Cooking: Jobs, Careers, and Schools

Metro Area Employment Data for Cooking

Employment info for Cooking, by major US metro area (2006 data). The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Cooking 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	Anniston	300	$17,220	1.22
Alabama	Auburn	430	$16,590	1.89
Alabama	Birmingham	2,820	$18,880	0.92
Alabama	Decatur	210	$20,390	0.73
Alabama	Dothan	540	$16,410	1.76
Alabama	Florence	280	$18,470	1.04
Alabama	Huntsville	810	$18,610	0.7
Alabama	Mobile	780	$18,370	0.78
Alabama	Montgomery	820	$17,630	0.84
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	640	$17,770	1.46
Alaska	Anchorage	920	$28,820	0.98
Alaska	Fairbanks	190	$23,990	1.14
Arizona	Flagstaff	780	$18,990	2.88
Arizona	Phoenix	10,670	$21,440	0.93
Arizona	Prescott	630	$20,640	1.86
Arizona	Tucson	3,000	$18,640	1.38
Arizona	Yuma	340	$17,280	1.13
Arkansas	Fayetteville	970	$18,180	0.94
Arkansas	Fort Smith	520	$17,270	0.76
Arkansas	Hot Springs	450	$15,450	2.44
Arkansas	Jonesboro	250	$17,150	0.99
Arkansas	Little Rock	1,800	$17,960	0.91
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	110	$14,510	0.65
California	Bakersfield	950	$21,630	0.61
California	Chico	470	$20,410	1.12
California	El Centro	200	$18,570	0.78
California	Fresno	1,480	$20,250	0.75
California	Hanford	100	$20,330	0.62
California	Los Angeles	22,910	$22,150	0.9
California	Madera	120	$21,120	0.72
California	Merced	190	$20,720	0.66
California	Modesto	930	$21,510	0.93
California	Napa	630	$25,000	1.82
California	Oakland	5,860	$23,880	0.91
California	Oxnard	2,050	$20,910	1.12
California	Redding	640	$20,420	1.74
California	Riverside	8,310	$21,700	1.04
California	Sacramento	5,240	$22,680	0.93
California	Salinas	1,350	$23,080	1.47
California	San Diego	9,080	$22,200	1.11
California	San Francisco	8,280	$25,910	1.39
California	San Jose	5,050	$22,440	0.91
California	San Luis Obispo	1,060	$22,110	1.78
California	Santa Ana	9,080	$22,010	0.95
California	Santa Barbara	1,620	$22,990	1.6
California	Santa Cruz	820	$22,970	1.72
California	Santa Rosa	1,320	$23,440	1.14
California	Stockton	960	$21,460	0.77
California	Vallejo	780	$20,050	1.03
California	Visalia	440	$19,510	0.58
California	Yuba City	140	$21,470	0.68
Colorado	Boulder	1,160	$22,150	1.4
Colorado	Colorado Springs	2,180	$21,310	1.48
Colorado	Denver	9,690	$21,070	1.3
Colorado	Fort Collins	1,450	$21,100	2.14
Colorado	Grand Junction	480	$20,280	1.79
Colorado	Greeley	650	$18,180	1.7
Colorado	Pueblo	510	$19,000	2.03
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1,550	$30,320	0.58
Connecticut	Danbury	220	$26,680	0.6
Connecticut	Hartford	2,070	$24,850	0.61
Connecticut	New Haven	1,140	$27,010	0.69
Connecticut	Norwich	970	$24,440	1.39
Connecticut	Waterbury	210	$26,770	0.55
Delaware	Dover	290	$22,130	0.95
Delaware	Wilmington	1,870	$22,810	0.94
District of Columbia	Washington	13,740	$24,230	0.95
Florida	Cape Coral	2,060	$22,100	1.6
Florida	Deltona	1,790	$20,220	1.9
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	5,500	$22,730	1.21
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	1,220	$22,870	2.76
Florida	Gainesville	1,020	$19,560	1.57
Florida	Jacksonville	4,280	$21,650	1.18
Florida	Lakeland	1,260	$19,670	1.06
Florida	Miami	6,800	$22,310	1.14
Florida	Naples	1,660	$24,640	2.3
Florida	Ocala	720	$23,470	1.37
Florida	Orlando	10,780	$22,180	1.67
Florida	Palm Bay	1,590	$21,010	1.35
Florida	Panama City	810	$20,250	2.17
Florida	Pensacola	1,200	$19,940	1.32
Florida	Port St Lucie	1,100	$22,270	1.57
Florida	Punta Gorda	530	$21,260	2.45
Florida	Sarasota	3,070	$23,060	1.77
Florida	Sebastian	470	$23,740	1.91
Florida	Tallahassee	1,080	$18,710	1.16
