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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Training Specialists

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:
Training Specialists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Training Specialists 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
Auburn	90	$36,990	1.4
Huntsville	310	$44,390	0.9
Birmingham	760	$51,490	0.9
Montgomery	190	$44,640	0.7
Anniston	40	$47,010	0.6
Mobile	160	$46,210	0.6
Florence	40	$43,280	0.6
Dothan	40	$52,000	0.5
Tuscaloosa	60	$52,360	0.4
ALASKA
Anchorage	140	$60,270	0.6
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	120	$39,600	1.5
Phoenix	4,500	$53,210	1.5
Tucson	840	$41,460	1.4
Prescott	100	$40,760	1.1
Kingman	60	$47,910	0.8
Yuma	40	$36,340	0.5
ARKANSAS
Pine Bluff	90	$35,980	2
Little Rock	770	$43,880	1.4
Jonesboro	80	$39,050	1.1
Fayetteville	280	$41,880	0.9
Fort Smith	100	$43,500	0.6
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco	1,650	$74,630	1
Sacramento	1,440	$54,950	1
Santa Ana	2,390	$66,660	1
San Jose	1,410	$74,670	0.9
Oakland	1,300	$69,620	0.8
Redding	70	$43,030	0.7
Santa Rosa	200	$57,910	0.7
San Diego	1,500	$58,650	0.7
Oxnard	320	$60,100	0.7
San Luis Obispo	100	$77,660	0.7
Visalia	130	$41,900	0.6
Riverside	1,270	$54,150	0.6
Chico	60	$48,920	0.6
Vallejo	110	$59,610	0.6
Yuba City	30	$41,750	0.6
Fresno	270	$63,810	0.5
Merced	40	$50,740	0.5
Stockton	160	$49,120	0.5
Santa Barbara	120	$58,490	0.5
Modesto	100	$54,100	0.4
Santa Cruz	50	$58,870	0.4
Bakersfield	140	$50,790	0.3
COLORADO
Colorado Springs	520	$51,410	1.3
Denver	2,480	$55,940	1.2
Pueblo	90	$41,920	1.2
Greeley	120	$45,430	1.1
Boulder	260	$65,430	1
Fort Collins	150	$55,740	0.8
Grand Junction	60	$48,230	0.7
CONNECTICUT
Danbury	220	$64,000	2.1
Norwich	280	$54,470	1.5
Bridgeport	880	$60,980	1.2
Hartford	1,140	$59,150	1.2
New Haven	530	$54,410	1.2
Waterbury	50	$50,270	0.5
DELAWARE
Dover	120	$51,760	1.5
Wilmington	770	$63,580	1.5
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	5,750	$67,540	1.5
FLORIDA
Pensacola	340	$62,390	1.5
Panama City	130	$39,920	1.3
Tallahassee	320	$45,040	1.3
Palm Bay	350	$53,900	1.1
Tampa	2,220	$52,820	1.1
Orlando	1,910	$52,310	1.1
Jacksonville	1,030	$52,230	1.1
Lakeland	310	$49,940	1
Punta Gorda	50	$40,290	0.9
Fort Lauderdale	1,090	$55,720	0.9
Fort Walton Beach	100	$54,260	0.9
Miami	1,310	$54,420	0.8
Gainesville	140	$45,440	0.8
West Palm Beach	650	$58,240	0.7
Deltona	160	$45,230	0.7
Ocala	90	$41,810	0.6
Port St. Lucie	90	$45,700	0.5
Cape Coral	150	$47,740	0.5
Naples	80	$48,270	0.4
GEORGIA
Columbus	620	$55,690	3.7
Rome	110	$50,100	2.2
Augusta	630	$56,300	1.9
Macon	280	$53,110	1.9
Warner Robins	120	$51,120	1.7
Atlanta	6,210	$60,630	1.6
Albany	140	$51,090	1.6
Athens	160	$51,930	1.4
Savannah	330	$55,090	1.4
Valdosta	100	$45,900	1.2
