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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Teacher Assistants

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 2007) for:
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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Teacher Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2007.

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 (2007)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Montgomery	1,660	$15,510	1.2
Anniston	390	$16,660	1
Tuscaloosa	570	$15,980	0.9
Birmingham	3,930	$17,620	0.9
Decatur	340	$17,850	0.8
Dothan	320	$16,670	0.6
Gadsden	140	$16,990	0.6
Mobile	870	$16,810	0.6
Huntsville	970	$17,910	0.6
ALASKA
Anchorage	1,450		1.1
ARIZONA
Yuma	710	$19,970	1.5
Prescott	650	$21,490	1.3
Tucson	3,730	$22,600	1.1
Flagstaff	320	$20,630	0.8
Phoenix	12,700	$21,370	0.7
ARKANSAS
Pine Bluff	470	$16,220	1.8
Hot Springs	350	$15,840	1.3
Jonesboro	350	$16,710	0.9
Fayetteville	1,460	$19,490	0.9
Fort Smith	800	$16,090	0.8
Little Rock	2,080	$18,230	0.7
CALIFORNIA
Hanford	580	$22,400	2.4
El Centro	900	$24,870	2.3
Merced	1,080	$27,200	2.3
Visalia	2,630	$25,930	2.3
Chico	1,230	$24,120	2.1
Madera	530	$27,720	2
Yuba City	590	$27,530	1.9
Bakersfield	4,250	$24,470	1.9
Santa Cruz	1,270	$26,780	1.8
Redding	900	$25,070	1.7
San Luis Obispo	1,370	$23,800	1.6
Modesto	2,120	$28,020	1.5
Fresno	4,130	$26,230	1.4
Stockton	2,520	$27,640	1.4
Salinas	1,750	$27,210	1.4
Los Angeles	47,920	$28,860	1.3
Santa Rosa	2,060	$28,280	1.2
Oakland	11,110	$30,050	1.2
San Diego	14,380	$27,980	1.2
Riverside	13,980	$27,040	1.2
Sacramento	9,120	$25,490	1.1
Vallejo	1,140	$25,990	1.1
Santa Barbara	1,500	$27,970	1.1
Oxnard	2,620	$25,850	1
Napa	430	$25,790	0.9
San Jose	6,730	$29,780	0.8
San Francisco	6,920	$30,430	0.8
Santa Ana	10,980	$30,610	0.8
COLORADO
Grand Junction	610	$23,190	1.3
Greeley	720	$20,720	1.2
Colorado Springs	2,470	$20,990	1.1
Boulder	1,440	$24,640	1.1
Fort Collins	920	$22,160	0.9
Pueblo	350		0.9
Denver	8,910	$25,630	0.8
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	1,180	$27,400	2.1
New Haven	5,060	$27,740	2.1
Norwich	1,980	$24,660	1.9
Hartford	8,870	$26,550	1.8
Bridgeport	6,590	$26,690	1.7
Danbury	870	$26,280	1.6
DELAWARE
Dover	500	$35,710	1.1
Wilmington	2,590	$26,560	0.9
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	18,580	$26,990	0.9
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	1,150	$23,690	0.8
Port St. Lucie	860	$22,640	0.8
Miami	6,110	$22,860	0.7
Fort Lauderdale	4,440	$20,870	0.7
Orlando	6,280	$22,280	0.7
Tampa	6,170	$22,770	0.5
Jacksonville	2,960	$21,690	0.5
Sebastian	200	$27,850	0.5
Sarasota	1,170	$19,280	0.5
Naples	510	$21,370	0.5
Palm Bay	800		0.5
West Palm Beach	2,040	$19,070	0.4
GEORGIA
Athens	1,810	$17,310	3
Brunswick	740	$15,790	2.4
Augusta	3,300	$16,670	1.9
Savannah	2,170	$18,670	1.7
