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Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Welders

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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 Welders 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
Decatur	540	$29,220	4.6
Anniston	470	$38,860	4.4
Mobile	1,230	$33,510	2.9
Gadsden	190	$26,860	2.8
Montgomery	660	$29,710	1.6
Dothan	240	$25,170	1.6
Birmingham	2,050	$32,140	1.6
Tuscaloosa	270	$37,150	1.5
Auburn	120	$22,860	1.2
Florence	130	$27,040	1.1
Huntsville	330	$30,800	0.7
ALASKA
Fairbanks	120	$50,680	1.8
Anchorage	280	$50,070	0.7
ARIZONA
Phoenix	4,050	$31,220	0.8
Yuma	100	$32,950	0.7
Tucson	640	$30,560	0.7
Prescott	70	$33,120	0.5
Flagstaff	40	$37,960	0.3
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	340	$28,100	3.2
Pine Bluff	230	$32,510	3.1
Fort Smith	810	$31,110	3
Fayetteville	570	$29,180	1.2
Hot Springs	80	$26,380	1
Little Rock	790	$30,820	1
CALIFORNIA
Hanford	150	$26,760	2.2
Stockton	980	$31,870	1.9
Modesto	690	$35,750	1.7
Merced	220	$33,590	1.7
Bakersfield	1,020	$48,830	1.6
Madera	110	$29,930	1.5
El Centro	130	$29,480	1.2
Riverside	3,500	$32,720	1.1
Visalia	310	$27,700	1
Chico	150	$33,560	0.9
Fresno	720	$30,700	0.9
Santa Ana	3,300	$34,300	0.8
Redding	120	$33,580	0.8
Oakland	1,960	$42,620	0.8
Los Angeles	7,970	$30,550	0.8
Santa Barbara	290	$33,440	0.7
Oxnard	540	$35,100	0.7
San Luis Obispo	160	$37,700	0.7
Vallejo	190	$38,650	0.7
San Diego	1,930	$36,800	0.6
Santa Rosa	260	$40,800	0.6
Sacramento	1,090	$34,750	0.5
San Jose	1,080	$42,570	0.5
Salinas	120	$41,440	0.3
Santa Cruz	40	$36,690	0.2
San Francisco	390	$45,240	0.2
COLORADO
Greeley	390	$36,360	2.3
Grand Junction	270	$36,920	2.1
Pueblo	160	$31,770	1.4
Fort Collins	280	$35,560	1
Denver	1,760	$34,440	0.6
Colorado Springs	320	$31,060	0.5
Boulder	110	$42,260	0.3
CONNECTICUT
Norwich	260	$34,750	0.9
Danbury	130	$35,710	0.8
Hartford	900	$40,190	0.6
Waterbury	90	$38,220	0.6
New Haven	270	$38,760	0.4
Bridgeport	240	$39,520	0.2
DELAWARE
Dover	110	$38,720	0.9
Wilmington	500	$41,910	0.6
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	1,470	$40,780	0.3
FLORIDA
Lakeland	870	$32,070	1.8
Ocala	380	$29,370	1.7
Jacksonville	1,670	$33,850	1.1
Panama City	170	$34,470	1.1
Sarasota	610	$29,950	0.9
Pensacola	280	$32,400	0.7
Orlando	1,990	$35,010	0.7
Deltona	250	$29,750	0.7
Port St. Lucie	200	$35,250	0.6
Fort Lauderdale	1,170	$34,500	0.6
Tampa	1,920	$32,450	0.6
Palm Bay	290	$34,450	0.6
Miami	1,480	$31,250	0.6
West Palm Beach	430	$38,080	0.3
Naples	90	$33,820	0.3
Fort Walton Beach	40	$32,510	0.2
GEORGIA
Gainesville	990	$29,920	6.8
Rome	410	$27,970	5.2
Athens	260	$27,120	1.5
Columbus	310	$31,800	1.2
Valdosta	120	$31,700	1.1
Augusta	410	$32,400	0.8
Albany	110	$32,520	0.8
