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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Speech Pathologists

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:
Speech Pathologists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Speech Pathologists 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	40		1.8
Mobile	140	$47,370	1
Birmingham	330	$55,850	0.8
Decatur	30	$68,940	0.8
Tuscaloosa	40	$54,850	0.6
Montgomery	60	$64,540	0.5
Huntsville	40	$69,780	0.2
ALASKA
Anchorage	160	$81,120	1.3
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	50	$64,840	1.3
Phoenix	1,500	$56,960	1
Tucson	220	$56,360	0.7
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	550	$63,710	2
Fort Smith	160	$64,400	1.8
Fayetteville	210	$49,630	1.4
Jonesboro	40	$51,780	1.2
CALIFORNIA
Chico	100	$83,890	2
Yuba City	50	$85,190	1.9
El Centro	50	$56,020	1.4
Visalia	110	$73,880	1.1
Redding	50	$68,720	1
Bakersfield	200	$69,560	1
Santa Barbara	120	$77,570	0.9
Oakland	760	$77,940	0.9
Stockton	150	$85,210	0.9
Sacramento	620	$71,750	0.9
Salinas	100	$82,580	0.8
Santa Ana	1,020	$73,520	0.8
Santa Cruz	50	$69,830	0.8
San Diego	820	$84,190	0.8
Oxnard	170	$71,450	0.7
Modesto	90	$73,790	0.7
Fresno	180	$86,570	0.7
Santa Rosa	90	$69,290	0.6
Riverside	630	$78,100	0.6
San Luis Obispo	40	$67,450	0.5
San Francisco	410	$77,960	0.5
San Jose	290	$79,220	0.4
Vallejo	30		0.3
COLORADO
Pueblo	70	$75,640	1.8
Fort Collins	160	$64,790	1.8
Greeley	90	$63,460	1.6
Colorado Springs	260	$75,240	1.3
Boulder	160	$66,870	1.3
Denver	1,300	$73,640	1.3
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	70	$83,330	1.4
New Haven	270	$72,270	1.2
Norwich	110	$80,780	1.2
Bridgeport	340	$79,470	1
Danbury	50	$76,220	1
Hartford	430	$78,780	0.9
DELAWARE
Wilmington	290	$75,630	1.1
Dover	40	$66,760	1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,420	$76,620	0.8
FLORIDA
Sebastian	60	$73,970	1.8
Panama City	80	$60,540	1.6
Gainesville	130	$57,020	1.5
Palm Bay	210	$56,160	1.4
Cape Coral	220	$75,180	1.3
Naples	120	$65,890	1.3
Port St. Lucie	120	$57,510	1.2
West Palm Beach	480	$64,190	1.1
Sarasota	220	$63,140	1.1
Deltona	110	$67,630	0.9
Fort Walton Beach	50	$72,150	0.9
Pensacola	100	$61,750	0.9
Ocala	60	$63,430	0.9
Jacksonville	410	$66,250	0.8
Orlando	680	$61,470	0.8
Fort Lauderdale	460	$78,040	0.8
Tampa	760	$71,450	0.8
Miami	550	$69,800	0.7
Lakeland	90	$63,640	0.6
Tallahassee	70	$64,200	0.6
GEORGIA
Brunswick	50	$97,660	1.7
Savannah	140	$56,310	1.2
Macon	80	$58,260	1.1
Albany	40	$61,730	0.9
Athens	50	$72,400	0.9
Augusta	120	$67,600	0.8
Columbus	60	$51,190	0.7
Atlanta	990	$63,180	0.5
IDAHO
Boise	180	$66,750	0.8
ILLINOIS
Rockford	190	$68,340	1.6
Kankakee	40	$70,280	1.6
Springfield	120	$57,200	1.6
Chicago	4,460	$68,060	1.4
Bloomington	70	$56,850	1.4
Peoria	130	$46,860	1
Champaign	60	$64,950	0.9
INDIANA
Muncie	60	$55,320	1.9
Kokomo	40	$60,100	1.7
Evansville	200	$69,610	1.5
Anderson	40	$59,760	1.5
Bloomington	60	$54,390	1.2
Gary	220		1
Terre Haute	50	$72,320	1
Indianapolis	670	$67,170	0.9
South Bend	80	$57,270	0.8
Fort Wayne	120	$63,870	0.7
Lafayette	30	$54,030	0.5
Elkhart	50	$58,170	0.5
IOWA
Waterloo	180	$50,960	2.9
Iowa City	70	$59,160	1.3
Davenport	190	$59,360	1.3
Des Moines	260	$56,930	1
KANSAS
Lawrence	50	$49,710	1.6
Topeka	100	$61,430	1.2
Wichita	230	$58,130	1