Macon	1,290	$16,600	1.6
Albany	700		1.5
Dalton	880	$15,790	1.4
Valdosta	520	$14,720	1.4
Columbus	1,000	$15,300	1.1
Atlanta	23,440	$18,700	1.1
Warner Robins	400	$15,260	1
Gainesville	470	$17,930	0.9
Rome	240	$16,150	0.9
HAWAII
Honolulu	2,450	$20,480	0.7
IDAHO
Idaho Falls	860	$19,110	2.3
Pocatello	450	$22,250	1.9
Boise	1,560	$18,490	0.7
ILLINOIS
Bloomington	800	$21,940	1.5
Danville	250	$21,170	1.4
Springfield	900	$20,320	1.1
Rockford	1,280	$19,820	1
Kankakee	270	$19,700	0.9
Peoria	1,170	$20,430	0.8
Champaign	550	$22,020	0.8
Chicago	22,390	$22,570	0.6
Decatur	210	$16,950	0.6
INDIANA
Kokomo	590	$20,920	1.7
Lafayette	830	$20,710	1.4
Gary	3,270	$19,320	1.3
Anderson	320	$18,040	1.1
Bloomington	580	$20,810	1
Terre Haute	540	$19,140	1
South Bend	1,120	$21,370	1
Columbus	290	$19,240	0.9
Fort Wayne	1,670	$23,040	0.9
Michigan City	290	$22,800	0.9
Elkhart	880	$23,760	0.8
Muncie	280	$22,240	0.8
Indianapolis	5,110	$23,280	0.6
Evansville	720	$20,860	0.5
IOWA
Ames	380	$21,020	1.3
Dubuque	500	$21,660	1.2
Cedar Rapids	1,220	$21,770	1.1
Sioux City	600	$19,830	1.1
Iowa City	480	$19,990	0.9
Davenport	1,330	$20,640	0.9
Des Moines	2,320	$19,660	0.8
Waterloo	540	$15,390	0.8
KANSAS
Lawrence	810	$19,990	2.4
Topeka	1,580	$19,260	1.8
Wichita	3,450	$21,360	1.3
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	520	$21,910	1.4
Bowling Green	610	$17,120	1.4
Louisville	5,450	$26,000	1
Lexington	1,930	$25,520	0.9
LOUISIANA
Alexandria	770	$14,280	1.7
Monroe	720	$15,080	1.2
Shreveport	1,640	$15,980	1.1
Houma	690	$15,070	0.9
Baton Rouge	2,370	$16,730	0.8
Lafayette	830	$15,710	0.7
New Orleans	3,020	$17,210	0.7
MAINE
Lewiston	660	$26,410	1.7
Bangor	770	$25,350	1.5
Portland	2,180	$27,970	1.3
MARYLAND
Salisbury	640	$17,280	1.6
Baltimore	11,270	$23,980	1
Hagerstown	740	$21,500	0.9
Bethesda	3,870	$26,070	0.8
Cumberland	200	$21,210	0.8
MASSACHUSETTS
Haverhill	1,400	$25,510	2.2
Leominster	740	$23,900	1.9
Pittsfield	490	$22,760	1.8
Brockton	1,290	$23,590	1.8
Lawrence	830	$27,050	1.8
Springfield	4,090	$22,990	1.6
Worcester	3,080	$24,330	1.4
Taunton	510	$25,860	1.4
Barnstable	1,160	$25,800	1.4
Lynn	1,150	$24,840	1.4
Lowell	1,250	$21,770	1.3
Framingham	1,570	$27,750	1.2
New Bedford	560	$23,290	1.1
Boston	14,730	$24,900	1
MICHIGAN
Flint	2,250	$22,240	1.9
Jackson	760	$22,130	1.8
Monroe	520	$18,670	1.7
Saginaw	1,010	$18,560	1.5
Kalamazoo	1,770	$21,620	1.5
Muskegon	710	$25,590	1.4
Grand Rapids	4,050	$25,080	1.2
Niles	540	$23,430	1.1
Lansing	1,860	$22,930	1.1
Detroit	7,020	$23,390	1.1
Ann Arbor	1,490	$25,020	1
Battle Creek	380	$22,170	1
Holland	830	$25,420	0.9
Bay City	220	$21,960	0.9
Warren	8,410	$25,560	0.8
MINNESOTA
Rochester	970	$24,100	1.4
Duluth	1,310	$26,720	1.2
St. Cloud	860	$26,320	1.1
Minneapolis	17,120	$25,360	1.1
MISSISSIPPI
Pascagoula	750	$16,300	2.3
Jackson	2,020	$15,580	0.9
Hattiesburg	420	$14,680	0.9
Gulfport	720	$16,280	0.8