Atlanta	4,910	$29,960	0.8
Savannah	270	$35,950	0.7
Macon	130	$33,910	0.6
Dalton	90	$30,110	0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	660	$52,080	0.6
IDAHO
Boise	1,200	$27,240	1.8
Lewiston	50	$34,340	1.1
Idaho Falls	90	$26,700	0.9
Coeur d'Alene	80	$30,970	0.7
ILLINOIS
Peoria	3,040	$31,960	7.7
Rockford	640	$35,100	1.8
Decatur	150	$32,240	1.5
Kankakee	80	$29,930	1
Champaign	190	$30,430	0.9
Chicago	6,770	$35,890	0.7
Springfield	40	$42,210	0.2
INDIANA
Elkhart	1,980	$32,730	6.4
Columbus	320	$34,280	3.6
Lafayette	460		2.7
Gary	1,510	$37,050	2.2
Terre Haute	240	$29,870	1.6
Fort Wayne	820	$31,540	1.6
South Bend	460	$30,490	1.4
Evansville	500	$31,950	1.2
Kokomo	110	$47,410	1.1
Indianapolis	1,710	$36,350	0.8
Anderson	60	$27,650	0.7
Muncie	60	$28,250	0.6
IOWA
Waterloo	1,170	$31,600	6.3
Sioux City	300	$29,740	1.9
Davenport	790	$34,570	1.8
Ames	130	$27,140	1.6
Dubuque	160	$34,040	1.4
Cedar Rapids	320	$30,540	1
Des Moines	790	$34,760	1
Iowa City	110	$32,930	0.7
KANSAS
Wichita	1,110	$30,490	1.5
Topeka	190	$26,870	0.8
KENTUCKY
Owensboro	540	$29,510	5.2
Elizabethtown	240	$37,960	2.6
Louisville	1,970	$31,510	1.3
Lexington	740	$32,970	1.2
Bowling Green	70	$35,950	0.6
LOUISIANA
Houma	3,180	$39,380	14.8
Lafayette	1,240	$37,380	3.8
Baton Rouge	3,060	$40,690	3.5
Lake Charles	620	$42,530	3.1
New Orleans	3,630	$36,520	2.9
Shreveport	900	$33,850	2.2
Alexandria	210	$29,330	1.6
MAINE
Lewiston	70	$31,940	0.7
Bangor	80	$33,670	0.6
Portland	200	$46,930	0.4
MARYLAND
Hagerstown	160	$33,120	0.7
Cumberland	40	$35,700	0.5
Baltimore	1,180	$35,220	0.4
Bethesda	330	$39,360	0.2
MASSACHUSETTS
Brockton	280	$40,290	1.4
Lynn	210	$46,230	0.9
Haverhill	160	$35,650	0.9
Leominster	90	$42,200	0.8
Lowell	210	$39,510	0.8
Worcester	430	$40,580	0.7
Taunton	60	$31,840	0.6
New Bedford	80	$41,450	0.6
Lawrence	60	$40,050	0.5
Springfield	320	$36,370	0.4
Boston	1,180	$43,310	0.3
Barnstable	60	$41,090	0.3
Framingham	60	$35,990	0.2
MICHIGAN
Muskegon	370	$34,180	2.7
Monroe	210	$40,860	2.5
Jackson	220	$31,550	1.8
Niles	240	$34,660	1.8
Holland	370	$31,960	1.5
Grand Rapids	1,320	$39,480	1.4
Kalamazoo	430	$31,490	1.3
Flint	380	$42,630	1.1
Warren	3,220	$44,650	1.1
Detroit	1,560	$44,460	0.8
Saginaw	120		0.6
Lansing	300	$38,410	0.6
Bay City	40	$49,180	0.6
Battle Creek	40	$31,780	0.4
Ann Arbor	110	$56,020	0.3
MINNESOTA
Rochester	450	$36,710	2.4
St. Cloud	480	$33,860	2.1
Duluth	380	$36,830	1.3
Minneapolis	4,430	$39,520	1
MISSISSIPPI
Hattiesburg	210	$30,510	1.6
Jackson	520	$32,030	0.8
Gulfport	200	$32,950	0.8
MISSOURI
Springfield	1,430	$32,020	3.1
Joplin	380	$23,960	2.1
Jefferson City	300	$32,730	1.9
Kansas City	2,440	$36,230	1
St. Louis	3,030	$34,130	0.9
Columbia	90	$33,120	0.5
MONTANA
Billings	190	$34,410	1
Missoula	100	$31,320	0.8
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	640	$32,020	1.7