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	40	$54,980	1.2
Elizabethtown	30	$58,120	1
Lexington	150	$55,920	0.8
Louisville	320	$65,740	0.6
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	30	$60,440	0.7
Baton Rouge	200	$58,260	0.7
Shreveport	90	$69,800	0.7
New Orleans	230	$74,990	0.6
Lafayette	60	$52,150	0.5
MAINE
Portland	330	$54,970	2.1
Lewiston	40	$54,540	1.2
MARYLAND
Cumberland	60	$78,100	2.5
Salisbury	70	$55,720	1.9
Baltimore	1,370	$70,910	1.3
Hagerstown	90	$69,550	1.2
Bethesda	400	$83,360	0.9
MASSACHUSETTS
Haverhill	110	$65,290	2
Leominster	60	$68,780	1.7
Barnstable	120	$67,210	1.6
Brockton	100	$58,980	1.5
New Bedford	60	$77,870	1.3
Taunton	40	$73,260	1.2
Springfield	250	$62,530	1.1
Boston	1,440	$64,220	1
Lawrence	40	$66,510	1
Worcester	190	$70,460	1
Lowell	60	$61,610	0.7
Framingham	80	$67,190	0.6
MICHIGAN
Bay City	50	$88,390	2.1
Battle Creek	60	$64,030	1.8
Monroe	40	$65,530	1.5
Niles	60	$67,760	1.3
Ann Arbor	150	$77,310	1.2
Muskegon	50	$61,450	1.2
Lansing	170	$67,420	1.1
Saginaw	60	$71,570	1.1
Holland	80	$70,000	1.1
Grand Rapids	300	$72,950	1
Flint	100	$78,510	1
Detroit	540	$69,750	0.9
Warren	780	$79,030	0.8
Kalamazoo	80	$57,590	0.8
MINNESOTA
Rochester	100	$58,260	1.5
Duluth	110	$56,780	1.1
Minneapolis	1,490	$60,300	1
St. Cloud	60	$58,360	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	60	$53,910	1.8
Gulfport	130	$63,360	1.6
Jackson	300	$64,350	1.5
Hattiesburg	50	$52,070	1.2
MISSOURI
Columbia	100	$55,530	1.7
St. Joseph	50	$67,560	1.4
St. Louis	1,330	$60,290	1.2
Joplin	70	$39,530	1.2
Kansas City	870	$59,510	1
Springfield	150	$58,700	1
Jefferson City	40	$45,680	0.8
NEBRASKA
Omaha	480	$48,490	1.3
Lincoln	150	$52,510	1.2
NEVADA
Las Vegas	240		0.3
Reno	50	$74,810	0.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	160	$58,300	2
Nashua	130	$59,950	1.2
Rochester	40	$61,790	1
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	70	$85,720	1.7
Trenton	260	$81,810	1.5
Edison	960	$75,660	1.2
Camden	470	$77,780	1.1
Newark	800	$80,250	1
Atlantic City	80	$76,960	0.7
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	110	$70,220	2.5
Albuquerque	640	$57,600	2.1
Farmington	60	$64,430	1.6
Santa Fe	60	$65,520	1.3
NEW YORK
Poughkeepsie	510	$63,800	2.7
Kingston	90	$71,590	2.1
Rochester	780	$57,190	1.9
Buffalo	810	$62,400	1.9
Nassau	1,800	$81,950	1.8
Elmira	40	$60,360	1.7
Ithaca	40	$55,830	1.4
Albany	460	$55,230	1.3
Utica	120	$63,840	1.2
New York	4,980	$76,290	1.2
Glens Falls	40	$63,330	1.1
Syracuse	240	$60,670	1
Binghamton	70	$65,490	0.9
NORTH CAROLINA
Greenville	130	$71,610	2.5
Fayetteville	170	$66,540	1.8
Wilmington	170	$53,500	1.5
Durham	320	$57,140	1.5
Greensboro	400	$74,900	1.4
Raleigh	540	$59,520	1.3
Winston-Salem	210	$60,150	1.2
Rocky Mount	50	$69,980	1.2
Asheville	150	$67,580	1.1
Burlington	40	$54,190	1
Charlotte	610	$65,010	0.9
Hickory	90	$60,570	0.7
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	70	$52,490	1.8
Grand Forks	50	$51,270	1.5
Fargo	120	$55,420	1.4
OHIO
Mansfield	60	$57,150	1.6
Toledo	390	$79,830	1.6
Youngstown	260	$65,040	1.4
Canton	180	$77,100	1.3
Cleveland	920	$79,780	1.1
Cincinnati	900	$76,230	1.1
Dayton	330	$76,160	1.1
Columbus	740	$81,090	1
Akron	260	$71,370	1
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	60	$66,740	2.4
Oklahoma City	450	$55,340	1
