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Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2007)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Tuscaloosa	780	$19,020	1.6
Auburn	400	$17,400	1.6
Florence	400	$18,390	1.3
Dothan	490	$18,760	1.2
Gadsden	220	$18,080	1.2
Birmingham	3,570	$18,610	1
Montgomery	1,000	$19,450	0.9
Huntsville	1,090	$20,010	0.9
Anniston	230	$16,990	0.8
Mobile	910	$19,910	0.8
Decatur	190	$19,470	0.6
ALASKA
Anchorage	1,150	$26,140	1.1
Fairbanks	160	$24,880	0.9
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	720	$20,290	2.3
Prescott	650	$22,080	1.7
Tucson	3,320	$20,330	1.3
Yuma	470	$18,560	1.3
Phoenix	11,650	$21,960	0.9
ARKANSAS
Hot Springs	400	$17,920	1.9
Little Rock	1,890	$19,370	0.9
Jonesboro	230	$18,760	0.8
Fort Smith	530	$18,670	0.7
Fayetteville	840	$19,730	0.7
Pine Bluff	100	$15,920	0.5
CALIFORNIA
Napa	680	$26,620	1.8
San Luis Obispo	1,160	$22,770	1.8
Redding	620	$22,940	1.5
Santa Barbara	1,630	$24,160	1.5
Salinas	1,390	$24,400	1.4
San Francisco	8,550	$26,570	1.3
Santa Cruz	680	$24,220	1.3
Santa Rosa	1,410	$23,320	1.1
Chico	460	$20,590	1
San Diego	9,320	$23,040	1
El Centro	300	$17,770	1
Modesto	1,070	$22,210	1
Oxnard	1,990	$22,160	1
Santa Ana	10,050	$23,530	1
Riverside	8,440	$23,170	1
Sacramento	5,660	$23,800	0.9
Vallejo	720	$20,940	0.9
Los Angeles	25,350	$22,870	0.9
Oakland	6,050	$25,040	0.9
San Jose	5,320	$23,490	0.9
Merced	300	$19,470	0.9
Yuba City	200	$21,920	0.8
Fresno	1,640	$21,480	0.8
Stockton	880	$22,660	0.6
Madera	120	$22,230	0.6
Hanford	110	$21,150	0.6
Visalia	480	$20,280	0.6
Bakersfield	930	$22,400	0.5
COLORADO
Fort Collins	1,480	$21,770	1.9
Pueblo	490	$20,080	1.6
Grand Junction	500	$21,020	1.5
Greeley	620	$20,080	1.4
Colorado Springs	2,220	$21,250	1.3
Boulder	1,270	$23,440	1.3
Denver	10,300	$22,250	1.2
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	1,150	$26,030	1.5
Danbury	280	$26,390	0.7
Hartford	2,390	$25,320	0.6
Bridgeport	1,820	$30,930	0.6
New Haven	1,120	$27,300	0.6
Waterbury	260	$25,620	0.6
DELAWARE
Wilmington	2,060	$23,990	1
Dover	290	$21,890	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	13,480	$25,150	0.9
FLORIDA
Fort Walton Beach	1,220	$22,860	2.5
Naples	1,900	$25,600	2.3
Panama City	850	$21,530	2
Punta Gorda	450	$22,000	1.9
Orlando	12,250	$23,230	1.7
Sebastian	470	$25,000	1.7
Sarasota	3,010	$24,010	1.6
Cape Coral	2,260	$22,610	1.6
Port St. Lucie	1,270	$23,180	1.5
Gainesville	1,050	$20,420	1.5
West Palm Beach	5,450	$24,960	1.4
Deltona	1,440	$21,850	1.4
Pensacola	1,250	$20,640	1.3
Ocala	740	$24,650	1.2
Fort Lauderdale	6,070	$23,180	1.2
Palm Bay	1,540	$22,460	1.2
Tampa	10,100	$21,860	1.2
Jacksonville	4,680	$21,580	1.1
Lakeland	1,430	$20,290	1.1
Tallahassee	1,150	$20,270	1.1
Miami	6,870	$23,070	1
GEORGIA
Brunswick	460	$19,500	2
Savannah	1,470	$20,940	1.5
Columbus	960	$19,850	1.4
Athens	610	$18,840	1.3
