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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Recreational Therapists

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:
Recreational Therapists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Recreational Therapists 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.

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Mobile	80	$28,350	3.3
Montgomery	30	$29,890	1.3
Birmingham	70	$38,160	1
ARIZONA
Phoenix	190	$37,110	0.7
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	70	$46,690	1.5
CALIFORNIA
Santa Rosa	60	$45,760	2.5
Bakersfield	40		1.1
Oakland	100	$49,760	0.7
San Francisco	90	$52,780	0.7
San Jose	80	$61,500	0.6
Sacramento	60	$54,030	0.5
Riverside	70	$50,380	0.4
San Diego	70	$48,930	0.4
Santa Ana	80	$48,940	0.4
COLORADO
Denver	70	$43,040	0.4
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	40	$42,980	4.8
Hartford	360	$45,960	4.6
Bridgeport	160	$40,240	2.7
Norwich	40	$43,180	2.5
New Haven	90	$45,670	2.4
DELAWARE
Wilmington	80	$42,780	1.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	230	$48,990	0.7
FLORIDA
Gainesville	30	$35,600	2.1
Miami	150	$47,830	1.1
Tampa	140	$39,550	0.8
Fort Lauderdale	70	$40,580	0.7
West Palm Beach	40	$40,840	0.5
Orlando	30	$35,910	0.2
GEORGIA
Savannah	40	$40,090	2.1
Augusta	40	$43,760	1.5
Atlanta	220	$36,540	0.7
HAWAII
Honolulu	40	$51,090	0.7
IDAHO
Boise	80	$40,070	2.2
ILLINOIS
Kankakee	30	$38,940	6.9
Peoria	90	$38,750	4.1
Rockford	30	$33,570	1.5
Chicago	750	$40,000	1.4
INDIANA
Gary	40	$29,990	1.1
Indianapolis	80	$41,000	0.7
IOWA
Waterloo	40	$29,860	3.8
Cedar Rapids	40	$33,860	2.3
Des Moines	50	$44,300	1.1
KANSAS
Topeka	40	$41,660	2.9
Wichita	40	$34,670	1
KENTUCKY
Louisville	50	$35,590	0.6
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	30	$39,320	4.2
Baton Rouge	120	$32,320	2.4
Shreveport	40	$35,850	1.7
New Orleans	110	$34,300	1.6
MAINE
Portland	40	$29,150	1.5
MARYLAND
Salisbury	30	$38,310	4.8
Baltimore	340	$40,440	1.9
Bethesda	120	$48,490	1.5
MASSACHUSETTS
Springfield	150	$37,480	3.7
Brockton	40	$51,770	3.6
Lowell	40	$36,700	2.6
Boston	500	$41,800	2.1
Worcester	60	$38,480	1.8
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	70	$42,610	3.2
Grand Rapids	100	$39,490	2
Detroit	130	$44,700	1.3
Warren	80	$41,230	0.5
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	400	$41,780	1.6
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	180	$33,670	5.3
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	40	$24,010	4.8
Columbia	30	$34,700	3
St. Louis	360	$33,970	1.9
Kansas City	240	$35,990	1.7
Springfield	40	$35,180	1.6
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	60	$33,430	2.8
Omaha	120	$36,400	1.9
NEVADA
Las Vegas	80	$29,730	0.6
NEW JERSEY
Edison	280	$43,010	2
Camden	100	$45,140	1.4
Newark	180	$41,450	1.3
NEW YORK
Utica	90	$46,760	5.5
Poughkeepsie	80	$49,800	2.5
Syracuse	100	$40,120	2.4
Rochester	160	$43,160	2.4
Nassau	400	$45,970	2.3
Binghamton	30	$48,570	2.2
New York	1,280	$48,620	1.8
Buffalo	120	$41,910	1.6
Albany	80	$42,630	1.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Goldsboro	30	$39,660	6.9
Greenville	40	$35,170	4.6
Durham	50	$43,630	1.4
Winston-Salem	30	$41,280	1.1
Charlotte	60	$44,570	0.5
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	40	$37,200	2.7
OHIO
Youngstown	60	$36,730	1.9
Toledo	50	$36,000	1.2
Dayton	60	$45,420	1.1
Columbus	140	$41,500	1.1
Cleveland	140	$43,360	1
Cincinnati	90	$41,500	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	130	$36,900	1.7
Tulsa	60	$35,170	1
OREGON
Salem	30		1.5
Portland	50	$46,460	0.4
PENNSYLVANIA
Scranton	110	$37,860	3.2
Reading	60	$39,910	2.8
Allentown	120	$43,200	2.6
York	60	$33,880	2.5
Erie	40	$36,900	2.5
Pittsburgh	340	$36,540	2.2
Harrisburg	70	$31,480	1.7
Philadelphia	390	$43,770	1.5
Lancaster	40	$28,230	1.3
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	80	$38,140	1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia	110	$28,880	2.3
Charleston	40	$34,850	1
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	50	$33,740	1.1
Memphis	70	$38,190	0.8
TEXAS
San Antonio	80	$35,890	0.7
Austin	50	$35,360	0.5
Houston	150	$38,070	0.4
Fort Worth	40	$35,340	0.3
Dallas	70	$42,970	0.2
UTAH
Provo	70	$35,610	3.3
Salt Lake City	110	$35,260	1.3
VIRGINIA
Richmond	140	$38,560	1.7
Virginia Beach	80	$37,320	0.8
WASHINGTON
Tacoma	50	$54,810	1.4
Spokane	30	$44,970	1.1
Seattle	70	$55,810	0.4
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington	40	$40,200	2.8
WISCONSIN
La Crosse	50	$38,030	6
Milwaukee	190	$39,670	1.6
Madison	30	$43,840	0.7

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Nursing And Residential Care	8,150	36%	$33,940
Hospital	7,880	35%	$41,690
Government	4,130	18%	$44,500
Social Service	1,400	6%	$30,980
Medical Office	390	1%	$42,470

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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Recreational Therapists

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ARIZONA

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CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW JERSEY

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

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