MISSOURI
St. Joseph	640	$21,720	1.7
Joplin	790	$18,200	1.3
Kansas City	7,640	$20,390	0.8
Columbia	540	$18,540	0.8
St. Louis	9,380	$22,110	0.8
Springfield	990	$18,770	0.6
Jefferson City	300	$18,000	0.5
MONTANA
Missoula	410	$18,500	1
Great Falls	240	$17,140	0.9
Billings	550	$19,240	0.8
NEBRASKA
Omaha	4,260	$19,750	1.1
Lincoln	930	$21,810	0.7
NEVADA
Las Vegas	3,200	$25,860	0.4
Reno	470	$27,250	0.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	2,860	$24,460	2.5
Rochester	950	$22,610	2.2
Portsmouth	670	$25,360	1.5
Manchester	1,110	$23,510	1.4
NEW JERSEY
Vineland	1,050	$23,950	2.3
Camden	6,610	$22,410	1.4
Newark	11,390	$23,250	1.3
Atlantic City	1,430	$24,340	1.2
Trenton	2,140	$25,310	1.1
Ocean City	350	$23,250	1.1
Edison	9,920	$25,900	1.1
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces	1,090	$17,910	2.3
Farmington	720	$14,900	1.8
Albuquerque	2,010	$18,800	0.6
NEW YORK
Kingston	1,150	$22,210	2.4
Glens Falls	900	$19,080	2.3
Ithaca	640	$22,030	2.1
Poughkeepsie	4,370	$24,590	2.1
Nassau	22,040	$25,790	2
Syracuse	5,210	$21,940	2
Utica	2,060	$21,640	1.9
Binghamton	1,750	$18,910	1.9
Rochester	7,860	$21,350	1.8
Albany	6,570	$24,840	1.7
Elmira	470	$18,810	1.7
Buffalo	7,340	$23,590	1.6
New York	59,830	$26,050	1.3
NORTH CAROLINA
Jacksonville	740	$18,940	2.5
Goldsboro	720	$18,270	2.4
Fayetteville	1,690	$17,170	1.7
Greenville	740	$19,380	1.3
Rocky Mount	570	$19,290	1.2
Wilmington	1,440	$19,410	1.2
Asheville	1,770	$19,640	1.2
Hickory	1,630	$18,770	1.1
Winston-Salem	2,130	$19,240	1.1
Raleigh	4,010	$18,810	0.9
Durham	1,990	$21,400	0.9
Burlington	380	$17,960	0.8
Charlotte	6,360	$20,200	0.8
Greensboro	2,660	$19,760	0.8
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks	540	$25,710	1.4
Fargo	1,150	$25,000	1.2
Bismarck	520	$27,120	1.2
OHIO
Sandusky	290	$21,150	1.1
Cincinnati	6,740	$25,830	0.7
Canton	1,040	$24,520	0.7
Akron	2,110	$26,110	0.7
Mansfield	290	$20,950	0.7
Dayton	2,450	$25,020	0.7
Toledo	1,970	$24,950	0.7
Youngstown	1,400	$21,320	0.7
Columbus	5,110	$27,710	0.6
Cleveland	5,760	$28,830	0.6
Springfield	190	$22,350	0.5
Lima	120	$20,410	0.3
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	410	$16,660	1.5
Tulsa	2,980	$19,040	0.8
Oklahoma City	2,860	$15,940	0.6
OREGON
Salem	2,320	$27,100	1.9
Eugene	1,670	$24,450	1.3
Medford	880	$25,110	1.3
Corvallis	270	$25,350	1.2
Portland	10,170	$27,050	1.1
Bend	520	$27,090	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	1,230	$33,740	2.6
Reading	2,010	$20,140	1.4
Altoona	660	$16,500	1.4
Allentown	3,360	$20,380	1.2
Williamsport	420	$18,440	1.1
Erie	1,070	$19,360	1
York	1,490	$20,750	1
Philadelphia	16,270	$22,130	1
Lancaster	1,960	$20,200	1
Lebanon	330	$20,090	1
Harrisburg	2,380	$20,650	0.9
Johnstown	410	$18,950	0.9
Scranton	1,840	$21,040	0.8
Pittsburgh	7,700	$20,480	0.8
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	5,900	$25,430	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Sumter	420	$15,920	1.6
