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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Rehabilitation Counselors

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:
Rehabilitation Counselors

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Rehabilitation Counselors 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
Gadsden	140	$30,250	7
Anniston	40	$36,330	1.4
Montgomery	150	$38,590	1.3
Birmingham	320	$31,400	0.9
Tuscaloosa	40	$35,690	0.7
Huntsville	40		0.3
ALASKA
Anchorage	80		0.7
ARIZONA
Prescott	70	$45,600	1.8
Phoenix	1,060	$31,180	0.8
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	40	$40,060	1.8
Jonesboro	40	$32,040	1.3
Little Rock	130	$39,010	0.6
CALIFORNIA
Visalia	310	$33,870	3.5
Bakersfield	360	$37,710	2
Vallejo	120		1.5
Redding	60	$25,020	1.4
San Diego	890	$37,000	0.9
Oakland	610	$46,190	0.8
Riverside	720	$34,150	0.8
San Luis Obispo	50	$29,310	0.8
San Francisco	520	$35,550	0.7
Santa Cruz	40	$39,550	0.7
Sacramento	400	$31,200	0.6
Modesto	60	$29,060	0.5
Santa Rosa	60	$45,040	0.5
Santa Ana	450	$39,110	0.4
San Jose	270	$52,360	0.4
Fresno	80		0.3
COLORADO
Boulder	520	$34,280	4.8
Grand Junction	90	$27,790	2.6
Pueblo	40	$54,400	1.2
Fort Collins	60	$43,380	0.8
Denver	490	$35,360	0.6
Colorado Springs	50	$38,360	0.3
CONNECTICUT
New Haven	800	$38,850	4.2
Bridgeport	670	$42,760	2.2
Waterbury	90	$35,990	2.1
Norwich	160	$45,350	1.9
Hartford	700	$43,820	1.7
DELAWARE
Wilmington	380	$33,070	1.7
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	2,860	$34,280	1.7
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	290	$35,810	2.7
Pensacola	210	$29,610	2.1
Ocala	80	$31,160	1.3
Cape Coral	170	$35,060	1.2
Palm Bay	100	$33,180	0.8
Deltona	70	$35,720	0.7
Fort Lauderdale	310	$33,600	0.6
West Palm Beach	220	$42,610	0.6
Lakeland	70	$30,450	0.5
Gainesville	40	$42,980	0.5
Tampa	440	$35,630	0.5
Jacksonville	210	$39,540	0.5
Miami	340	$37,640	0.5
Orlando	290	$32,260	0.4
Sarasota	50	$38,180	0.3
GEORGIA
Savannah	80	$36,020	0.8
Augusta	100	$30,510	0.7
Atlanta	760	$37,290	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	240	$37,620	0.8
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	240	$23,160	8.3
Lewiston	40	$45,640	3.1
Coeur d'Alene	100	$41,820	3
Boise	430	$37,990	2.3
ILLINOIS
Decatur	70	$28,140	2.5
Peoria	160	$31,150	1.4
Springfield	50	$49,080	0.7
Chicago	1,740	$39,490	0.6
INDIANA
Muncie	50	$31,170	1.8
Bloomington	60	$24,240	1.4
Fort Wayne	150	$36,170	1
Indianapolis	410	$28,480	0.7
Evansville	70		0.6
South Bend	30	$37,050	0.3
Gary	40	$41,640	0.2
IOWA
Cedar Rapids	410	$25,770	4.6
Sioux City	200	$35,400	4.4
Des Moines	500	$29,230	2.2
Iowa City	100	$28,400	2.2
Waterloo	110	$34,530	2
KANSAS
Lawrence	90	$26,430	3.3
Wichita	160	$37,010	0.8
Topeka	30	$31,390	0.4
KENTUCKY
Bowling Green	140	$36,340	3.9
Lexington	180	$34,950	1.1
Louisville	270	$35,860	0.6
LOUISIANA
Shreveport	170	$37,540	1.4
Baton Rouge	130	$35,590	0.5
New Orleans	180	$38,250	0.5
MAINE
Portland	110	$40,310	0.8
Bangor	30	$38,190	0.7
MARYLAND
Salisbury	120	$23,630	3.7
Bethesda	900	$30,210	2.2
Baltimore	1,190	$34,530	1.3
Hagerstown	80	$31,180	1.2
MASSACHUSETTS
Lawrence	360	$30,070	10.2
Pittsfield	130	$30,700	6.7
Leominster	110	$33,650	3.6
Worcester	460	$41,350	2.7
Taunton	70	$37,190	2.5
Brockton	140	$34,220	2.4
Springfield	410	$35,620	2
Boston	1,370	$36,820	1.1
New Bedford	40	$43,500	1
Haverhill	40	$25,640	0.8
Lowell	60	$39,500	0.8
Framingham	40	$44,010	0.4
MICHIGAN
Bay City	50	$37,410	2.4
Lansing	130	$50,240	1
Detroit	250	$44,060	0.5
Warren	360		0.4
Grand Rapids	90	$40,940	0.3
MINNESOTA
Duluth	150	$39,750	1.8
St. Cloud	100	$47,700	1.5
Minneapolis	1,230	$43,020	1
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	170	$37,400	1
MISSOURI
St. Joseph	90	$32,000	2.9
Jefferson City	120	$31,130	2.8
Springfield	280	$29,680	2.1
Columbia	110	$33,540	2.1
Kansas City	1,050	$29,350	1.4
St. Louis	1,380	$32,820	1.4
Joplin	60	$33,210	1.2
MONTANA
Great Falls	40	$34,970	2
Missoula	40	$36,400	1.3
Billings	30	$44,330	0.6
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	260	$26,850	2.4
