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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Surveyors

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:
Surveyors

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Surveyors 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
Tuscaloosa	110	$46,020	3.4
Montgomery	140	$39,010	2.2
Birmingham	420	$50,540	2.1
Mobile	130	$39,560	1.9
Huntsville	140	$41,990	1.8
ALASKA
Anchorage	350	$83,060	5.8
Fairbanks	40	$63,730	3.8
ARIZONA
Tucson	430	$44,150	3
Flagstaff	40	$47,290	2.1
Prescott	40	$48,410	1.9
Kingman	30	$51,100	1.7
Phoenix	1,240	$51,660	1.7
Yuma	30	$47,860	1.4
ARKANSAS
Fayetteville	150	$45,740	2
Fort Smith	60	$35,600	1.4
Little Rock	160	$53,510	1.2
CALIFORNIA
Yuba City	90	$78,410	7
Redding	100	$63,980	4.3
San Luis Obispo	90	$75,500	2.5
Santa Rosa	130	$65,200	1.9
Chico	40	$53,400	1.6
Santa Ana	970	$74,760	1.6
Santa Barbara	90	$94,520	1.4
Oxnard	160	$71,390	1.4
Santa Cruz	40	$73,800	1.3
Sacramento	390	$75,120	1.1
San Diego	580	$70,080	1.1
Fresno	140	$65,380	1.1
Stockton	80	$72,870	1
Bakersfield	100	$50,720	1
Riverside	480	$71,940	1
San Jose	320	$72,510	0.9
Salinas	50	$70,910	0.9
San Francisco	220	$70,410	0.6
COLORADO
Greeley	60	$51,700	2.3
Denver	850	$55,400	1.7
Fort Collins	60	$64,380	1.4
Boulder	50	$44,030	0.8
Colorado Springs	70	$52,970	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Danbury	40	$62,700	1.6
Hartford	350	$53,460	1.6
Bridgeport	160	$57,430	0.9
New Haven	100	$56,070	0.9
DELAWARE
Wilmington	180	$57,650	1.4
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,360	$57,650	1.5
FLORIDA
Ocala	70	$52,830	2.1
Deltona	110	$47,400	1.9
Tallahassee	110	$58,040	1.8
Lakeland	120	$60,300	1.6
Cape Coral	110	$67,370	1.4
West Palm Beach	280	$58,870	1.3
Pensacola	70	$40,320	1.3
Sarasota	120	$53,860	1.2
Tampa	570	$59,000	1.2
Gainesville	40	$58,130	1
Palm Bay	70	$45,940	1
Orlando	380	$61,880	0.9
Naples	40	$67,740	0.9
Fort Lauderdale	250	$68,470	0.9
Port St. Lucie	40	$58,470	0.9
Jacksonville	170	$52,030	0.7
Miami	220	$64,130	0.6
GEORGIA
Savannah	120	$44,110	2.2
Gainesville	40	$53,530	1.6
Atlanta	1,240	$42,080	1.3
Augusta	60	$41,100	0.8
HAWAII
Honolulu	170	$45,160	1
IDAHO
Pocatello	40		4.1
Coeur d'Alene	70	$49,250	3.7
Boise	230	$54,280	2.2
ILLINOIS
Peoria	80	$44,040	1.3
Springfield	40	$62,430	1.1
Chicago	1,450	$65,880	1
INDIANA
Bloomington	80	$37,050	3.3
Lafayette	50	$47,970	1.9
Evansville	90	$42,240	1.4
Indianapolis	420	$47,490	1.2
Gary	80	$61,110	0.8
Fort Wayne	60	$48,060	0.8
IOWA
Waterloo	50	$39,280	1.6
Davenport	70	$46,410	1
Des Moines	120	$47,200	1
KANSAS
Topeka	50	$42,710	1.2
Wichita	80	$39,330	0.7
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	50		3.1
Lexington	100	$53,860	1.1
Louisville	120	$56,250	0.5
LOUISIANA
Lafayette	200	$45,780	3.7
Lake Charles	70	$37,650	2.3
Houma	70	$45,820	2.1
Alexandria	40	$44,150	1.9
Monroe	50	$40,530	1.8
Shreveport	110	$33,370	1.7
New Orleans	260	$48,720	1.3
Baton Rouge	170	$55,670	1.2
MAINE
Bangor	60	$43,100	2.7
Portland	120	$59,610	1.6
MARYLAND
Hagerstown	60	$40,710	1.7
Bethesda	370	$69,800	1.7
Baltimore	530	$53,810	1
MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable	90	$44,490	2.5
Haverhill	50	$56,820	1.8
Brockton	40	$50,730	1.3
Boston	770	$56,650	1.1
Framingham	60	$61,030	1
Springfield	60	$59,270	0.5
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	50	$71,140	0.8
Lansing	50	$62,040	0.7
Detroit	180	$55,290	0.7
Warren	250	$61,550	0.6
Grand Rapids	60	$60,970	0.4
MINNESOTA
Duluth	50	$63,740	1.1
Minneapolis	610	$64,420	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	240	$38,010	6.1
Jackson	170	$52,660	1.8
MISSOURI
Springfield	140	$42,660	1.9
Joplin	50	$35,730	1.8
Columbia	40	$48,330	1.4
