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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Urban And Regional Planners

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:
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Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Urban And Regional Planners 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
Huntsville	40	$49,610	0.8
Birmingham	70	$53,870	0.5
ALASKA
Anchorage	90	$65,740	2.3
ARIZONA
Flagstaff	30	$55,560	2.5
Yuma	30	$52,520	2.2
Phoenix	660	$61,820	1.4
Tucson	100	$52,660	1.1
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	70	$44,300	0.8
CALIFORNIA
Santa Cruz	100	$73,720	4.9
Redding	60	$62,340	4
Yuba City	30	$58,770	3.6
Napa	50	$83,770	3.5
San Luis Obispo	70	$66,690	3
Sacramento	620	$70,790	2.8
Visalia	80	$57,080	2.5
Salinas	90	$80,920	2.4
Fresno	190	$66,440	2.3
San Diego	720	$70,730	2.1
Chico	30	$66,450	1.9
Oxnard	140	$72,440	1.9
Santa Ana	710	$73,740	1.8
Oakland	470	$80,150	1.8
San Francisco	350	$89,350	1.4
Vallejo	40	$78,090	1.4
Modesto	50	$67,370	1.3
Riverside	400	$69,800	1.2
San Jose	250	$86,260	1.1
Santa Barbara	40	$69,610	1
Stockton	50	$67,900	1
Santa Rosa	40	$79,230	0.9
Bakersfield	50	$71,680	0.8
COLORADO
Grand Junction	40	$60,740	3.2
Boulder	120	$69,160	3.1
Fort Collins	60	$64,310	2.1
Denver	370	$66,680	1.2
CONNECTICUT
Hartford	150	$71,690	1
Bridgeport	50	$65,910	0.5
DELAWARE
Wilmington	100	$65,000	1.2
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	870	$71,720	1.5
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	130	$56,860	3.3
Cape Coral	140	$62,080	2.7
Port St. Lucie	80	$65,080	2.7
Panama City	30	$69,600	1.9
Naples	50	$66,550	1.8
Orlando	460	$60,880	1.7
Tampa	530	$64,160	1.7
West Palm Beach	200	$66,060	1.5
Pensacola	50	$42,230	1.4
Sarasota	90	$66,400	1.4
Deltona	50	$59,150	1.3
Fort Lauderdale	210	$65,730	1.1
Lakeland	50	$57,130	1.1
Jacksonville	160	$58,390	1.1
Palm Bay	40	$49,240	0.8
Miami	200	$72,670	0.8
GEORGIA
Atlanta	450	$59,110	0.7
HAWAII
Honolulu	260	$65,180	2.4
IDAHO
Boise	160	$60,190	2.4
ILLINOIS
Chicago	530	$78,840	0.5
INDIANA
Gary	120	$49,900	1.7
Indianapolis	180	$48,470	0.8
IOWA
Davenport	40	$55,010	0.9
Des Moines	70	$63,790	0.9
KANSAS
Wichita	30	$67,130	0.4
KENTUCKY
Lexington	40	$53,410	0.7
Louisville	70	$44,850	0.5
LOUISIANA
New Orleans	130	$50,120	1
MAINE
Bangor	30	$55,830	2.1
Portland	70	$60,890	1.4
MARYLAND
Baltimore	400	$62,810	1.2
Bethesda	70	$67,500	0.5
MASSACHUSETTS
Haverhill	40	$55,220	2.3
Boston	860	$70,090	2
Lowell	40	$62,540	1.4
Barnstable	30	$64,480	1.3
Springfield	80	$63,900	1.1
Worcester	60	$61,750	1
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	60	$60,080	1.5
Warren	180	$59,950	0.6
Grand Rapids	50	$62,120	0.5
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	770	$65,990	1.7
Rochester	30	$60,080	1.4
Duluth	40	$55,390	1.3
MISSISSIPPI
Gulfport	40	$39,560	1.6
MISSOURI
Kansas City	200	$60,680	0.8
St. Louis	220	$54,170	0.6
NEBRASKA
Omaha	80	$61,070	0.7
NEVADA
Reno	110	$89,230	2.2
Las Vegas	170	$74,310	0.7
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nashua	40	$59,600	1.2
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	100	$71,090	1.9
Newark	110	$62,840	0.4
Edison	110	$71,240	0.4
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	90	$56,380	0.9
NEW YORK
Ithaca	30	$58,950	3.3
Poughkeepsie	80	$60,710	1.4
Albany	100	$52,450	0.9
Syracuse	70	$42,030	0.9
New York	780	$68,690	0.6
Rochester	70	$61,830	0.6
Nassau	150	$68,930	0.5
Buffalo	50	$55,590	0.4
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville	100	$47,470	2.3
Raleigh	260	$53,430	2
Wilmington	70	$48,740	2
Greenville	30	$52,990	1.9
Durham	120	$57,680	1.8
Charlotte	330	$58,800	1.5
Fayetteville	30	$52,300	1
Hickory	40	$48,320	1
Greensboro	60	$56,320	0.6
OHIO
Akron	70	$57,570	0.8
Columbus	170	$55,170	0.7
Dayton	70	$60,300	0.7
Youngstown	40	$43,830	0.7
Cleveland	170	$57,660	0.6
Cincinnati	110	$57,630	0.4
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	90	$46,970	0.8
Oklahoma City	90	$68,150	0.6
OREGON
Medford	80	$47,300	4.1
Bend	60	$62,870	3.9
Portland	970	$65,870	3.7
Salem	120	$61,180	3.3
Eugene	80	$62,020	2.2
PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg	110	$48,360	1.4
Allentown	100	$49,070	1.2
Pittsburgh	270	$47,160	0.9
Philadelphia	400	$59,620	0.8
Reading	30	$47,540	0.8
Lancaster	40	$33,770	0.7
York	30	$43,790	0.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	160	$68,560	1.1
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	70	$49,820	1
Columbia	50	$49,930	0.6
TENNESSEE
Memphis	130	$56,240	0.8
Chattanooga	30	$52,260	0.5
Knoxville	30	$60,910	0.4
TEXAS
Austin	220	$59,580	1.1
McAllen	50	$41,750	0.9
San Antonio	190	$50,210	0.9
Houston	460	$60,480	0.7
Fort Worth	150	$53,560	0.7
Dallas	290	$61,460	0.5
UTAH
Provo	50	$55,060	1.3
Salt Lake City	180	$57,750	1.1
Ogden	40	$63,550	0.8
VERMONT
Burlington	60	$49,800	2.3
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg	30	$54,480	2.2
Charlottesville	40	$47,080	1.9
Virginia Beach	310	$57,790	1.6
Richmond	200	$55,550	1.3
Roanoke	50	$52,850	1.3
WASHINGTON
Olympia	400	$65,200	18.5
Bellingham	80	$56,810	4.4
Seattle	1,530	$70,100	4.2
Yakima	60	$54,910	3.3
Bremerton	60	$64,890	3.2
Tacoma	140	$65,730	2.1
Spokane	100	$60,060	2
Kennewick	30	$65,150	1.5
WISCONSIN
Madison	140	$70,670	1.7
Green Bay	50	$56,740	1.2
Milwaukee	220		1

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Government	29,020	78%	$58,970
Professional And Technical Services	7,610	20%	$63,300

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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Urban And Regional Planners

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Urban And Regional Planners

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

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WISCONSIN