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Metro Area Employment Data for Registered Nursing
Employment info for Registered Nursing, by major US metro area (2006 data). The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Registered Nursing 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 | Birmingham | 12,460 | $52,420 | 1.37 |
| Alabama | Decatur | 850 | $45,000 | 0.99 |
| Alabama | Gadsden | 870 | $47,680 | 1.87 |
| Alabama | Huntsville | 3,960 | $51,420 | 1.15 |
| Alabama | Mobile | 4,390 | $50,580 | 1.49 |
| Alabama | Montgomery | 3,020 | $53,240 | 1.05 |
| Alaska | Anchorage | 3,320 | $66,880 | 1.2 |
| Arizona | Flagstaff | 530 | $57,970 | 0.66 |
| Arizona | Phoenix | 22,530 | $58,880 | 0.67 |
| Arizona | Prescott | 1,130 | $57,620 | 1.13 |
| Arizona | Tucson | 4,600 | $57,310 | 0.72 |
| Arkansas | Fayetteville | 2,250 | $48,340 | 0.74 |
| Arkansas | Fort Smith | 2,090 | $52,180 | 1.03 |
| Arkansas | Hot Springs | 1,190 | $50,020 | 2.19 |
| Arkansas | Jonesboro | 990 | $43,010 | 1.32 |
| Arkansas | Little Rock | 8,160 | $57,860 | 1.4 |
| California | Bakersfield | 2,450 | $67,060 | 0.53 |
| California | Chico | 1,420 | $69,430 | 1.15 |
| California | El Centro | 600 | $60,880 | 0.79 |
| California | Fresno | 5,570 | $71,870 | 0.96 |
| California | Los Angeles | 64,820 | $72,440 | 0.86 |
| California | Modesto | 3,190 | $75,200 | 1.07 |
| California | Napa | 1,580 | $75,920 | 1.55 |
| California | Oakland | 17,430 | $89,820 | 0.91 |
| California | Oxnard | 4,330 | $65,900 | 0.8 |
| California | Redding | 1,360 | $63,410 | 1.25 |
| California | Riverside | 19,760 | $67,950 | 0.83 |
| California | Sacramento | 13,490 | $78,310 | 0.81 |
| California | Salinas | 2,130 | $84,920 | 0.78 |
| California | San Diego | 20,810 | $70,290 | 0.86 |
| California | San Francisco | 15,430 | $82,840 | 0.88 |
| California | San Jose | 14,930 | $92,400 | 0.91 |
| California | San Luis Obispo | 1,490 | $70,380 | 0.85 |
| California | Santa Ana | 19,480 | $71,610 | 0.69 |
| California | Santa Barbara | 1,680 | $67,030 | 0.56 |
| California | Santa Rosa | 3,240 | $80,790 | 0.95 |
| California | Stockton | 3,760 | $71,910 | 1.02 |
| California | Vallejo | 2,730 | $74,590 | 1.22 |
| California | Visalia | 2,190 | $64,980 | 0.97 |
| Colorado | Boulder | 2,530 | $60,340 | 1.03 |
| Colorado | Colorado Springs | 3,500 | $54,230 | 0.8 |
| Colorado | Denver | 19,240 | $61,270 | 0.87 |
| Colorado | Fort Collins | 2,110 | $54,880 | 1.05 |
| Colorado | Pueblo | 1,520 | $53,770 | 2.05 |
| Connecticut | Bridgeport | 8,320 | $63,030 | 1.06 |
| Connecticut | Danbury | 1,400 | $61,010 | 1.28 |
| Connecticut | Hartford | 11,990 | $64,600 | 1.19 |
