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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 Retail Salespersons relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
Alabama
Gadsden	1,440	$22,050	1.5
Dothan	2,540	$21,550	1.4
Florence	2,090	$21,060	1.4
Auburn	1,800	$23,010	1.4
Decatur	1,770	$21,540	1.1
Huntsville	6,880	$21,710	1.0
Mobile	5,490	$22,990	0.9
Birmingham	16,180	$24,590	0.9
Montgomery	5,090	$25,730	0.9
Anniston	1,230	$21,870	0.9
Tuscaloosa	2,370	$23,110	0.8
Alaska
Fairbanks	1,530	$29,120	1.6
Anchorage	6,390	$26,430	1.2
Arizona
Flagstaff	2,160	$20,960	1.3
Kingman	1,900	$26,390	1.2
Prescott	2,340	$25,500	1.2
Phoenix	63,230	$26,380	1.0
Yuma	1,650	$25,080	0.9
Tucson	10,310	$25,560	0.8
Arkansas
Hot Springs	2,050	$22,550	1.9
Jonesboro	1,850	$20,830	1.3
Fayetteville	6,600	$20,790	1.0
Little Rock	11,450	$21,980	1.0
Fort Smith	3,690	$21,900	1.0
Pine Bluff	900	$19,900	0.9
California
El Centro	2,910	$21,350	1.9
San Luis Obispo	4,980	$24,780	1.6
Yuba City	1,670	$23,290	1.5
Chico	3,070	$24,190	1.4
Vallejo	5,480	$23,290	1.4
Hanford	1,090	$20,470	1.3
Napa	2,570	$26,950	1.3
Redding	2,610	$24,390	1.3
Modesto	6,570	$23,040	1.2
Santa Cruz	3,320	$25,840	1.2
Merced	2,030	$22,190	1.2
Santa Barbara	6,110	$26,100	1.1
Santa Rosa	6,660	$28,020	1.1
Riverside	47,900	$26,410	1.1
Oxnard	10,760	$24,510	1.1
San Diego	48,170	$25,770	1.0
Visalia	4,410	$24,190	1.0
Salinas	5,000	$25,920	1.0
Stockton	6,950	$26,380	1.0
San Francisco	32,310	$30,230	0.9
Santa Ana	49,010	$26,640	0.9
Sacramento	26,410	$25,280	0.9
Fresno	9,580	$23,960	0.9
Oakland	29,970	$27,680	0.8
San Jose	25,500	$26,590	0.8
Bakersfield	6,780	$24,850	0.8
Madera	570	$24,100	0.5
Colorado
Grand Junction	3,050	$28,460	1.8
Fort Collins	6,210	$22,930	1.6
Pueblo	2,260	$23,350	1.4
Colorado Springs	9,880	$25,530	1.2
Boulder	5,070	$27,120	1.0
Denver	39,680	$27,040	0.9
Greeley	1,930	$30,110	0.8
Connecticut
Danbury	4,540	$29,140	2.1
Waterbury	2,510	$24,940	1.2
Norwich	4,770	$25,010	1.2
Bridgeport	16,310	$29,750	1.1
New Haven	9,070	$27,200	1.0
Hartford	16,000	$27,080	0.8
Delaware
Dover	2,840	$25,090	1.7
Wilmington	11,510	$24,860	1.0
District of Columbia
Washington	66,120	$26,030	0.8
Florida
Punta Gorda	2,370	$25,990	2.1
Fort Walton Beach	3,900	$24,550	1.7
Palm Coast	540	$27,650	1.5
Naples	5,790	$29,240	1.5
Sebastian	2,120	$29,430	1.5
Cape Coral	9,620	$31,500	1.4
Ocala	3,770	$26,370	1.3
Deltona	6,200	$27,950	1.2