Gainesville	90	$50,820	0.9
Dalton	90	$37,310	0.8
HAWAII
Honolulu	470	$50,010	0.7
IDAHO
Lewiston	100		3.3
Idaho Falls	140	$43,820	2.1
Coeur d'Alene	120	$44,850	1.5
Boise	490	$48,970	1.1
Pocatello	40	$39,040	1
ILLINOIS
Bloomington	150	$46,520	1.5
Springfield	220	$45,500	1.4
Champaign	160	$77,310	1.1
Peoria	250	$50,550	0.9
Decatur	60	$40,650	0.9
Chicago	5,490	$57,250	0.9
Kankakee	40	$46,490	0.8
Rockford	130	$47,770	0.6
INDIANA
Indianapolis	1,960	$53,450	1.3
Fort Wayne	430	$48,450	1.3
Lafayette	140	$53,530	1.3
Gary	510	$46,770	1.1
Muncie	70	$54,910	1.1
Bloomington	110	$43,320	1.1
South Bend	180	$56,410	0.9
Evansville	230	$45,560	0.8
Terre Haute	80	$50,310	0.8
Columbus	40	$45,360	0.7
Elkhart	130	$37,500	0.7
Kokomo	30	$51,610	0.6
Michigan City	30	$53,740	0.5
IOWA
Ames	140	$48,030	2.7
Iowa City	220	$50,170	2.1
Des Moines	900	$49,030	1.7
Cedar Rapids	300	$47,600	1.4
Waterloo	130	$40,540	1
Davenport	240	$46,650	0.8
Sioux City	70	$44,380	0.7
Dubuque	40	$38,430	0.5
KANSAS
Topeka	220	$49,540	1.3
Wichita	460	$45,330	0.9
KENTUCKY
Louisville	910	$48,780	0.9
Lexington	340	$46,170	0.9
Elizabethtown	50	$38,080	0.8
Bowling Green	50	$45,850	0.6
LOUISIANA
Monroe	110	$45,060	0.9
Lafayette	190	$54,940	0.8
Baton Rouge	460	$45,500	0.8
Lake Charles	90	$42,670	0.7
New Orleans	480	$50,660	0.6
Alexandria	50	$36,930	0.6
Shreveport	130	$46,760	0.5
Houma	60	$37,300	0.4
MAINE
Portland	520	$47,500	1.6
Lewiston	90	$48,140	1.3
Bangor	100	$45,520	1.1
MARYLAND
Baltimore	2,570	$57,960	1.2
Bethesda	1,040	$64,310	1.1
Salisbury	80	$44,260	1.1
Hagerstown	100	$43,150	0.7
Cumberland	30	$46,440	0.6
MASSACHUSETTS
Framingham	340	$66,150	1.3
Pittsfield	60	$59,070	1.3
Lowell	230	$68,680	1.2
Taunton	80	$61,780	1.2
Worcester	430	$60,650	1.1
Boston	3,010	$69,920	1.1
Lawrence	80	$52,990	1
Springfield	430	$52,940	0.9
Brockton	90	$48,800	0.7
Haverhill	70	$54,740	0.6
Leominster	40	$57,150	0.6
New Bedford	40	$46,920	0.4
Barnstable	60	$56,410	0.4
MICHIGAN
Niles	210	$59,460	2.3
Monroe	90	$58,710	1.6
Lansing	410	$60,540	1.4
Ann Arbor	310	$117,720	1.2
Muskegon	90	$52,480	1
Detroit	1,180	$53,590	1
Jackson	70	$59,930	0.9
Bay City	40	$60,470	0.8
Grand Rapids	480	$47,830	0.8
Kalamazoo	150	$53,550	0.7
Saginaw	80	$49,850	0.7
Flint	150	$54,290	0.7
Warren	1,250	$56,380	0.7
Holland	50	$55,210	0.3
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	3,570	$60,230	1.2
Duluth	180	$50,230	0.9
St. Cloud	90	$50,340	0.6
Rochester	80	$58,030	0.6
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	80	$40,310	1
Pascagoula	60	$50,400	0.9
Jackson	350	$42,110	0.9
Gulfport	80	$41,040	0.5
MISSOURI
Jefferson City	200	$44,500	2
Kansas City	2,130	$51,600	1.3
Columbia	140	$47,700	1.2
St. Louis	2,480	$52,560	1.1
Springfield	340	$43,350	1.1
St. Joseph	70	$43,030	1
Joplin	90	$35,300	0.8
MONTANA
Missoula	120	$41,160	1.6
Billings	90	$44,060	0.8