| Connecticut | New Haven | 6,990 | $66,790 | 1.43 |
| Connecticut | Norwich | 2,320 | $59,130 | 1.12 |
| Connecticut | Waterbury | 1,960 | $66,770 | 1.73 |
| Delaware | Dover | 550 | $57,400 | 0.61 |
| Delaware | Wilmington | 7,150 | $62,200 | 1.21 |
| District of Columbia | Washington | 25,870 | $65,080 | 0.61 |
| Florida | Cape Coral | 3,710 | $54,560 | 0.98 |
| Florida | Deltona | 3,920 | $54,230 | 1.41 |
| Florida | Fort Lauderdale | 11,940 | $59,320 | 0.89 |
| Florida | Fort Walton Beach | 1,060 | $54,600 | 0.81 |
| Florida | Gainesville | 3,880 | $56,740 | 2.02 |
| Florida | Jacksonville | 11,280 | $53,440 | 1.05 |
| Florida | Lakeland | 4,160 | $53,920 | 1.18 |
| Florida | Miami | 21,600 | $62,590 | 1.23 |
| Florida | Naples | 1,820 | $60,770 | 0.85 |
| Florida | Ocala | 1,980 | $51,690 | 1.28 |
| Florida | Orlando | 14,850 | $53,350 | 0.78 |
| Florida | Palm Bay | 3,490 | $53,600 | 1 |
| Florida | Panama City | 1,360 | $52,520 | 1.23 |
| Florida | Pensacola | 3,860 | $50,700 | 1.43 |
| Florida | Port St Lucie | 2,150 | $53,450 | 1.04 |
| Florida | Punta Gorda | 1,330 | $51,990 | 2.08 |
| Florida | Sarasota | 5,340 | $53,670 | 1.04 |
| Florida | Sebastian | 1,100 | $53,690 | 1.51 |
| Florida | Tallahassee | 2,560 | $55,750 | 0.93 |
| Florida | Tampa | 23,080 | $56,570 | 1.03 |
| Florida | West Palm Beach | 13,310 | $61,430 | 1.34 |
| Georgia | Atlanta | 31,310 | $56,350 | 0.72 |
| Georgia | Augusta | 5,010 | $57,770 | 1.38 |
| Georgia | Columbus | 2,300 | $52,660 | 1.27 |
| Georgia | Dalton | 680 | $50,200 | 0.56 |
| Georgia | Hinesville | 180 | $52,790 | 1.25 |
| Georgia | Macon | 2,580 | $59,990 | 1.68 |
| Georgia | Rome | 1,280 | $53,740 | 2.32 |
| Georgia | Savannah | 2,950 | $52,780 | 1.2 |
| Hawaii | Honolulu | 7,460 | $69,320 | 0.98 |
| Idaho | Boise | 4,620 | $51,520 | 1.07 |
| Idaho | Coeur Dalene | 910 | $53,410 | 1.2 |
| Idaho | Lewiston | 620 | $48,760 | 1.92 |
| Illinois | Bloomington | 720 | $45,280 | 0.64 |
| Illinois | Champaign | 1,520 | $52,720 | 1.06 |
| Illinois | Chicago | 66,130 | $60,100 | 0.95 |
| Illinois | Danville | 500 | $54,740 | 1.25 |
| Illinois | Decatur | 1,620 | $47,400 | 2.21 |
| Illinois | Kankakee | 1,270 | $56,440 | 2.08 |
| Illinois | Peoria | 4,790 | $49,580 | 1.65 |
| Illinois | Rockford | 3,150 | $51,190 | 1.22 |
| Illinois | Springfield | 2,860 | $52,220 | 1.63 |
| Illinois | Waukegan | 5,240 | $56,450 | 0.81 |
| Indiana | Elkhart | 2,060 | $61,210 | 0.9 |
| Indiana | Evansville | 3,590 | $48,940 | 1.18 |
| Indiana | Fort Wayne | 4,270 | $49,090 | 1.14 |
| Indiana | Gary | 6,260 | $54,280 | 1.28 |
| Indiana | Indianapolis | 17,540 | $55,720 | 1.09 |
| Indiana | Kokomo | 820 | $49,780 | 1.44 |