Kansas City	490	$45,160	1.2
St. Louis	580	$55,540	1.1
MONTANA
Billings	120	$55,640	4.2
NEBRASKA
Omaha	190	$46,310	1.1
Lincoln	40	$51,390	0.7
NEVADA
Reno	150	$74,280	1.9
Las Vegas	520	$63,120	1.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	60	$60,860	1.6
Nashua	80	$57,830	1.6
NEW JERSEY
Atlantic City	90	$70,780	1.6
Edison	430	$67,700	1.1
Newark	410	$66,380	1
Trenton	70	$56,010	0.9
Camden	150	$59,330	0.7
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	50	$44,470	2.8
Santa Fe	40	$59,560	1.8
Albuquerque	110	$50,600	0.7
NEW YORK
Poughkeepsie	110	$46,570	1.2
Syracuse	110	$53,450	0.9
Rochester	160	$47,480	0.8
Nassau	290	$70,770	0.6
Buffalo	120	$54,090	0.6
Albany	90	$70,300	0.5
New York	790	$69,320	0.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Wilmington	70	$70,250	1.3
Asheville	60	$54,770	0.9
Charlotte	270	$47,460	0.8
Durham	70	$52,510	0.7
Winston-Salem	40	$60,270	0.5
Greensboro	50	$50,130	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	100	$52,960	5.2
OHIO
Mansfield	40	$69,590	2.3
Dayton	160	$60,640	1.1
Akron	120	$50,560	0.9
Toledo	100	$66,990	0.8
Canton	40	$43,800	0.6
Cincinnati	250	$55,050	0.6
Cleveland	230	$80,390	0.6
Columbus	190	$55,220	0.5
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	210	$40,760	1
Tulsa	130	$41,420	0.8
OREGON
Corvallis	30	$57,540	3
Bend	40	$70,370	1.7
Salem	60	$66,120	1.1
Eugene	50	$60,920	0.9
Portland	300	$72,890	0.7
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	40	$47,260	2.1
Reading	80	$53,160	1.3
Lancaster	100	$51,400	1.1
Pittsburgh	470	$47,170	1.1
York	70	$50,170	1
Philadelphia	680	$54,070	0.9
Harrisburg	90	$51,410	0.7
Allentown	90	$57,230	0.7
Scranton	50	$46,880	0.5
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	180	$58,900	0.8
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	200	$49,890	1.8
Myrtle Beach	60	$49,580	1.4
Columbia	160	$49,390	1.2
Spartanburg	50	$39,500	1.1
Florence	30	$38,420	1
Greenville	90	$43,410	0.8
TENNESSEE
Kingsport	90	$41,600	2.2
Johnson City	40	$37,260	1.5
Knoxville	130	$39,650	1
Memphis	190	$51,490	0.8
TEXAS
Beaumont	190	$49,890	3.3
Austin	630	$60,480	2.1
Victoria	30	$54,640	1.9
Midland	40	$64,190	1.7
Tyler	50	$52,780	1.5
Wichita Falls	30	$47,910	1.5
Corpus Christi	90	$62,910	1.4
Houston	1,250	$65,830	1.2
Longview	40	$43,770	1.2
Killeen	50	$46,370	1.2
College Station	30	$59,740	1.1
El Paso	100	$47,410	1
San Antonio	300	$45,390	0.9
Fort Worth	300	$46,320	0.9
Dallas	500	$56,090	0.6
McAllen	40	$39,140	0.5
UTAH
Salt Lake City	660	$54,120	2.7
Logan	30	$56,240	2
Ogden	50		0.7
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	180	$42,180	5
Winchester	50	$57,920	2.8
Charlottesville	80	$47,280	2.4
Blacksburg	40	$46,340	1.9
Richmond	360	$53,890	1.6
Roanoke	70	$43,360	1.2
Virginia Beach	220	$66,000	0.7
WASHINGTON
Kennewick	70	$68,920	2.2
Seattle	510	$75,250	0.9
Olympia	30	$62,390	0.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	150	$41,350	2.8
Huntington	40	$46,600	1
WISCONSIN
Madison	250	$59,340	2
Appleton	80	$56,560	1.9
Milwaukee	620	$61,520	1.9
Wausau	30	$48,910	1.3
Green Bay	60	$50,650	1

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Most Popular Industries (as of 2008) for:
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Industries representing at least 1% of total jobs for the occupation.

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Professional And Technical Services	44,470	80%	$52,030
Government	5,460	9%	$61,320
Civil Engineering	2,280	4%	$51,480
Construction	1,130	2%	$55,000

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Surveyors

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Surveyors

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

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN