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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Tax Preparers 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	50	$35,950	1.6
Mobile	90	$22,240	1.4
Birmingham	220	$25,390	1.1
ARIZONA
Tucson	250	$31,500	1.9
Phoenix	460	$38,860	0.7
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	180	$22,600	1.5
Fort Smith	50	$24,350	1.2
CALIFORNIA
Stockton	290	$36,190	3.8
Santa Cruz	70	$39,450	2.4
Napa	40	$42,890	1.9
Redding	30	$34,860	1.4
San Jose	460	$72,970	1.3
Sacramento	430	$43,520	1.3
San Diego	640	$53,950	1.3
Salinas	70	$42,390	1.3
San Francisco	430	$65,510	1.2
Santa Barbara	60	$48,790	1
Oakland	310	$62,650	0.8
Fresno	90	$40,420	0.7
Oxnard	80	$43,700	0.7
Vallejo	30	$39,380	0.7
Santa Ana	350	$49,530	0.6
Riverside	270	$40,280	0.6
COLORADO
Denver	140	$29,610	0.3
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	120	$29,360	0.6
DELAWARE
Dover	50	$34,290	2.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,080	$39,850	1.3
FLORIDA
Punta Gorda	50	$28,280	4
Deltona	110	$19,180	2
West Palm Beach	390	$24,830	2
Miami	520	$29,820	1.4
Jacksonville	300	$26,570	1.4
Orlando	300	$32,820	0.8
Tampa	250	$29,540	0.6
GEORGIA
Atlanta	2,150	$38,200	2.4
Augusta	90	$35,720	1.2
HAWAII
Honolulu	140	$45,230	0.9
IDAHO
Boise	50	$34,850	0.5
ILLINOIS
Chicago	2,260	$36,610	1.6
INDIANA
Terre Haute	80	$33,140	3.5
Bloomington	60	$38,200	2.6
Fort Wayne	120	$45,120	1.6
Elkhart	50	$37,580	1.1
Gary	70	$27,200	0.7
Indianapolis	200	$34,820	0.6
KANSAS
Wichita	140	$27,820	1.3
KENTUCKY
Lexington	160	$32,540	1.8
Bowling Green	30	$34,370	1.6
LOUISIANA
Monroe	80	$29,960	3
Shreveport	120	$29,200	1.9
Baton Rouge	190	$25,030	1.4
New Orleans	230	$33,440	1.2
MARYLAND
Bethesda	500	$39,010	2.4
Baltimore	310	$51,050	0.6
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	160	$38,880	2.8
Lawrence	50	$46,740	2.7
Boston	1,550	$64,600	2.4
Springfield	90	$44,290	0.8
Worcester	40	$49,680	0.4
MICHIGAN
Detroit	1,250	$19,740	4.8
Kalamazoo	130	$26,600	2.7
Ann Arbor	140	$28,450	2.4
Warren	340	$39,060	0.8
MINNESOTA
Rochester	80	$29,240	2.5
Minneapolis	590	$33,600	0.9
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	120	$26,950	1.3
MISSOURI
Columbia	100	$19,050	3.6
St. Louis	760	$35,080	1.5
Kansas City	310	$29,800	0.8
Springfield	40	$22,760	0.6
NEBRASKA
Omaha	120	$31,220	0.7
NEVADA
Las Vegas	330	$59,240	1
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	70	$44,540	1.4
NEW JERSEY
Newark	390	$47,720	1
Trenton	80	$34,210	1
Camden	140	$35,000	0.7
Edison	180	$51,830	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	110	$29,930	0.8
NEW YORK
Elmira	30	$24,100	2.8
Binghamton	70	$27,440	1.9
Rochester	280	$34,570	1.5
Buffalo	300	$27,870	1.5
Albany	200	$32,300	1.2
Nassau	560	$35,240	1.2
Poughkeepsie	100	$26,990	1.2
New York	2,150	$33,660	1.1
NORTH CAROLINA
Jacksonville	190	$15,370	14.9
Durham	260		2.6
Charlotte	470	$31,920	1.4
Asheville	80	$23,620	1.3
OHIO
Toledo	260	$28,580	2.3
Cincinnati	680	$28,160	1.8
Dayton	170	$32,530	1.2
Cleveland	440	$40,370	1.1
Youngstown	90	$28,910	1.1
Columbus	280	$30,880	0.8
Akron	50	$40,310	0.4
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	330	$24,360	2.1
OREGON
Corvallis	30		3.2
Eugene	120	$35,280	2.3
Salem	40	$39,240	0.8
Portland	250	$45,800	0.7
PENNSYLVANIA
Altoona	50	$24,450	2.6
Pittsburgh	650	$32,410	1.5
Allentown	130	$33,150	1.1
Philadelphia	660	$34,430	0.9
Reading	40	$28,850	0.7
SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence	100	$29,960	3.5
Charleston	290	$30,310	2.7
Columbia	120	$30,920	0.9
TENNESSEE
Clarksville	90	$23,020	3.6
Memphis	200	$42,560	0.9
TEXAS
Wichita Falls	70	$29,230	3.7
Dallas	1,810	$31,550	2.3
Lubbock	90	$32,550	2.1
Houston	1,870	$38,040	2
Fort Worth	530	$47,450	1.7
Tyler	40	$40,770	1.3
San Antonio	290	$33,490	0.9
El Paso	30	$38,800	0.3
UTAH
Salt Lake City	130	$39,880	0.6
VERMONT
Burlington	130	$40,580	3.4
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg	50	$25,730	2.5
Richmond	520	$32,170	2.4
Virginia Beach	370	$23,050	1.3
WASHINGTON
Spokane	70	$40,760	0.9
Seattle	480	$29,230	0.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling	30	$17,850	1.4
WISCONSIN
Appleton	120	$29,940	3.1
Madison	230	$42,250	1.9
Racine	40	$33,280	1.6
Green Bay	70	$43,520	1.2
Milwaukee	170	$38,560	0.5
WYOMING
Casper	60	$30,590	5.1

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