| Indiana | Lafayette | 1,170 | $51,040 | 1.05 |
| Indiana | Michigan City | 770 | $54,650 | 1.12 |
| Indiana | Muncie | 1,140 | $46,600 | 1.59 |
| Indiana | South Bend | 2,510 | $50,820 | 1.08 |
| Iowa | Cedar Rapids | 2,750 | $45,500 | 1.25 |
| Iowa | Davenport | 2,890 | $44,720 | 0.9 |
| Iowa | Des Moines | 6,010 | $49,560 | 1.08 |
| Iowa | Dubuque | 1,150 | $47,860 | 1.41 |
| Iowa | Iowa City | 3,510 | $51,510 | 3.41 |
| Iowa | Sioux City | 1,490 | $44,520 | 1.31 |
| Iowa | Waterloo | 1,910 | $45,440 | 1.43 |
| Kansas | Lawrence | 250 | $42,750 | 0.38 |
| Kansas | Topeka | 2,600 | $51,440 | 1.45 |
| Kansas | Wichita | 5,520 | $45,490 | 1.14 |
| Kentucky | Lexington | 6,120 | $53,530 | 1.48 |
| Kentucky | Louisville | 13,170 | $55,050 | 1.23 |
| Louisiana | Alexandria | 2,320 | $49,460 | 2.47 |
| Louisiana | Baton Rouge | 7,240 | $52,410 | 1.14 |
| Louisiana | Houma | 1,220 | $52,640 | 0.9 |
| Louisiana | Lafayette | 2,950 | $51,750 | 1.32 |
| Louisiana | Lake Charles | 1,630 | $50,760 | 1.21 |
| Louisiana | Monroe | 2,380 | $53,380 | 1.98 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans | 10,300 | $58,580 | 1.29 |
| Louisiana | Shreveport | 4,300 | $50,090 | 1.55 |
| Maine | Lewiston | 1,320 | $51,270 | 1.77 |
| Maine | Portland | 4,120 | $57,880 | 1.2 |
| Maryland | Baltimore | 27,600 | $69,320 | 1.18 |
| Maryland | Bethesda | 8,890 | $74,660 | 0.88 |
| Maryland | Cumberland | 1,340 | $50,120 | 2.54 |
| Maryland | Hagerstown | 1,820 | $55,320 | 1.15 |
| Maryland | Salisbury | 1,510 | $58,650 | 1.82 |
| Massachusetts | Barnstable Town | 2,490 | $67,540 | 1.45 |
| Massachusetts | Boston | 42,700 | $76,100 | 1.4 |
| Massachusetts | Brockton | 1,900 | $65,690 | 1.28 |
| Massachusetts | Framingham | 2,990 | $71,170 | 1.14 |
| Massachusetts | Haverhill | 1,650 | $56,670 | 1.29 |
| Massachusetts | Leominster | 1,180 | $63,840 | 1.46 |
| Massachusetts | Lowell | 2,140 | $62,190 | 1.04 |
| Massachusetts | Lynn | 2,540 | $66,400 | 1.66 |
| Massachusetts | New Bedford | 1,350 | $52,460 | 1.31 |
| Massachusetts | Springfield | 5,910 | $60,970 | 1.12 |
| Massachusetts | Worcester | 6,660 | $67,550 | 1.51 |
| Michigan | Ann Arbor | 6,740 | $62,250 | 2.28 |
| Michigan | Battle Creek | 1,430 | $76,760 | 1.79 |
| Michigan | Detroit | 17,930 | $61,710 | 1.4 |
| Michigan | Flint | 3,870 | $56,800 | 1.66 |
| Michigan | Grand Rapids | 6,860 | $54,960 | 0.99 |
| Michigan | Holland | 920 | $54,650 | 0.53 |
| Michigan | Kalamazoo | 3,510 | $58,880 | 1.49 |
| Michigan | Muskegon | 1,350 | $55,300 | 1.44 |
| Michigan | Saginaw | 2,410 | $56,060 | 1.79 |
| Michigan | Warren | 19,660 | $64,810 | 0.9 |
| Minnesota | Duluth | 3,340 | $58,150 | 1.52 |
