$43,320	0.6
CALIFORNIA
San Jose	3,580	$65,980	1.8
Oxnard	970	$58,000	1.5
Santa Barbara	490	$57,890	1.4
Santa Ana	4,330	$56,860	1.3
San Diego	3,250	$58,580	1.1
Santa Cruz	180	$54,740	1.1
Los Angeles	9,300	$56,900	1
Oakland	2,310	$61,810	1
Yuba City	70	$49,790	1
Napa	110	$61,450	0.9
Bakersfield	450	$63,290	0.8
Riverside	2,260	$50,050	0.8
San Francisco	1,590	$67,050	0.8
Vallejo	190	$58,610	0.7
Hanford	40	$49,450	0.7
Santa Rosa	280	$53,440	0.7
Madera	40	$51,230	0.7
Stockton	280	$52,830	0.6
Visalia	170	$41,100	0.6
Salinas	200	$50,750	0.6
Sacramento	1,210	$53,870	0.6
Merced	60	$41,910	0.6
El Centro	50	$50,780	0.5
Modesto	190	$45,360	0.5
San Luis Obispo	110	$48,020	0.5
Fresno	350	$45,480	0.5
Chico	70	$45,760	0.5
Redding	60	$48,860	0.5
COLORADO
Boulder	630	$55,660	2.1
Colorado Springs	770	$57,920	1.5
Fort Collins	340	$52,060	1.4
Denver	2,970	$57,300	1.1
Greeley	120	$49,410	0.9
Pueblo	70	$42,770	0.8
Grand Junction	70	$44,780	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Danbury	230	$53,730	1.8
Norwich	400	$62,010	1.6
Hartford	1,440	$58,950	1.2
New Haven	550	$53,340	0.9
Bridgeport	840	$61,840	0.9
Waterbury	100	$62,150	0.7
DELAWARE
Wilmington	630	$60,180	0.9
Dover	80	$48,950	0.7
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	8,930	$70,570	1.7
FLORIDA
Fort Walton Beach	340	$58,550	2.2
Palm Bay	770	$53,550	1.8
Panama City	170	$51,790	1.3
Lakeland	430	$46,180	1
West Palm Beach	1,130	$49,210	0.9
Tallahassee	310	$44,330	0.9
Sarasota	570	$48,750	0.9
Orlando	2,110	$49,530	0.9
Jacksonville	1,160	$49,190	0.9
Tampa	2,350	$49,690	0.9
Pensacola	270	$49,000	0.8
Miami	1,750	$49,030	0.8
Gainesville	190	$43,070	0.8
Sebastian	70	$42,930	0.8
Fort Lauderdale	1,220	$48,980	0.8
Naples	170	$44,830	0.7
Ocala	120	$43,120	0.6
Cape Coral	290	$42,240	0.6
Deltona	200	$46,760	0.6
Port St. Lucie	140	$43,470	0.6
GEORGIA
Warner Robins	350	$63,160	4.1
Hinesville	40	$51,910	2.3
Albany	120	$59,780	1
Atlanta	5,280	$54,010	1
Gainesville	120	$55,030	1
Augusta	420	$55,140	1
Columbus	200	$47,300	0.9
Savannah	270	$49,160	0.9
Brunswick	50	$57,960	0.8
Rome	50	$42,780	0.8
Dalton	100	$44,420	0.7
Macon	110	$47,960	0.6
Valdosta	50	$49,330	0.6
Athens	80	$47,160	0.6
HAWAII
Honolulu	980	$56,560	1.1
IDAHO
Boise	550	$46,280	1.1
Idaho Falls	80	$48,330	1
Pocatello	50	$48,270	0.9
Coeur d'Alene	50	$41,330	0.5
ILLINOIS
Bloomington	220	$54,290	1.6
Waukegan	1,120	$52,700	1.4
Decatur	120	$43,610	1.4
Peoria	440	$46,890	1.3
Rockford	360	$49,290	1.2
Chicago	7,280	$57,840	0.9
Danville	40	$47,810	0.8
Springfield	150	$45,800	0.7
Kankakee	50	$48,600	0.7
Champaign	80	$46,600	0.5
INDIANA
Elkhart	620	$44,880	2.3
Columbus	90	$44,730	1.3
Anderson	70	$44,410	1.1
Fort Wayne	480	$52,100	1.1
Lafayette	130	$50,470	1
Indianapolis	1,740	$50,970	0.9
Bloomington	110	$56,230	0.9
South Bend	240	$48,740	0.9
Evansville	310	$43,130	0.8
Terre Haute	100	$50,130	0.8
Muncie	60	$48,430	0.7
Gary	310	$47,130	0.5
IOWA
Davenport	670	$59,270	1.7
Ames	100	$45,400	1.6
Cedar Rapids	350	$45,960	1.3
Waterloo	150	$43,710	0.9
Sioux City	110	$47,690	0.8
Des Moines	500	$43,290	0.7
Dubuque	70	$40,810	0.7
Iowa City	80	$42,810	0.6
KANSAS
Wichita	1,090	$49,600	1.9
Topeka	200	$53,920	0.9
Lawrence	60	$43,120	0.8
KENTUCKY
Elizabethtown	120	$58,590	1.6
Lexington	490	$44,520	1
Owensboro	80	$42,270	1
Bowling Green	80	$45,920	0.8
Louisville	910	$48,380	0.7