NEBRASKA
Omaha	1,150	$48,250	1.5
Lincoln	350	$45,310	1.4
NEVADA
Carson City	40	$57,100	1.1
Reno	360	$33,160	1.1
Las Vegas	880	$49,590	0.6
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Manchester	130	$50,110	0.8
Nashua	170	$61,230	0.8
Portsmouth	60	$41,600	0.7
Rochester	60	$59,130	0.7
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	710	$64,540	2.1
Newark	1,590	$66,400	1
Edison	1,320	$67,010	0.8
Camden	640	$54,590	0.7
Atlantic City	140	$53,680	0.6
Vineland	40	$56,980	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	860	$53,210	1.4
Santa Fe	100	$44,770	1.1
Las Cruces	40	$33,190	0.5
Farmington	30	$43,770	0.4
NEW YORK
Rochester	1,130	$58,170	1.4
Albany	800	$56,930	1.1
Ithaca	60	$52,170	1
New York	8,360	$65,770	1
Utica	180	$48,440	0.9
Buffalo	800	$54,540	0.9
Poughkeepsie	330	$61,680	0.9
Binghamton	140	$46,970	0.9
Elmira	40	$57,030	0.8
Glens Falls	60	$44,480	0.8
Nassau	1,380	$58,670	0.7
Syracuse	330	$52,010	0.7
Kingston	40	$53,830	0.5
NORTH CAROLINA
Jacksonville	170	$39,520	3
Durham	610	$61,000	1.4
Fayetteville	260	$52,120	1.4
Raleigh	1,090	$55,870	1.3
Charlotte	1,880	$58,710	1.3
Rocky Mount	90	$42,310	1.1
Goldsboro	50	$40,700	1
Wilmington	210	$58,740	0.9
Greenville	90	$48,590	0.9
Winston-Salem	250	$53,850	0.7
Burlington	60	$53,780	0.7
Greensboro	400	$48,490	0.7
Asheville	150	$41,550	0.5
Hickory	100	$44,360	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	110	$52,600	1.4
Fargo	220	$45,640	1.2
OHIO
Columbus	2,780	$54,140	1.8
Canton	340	$53,870	1.3
Akron	600	$52,140	1.1
Cincinnati	1,680	$53,380	1
Dayton	610	$57,390	1
Cleveland	1,580	$52,760	0.9
Mansfield	60	$43,880	0.8
Lima	60	$53,540	0.8
Youngstown	250	$46,160	0.7
Springfield	40	$42,470	0.6
Toledo	290	$53,530	0.6
OKLAHOMA
Lawton	150	$47,350	3
Oklahoma City	1,650	$41,910	1.8
Tulsa	950	$39,950	1.3
OREGON
Salem	590	$48,350	2.5
Medford	140	$48,430	1.1
Eugene	250	$50,460	1.1
Portland	1,790	$55,430	1.1
Bend	100	$59,260	1
Corvallis	40	$56,400	1
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	140	$36,000	1.7
Harrisburg	630	$59,910	1.2
Philadelphia	3,610	$55,570	1.2
Erie	210	$47,480	1.1
Pittsburgh	2,000	$49,390	1.1
Lancaster	290	$46,800	0.8
Lebanon	50	$65,290	0.8
Scranton	310	$43,720	0.8
Johnstown	60	$45,150	0.7
Reading	190	$47,190	0.7
Allentown	400	$47,020	0.7
Altoona	50	$38,960	0.6
Williamsport	40	$39,630	0.6
York	110	$45,800	0.4
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	550	$57,240	0.6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence	160	$51,060	1.3
Columbia	620	$46,890	1.1
Greenville	380	$53,800	0.8
Charleston	330	$46,440	0.7
Anderson	60	$46,610	0.7
Spartanburg	80	$53,120	0.4
Myrtle Beach	70	$42,850	0.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	250	$41,140	1.2
Rapid City	60	$37,280	0.7
TENNESSEE
Knoxville	680	$46,990	1.3
Johnson City	110	$44,120	1