| Minnesota | Minneapolis | 29,760 | $66,140 | 0.9 |
| Mississippi | Gulfport | 2,450 | $51,510 | 1.56 |
| Mississippi | Hattiesburg | 1,780 | $53,060 | 1.94 |
| Mississippi | Jackson | 6,920 | $52,310 | 1.55 |
| Mississippi | Pascagoula | 1,240 | $45,710 | 1.94 |
| Missouri | Columbia | 2,580 | $52,080 | 2.26 |
| Missouri | Jefferson City | 1,240 | $52,350 | 1.19 |
| Missouri | Kansas City | 17,780 | $56,490 | 0.97 |
| Missouri | St Louis | 27,720 | $54,030 | 1.16 |
| Montana | Billings | 1,640 | $54,910 | 1.21 |
| Montana | Missoula | 1,220 | $50,800 | 1.44 |
| Nebraska | Lincoln | 3,190 | $50,620 | 1.19 |
| Nebraska | Omaha | 8,820 | $53,700 | 1.09 |
| Nevada | Carson City | 560 | $55,400 | 1.3 |
| Nevada | Las Vegas | 9,870 | $63,080 | 0.59 |
| Nevada | Reno | 2,880 | $65,210 | 0.79 |
| New Hampshire | Manchester | 2,130 | $57,620 | 1.27 |
| New Hampshire | Nashua | 2,040 | $55,770 | 0.9 |
| New Hampshire | Rochester | 890 | $55,200 | 1.11 |
| New Jersey | Atlantic City | 2,590 | $58,850 | 1.11 |
| New Jersey | Camden | 11,290 | $61,010 | 1.15 |
| New Jersey | Edison | 20,270 | $65,280 | 1.08 |
| New Jersey | Newark | 21,670 | $70,930 | 1.18 |
| New Jersey | Ocean City | 590 | $57,720 | 0.89 |
| New Jersey | Trenton | 4,030 | $62,840 | 1.01 |
| New Mexico | Albuquerque | 6,160 | $58,990 | 0.92 |
| New Mexico | Las Cruces | 950 | $54,900 | 0.99 |
| New Mexico | Santa Fe | 790 | $53,830 | 0.82 |
| New York | Albany | 8,650 | $53,520 | 1.1 |
| New York | Binghamton | 2,110 | $48,070 | 1.19 |
| New York | Buffalo | 12,230 | $53,870 | 1.28 |
| New York | Elmira | 940 | $46,500 | 1.77 |
| New York | Glens Falls | 840 | $52,430 | 1.01 |
| New York | Ithaca | 670 | $49,520 | 1.39 |
| New York | Kingston | 1,000 | $51,960 | 1.05 |
| New York | Nassau | 22,940 | $70,340 | 1.02 |
| New York | New York | 96,720 | $74,830 | 1.06 |
| New York | Poughkeepsie | 5,270 | $62,750 | 1.25 |
| New York | Rochester | 10,100 | $52,080 | 1.14 |
| New York | Syracuse | 5,980 | $50,230 | 1.07 |
| New York | Utica | 2,600 | $49,600 | 1.2 |
| North Carolina | Asheville | 4,510 | $54,510 | 1.53 |
| North Carolina | Charlotte | 14,060 | $56,470 | 0.95 |
| North Carolina | Durham | 8,680 | $55,390 | 2.02 |
| North Carolina | Fayetteville | 2,340 | $51,490 | 1.18 |
| North Carolina | Greensboro | 4,950 | $51,100 | 0.76 |
| North Carolina | Hickory | 3,240 | $52,810 | 1.11 |
| North Carolina | Raleigh | 7,710 | $54,880 | 0.89 |
| North Carolina | Rocky Mount | 1,140 | $54,800 | 1.24 |
| North Carolina | Winston Salem | 5,780 | $53,940 | 1.6 |
| North Dakota | Bismarck | 1,440 | $47,260 | 1.56 |
| Ohio | Akron | 6,550 | $55,390 | 1.1 |
| Ohio | Canton | 3,800 | $55,580 | 1.24 |