Augusta	1,670	$18,530	1.3
Rome	250	$18,420	1.2
Macon	670	$18,510	1.1
Warner Robins	270	$18,240	0.9
Atlanta	15,090	$22,260	0.9
Valdosta	240	$17,960	0.8
Albany	230	$17,620	0.6
Gainesville	230	$22,600	0.6
Dalton	180	$19,390	0.4
HAWAII
Honolulu	3,750	$26,240	1.3
IDAHO
Coeur d'Alene	680	$21,640	2.3
Lewiston	180	$18,660	1.5
Boise	1,660	$20,600	0.9
Pocatello	150	$21,320	0.9
ILLINOIS
Decatur	450	$19,430	1.7
Springfield	800	$20,590	1.3
Kankakee	270	$19,550	1.2
Bloomington	480	$21,530	1.2
Champaign	590	$19,660	1.1
Danville	140	$18,850	1
Chicago	25,350	$19,910	1
Peoria	970	$20,270	0.9
Rockford	870	$18,670	0.9
INDIANA
Muncie	430	$17,230	1.5
Bloomington	640	$18,820	1.5
Michigan City	300	$18,800	1.2
Columbus	270	$20,840	1.1
Kokomo	290	$19,290	1.1
Anderson	240	$17,810	1.1
Evansville	1,060	$20,330	0.9
Lafayette	420	$19,920	0.9
Indianapolis	5,260	$22,480	0.9
Fort Wayne	1,230	$19,810	0.9
South Bend	760	$20,220	0.9
Terre Haute	310	$18,720	0.8
Gary	1,380	$20,090	0.8
Elkhart	540	$20,360	0.7
IOWA
Iowa City	840	$19,020	2
Waterloo	800	$18,190	1.6
Dubuque	400	$19,220	1.3
Ames	250	$19,750	1.1
Des Moines	2,230	$20,940	1.1
Sioux City	440	$19,670	1
Cedar Rapids	790	$19,910	0.9
Davenport	1,070	$18,860	0.9
KANSAS
Lawrence	490	$20,300	2
Topeka	530	$18,490	0.8
Wichita	1,490	$19,150	0.8
KENTUCKY
Elizabethtown	370	$18,520	1.5
Owensboro	400	$18,690	1.4
Bowling Green	440	$19,920	1.3
Lexington	2,130	$19,490	1.3
Louisville	4,080	$20,100	1
LOUISIANA
New Orleans	3,990	$20,430	1.2
Monroe	500	$19,070	1.1
Houma	580	$16,910	1
Lafayette	870	$18,850	1
Shreveport	1,070	$20,170	1
Lake Charles	510	$19,610	1
Baton Rouge	2,050	$19,710	0.9
Alexandria	270	$20,290	0.8
MAINE
Lewiston	390	$22,330	1.4
Portland	1,530	$24,000	1.2
Bangor	330	$22,580	0.9
MARYLAND
Cumberland	300	$16,980	1.5
Salisbury	250	$20,170	0.8
Bethesda	2,810	$26,260	0.7
Hagerstown	420	$22,670	0.7
Baltimore	5,730	$24,680	0.7
MASSACHUSETTS
Pittsfield	420	$27,480	2.1
Barnstable	1,210	$27,260	2
Lawrence	400	$24,340	1.1
New Bedford	400	$25,390	1.1
Haverhill	470	$26,390	1
Lynn	610	$26,630	1
Springfield	1,890	$23,470	1
Worcester	1,420	$24,440	0.9
Brockton	440	$27,770	0.8
Boston	9,330	$26,870	0.8
Framingham	820	$24,700	0.8
Taunton	220	$25,890	0.8
Lowell	560	$25,030	0.8
Leominster	180	$23,410	0.6
MICHIGAN
Bay City	440	$16,910	2.3
Muskegon	520	$18,920	1.4
Flint	1,080	$22,760	1.2
Lansing	1,410	$20,310	1.1
Grand Rapids	2,650	$20,030	1
Saginaw	520	$20,120	1
Monroe	230	$22,300	1
Detroit	5,000	$23,260	1
Kalamazoo	880	$20,310	1
Holland	650	$18,770	1
Jackson	300	$22,300	0.9
Warren	6,610	$23,760	0.8
Ann Arbor	820	$21,590	0.7
Battle Creek	190	$20,630	0.6
Niles	230	$24,240	0.6
MINNESOTA
Duluth	1,060	$19,120	1.3
St. Cloud	790	$20,140	1.3
Minneapolis	12,400	$22,850	1
Rochester	460	$22,170	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	670	$17,260	1.9
Gulfport	1,160	$19,660	1.8
