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Metro Area Employment Data for Chefs

Employment info for Chefs, by major US metro area (2006 data). The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Chefs are in the area. An Index of 1.0 means the area has an average number of people in the job compared to its population. A higher index indicates proportionally more jobs.

State	Metro Area	Jobs	Mean Salary	Popularity Index
Alabama	Auburn	30	$29,390	1.07
Alabama	Birmingham	210	$41,200	0.56
Alabama	Huntsville	70	$32,930	0.5
Alabama	Mobile	90	$20,890	0.72
Alabama	Montgomery	70	$37,760	0.59
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	60	$25,490	1.11
Alaska	Anchorage	300		2.71
Alaska	Fairbanks	80		4.12
Arizona	Flagstaff	120	$28,980	3.51
Arizona	Phoenix	1,810	$40,820	1.28
Arizona	Prescott	100	$31,970	2.39
Arizona	Tucson	450	$37,880	1.65
Arizona	Yuma	50	$29,380	1.26
Arkansas	Fayetteville	80	$29,790	0.57
Arkansas	Fort Smith	40	$29,300	0.5
Arkansas	Little Rock	110	$33,680	0.46
California	Bakersfield	40	$39,490	0.21
California	Chico	30	$32,150	0.62
California	Fresno	120	$36,720	0.5
California	Los Angeles	3,100	$41,520	1
California	Merced	40	$38,020	1.04
California	Modesto	70	$49,070	0.61
California	Napa	110	$52,380	2.68
California	Oakland	740	$45,760	0.98
California	Oxnard	160	$34,540	0.73
California	Riverside	780	$44,650	0.81
California	Sacramento	650	$40,230	0.98
California	Salinas	230	$45,870	2.16
California	San Diego	1,540	$48,850	1.57
California	San Francisco	1,560	$46,230	2.16
California	San Jose	770	$40,910	1.15
California	San Luis Obispo	180	$35,320	2.55
California	Santa Ana	1,310	$40,230	1.14
California	Santa Barbara	290	$44,470	2.47
California	Santa Cruz	110	$36,870	1.89
California	Santa Rosa	230	$47,530	1.69
California	Stockton	90	$39,460	0.6
California	Visalia	30	$35,000	0.32
Colorado	Boulder	230	$35,930	2.09
Colorado	Colorado Springs	200	$35,360	1.09
Colorado	Denver	1,200	$40,930	1.31
Colorado	Fort Collins	140	$34,410	1.65
Colorado	Pueblo	30	$34,870	0.89
Connecticut	Bridgeport	520	$49,120	1.63
Connecticut	Danbury	80	$38,690	1.73
Connecticut	Hartford	630	$44,930	1.51
Connecticut	New Haven	310	$47,220	1.56
Connecticut	Norwich	200	$50,230	2.37
Connecticut	Waterbury	90	$46,090	1.94
Delaware	Dover	40	$40,150	1.09
Delaware	Wilmington	220	$45,010	0.93
District of Columbia	Washington	1,910	$51,080	1.11
Florida	Cape Coral	290	$39,490	1.89
Florida	Deltona	120	$36,090	1.07
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	620	$43,840	1.12
Florida	Gainesville	70	$31,540	0.92
Florida	Jacksonville	410	$38,570	0.91
Florida	Lakeland	70	$34,030	0.49
Florida	Miami	830	$46,310	1.12
Florida	Naples	330	$50,740	3.69
Florida	Orlando	900	$49,540	1.15
Florida	Palm Bay	200	$32,900	1.42
Florida	Pensacola	200	$38,430	1.83
Florida	Port St Lucie	90	$53,660	0.99
Florida	Sarasota	220	$46,170	1.08
Florida	Sebastian	90	$57,320	2.93
Florida	Tallahassee	50	$47,430	0.43
Florida	Tampa	830	$45,120	0.89
Florida	West Palm Beach	950	$47,470	2.3
Georgia	Athens	50	$38,210	1.01
Georgia	Atlanta	1,540	$38,430	0.86
Georgia	Augusta	120	$30,530	0.83
Georgia	Columbus	110	$37,230	1.45
Georgia	Macon	30	$30,580	0.44
Georgia	Savannah	70	$36,730	0.66
Hawaii	Honolulu	600	$48,830	1.94
Idaho	Pocatello	80	$21,390	4.19
Illinois	Bloomington	40	$36,050	0.92
Illinois	Champaign	130	$32,670	2.22
Illinois	Chicago	3,070	$39,530	1.08
Illinois	Kankakee	60	$29,230	2.48
Illinois	Peoria	120	$35,260	1.04
Illinois	Rockford	150	$27,260	1.43
Illinois	Springfield	100	$33,000	1.44