| Ohio | Cincinnati | 20,340 | $56,800 | 1.06 |
| Ohio | Cleveland | 24,810 | $58,330 | 1.26 |
| Ohio | Columbus | 16,920 | $54,490 | 1.04 |
| Ohio | Dayton | 9,660 | $53,210 | 1.33 |
| Ohio | Lima | 1,960 | $51,940 | 2.26 |
| Ohio | Mansfield | 1,160 | $55,090 | 1.34 |
| Ohio | Springfield | 1,060 | $52,070 | 1.47 |
| Ohio | Toledo | 8,060 | $54,650 | 1.4 |
| Ohio | Youngstown | 5,240 | $53,710 | 1.27 |
| Oklahoma | Lawton | 630 | $50,820 | 1.29 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | 10,460 | $49,010 | 1.03 |
| Oklahoma | Tulsa | 6,510 | $49,720 | 0.88 |
| Oregon | Medford | 1,570 | $60,960 | 1.2 |
| Oregon | Portland | 16,960 | $65,770 | 0.94 |
| Oregon | Salem | 2,260 | $63,220 | 0.92 |
| Pennsylvania | Allentown | 7,430 | $59,010 | 1.26 |
| Pennsylvania | Altoona | 1,450 | $47,120 | 1.51 |
| Pennsylvania | Erie | 3,070 | $54,180 | 1.44 |
| Pennsylvania | Harrisburg | 6,330 | $55,150 | 1.22 |
| Pennsylvania | Johnstown | 1,630 | $46,140 | 1.83 |
| Pennsylvania | Lancaster | 3,530 | $59,500 | 0.86 |
| Pennsylvania | Lebanon | 1,010 | $54,890 | 1.57 |
| Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | 44,840 | $63,770 | 1.29 |
| Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | 27,490 | $53,510 | 1.34 |
| Pennsylvania | Reading | 2,510 | $56,330 | 0.9 |
| Pennsylvania | Scranton | 6,240 | $52,850 | 1.39 |
| Pennsylvania | State College | 930 | $43,180 | 1.08 |
| Pennsylvania | York | 3,130 | $54,900 | 1 |
| Rhode Island | Providence | 12,450 | $60,700 | 1.24 |
| South Carolina | Charleston | 5,760 | $52,670 | 1.16 |
| South Carolina | Columbia | 6,350 | $53,800 | 1.05 |
| South Carolina | Florence | 2,220 | $52,200 | 1.61 |
| South Carolina | Greenville | 5,060 | $55,390 | 0.97 |
| South Carolina | Myrtle Beach | 1,400 | $49,940 | 0.72 |
| South Dakota | Sioux Falls | 3,920 | $52,580 | 1.78 |
| Tennessee | Chattanooga | 3,210 | $51,300 | 0.8 |
| Tennessee | Clarksville | 1,460 | $50,230 | 1.22 |
| Tennessee | Cleveland | 590 | $53,880 | 1.08 |
| Tennessee | Kingsport | 2,350 | $46,570 | 1.24 |
| Tennessee | Knoxville | 6,940 | $49,090 | 1.2 |
| Tennessee | Memphis | 12,160 | $56,510 | 1.11 |
| Tennessee | Morristown | 630 | $41,930 | 0.91 |
| Tennessee | Nashville | 17,000 | $59,540 | 1.26 |
| Texas | Abilene | 1,350 | $51,560 | 1.4 |
| Texas | Amarillo | 2,030 | $51,710 | 1.25 |
| Texas | Austin | 8,070 | $57,080 | 0.63 |
| Texas | Beaumont | 2,670 | $51,600 | 0.99 |
| Texas | Brownsville | 1,880 | $63,930 | 0.91 |
| Texas | College Station | 1,720 | $49,710 | 1.47 |
| Texas | Corpus Christi | 2,850 | $50,660 | 0.99 |
| Texas | Dallas | 26,640 | $59,350 | 0.72 |
| Texas | El Paso | 4,170 | $54,170 | 0.99 |