Panama City	2,520	$27,090	1.2
Port St. Lucie	4,830	$28,550	1.2
Orlando	39,520	$26,000	1.1
Palm Bay	7,080	$26,490	1.1
West Palm Beach	19,980	$32,880	1.1
Pensacola	5,300	$26,900	1.1
Sarasota	9,390	$29,460	1.1
Fort Lauderdale	26,490	$29,430	1.1
Miami	35,870	$27,890	1.1
Lakeland	6,690	$28,880	1.0
Gainesville	3,580	$25,540	1.0
Jacksonville	20,010	$26,260	1.0
Tampa	39,390	$27,910	0.9
Tallahassee	4,970	$25,210	0.9
Georgia
Hinesville	600	$20,550	1.8
Brunswick	2,120	$20,720	1.7
Valdosta	2,590	$21,210	1.5
Rome	1,590	$21,170	1.5
Savannah	6,660	$21,920	1.4
Albany	2,510	$20,390	1.4
Athens	3,100	$21,930	1.3
Warner Robins	1,880	$22,420	1.3
Macon	3,890	$23,820	1.2
Columbus	3,960	$22,460	1.1
Augusta	7,430	$21,750	1.1
Atlanta	82,680	$25,190	1.0
Dalton	2,310	$23,710	1.0
Gainesville	1,680	$26,870	0.8
Hawaii
Honolulu	18,410	$24,110	1.2
Idaho
Pocatello	1,700	$19,950	2.0
Coeur d'Alene	2,930	$23,290	1.8
Lewiston	1,110	$21,430	1.8
Idaho Falls	2,190	$24,020	1.6
Boise	11,090	$23,470	1.2
Illinois
Kankakee	1,420	$24,170	1.3
Decatur	1,540	$23,840	1.1
Danville	760	$22,890	1.1
Bloomington	2,300	$22,120	1.1
Springfield	3,410	$22,600	1.0
Champaign	2,890	$25,420	1.0
Peoria	5,380	$23,540	1.0
Chicago	122,290	$25,390	0.9
Rockford	4,360	$25,040	0.9
Indiana
Kokomo	1,560	$23,080	1.5
Michigan City	1,900	$20,450	1.5
Lafayette	2,920	$22,800	1.2
Bloomington	2,560	$21,850	1.2
Muncie	1,600	$22,460	1.2
Terre Haute	2,550	$23,020	1.2
Columbus	1,400	$22,390	1.1
Gary	10,030	$23,790	1.1
Anderson	1,220	$23,770	1.1
Fort Wayne	7,370	$22,780	1.0
Evansville	5,680	$21,810	1.0
Indianapolis	29,680	$23,190	1.0
South Bend	4,040	$24,420	0.9
Elkhart	2,730	$25,210	0.7
Iowa
Dubuque	2,130	$23,810	1.4
Sioux City	2,980	$24,290	1.4
Ames	1,410	$23,660	1.3
Waterloo	3,390	$21,520	1.3
Iowa City	2,770	$24,710	1.3
Davenport	6,940	$23,640	1.1
Des Moines	11,100	$27,990	1.0
Cedar Rapids	3,960	$25,900	0.9
Kansas
Lawrence	1,530	$21,200	1.1
Wichita	8,590	$24,750	0.8
Topeka	2,420	$24,800	0.7
Kentucky
Bowling Green	2,540	$20,240	1.5
Elizabethtown	1,730	$23,170	1.4
Owensboro	1,770	$20,880	1.2
Lexington	8,160	$24,120	1.0
Louisville	18,010	$23,310	0.9
Louisiana
Monroe	3,070	$23,370	1.3
Lake Charles	3,140	$22,290	1.2
Alexandria	1,960	$21,940	1.1
Shreveport	6,040	$25,070	1.0
New Orleans	18,100	$23,980	1.0
Lafayette	4,450	$25,130	0.9
Houma	2,750	$23,770	0.9
Baton Rouge	10,480	$21,760	0.8
Maine
Bangor	2,360	$25,220	1.2
Portland	6,980	$25,830	1.0