Pascagoula	320	$19,490	1.3
Jackson	1,940	$17,850	1.2
MISSOURI
Columbia	890	$19,090	1.8
St. Joseph	480	$20,640	1.7
Springfield	1,770	$18,110	1.4
St. Louis	10,560	$21,840	1.2
Kansas City	7,390	$21,270	1.1
Jefferson City	380	$18,470	0.9
Joplin	420	$18,930	0.9
MONTANA
Missoula	620	$19,330	2
Great Falls	340	$16,550	1.8
Billings	590	$20,890	1.2
NEBRASKA
Omaha	3,310	$20,370	1.1
Lincoln	1,050	$19,700	1
NEVADA
Las Vegas	11,820	$27,760	1.9
Carson City	290	$23,150	1.8
Reno	1,900	$23,720	1.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth	710	$23,940	2.1
Rochester	350	$24,130	1.1
Manchester	620	$24,420	1
Nashua	690	$23,450	0.8
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City	2,460	$23,440	2.8
Ocean City	510	$25,340	2.2
Edison	4,370	$24,940	0.6
Trenton	780	$26,170	0.6
Camden	1,950	$23,510	0.5
Vineland	180	$20,670	0.5
Newark	3,430	$24,580	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	760	$22,470	2.4
Las Cruces	660	$17,470	1.9
Albuquerque	2,780	$20,230	1.1
Farmington	310	$18,280	1
NEW YORK
Glens Falls	410	$22,840	1.4
Ithaca	270	$20,660	1.2
Elmira	240	$19,380	1.1
Buffalo	3,030	$22,080	0.9
Kingston	300	$25,770	0.8
Syracuse	1,470	$22,080	0.7
New York	23,350	$28,270	0.7
Rochester	2,140	$23,370	0.6
Poughkeepsie	970	$24,550	0.6
Nassau	5,030	$27,910	0.6
Binghamton	380	$21,760	0.6
Utica	440	$23,390	0.6
Albany	1,560	$24,130	0.5
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville	2,050	$20,140	1.8
Goldsboro	410	$16,560	1.8
Jacksonville	380	$18,900	1.7
Wilmington	1,510	$20,530	1.7
Burlington	470	$19,440	1.4
Greenville	480	$19,480	1.1
Raleigh	3,780	$21,810	1.1
Charlotte	5,690	$21,830	1
Greensboro	2,180	$19,770	0.9
Fayetteville	650	$18,180	0.9
Durham	1,500	$21,800	0.9
Rocky Mount	300	$17,030	0.8
Hickory	860	$18,150	0.8
Winston-Salem	1,020	$20,820	0.7
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	620	$17,510	1.9
Grand Forks	430	$19,010	1.5
Fargo	850	$20,670	1.2
OHIO
Sandusky	450	$19,860	2.3
Mansfield	370	$20,010	1.2
Cincinnati	7,600	$21,630	1.1
Springfield	300	$19,180	1.1
Canton	1,140	$21,000	1
Columbus	6,420	$21,340	1
Lima	330	$18,570	1
Toledo	2,140	$19,840	1
Youngstown	1,460	$19,120	0.9
Cleveland	6,630	$22,190	0.9
Dayton	2,310	$19,590	0.9
Akron	1,570	$20,740	0.7
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	300	$15,390	1.5
Tulsa	2,420	$19,130	0.9
Oklahoma City	3,110	$18,570	0.8
OREGON
Bend	760	$23,700	1.8
Corvallis	300	$21,560	1.8
Medford	760	$20,860	1.5
Portland	8,510	$22,760	1.2
Eugene	1,080	$21,590	1.1
Salem	800	$23,090	0.8
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	470	$21,810	1.3
Scranton	1,830	$19,890	1.1
Altoona	390	$20,420	1.1
Reading	1,090	$24,760	1
Pittsburgh	7,710	$22,260	1
Williamsport	290	$21,160	1
York	1,050	$22,320	0.9
Lancaster	1,310	$21,090	0.9
Johnstown	290	$20,220	0.8
Allentown	1,850	$25,300	0.8
Philadelphia	10,410	$26,850	0.8