| Texas | Fort Worth | 12,090 | $58,280 | 0.83 |
| Texas | Houston | 40,010 | $62,260 | 0.92 |
| Texas | Killeen | 2,810 | $57,490 | 1.5 |
| Texas | Laredo | 1,030 | $48,110 | 0.89 |
| Texas | Longview | 1,640 | $49,690 | 1.13 |
| Texas | Lubbock | 3,750 | $50,910 | 1.98 |
| Texas | Mcallen | 4,060 | $56,480 | 1.11 |
| Texas | Midland | 1,090 | 1.27 | |
| Texas | Odessa | 920 | $54,630 | 1.14 |
| Texas | San Angelo | 860 | $46,070 | 1.51 |
| Texas | San Antonio | 13,980 | $54,500 | 0.99 |
| Texas | Sherman | 1,130 | $45,850 | 1.86 |
| Texas | Texarkana | 1,640 | $54,390 | 1.95 |
| Texas | Tyler | 2,910 | $52,150 | 1.95 |
| Texas | Victoria | 1,060 | $46,150 | 1.61 |
| Texas | Waco | 1,870 | $51,740 | 1.18 |
| Texas | Wichita Falls | 1,160 | $48,160 | 1.25 |
| Utah | Ogden | 2,350 | $52,180 | 0.76 |
| Utah | Provo | 2,910 | $54,120 | 1.07 |
| Utah | Salt Lake City | 8,830 | $56,250 | 0.82 |
| Virginia | Blacksburg | 770 | $40,980 | 0.91 |
| Virginia | Lynchburg | 2,340 | $48,530 | 1.46 |
| Virginia | Richmond | 10,900 | $56,160 | 0.99 |
| Virginia | Roanoke | 3,400 | $52,340 | 1.26 |
| Virginia | Virginia Beach | 11,840 | $54,020 | 0.86 |
| Virginia | Winchester | 1,270 | $57,620 | 1.62 |
| Washington | Kennewick | 1,340 | $60,910 | 0.97 |
| Washington | Mount Vernon | 910 | $63,420 | 1.37 |
| Washington | Olympia | 1,480 | $65,530 | 0.96 |
| Washington | Seattle | 21,640 | $70,070 | 0.88 |
| Washington | Spokane | 4,860 | $55,230 | 1.36 |
| Washington | Tacoma | 5,810 | $66,400 | 1.27 |
| Washington | Wenatchee | 950 | $59,300 | 1.62 |
| Washington | Yakima | 1,880 | $58,340 | 1.43 |
| West Virginia | Charleston | 3,300 | $49,000 | 1.33 |
| West Virginia | Huntington | 3,500 | $56,340 | 1.83 |
| West Virginia | Morgantown | 1,460 | $54,290 | 1.95 |
| West Virginia | Parkersburg | 1,660 | $46,000 | 1.43 |
| West Virginia | Weirton | 1,050 | $45,040 | 1.57 |
| West Virginia | Wheeling | 1,590 | $46,490 | 1.55 |
| Wisconsin | Appleton | 1,320 | $58,520 | 0.71 |
| Wisconsin | Eau Claire | 1,550 | $55,760 | 1.26 |
| Wisconsin | Green Bay | 3,070 | $58,520 | 1.07 |
| Wisconsin | Janesville | 1,200 | $55,190 | 1.1 |
| Wisconsin | La Crosse | 2,390 | $53,690 | 2.15 |
| Wisconsin | Madison | 6,430 | $60,220 | 1.12 |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee | 15,880 | $59,070 | 1.03 |
| Wisconsin | Oshkosh | 1,240 | $56,220 | 0.92 |
| Wisconsin | Racine | 1,480 | $57,060 | 1.22 |
| Wisconsin | Sheboygan | 720 | $53,590 | 0.83 |
| Wisconsin | Wausau | 1,250 | $57,640 | 1.13 |
| Wyoming | Casper | 720 | $50,450 | 1.36 |
| Wyoming | Cheyenne | 860 | $52,470 | 1.39 |
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