Lewiston	1,350	$25,830	0.9
Maryland
Salisbury	2,230	$23,860	1.4
Hagerstown	3,870	$23,100	1.2
Cumberland	1,140	$20,370	1.1
Bethesda	18,790	$26,020	1.0
Baltimore	41,370	$25,560	0.9
Massachusetts
Barnstable	6,390	$24,320	2.0
Lawrence	3,080	$25,430	1.8
Taunton	2,240	$24,160	1.6
Leominster	2,420	$23,990	1.6
Pittsfield	1,320	$25,000	1.4
Framingham	7,060	$25,690	1.3
Brockton	3,680	$25,250	1.3
New Bedford	2,410	$23,030	1.2
Worcester	8,740	$26,500	1.1
Springfield	10,400	$24,780	1.0
Haverhill	2,080	$26,810	0.9
Boston	49,850	$25,500	0.8
Lowell	2,400	$30,760	0.6
Michigan
Muskegon	3,670	$23,400	2.0
Bay City	1,830	$22,370	1.8
Saginaw	4,130	$21,750	1.8
Flint	7,090	$28,170	1.6
Monroe	1,820	$27,100	1.6
Jackson	2,300	$24,980	1.5
Battle Creek	2,030	$23,430	1.4
Kalamazoo	5,320	$24,700	1.2
Niles	2,160	$24,420	1.1
Lansing	7,160	$24,750	1.1
Warren	43,390	$25,210	1.1
Holland	3,430	$24,750	1.1
Ann Arbor	5,460	$24,440	1.0
Grand Rapids	12,330	$25,330	1.0
Detroit	21,280	$24,470	0.9
Minnesota
Rochester	3,300	$24,320	1.1
St. Cloud	3,600	$20,650	1.1
Duluth	3,650	$22,970	0.9
Minneapolis	49,170	$24,460	0.8
Mississippi
Hattiesburg	2,530	$25,100	1.5
Gulfport	3,950	$23,620	1.1
Pascagoula	1,500	$24,100	1.1
Jackson	8,140	$24,740	1.0
Missouri
St. Joseph	1,960	$25,620	1.3
Columbia	3,130	$24,650	1.2
Joplin	2,970	$22,470	1.2
Springfield	6,860	$25,330	1.1
St. Louis	42,030	$25,540	0.9
Kansas City	31,360	$25,380	0.9
Jefferson City	1,600	$24,830	0.8
Montana
Missoula	2,910	$25,030	1.9
Great Falls	1,750	$25,910	1.8
Billings	4,010	$25,050	1.6
Nebraska
Lincoln	6,010	$21,840	1.1
Omaha	14,700	$24,370	0.9
Nevada
Las Vegas	31,080	$25,090	1.0
Reno	6,210	$25,370	0.9
Carson City	680	$25,740	0.9
New Hampshire
Rochester	2,440	$25,330	1.4
Portsmouth	2,410	$25,830	1.4
Nashua	4,760	$26,950	1.1
Manchester	3,330	$25,690	1.0
New Jersey
Ocean City	1,630	$28,290	1.3
Camden	17,940	$25,730	1.0
Edison	34,470	$26,980	1.0
Atlantic City	4,400	$25,660	0.9
Vineland	1,490	$25,700	0.9
Newark	27,110	$25,950	0.8
Trenton	5,170	$28,060	0.7
New Mexico
Santa Fe	3,270	$26,850	1.7
Las Cruces	2,190	$21,220	1.2
Farmington	1,770	$25,370	1.1
Albuquerque	14,930	$24,920	1.1
New York
Elmira	1,770	$23,080	1.8
Poughkeepsie	11,510	$26,170	1.4
Kingston	2,270	$25,950	1.3
Glens Falls	1,790	$25,140	1.1
Nassau	48,670	$28,780	1.1
Binghamton	3,690	$22,720	1.1
Ithaca	1,270	$23,080	1.0
Buffalo	17,830	$24,000	1.0
Albany	14,110	$25,780	0.9
Rochester	16,040	$24,840	0.9