Omaha	960	$30,400	0.8
NEVADA
Carson City	80	$32,300	1.3
Reno	360	$45,520	0.7
Las Vegas	970	$38,790	0.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth	200	$41,790	1.6
Rochester	170	$46,700	1.4
Nashua	230	$36,140	0.7
Manchester	80	$44,090	0.3
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	250	$34,980	0.5
Ocean City	40	$38,950	0.5
Newark	1,010	$37,390	0.4
Camden	530	$40,820	0.4
Edison	770	$36,370	0.3
Vineland	30	$28,740	0.2
NEW MEXICO
Farmington	450	$42,880	4
Las Cruces	110	$34,860	0.8
Albuquerque	550	$31,160	0.6
NEW YORK
Elmira	100	$34,660	1.3
Buffalo	1,530	$38,740	1.2
Ithaca	80	$39,060	0.9
Syracuse	520	$32,760	0.7
Binghamton	170	$30,250	0.7
Albany	650	$42,430	0.6
Rochester	690	$38,280	0.6
Utica	160	$31,390	0.5
Kingston	70	$31,540	0.5
Nassau	1,250	$32,690	0.4
Glens Falls	40	$39,620	0.4
Poughkeepsie	170	$39,290	0.3
New York	2,680	$38,590	0.2
NORTH CAROLINA
Rocky Mount	230	$28,040	1.7
Winston-Salem	730	$37,880	1.4
Goldsboro	100	$28,580	1.2
Hickory	460	$28,350	1.1
Greenville	180	$31,930	1.1
Greensboro	870	$35,640	0.9
Charlotte	1,780	$34,390	0.8
Asheville	330	$31,990	0.8
Wilmington	200	$31,930	0.6
Burlington	50	$31,090	0.4
Durham	250	$35,200	0.4
Raleigh	480	$34,340	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo	820	$32,710	3.1
Grand Forks	160	$30,960	1.5
Bismarck	90	$28,820	0.7
OHIO
Springfield	280	$28,950	2.6
Canton	970	$30,850	2.4
Mansfield	260	$31,080	2.3
Youngstown	880	$32,180	1.5
Akron	1,140	$37,340	1.4
Sandusky	100	$32,560	1.3
Lima	120	$32,670	1
Cincinnati	2,610	$36,800	1
Cleveland	2,380	$36,460	0.9
Dayton	800	$35,550	0.8
Columbus	1,880	$31,210	0.8
Toledo	610	$36,310	0.8
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	3,330	$32,880	3.2
Oklahoma City	2,920	$28,900	2.1
Lawton	70	$27,650	0.9
OREGON
Eugene	630	$29,950	1.8
Medford	270	$28,960	1.4
Portland	3,610	$35,620	1.4
Bend	170	$29,760	1.1
Salem	360	$29,800	1
Corvallis	30	$37,740	0.5
PENNSYLVANIA
Erie	1,090	$37,040	3.6
York	1,230	$37,550	2.9
Lebanon	230	$34,490	2.4
Williamsport	230	$31,190	2.1
Reading	810	$34,160	2.1
Johnstown	260	$27,870	2
Lancaster	950	$34,440	1.7
Allentown	800	$36,950	1
Scranton	600	$29,970	0.9
Pittsburgh	2,580	$32,710	0.9
Harrisburg	530	$36,460	0.7
Altoona	80	$32,700	0.6
Philadelphia	2,740	$38,890	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	1,360	$36,260	0.9
SOUTH CAROLINA
Florence	830	$30,390	4.1
Spartanburg	750	$33,020	2.6
Anderson	300	$29,370	2.3
Columbia	1,270	$33,290	1.5
Sumter	100	$27,670	1.4
Greenville	950	$33,330	1.3
Charleston	550	$33,280	0.8
Myrtle Beach	60	$37,210	0.2
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls	340	$29,280	1.1
Rapid City	120	$27,230	0.9
TENNESSEE
Clarksville	480	$28,640	2.8
Chattanooga	1,250	$34,650	2.3
Johnson City	310	$26,290	1.8