Indiana	Evansville	60	$33,100	0.49
Indiana	Fort Wayne	90	$30,890	0.59
Indiana	Gary	140	$41,780	0.7
Indiana	Indianapolis	390	$39,100	0.6
Indiana	Lafayette	30	$33,660	0.61
Indiana	Michigan City	30	$36,690	1.1
Indiana	Terre Haute	30	$58,680	0.67
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	70	$34,800	0.75
Iowa	Davenport	120	$34,350	0.95
Iowa	Des Moines	140	$35,190	0.6
Kansas	Lawrence	50	$34,330	1.83
Kansas	Topeka	120	$26,900	1.63
Kansas	Wichita	140	$29,430	0.65
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	40	$28,510	1.46
Kentucky	Lexington	120	$41,580	0.69
Kentucky	Louisville	330	$40,350	0.74
Louisiana	Alexandria	70	$44,590	1.85
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	200	$31,400	0.77
Louisiana	Houma	150	$36,070	2.39
Louisiana	Lafayette	170	$28,940	1.79
Louisiana	Lake Charles	130	$32,800	2.22
Louisiana	Monroe	50	$36,780	0.98
Louisiana	New Orleans	810	$37,250	2.22
Louisiana	Shreveport	240	$35,230	2.04
Maine	Bangor	50	$33,090	1.19
Maine	Portland	190	$40,420	1.37
Maryland	Baltimore	1,330	$43,930	1.4
Maryland	Bethesda	650	$42,300	1.58
Maryland	Hagerstown	70	$36,350	1.03
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	300	$47,190	4.42
Massachusetts	Boston	2,400	$46,090	1.91
Massachusetts	Brockton	70	$37,880	1.19
Massachusetts	Framingham	90	$49,640	0.81
Massachusetts	Haverhill	80	$42,460	1.54
Massachusetts	Lawrence	70	$34,680	1.82
Massachusetts	Lowell	180	$39,260	2.22
Massachusetts	Lynn	130	$53,160	1.91
Massachusetts	New Bedford	50	$49,150	1.23
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	80	$32,380	3.59
Massachusetts	Springfield	420	$36,410	1.93
Massachusetts	Taunton	70	$38,940	2.35
Massachusetts	Worcester	270	$40,970	1.5
Michigan	Ann Arbor	210	$41,330	1.74
Michigan	Detroit	720	$45,110	1.32
Michigan	Flint	50	$32,030	0.5
Michigan	Grand Rapids	400	$35,360	1.44
Michigan	Holland	60	$34,170	0.83
Michigan	Jackson	40	$42,340	1.13
Michigan	Kalamazoo	210	$33,210	2.14
Michigan	Lansing	110	$37,500	0.78
Michigan	Muskegon	50	$30,520	1.24
Michigan	Warren	800	$40,880	0.93
Minnesota	Duluth	100	$34,090	1.14
Minnesota	Minneapolis	880	$41,710	0.66
Minnesota	Rochester	50	$50,940	0.9
Mississippi	Gulfport	120	$33,660	1.68
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	90	$20,190	2.39
Mississippi	Jackson	210	$28,970	1.17
Missouri	Columbia	50	$33,620	0.92
Missouri	Kansas City	720	$34,350	0.96
Missouri	Springfield	120	$37,610	0.88
Missouri	St Louis	750	$41,150	0.75
Montana	Billings	40	$26,870	0.74
Nebraska	Lincoln	120	$32,930	1.09
Nebraska	Omaha	390	$35,810	1.17
Nevada	Carson City	40	$36,650	2.27
Nevada	Las Vegas	2,270	$44,780	3.28
Nevada	Reno	360	$40,020	2.33
New Hampshire	Manchester	190	$38,350	2.82
New Hampshire	Nashua	140	$39,360	1.47
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	190	$38,480	5.06
New Hampshire	Rochester	80	$41,030	2.27
New Jersey	Atlantic City	490	$44,550	5.07
New Jersey	Camden	400	$52,390	1.02
New Jersey	Edison	700	$52,700	0.93
New Jersey	Newark	820	$44,680	1.1
New Jersey	Ocean City	50	$46,330	1.95
New Jersey	Trenton	140	$45,600	0.9
New Jersey	Vineland	30	$42,910	0.8
New Mexico	Albuquerque	180	$38,440	0.64
New Mexico	Santa Fe	110	$39,710	3.16
New York	Binghamton	30	$46,000	0.4
New York	Buffalo	280	$43,060	0.72
New York	Elmira	40	$40,310	1.71
New York	Glens Falls	30	$43,100	0.93
New York	Ithaca	30	$65,550	1.22
New York	Kingston	70	$48,100	1.8
New York	Nassau	750	$54,530	0.82
New York	New York	3,420	$55,400	0.92
New York	Poughkeepsie	140	$49,670	0.82
New York	Rochester	280	$42,460	0.77