Clarksville	110	$55,100	1
Kingsport	170	$43,950	1
Memphis	960	$55,560	0.9
Chattanooga	350	$44,710	0.9
Jackson	60	$44,070	0.7
Cleveland	30	$39,250	0.6
Morristown	30	$43,510	0.5
TEXAS
Killeen	280	$42,200	1.5
Austin	1,850	$55,390	1.5
Dallas	4,370	$54,800	1.3
Amarillo	160	$47,590	1.1
Midland	100	$52,470	1
Fort Worth	1,320	$52,910	0.9
Victoria	60	$55,920	0.9
Abilene	80	$45,960	0.9
San Angelo	50	$38,240	0.9
San Antonio	1,100	$48,160	0.8
Wichita Falls	60	$36,200	0.7
Tyler	90	$40,010	0.7
El Paso	270	$46,800	0.6
Longview	90	$51,170	0.6
Corpus Christi	170	$44,310	0.6
Lubbock	110	$38,940	0.6
Sherman	30	$43,060	0.6
Waco	80	$49,600	0.6
Beaumont	130	$51,360	0.5
College Station	60	$40,840	0.5
Odessa	40	$46,850	0.5
McAllen	160	$43,800	0.5
Brownsville	80	$32,820	0.4
Laredo	50	$33,240	0.4
UTAH
St. George	100	$44,110	1.5
Salt Lake City	1,410	$45,610	1.4
Provo	310	$44,080	1.2
Logan	70	$45,040	1.1
Ogden	270	$45,840	0.9
VERMONT
Burlington	180	$51,970	1.1
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	250	$59,270	1.8
Harrisonburg	130	$58,180	1.7
Richmond	1,640	$57,750	1.7
Virginia Beach	1,660	$53,270	1.3
Danville	60	$43,960	1.3
Roanoke	280	$47,390	1.1
Blacksburg	70	$50,610	0.8
Lynchburg	120	$59,840	0.8
Winchester	50	$48,590	0.7
WASHINGTON
Mount Vernon	70	$50,480	1.1
Kennewick	130	$72,150	1
Seattle	2,180	$69,010	0.9
Olympia	90	$47,930	0.6
Bellingham	70	$56,240	0.6
Spokane	180	$51,270	0.5
Tacoma	220	$56,730	0.5
Bremerton	50	$44,170	0.4
WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown	140	$35,530	2.2
Parkersburg	80	$45,870	0.8
Charleston	160	$52,090	0.7
Wheeling	60	$34,970	0.7
Huntington	110	$41,230	0.6
WISCONSIN
Madison	880	$45,920	1.6
Appleton	210	$52,960	1.2
Oshkosh	140	$52,240	1.1
Green Bay	260	$46,700	1
La Crosse	100	$44,780	1
Eau Claire	110	$51,060	1
Milwaukee	1,230	$52,300	0.9
Fond du Lac	50	$46,090	0.8
Wausau	80	$50,030	0.8
Racine	80	$45,050	0.7
Janesville	50	$41,630	0.5
WYOMING
Cheyenne	110	$45,620	1.8

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Professional And Technical Services	21,920	10%	$59,960
Government	18,340	9%	$50,260
Office Services And Staffing	15,830	7%	$42,870
Business Management	15,330	7%	$54,800
Education	15,130	7%	$51,770
Insurance	12,020	5%	$54,890
Banking And Credit	9,990	4%	$49,790
Social Service	8,390	4%	$37,550
Hospital	8,190	4%	$56,060
Non-Profit	5,820	2%	$53,480
Nursing And Residential Care	5,630	2%	$47,940
Medical Office	5,270	2%	$48,560
Durable Goods Wholesale	4,860	2%	$59,590
Telecommunications	4,700	2%	$60,060
Department And General Stores	4,540	2%	$30,400
Utilities	3,130	1%	$74,400
Electronics And Computer	3,000	1%	$63,630
Traditional Publishing	2,640	1%	$61,920
Securities And Investment	2,560	1%	$59,310
Chemicals	2,290	1%	$58,410
Restaurant	2,230	1%	$34,720

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