Morristown	180	$30,150	1.8
Knoxville	1,430	$31,620	1.8
Kingsport	410	$30,190	1.5
Jackson	180	$31,840	1.5
Cleveland	90	$30,550	1.1
Memphis	1,270	$32,580	0.8
TEXAS
Odessa	800	$32,740	6.7
Longview	1,240	$34,160	5.9
Beaumont	2,090	$38,240	5.6
Midland	540	$32,460	3.9
Brownsville	1,110	$22,840	3.9
Victoria	380	$34,300	3.7
Corpus Christi	1,480	$35,290	3.6
Tyler	740	$33,200	3.5
Wichita Falls	420	$28,560	3.4
Houston	17,170	$36,040	2.7
Abilene	360	$30,500	2.7
Texarkana	240	$32,540	2.2
Fort Worth	4,210	$32,300	2
Waco	420	$27,400	1.9
Killeen	490	$29,560	1.8
San Angelo	130	$23,550	1.6
Sherman	130	$28,770	1.5
College Station	270	$29,580	1.5
Amarillo	300	$28,140	1.3
Dallas	5,820	$30,700	1.1
McAllen	550	$26,980	1.1
San Antonio	1,890	$27,120	0.9
Lubbock	240	$24,280	0.9
El Paso	480	$23,570	0.8
Austin	1,210	$29,650	0.6
Laredo	50	$23,250	0.3
UTAH
Ogden	1,330	$34,530	2.9
Provo	760	$30,980	1.9
Logan	140	$29,950	1.5
Salt Lake City	2,140	$34,100	1.4
St. George	120	$31,640	1.1
VERMONT
Burlington	130	$38,180	0.5
VIRGINIA
Lynchburg	820	$33,610	3.5
Harrisonburg	220	$33,850	1.8
Virginia Beach	2,630	$39,350	1.4
Roanoke	470	$30,840	1.2
Richmond	1,030	$35,670	0.7
Danville	40	$33,880	0.5
Charlottesville	70	$39,920	0.3
WASHINGTON
Bremerton	560	$49,250	3.1
Longview	190	$34,760	2.7
Mount Vernon	230	$40,180	2.5
Bellingham	370	$36,700	2.1
Spokane	690	$33,240	1.4
Tacoma	690	$38,970	1
Wenatchee	90	$31,020	1
Seattle	3,080	$43,790	0.9
Kennewick	140	$40,060	0.7
Yakima	110	$31,030	0.6
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	670	$39,140	1.9
Huntington	510	$33,750	1.9
Parkersburg	240	$31,150	1.5
Wheeling	200	$31,600	1.4
Morgantown	120	$27,260	1.1
Weirton	90		1
WISCONSIN
Oshkosh	940	$43,870	5
Wausau	510	$32,470	3.3
Eau Claire	500	$32,940	2.9
Janesville	270	$32,690	1.8
Milwaukee	3,810	$34,480	1.8
Green Bay	620	$33,110	1.6
Racine	230	$34,970	1.3
Appleton	330	$41,120	1.2
Sheboygan	150	$34,360	1.2
Madison	890	$34,550	1.1
La Crosse	140	$28,910	0.9
WYOMING
Casper	450	$38,020	5.8
Cheyenne	60	$33,270	0.7

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Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2007)
Metal Products	95,430	24%	$31,000
Machinery	65,640	17%	$32,500
Automotive And Vehicle Manufacturing	56,170	14%	$32,560
Construction Trades	25,140	6%	$33,810
Maintenance And Repair	19,710	5%	$31,470
Durable Goods Wholesale	17,400	4%	$30,840
Office Services And Staffing	12,290	3%	$29,490
Civil Engineering	10,670	2%	$37,880
Construction	8,690	2%	$37,880
Metals	8,020	2%	$31,360
Electrical Appliance	7,120	1%	$30,140
Furniture	6,640	1%	$28,640
Electronics And Computer	6,080	1%	$29,760
Miscellaneous Manufacturing	4,950	1%	$29,810
Government	4,490	1%	$47,260
Mining Services	4,230	1%	$38,750

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