Florence	840	$16,770	1.2
Anderson	550	$16,230	1.2
Spartanburg	1,090	$17,270	1.1
Charleston	2,320	$20,600	0.9
Columbia	2,480	$17,610	0.8
Greenville	1,630	$16,310	0.6
Myrtle Beach	580	$18,830	0.6
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	600	$22,540	1.2
Sioux Falls	890	$22,440	0.8
TENNESSEE
Cleveland	490	$16,030	1.7
Kingsport	1,490	$15,640	1.6
Morristown	480	$16,030	1.3
Johnson City	790	$16,870	1.3
Clarksville	680	$21,730	1.1
Knoxville	2,750	$17,010	0.9
Chattanooga	1,660	$16,540	0.9
Memphis	4,560	$19,390	0.8
TEXAS
McAllen	3,910	$17,850	2.2
Laredo	1,290	$15,720	2
Brownsville	1,920	$18,250	1.9
Killeen	1,760	$15,090	1.8
Victoria	550	$15,400	1.5
Texarkana	570	$16,600	1.5
Sherman	440	$15,530	1.5
Amarillo	1,060	$16,780	1.3
Wichita Falls	560	$15,630	1.3
Abilene	600	$16,370	1.3
Longview	920	$16,300	1.2
San Angelo	350	$16,740	1.2
College Station	750	$16,810	1.2
San Antonio	8,100	$18,120	1.1
Waco	830	$18,910	1
Corpus Christi	1,520	$17,780	1
El Paso	2,260	$20,830	1
Beaumont	1,330	$17,390	1
Tyler	700	$15,970	0.9
Lubbock	860	$15,830	0.9
Fort Worth	6,280	$16,680	0.8
Dallas	14,390	$19,550	0.8
Odessa	310	$15,440	0.7
Austin	4,700	$21,580	0.7
Houston	15,720	$17,640	0.7
Midland	270	$16,640	0.6
UTAH
Logan	780	$20,030	2.4
Provo	2,580	$20,150	1.8
St. George	580	$19,110	1.5
Ogden	2,440	$23,000	1.5
Salt Lake City	3,800	$20,740	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	1,810	$23,300	2
VIRGINIA
Danville	560	$17,900	2.1
Winchester	540	$19,220	1.3
Charlottesville	900	$21,860	1.2
Virginia Beach	7,200	$21,740	1.1
Lynchburg	860	$16,470	1
Roanoke	1,220	$19,550	0.9
Richmond	4,690	$21,400	0.9
Blacksburg	360	$22,680	0.8
WASHINGTON
Mount Vernon	730	$27,400	2.2
Longview	550	$26,340	2.2
Yakima	1,280	$25,110	2
Wenatchee	580	$25,850	1.9
Olympia	1,360	$25,410	1.8
Kennewick	1,220	$25,620	1.7
Bremerton	1,020	$27,020	1.6
Bellingham	870	$27,410	1.4
Tacoma	3,180	$27,910	1.4
Spokane	1,760	$25,360	1
Seattle	9,840	$29,280	0.8
WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington	870	$20,500	0.9
Weirton	270	$19,460	0.9
Charleston	870	$21,340	0.7
Wheeling	340	$21,260	0.7
Parkersburg	310	$19,480	0.6
Morgantown	180	$21,030	0.5
WISCONSIN
Janesville	660	$23,110	1.2
Eau Claire	680	$22,090	1.1
Racine	640	$21,810	1
Sheboygan	430	$25,650	1
La Crosse	460	$23,770	0.8
Fond du Lac	250	$24,150	0.8
Oshkosh	510	$22,900	0.8
Green Bay	990	$25,660	0.7
Wausau	380	$23,180	0.7
Appleton	670	$24,270	0.7
Milwaukee	5,300	$27,470	0.7
Madison	1,870	$25,940	0.7
WYOMING
Casper	480	$25,650	1.7
Cheyenne	410	$22,890	1.4

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Education	1,074,700	85%	$22,020
Social Service	127,810	10%	$18,940
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Government	16,840	1%	$22,740

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