Omaha	550	$30,440	1.7
NEVADA
Las Vegas	110	$40,280	0.2
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	60		0.9
Portsmouth	30	$44,290	0.9
NEW JERSEY
Camden	1,200	$33,410	3.2
Vineland	90	$30,840	2.5
Newark	1,640	$40,060	2.3
Edison	1,150	$34,940	1.6
Trenton	190	$48,950	1.3
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	240	$41,280	6.1
Albuquerque	70	$34,560	0.3
NEW YORK
Kingston	220	$26,760	6
Glens Falls	160	$30,510	4.9
Poughkeepsie	750	$28,690	4.6
Syracuse	750	$23,730	3.5
Rochester	1,080	$25,900	3.1
Binghamton	170	$28,100	2.4
New York	8,360	$31,390	2.3
Ithaca	40	$24,070	1.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte	920	$32,480	1.5
Raleigh	480	$32,390	1.3
Greenville	60	$33,230	1.3
Durham	200	$32,450	1.1
Greensboro	270	$32,250	1
Hickory	90	$40,130	0.8
Winston-Salem	110	$28,480	0.7
Asheville	90	$34,830	0.7
Wilmington	40	$44,050	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	60		1.7
Fargo	80	$40,540	1
Grand Forks	30	$40,140	1
OHIO
Mansfield	140	$33,650	4.4
Youngstown	280	$40,180	1.8
Lima	50	$50,450	1.6
Canton	150	$33,370	1.3
Akron	270	$43,090	1.2
Toledo	210	$38,270	1
Dayton	260	$40,700	1
Columbus	600	$45,470	0.9
Cleveland	520	$42,810	0.7
Cincinnati	500	$42,160	0.7
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	670	$27,260	1.7
Lawton	30	$24,160	1.4
Tulsa	210	$25,600	0.7
OREGON
Medford	100	$34,290	1.8
Eugene	150	$31,280	1.5
Salem	150	$43,800	1.5
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia	2,350	$31,110	1.8
Allentown	400	$34,120	1.7
Pittsburgh	1,230	$36,410	1.5
State College	50	$29,460	1.4
Williamsport	40	$36,670	1.3
Reading	140	$38,520	1.3
Scranton	190	$39,060	1.1
Harrisburg	210	$37,820	1
Lancaster	140	$34,610	0.9
Altoona	30		0.8
York	80	$37,570	0.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	330	$47,740	0.8
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	420	$29,240	2.1
Columbia	230	$41,570	0.9
Greenville	120	$29,430	0.6
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	60	$32,860	1.5
Sioux Falls	110	$37,450	1.2
TENNESSEE
Kingsport	120	$26,620	1.6
Memphis	450	$36,300	1
Clarksville	30	$33,510	0.6
TEXAS
Victoria	50	$32,900	1.8
Abilene	40	$33,680	1
Beaumont	100	$31,940	0.9
Texarkana	30	$39,410	0.9
Austin	480	$34,920	0.9
Fort Worth	480	$34,770	0.8
Tyler	40	$35,400	0.7
Corpus Christi	70		0.6
El Paso	100	$36,880	0.6
Lubbock	30	$40,430	0.4
Dallas	400	$39,880	0.3
McAllen	40	$45,170	0.3
San Antonio	140	$41,300	0.2
Houston	430	$39,370	0.2
UTAH
Provo	80	$40,380	0.7
Ogden	70	$42,520	0.5
Salt Lake City	170	$39,400	0.4
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	350	$27,680	5.4
Richmond	1,490	$29,950	3.6
Virginia Beach	1,220	$30,940	2.3
Harrisonburg	70	$43,930	2.1
Roanoke	130	$33,640	1.2
Charlottesville	40	$49,510	0.7
WASHINGTON
Longview	220	$30,850	11.5
Spokane	670	$45,530	4.7
Mount Vernon	120	$38,880	4.5
Yakima	210	$51,940	4.1
Olympia	240	$48,810	4
Kennewick	190	$36,800	3.3
Bremerton	170		3.2
Bellingham	130	$36,580	2.6
Wenatchee	60	$40,510	2.5
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling	130	$27,900	3.3
Huntington	80	$32,660	1.1
Charleston	80	$41,030	0.8
WISCONSIN
Racine	60	$34,960	1.2
Madison	250	$31,860	1.1
Milwaukee	500	$37,520	0.8
La Crosse	30	$36,060	0.7
Oshkosh	30	$39,950	0.6
Green Bay	50	$40,000	0.4

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Most Popular Industries (as of 2008) for:
Rehabilitation Counselors

Industries representing at least 1% of total jobs for the occupation.

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Social Service	49,150	43%	$28,820
Nursing And Residential Care	25,640	22%	$26,550
Government	23,440	20%	$43,430
Medical Office	6,310	5%	$31,040
Hospital	2,930	2%	$42,310
Business Management	1,320	1%	$29,470
Non-Profit	1,270	1%	$30,280

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Rehabilitation Counselors

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Rehabilitation Counselors

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

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