New York	Syracuse	80	$42,910	0.37
New York	Utica	60	$46,400	0.69
North Carolina	Asheville	180	$35,100	1.44
North Carolina	Charlotte	550	$37,540	0.86
North Carolina	Durham	230	$42,100	1.22
North Carolina	Fayetteville	90	$28,640	1.1
North Carolina	Greensboro	120	$36,970	0.44
North Carolina	Hickory	30	$33,550	0.26
North Carolina	Raleigh	430	$36,170	1.17
North Carolina	Wilmington	80	$39,180	0.81
North Carolina	Winston Salem	140		0.91
North Dakota	Fargo	90	$27,610	1.15
Ohio	Akron	130	$39,350	0.53
Ohio	Cincinnati	490	$40,990	0.65
Ohio	Cleveland	620	$43,510	0.79
Ohio	Columbus	480	$43,550	0.71
Ohio	Dayton	140	$42,560	0.49
Ohio	Toledo	140	$47,710	0.6
Ohio	Youngstown	120	$31,910	0.7
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	910	$23,620	2.2
Oklahoma	Tulsa	260	$28,420	0.84
Oregon	Bend	120	$35,480	2.64
Oregon	Eugene	80	$33,620	0.77
Oregon	Medford	60	$35,230	1.07
Oregon	Portland	870	$38,020	1.14
Oregon	Salem	100	$39,540	0.97
Pennsylvania	Allentown	220	$34,720	0.91
Pennsylvania	Erie	70	$35,380	0.78
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	280	$39,680	1.3
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	30	$43,300	0.8
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	170	$31,720	1.02
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1,620	$43,930	1.18
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	880	$33,900	1.05
Pennsylvania	Reading	90	$35,850	0.78
Pennsylvania	Scranton	160	$32,870	0.86
Pennsylvania	State College	90	$31,190	2.32
Pennsylvania	York	110	$33,350	0.88
Rhode Island	Providence	390	$46,560	0.91
South Carolina	Charleston	450	$38,670	2.16
South Carolina	Florence	60	$30,230	1.02
South Carolina	Greenville	340	$34,380	1.54
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	280	$31,570	3.43
South Carolina	Spartanburg	50	$33,040	0.59
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	30	$33,040	0.32
Tennessee	Chattanooga	90	$33,080	0.57
Tennessee	Kingsport	40	$37,920	0.52
Tennessee	Knoxville	180	$38,140	0.75
Tennessee	Memphis	430	$32,040	0.93
Tennessee	Nashville	510	$38,730	0.91
Texas	Austin	400	$39,580	0.73
Texas	Brownsville	40	$27,630	0.48
Texas	Corpus Christi	70		0.58
Texas	Dallas	1,030	$43,760	0.67
Texas	El Paso	80	$37,850	0.43
Texas	Fort Worth	290	$43,970	0.48
Texas	Houston	1,050	$41,470	0.57
Texas	Mcallen	70	$33,400	0.47
Texas	San Antonio	360	$35,570	0.6
Texas	Tyler	50	$34,790	0.82
Utah	Ogden	30	$35,770	0.22
Utah	Provo	30	$37,300	0.25
Utah	Salt Lake City	310	$40,190	0.7
Vermont	Burlington	130	$37,480	1.74
Virginia	Charlottesville	60	$44,020	0.94
Virginia	Richmond	310	$39,560	0.7
Virginia	Roanoke	50	$27,710	0.45
Virginia	Virginia Beach	420	$37,370	0.76
Washington	Bellingham	40	$51,840	0.76
Washington	Bremerton	70	$41,770	1.32
Washington	Mount Vernon	40	$44,110	1.48
Washington	Seattle	730	$49,030	0.69
Washington	Spokane	50	$42,530	0.34
Washington	Tacoma	80	$44,330	0.41
West Virginia	Charleston	40	$45,360	0.39
West Virginia	Huntington	50	$35,210	0.64
West Virginia	Morgantown	60	$42,930	1.85
Wisconsin	Appleton	90	$29,840	1.14
Wisconsin	Fond	50	$33,410	1.88
Wisconsin	Green Bay	120	$35,690	1.04
Wisconsin	Janesville	30	$29,020	0.68
Wisconsin	La Crosse	60	$25,130	1.28
Wisconsin	Madison	260	$33,990	1.1
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	660	$36,640	1.04
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	50	$28,120	0.9
Wisconsin	Racine	70	$31,360	1.36
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	30	$38,790	0.81

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