Utica	3,710	$23,950	0.9
New York	158,940	$27,090	0.9
Syracuse	8,420	$24,130	0.8
North Carolina
Jacksonville	2,120	$23,140	1.8
Wilmington	6,630	$23,980	1.4
Goldsboro	1,470	$22,130	1.4
Greenville	2,960	$23,110	1.3
Burlington	2,360	$21,030	1.3
Fayetteville	4,770	$22,820	1.2
Asheville	6,800	$23,770	1.2
Raleigh	18,660	$23,580	1.1
Charlotte	30,690	$24,130	1.0
Rocky Mount	1,660	$23,480	0.9
Greensboro	11,730	$24,890	0.9
Winston-Salem	6,470	$24,000	0.9
Hickory	4,670	$23,720	0.9
Durham	6,790	$22,730	0.7
North Dakota
Grand Forks	1,960	$24,160	1.4
Bismarck	2,100	$26,840	1.2
Fargo	4,280	$24,310	1.2
Ohio
Sandusky	1,440	$20,980	1.4
Mansfield	1,890	$21,350	1.2
Youngstown	8,910	$22,900	1.1
Lima	1,720	$23,340	1.1
Springfield	1,410	$24,190	1.0
Toledo	9,120	$26,530	0.9
Canton	4,900	$26,480	0.9
Dayton	11,270	$24,580	0.9
Cleveland	29,710	$24,650	0.8
Akron	9,250	$23,860	0.8
Columbus	25,850	$24,130	0.8
Cincinnati	27,510	$25,180	0.8
Oklahoma
Lawton	1,450	$22,250	1.4
Oklahoma City	21,720	$23,480	1.1
Tulsa	14,090	$25,170	1.0
Oregon
Bend	3,690	$26,210	1.8
Corvallis	1,120	$23,270	1.3
Salem	5,890	$25,170	1.2
Eugene	5,750	$27,140	1.2
Medford	2,990	$27,020	1.1
Portland	36,860	$27,410	1.0
Pennsylvania
Altoona	3,200	$21,500	1.8
State College	2,900	$23,340	1.7
Johnstown	2,540	$24,300	1.5
Williamsport	2,140	$27,030	1.4
Erie	5,300	$22,940	1.3
Scranton	10,440	$24,240	1.2
Lancaster	9,490	$25,780	1.2
Reading	6,400	$26,110	1.2
Pittsburgh	43,240	$24,130	1.1
Allentown	12,600	$26,900	1.1
York	6,450	$24,370	1.1
Lebanon	1,440	$30,060	1.1
Philadelphia	62,360	$26,880	1.0
Harrisburg	9,090	$24,530	0.9
Rhode Island
Providence	20,940	$25,370	1.1
South Carolina
Myrtle Beach	7,550	$22,910	2.0
Sumter	1,240	$21,620	1.2
Greenville	12,610	$23,560	1.2
Anderson	2,190	$22,500	1.2
Florence	2,940	$23,360	1.1
Charleston	9,950	$25,530	1.0
Columbia	10,930	$24,390	0.9
Spartanburg	3,360	$24,180	0.9
South Dakota
Rapid City	3,190	$22,210	1.7
Sioux Falls	5,090	$24,250	1.1
Tennessee
Clarksville	3,040	$22,440	1.3
Jackson	2,090	$22,660	1.2
Johnson City	2,400	$22,210	1.0
Cleveland	1,010	$23,550	1.0
Knoxville	10,660	$23,930	0.9
Morristown	1,200	$23,080	0.9
Kingsport	3,160	$22,410	0.9
Memphis	18,110	$23,940	0.9
Chattanooga	6,570	$26,010	0.8
Texas
Sherman	2,190	$23,720	1.9
San Angelo	1,740	$22,060	1.5
Laredo	3,670	$18,850	1.4
Victoria	1,810	$22,900	1.3
Tyler	3,730	$22,710	1.3
Abilene	2,430	$25,750	1.3
El Paso	11,230	$20,980	1.3