LOUISIANA
Houma	230	$35,030	1.4
New Orleans	880	$47,130	0.9
Lake Charles	140	$38,360	0.9
Lafayette	220	$45,280	0.8
Baton Rouge	510	$48,080	0.7
Shreveport	210	$42,790	0.6
Alexandria	70	$44,970	0.6
Monroe	50	$41,650	0.3
MAINE
Lewiston	70	$40,350	0.8
Portland	290	$45,420	0.7
Bangor	70	$42,140	0.6
MARYLAND
Bethesda	1,920	$65,010	1.6
Salisbury	100	$61,360	1
Baltimore	2,440	$59,640	0.9
Hagerstown	150	$46,570	0.8
Cumberland	50	$44,550	0.8
MASSACHUSETTS
Pittsfield	120	$53,580	2
Framingham	590	$64,890	1.9
Taunton	120	$53,560	1.6
Lowell	390	$63,810	1.6
Haverhill	170	$53,280	1.1
Boston	3,880	$63,750	1.1
Springfield	660	$53,500	1
Worcester	540	$52,060	1
Leominster	90	$56,840	0.9
Lynn	170	$65,070	0.9
Brockton	160	$49,350	0.9
Lawrence	90	$56,820	0.9
New Bedford	80	$50,130	0.6
Barnstable	100	$51,620	0.5
MICHIGAN
Battle Creek	200	$43,920	2.1
Niles	210	$49,740	1.8
Muskegon	200	$54,020	1.8
Holland	360	$52,020	1.7
Warren	4,500	$63,220	1.7
Monroe	90	$52,970	1.4
Jackson	150	$54,060	1.4
Bay City	80	$55,230	1.3
Grand Rapids	930	$47,640	1.1
Kalamazoo	280	$46,130	1
Ann Arbor	350	$51,740	1
Lansing	340	$54,540	0.9
Flint	180	$49,910	0.6
Saginaw	90	$49,660	0.6
MINNESOTA
Rochester	210	$58,690	1.4
Minneapolis	4,080	$55,180	1
St. Cloud	160	$44,360	0.8
Duluth	150	$45,760	0.6
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	210	$49,130	1.1
Hattiesburg	90	$32,480	0.8
Jackson	350	$39,810	0.7
MISSOURI
St. Joseph	80	$48,930	1.1
Joplin	150	$48,070	1
St. Louis	2,850	$53,170	1
Springfield	360	$39,130	1
Kansas City	2,100	$53,210	1
Jefferson City	120	$43,460	1
Columbia	80	$43,980	0.6
MONTANA
Billings	160	$44,620	1
Missoula	90	$46,750	0.9
Great Falls	40	$50,940	0.7
NEBRASKA
Omaha	980	$57,960	1
Lincoln	260	$48,270	0.8
NEVADA
Carson City	40	$47,960	0.8
Reno	290	$47,120	0.7
Las Vegas	1,140	$49,690	0.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	310	$58,040	1.1
Portsmouth	110	$54,340	1.1
Manchester	210	$51,360	1
Rochester	70	$46,780	0.7
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	590	$65,460	1.2
Edison	2,000	$66,020	0.9
Newark	1,900	$61,030	0.9
Camden	1,010	$57,050	0.9
Vineland	80	$47,900	0.7
Atlantic City	150	$64,880	0.5
Ocean City	40	$64,880	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	140	$42,740	1.2
Farmington	90	$58,400	1
Albuquerque	640	$57,110	0.8
Las Cruces	90	$51,930	0.8
NEW YORK
Binghamton	380	$52,640	1.8
Elmira	70	$46,560	1.1
Rochester	1,160	$48,550	1.1
Syracuse	710	$50,360	1.1
Ithaca	60	$42,100	1
Poughkeepsie	520	$60,660	1
Albany	860	$51,840	0.9
Glens Falls	90	$48,530	0.9
Buffalo	940	$48,980	0.8
Nassau	2,090	$57,550	0.8
Utica	200	$51,220	0.8
New York	7,050	$63,880	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	820	$63,110	1.6
Winston-Salem	500	$48,600	1.1
Greensboro	870	$52,420	1.1
Hickory	360	$45,050	1
Burlington	100	$44,140	1
Raleigh	1,010	$49,370	1
Wilmington	260	$40,480	0.9
Jacksonville	60	$50,350	0.9
Charlotte	1,520	$49,330	0.9
Goldsboro	60	$46,150	0.9
Asheville	280	$42,950	0.8
Rocky Mount	70	$47,670	0.6
Fayetteville	130	$54,000	0.5
Greenville	60	$48,260	0.5
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	200	$46,420	0.9
Grand Forks	80	$45,790	0.9
Bismarck	80	$53,710	0.7
OHIO
Dayton	1,440	$63,970	1.6
Lima	120	$50,300	1.2
Sandusky	70	$45,410	1.1
Columbus	2,190	$57,310	1.1
Akron	780	$48,580	1.1
Cleveland	2,520	$51,850	1.1
Canton	370	$41,850	1