Erie	670	$20,590	0.8
Harrisburg	1,610	$23,150	0.8
Lebanon	190	$23,870	0.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	3,740	$24,960	1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Myrtle Beach	2,500	$20,870	3.4
Anderson	700	$20,140	2
Charleston	2,390	$21,520	1.3
Spartanburg	860	$18,780	1.1
Florence	530	$16,280	1
Greenville	1,790	$19,780	0.9
Columbia	1,950	$21,680	0.9
Sumter	150	$17,020	0.8
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	330	$19,890	0.9
Sioux Falls	580	$20,940	0.7
TENNESSEE
Johnson City	610	$19,530	1.3
Clarksville	610	$17,350	1.3
Knoxville	2,690	$20,200	1.2
Memphis	4,240	$20,450	1
Cleveland	200	$20,090	0.9
Kingsport	640	$20,740	0.9
Chattanooga	1,230	$19,240	0.9
Jackson	270	$19,510	0.8
Morristown	220	$16,010	0.8
TEXAS
San Angelo	340	$18,650	1.5
Amarillo	940	$19,190	1.5
Lubbock	1,050	$17,380	1.5
Sherman	310	$17,870	1.4
Waco	790	$17,430	1.3
Fort Worth	7,130	$20,330	1.3
Corpus Christi	1,390	$17,620	1.3
Odessa	400	$20,280	1.3
Austin	6,210	$19,490	1.2
Midland	450	$20,140	1.2
Texarkana	330	$17,070	1.1
McAllen	1,370	$15,870	1
Laredo	490	$18,270	1
Wichita Falls	330	$19,750	1
El Paso	1,670	$16,510	1
Houston	16,770	$19,110	1
San Antonio	5,390	$19,930	1
Dallas	13,220	$21,200	0.9
College Station	440	$19,360	0.9
Abilene	320	$18,030	0.9
Brownsville	680	$15,450	0.9
Killeen	630	$18,140	0.9
Tyler	440	$20,980	0.8
Victoria	190	$17,730	0.7
Longview	360	$17,340	0.6
Beaumont	620	$19,090	0.6
UTAH
St. George	440	$21,540	1.5
Logan	250	$21,600	1
Salt Lake City	3,390	$21,910	0.8
Provo	800	$22,290	0.7
Ogden	890	$20,610	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	660	$24,830	1
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	840	$22,770	1.4
Harrisonburg	430	$20,650	1.3
Winchester	380	$21,220	1.2
Virginia Beach	5,850	$20,880	1.2
Blacksburg	380	$19,690	1.2
Danville	210	$19,600	1
Roanoke	1,050	$19,520	1
Richmond	3,060	$21,610	0.8
Lynchburg	460	$20,130	0.7
WASHINGTON
Mount Vernon	520	$23,720	2.1
Bellingham	800	$23,150	1.7
Wenatchee	370	$22,310	1.6
Bremerton	760	$21,980	1.6
Tacoma	2,750	$23,540	1.6
Longview	280	$21,500	1.5
Olympia	790	$25,280	1.4
Seattle	11,460	$24,660	1.2
Spokane	1,510	$22,150	1.1
Yakima	470	$23,660	1
Kennewick	480	$22,190	0.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	440	$18,400	1.5
Wheeling	530	$18,450	1.4
Parkersburg	530	$17,650	1.3
Huntington	820	$17,410	1.2
Weirton	260	$18,520	1.1
Charleston	850	$17,990	0.9
WISCONSIN
Appleton	850	$20,030	1.2
Madison	2,280	$21,710	1.1
Janesville	420	$19,150	1
La Crosse	430	$20,310	1
Green Bay	930	$20,530	0.9
Sheboygan	260	$21,900	0.8
Milwaukee	4,330	$21,830	0.8
Oshkosh	350	$19,550	0.7
Wausau	280	$24,640	0.7
Eau Claire	310	$20,650	0.7
Racine	290	$24,660	0.6
Fond du Lac	120	$20,160	0.5
WYOMING
Casper	300	$20,500	1.5
Cheyenne	310	$21,110	1.4

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