McAllen	9,200	$18,530	1.3
College Station	3,000	$21,570	1.3
Amarillo	3,930	$23,810	1.2
Texarkana	1,970	$22,730	1.2
Lubbock	4,710	$22,950	1.2
Killeen	4,370	$23,010	1.1
Midland	2,250	$24,010	1.1
Wichita Falls	1,930	$21,240	1.1
Brownsville	4,330	$21,030	1.1
Fort Worth	31,860	$24,330	1.1
Corpus Christi	6,170	$21,990	1.1
Austin	27,220	$23,530	1.0
Beaumont	5,350	$22,570	1.0
Waco	3,160	$22,220	1.0
Longview	3,020	$22,520	1.0
San Antonio	29,110	$22,590	1.0
Odessa	1,660	$24,570	1.0
Dallas	66,170	$25,730	0.9
Houston	79,880	$24,040	0.9
Utah
St. George	2,430	$25,880	1.7
Logan	1,970	$22,110	1.5
Provo	6,690	$23,570	1.2
Ogden	6,710	$22,950	1.0
Salt Lake City	20,950	$26,260	1.0
Vermont
Burlington	4,090	$27,050	1.2
Virginia
Harrisonburg	2,340	$22,420	1.4
Winchester	2,180	$24,810	1.4
Danville	1,380	$23,230	1.4
Blacksburg	2,410	$24,520	1.3
Lynchburg	3,660	$22,640	1.2
Charlottesville	3,290	$23,840	1.1
Virginia Beach	28,060	$22,970	1.1
Richmond	20,580	$24,790	1.0
Roanoke	5,040	$22,740	1.0
Washington
Mount Vernon	1,930	$30,070	1.5
Wenatchee	1,620	$25,610	1.4
Bremerton	3,480	$29,880	1.3
Bellingham	2,940	$26,120	1.2
Longview	1,100	$27,310	1.2
Kennewick	3,240	$29,130	1.2
Spokane	7,770	$26,550	1.1
Tacoma	8,360	$27,560	0.9
Yakima	2,240	$27,190	0.9
Olympia	2,580	$26,750	0.9
Seattle	41,290	$29,290	0.8
West Virginia
Morgantown	2,150	$21,220	1.6
Huntington	4,870	$20,170	1.3
Parkersburg	2,620	$21,700	1.2
Wheeling	2,330	$21,090	1.2
Weirton	1,320	$21,380	1.1
Charleston	4,870	$23,110	1.0
Wisconsin
La Crosse	2,860	$24,680	1.4
Eau Claire	3,200	$24,230	1.3
Appleton	4,770	$23,870	1.3
Janesville	2,510	$22,730	1.3
Wausau	2,550	$23,210	1.2
Racine	2,790	$21,460	1.2
Fond du Lac	1,480	$26,530	1.2
Oshkosh	2,910	$21,910	1.1
Madison	10,500	$24,290	0.9
Green Bay	4,960	$23,210	0.9
Milwaukee	25,560	$24,330	0.9
Sheboygan	1,350	$23,570	0.8
Wyoming
Casper	1,530	$23,350	1.4
Cheyenne	1,490	$21,710	1.2

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Clothing Stores	976,030	22%	$18,800
Department And General Stores	854,360	19%	$19,080
Hardware And Garden Stores	466,820	10%	$24,690
Auto And Auto Parts Dealers	398,450	9%	$34,840
Book And Hobby Stores	335,100	7%	$18,850
Miscellaneous Retail Stores	317,850	7%	$19,250
Furniture Stores	234,540	5%	$25,740
Applicance Stores	233,600	5%	$22,510
Drug Stores	128,500	2%	$19,990
Grocery Stores	102,890	2%	$20,290

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