Cincinnati	2,280	$54,350	1
Mansfield	100	$46,480	1
Toledo	500	$44,680	0.7
Springfield	60	$47,710	0.7
Youngstown	300	$48,490	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	1,080	$46,150	1.2
Oklahoma City	1,300	$53,280	1.1
Lawton	50	$45,170	0.9
OREGON
Portland	2,170	$52,030	1
Salem	280	$45,130	1
Bend	100	$46,620	0.9
Eugene	260	$40,510	0.9
Medford	130	$42,450	0.8
PENNSYLVANIA
York	570	$51,110	1.5
Lebanon	100	$44,900	1.3
Philadelphia	5,130	$58,940	1.2
Harrisburg	730	$55,640	1.2
Williamsport	100	$48,580	1.1
Erie	270	$41,890	1.1
State College	100	$44,510	1
Pittsburgh	2,270	$52,550	0.9
Allentown	650	$51,640	0.9
Lancaster	440	$51,980	0.9
Altoona	100	$48,840	0.9
Reading	270	$50,680	0.8
Scranton	320	$45,280	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,030	$54,810	0.9
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	70	$50,310	1.2
Spartanburg	230	$50,150	1
Florence	160	$52,000	1
Charleston	500	$54,200	0.8
Columbia	600	$45,300	0.8
Greenville	490	$48,690	0.8
Anderson	70	$41,890	0.7
Myrtle Beach	100	$36,700	0.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	220	$42,410	0.8
Rapid City	90	$44,490	0.8
TENNESSEE
Jackson	100	$41,650	1
Morristown	80	$41,980	1
Johnson City	110	$45,280	0.8
Kingsport	180	$46,110	0.8
Cleveland	50	$44,330	0.8
Chattanooga	370	$45,590	0.8
Nashville	1,200	$59,140	0.7
Knoxville	490	$46,790	0.7
Memphis	850	$50,050	0.6
Clarksville	70	$49,500	0.5
TEXAS
Austin	1,820	$53,030	1.2
Houston	5,830	$53,920	1.1
Longview	180	$41,780	1
Wichita Falls	110	$39,960	1
Abilene	110	$38,930	0.9
Dallas	4,190	$54,380	0.9
Fort Worth	1,610	$51,960	0.9
Waco	170	$39,990	0.9
San Antonio	1,460	$54,940	0.9
Beaumont	260	$44,140	0.8
College Station	110	$44,210	0.8
El Paso	390	$44,420	0.8
Tyler	130	$44,430	0.7
Killeen	160	$53,730	0.7
Sherman	50	$41,770	0.7
Amarillo	130	$42,240	0.7
Corpus Christi	230	$46,850	0.7
Odessa	60	$46,240	0.6
Texarkana	60	$51,210	0.6
Lubbock	130	$40,840	0.6
Brownsville	130	$34,000	0.5
Victoria	40	$47,100	0.5
Laredo	50	$37,090	0.4
McAllen	140	$39,660	0.3
UTAH
Ogden	760	$56,390	2.1
Logan	110	$38,950	1.6
Salt Lake City	1,320	$46,980	1
Provo	300	$45,850	0.9
St. George	40	$39,290	0.5
VERMONT
Burlington	190	$55,460	0.9
VIRGINIA
Richmond	2,430	$60,670	1.8
Winchester	170	$56,250	1.8
Charlottesville	260	$43,440	1.6
Virginia Beach	2,360	$54,590	1.4
Lynchburg	270	$45,650	1.4
Blacksburg	120	$48,110	1.2
Roanoke	370	$46,180	1.1
Harrisonburg	100	$41,190	1.1
Danville	70	$42,130	1
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	310	$73,210	1.9
Seattle	4,880	$60,340	1.7
Mount Vernon	110	$63,720	1.4
Olympia	230	$52,830	1.2
Bremerton	180	$61,440	1.1
Longview	60	$50,720	1.1
Spokane	360	$47,160	0.8
Tacoma	460	$51,700	0.8
Bellingham	110	$58,280	0.7
Wenatchee	40	$54,900	0.6
Yakima	80	$46,280	0.5
WEST VIRGINIA
Parkersburg	140	$47,360	1
Morgantown	90	$52,100	1
Weirton	50	$39,200	0.6
Charleston	180	$41,090	0.6
Huntington	120	$41,010	0.5
Wheeling	60	$43,590	0.5
WISCONSIN
Eau Claire	350	$46,910	2.4
Oshkosh	360	$50,160	2.2
Appleton	380	$53,360	1.7
Racine	240	$52,200	1.6
Milwaukee	2,730	$50,330	1.5
Green Bay	470	$48,670	1.4
Wausau	170	$42,340	1.3
Janesville	160	$51,910	1.2
Madison	750	$50,700	1.1
Sheboygan	110	$48,220	1.1
La Crosse	130	$42,740	1
WYOMING
Cheyenne	90	$46,340	1.2
Casper	60	$47,330	0.9

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