Tulsa	260	$46,380	0.7
OREGON
Portland	780	$64,320	0.9
Bend	40	$64,520	0.8
Eugene	70	$58,760	0.6
PENNSYLVANIA
Johnstown	70	$71,280	1.7
Allentown	410	$85,730	1.5
Reading	140	$68,510	1.1
York	150	$67,550	1.1
Scranton	200	$93,680	1
Lebanon	30	$87,940	0.9
Pittsburgh	840	$56,790	0.9
Erie	80	$59,710	0.8
Lancaster	150	$63,840	0.8
Philadelphia	1,220	$65,520	0.8
Harrisburg	190	$66,480	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	600	$73,340	1.3
SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence	80	$57,350	1.3
Columbia	290	$62,270	1
Anderson	40	$59,130	0.9
Greenville	190	$52,710	0.8
Myrtle Beach	60	$55,800	0.7
Spartanburg	60	$51,550	0.6
Charleston	120	$57,450	0.5
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	60	$52,170	1.3
Sioux Falls	100	$49,000	0.9
TENNESSEE
Morristown	40	$56,900	1.2
Chattanooga	210	$62,640	1.1
Jackson	40	$54,350	1
Clarksville	50	$58,240	0.9
Knoxville	240	$51,620	0.9
Kingsport	70	$60,750	0.8
Johnson City	40	$60,030	0.7
Memphis	340	$59,710	0.7
TEXAS
Abilene	120	$43,540	2.7
Sherman	70	$66,890	2.6
Odessa	100	$56,010	2.5
Tyler	150	$60,770	2.2
Texarkana	80	$53,780	2.1
El Paso	390	$74,840	1.9
Victoria	60	$64,260	1.9
McAllen	310	$65,880	1.8
Wichita Falls	70	$51,410	1.7
Laredo	100	$77,140	1.6
Killeen	140	$54,670	1.6
San Antonio	1,030	$62,280	1.5
Longview	100	$49,210	1.4
Amarillo	100	$51,460	1.3
Brownsville	120	$64,750	1.3
Waco	90	$51,070	1.3
Corpus Christi	170	$66,120	1.2
San Angelo	30	$56,150	1.1
Dallas	1,780	$60,910	1
Fort Worth	720	$57,520	1
Lubbock	90	$53,800	1
Houston	1,950	$66,090	0.9
Beaumont	100	$54,970	0.8
Austin	490	$53,310	0.8
College Station	40	$52,770	0.7
UTAH
Ogden	240	$64,130	1.5
Provo	150	$54,200	1.2
Salt Lake City	240	$59,090	0.5
VERMONT
Burlington	100	$61,200	1.2
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	160	$67,570	2.1
Charlottesville	100	$69,130	1.4
Winchester	40	$61,260	1.1
Roanoke	130	$63,810	1.1
Virginia Beach	540	$70,740	0.9
Richmond	390	$71,470	0.8
Harrisonburg	30	$91,420	0.8
WASHINGTON
Wenatchee	50	$63,900	1.8
Mount Vernon	50	$57,260	1.6
Olympia	90	$66,360	1.3
Spokane	200	$59,730	1.2
Tacoma	260	$62,370	1.2
Bremerton	70	$61,800	1.1
Bellingham	60	$56,220	1
Yakima	60	$63,080	1
Kennewick	60	$64,370	0.9
Seattle	840	$63,640	0.7
WEST VIRGINIA
Weirton	80	$53,230	2.8
Parkersburg	100	$54,620	2
Morgantown	60	$47,000	1.9
Charleston	170	$46,960	1.5
Huntington	80	$57,090	0.9
Wheeling	30	$53,760	0.7
WISCONSIN
Racine	100	$53,540	1.8
Eau Claire	90	$65,720	1.6
Green Bay	190	$62,870	1.5
Sheboygan	50	$64,370	1.2
Oshkosh	70	$63,320	1.1
Milwaukee	770	$61,950	1.1
Janesville	50	$61,620	1.1
Madison	280	$54,200	1.1
Appleton	80	$64,540	0.9
La Crosse	40	$57,270	0.8
WYOMING
Casper	30	$53,270	1.2
Cheyenne	30	$67,290	1

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Education	57,110	53%	$58,040
Medical Office	21,600	20%	$69,110
Hospital	14,990	14%	$68,250
Nursing And Residential Care	5,220	4%	$78,030
Government	3,780	3%	$66,130
Social Service	3,240	3%	$63,150

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Speech Pathologists

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Speech Pathologists

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CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

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