Florida	Tampa	9,140	$21,790	1.21
Florida	West Palm Beach	4,840	$23,210	1.44
Georgia	Albany	220	$17,870	0.68
Georgia	Athens	590	$19,090	1.55
Georgia	Atlanta	14,610	$21,530	1
Georgia	Augusta	1,610	$18,550	1.31
Georgia	Brunswick	390	$21,160	2.09
Georgia	Columbus	900	$19,320	1.47
Georgia	Dalton	120	$18,800	0.29
Georgia	Macon	520	$18,970	1
Georgia	Rome	240	$17,030	1.28
Georgia	Savannah	1,390	$18,890	1.67
Georgia	Valdosta	310	$17,940	1.31
Georgia	Warner Robins	290	$17,550	1.2
Hawaii	Honolulu	3,980	$23,190	1.55
Idaho	Boise	1,700	$19,220	1.16
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	630	$22,020	2.45
Idaho	Lewiston	120	$17,640	1.1
Idaho	Pocatello	130	$15,290	0.86
Illinois	Bloomington	390	$20,450	1.02
Illinois	Champaign	510	$20,670	1.06
Illinois	Decatur	280	$19,140	1.13
Illinois	Kankakee	430	$16,070	2.08
Illinois	Peoria	940	$19,260	0.96
Illinois	Rockford	820	$18,770	0.94
Illinois	Springfield	820	$18,620	1.38
Illinois	Waukegan	2,050	$20,230	0.93
Indiana	Anderson	220	$18,570	1.2
Indiana	Bloomington	640	$18,360	1.81
Indiana	Columbus	220	$18,580	1.16
Indiana	Elkhart	520	$19,880	0.67
Indiana	Evansville	920	$19,570	0.89
Indiana	Fort Wayne	1,180	$19,920	0.93
Indiana	Gary	1,560	$17,980	0.94
Indiana	Indianapolis	5,170	$21,310	0.95
Indiana	Kokomo	300	$18,800	1.56
Indiana	Lafayette	520	$18,570	1.39
Indiana	Michigan City	220	$19,940	0.95
Indiana	Muncie	430	$17,010	1.78
Indiana	South Bend	740	$20,030	0.94
Indiana	Terre Haute	350	$18,220	0.96
Iowa	Ames	300	$18,390	1.73
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	780	$19,250	1.04
Iowa	Davenport	1,230	$18,050	1.13
Iowa	Des Moines	1,880	$21,080	1
Iowa	Dubuque	330	$19,940	1.2
Iowa	Iowa City	640	$18,620	1.84
Iowa	Sioux City	370	$19,560	0.97
Iowa	Waterloo	730	$17,380	1.62
Kansas	Lawrence	520	$17,970	2.33
Kansas	Topeka	410	$18,110	0.68
Kansas	Wichita	1,280	$18,450	0.78
Kentucky	Bowling Green	450	$19,460	1.69
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	300	$16,710	1.43
Kentucky	Lexington	1,830	$18,610	1.31
Kentucky	Louisville	3,760	$19,670	1.04
Kentucky	Owensboro	380	$18,010	1.66
Louisiana	Alexandria	310	$20,030	0.97
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	1,710	$18,520	0.8
Louisiana	Houma	550	$16,750	1.21
Louisiana	Lafayette	860	$18,760	1.14
Louisiana	Lake Charles	390	$18,230	0.86
Louisiana	Monroe	370	$17,150	0.91
Louisiana	New Orleans	2,820	$19,840	1.04
Louisiana	Shreveport	980	$19,150	1.05
Maine	Bangor	300	$21,740	0.87
Maine	Lewiston	310	$22,220	1.23
Maine	Portland	1,460	$23,200	1.26
Maryland	Baltimore	5,970	$23,720	0.75
Maryland	Bethesda	2,200	$25,030	0.64
Maryland	Cumberland	210	$17,170	1.18
Maryland	Hagerstown	440	$20,760	0.82
Maryland	Salisbury	260	$19,050	0.93
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	1,140	$27,650	1.96
Massachusetts	Boston	8,290	$26,020	0.8
Massachusetts	Brockton	350	$27,290	0.7
Massachusetts	Framingham	750	$25,300	0.85
Massachusetts	Haverhill	520	$25,280	1.2
Massachusetts	Lawrence	340	$23,190	1.17
Massachusetts	Leominster	170	$23,410	0.62
Massachusetts	Lowell	540	$25,730	0.78
Massachusetts	Lynn	440	$26,450	0.85
Massachusetts	New Bedford	310	$26,560	0.89
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	170	$25,050	0.99
Massachusetts	Springfield	1,590	$23,210	0.89
Massachusetts	Taunton	220	$30,860	1.07
Massachusetts	Worcester	1,200	$24,180	0.81
Michigan	Ann Arbor	1,020	$20,940	1.02
Michigan	Battle Creek	240	$19,310	0.89
Michigan	Bay City	160	$14,760	0.93
Michigan	Detroit	4,280	$23,120	0.99
Michigan	Flint	1,000	$21,350	1.27
Michigan	Grand Rapids	2,100	$19,920	0.9
Michigan	Holland	690	$17,010	1.17
Michigan	Jackson	290	$20,950	0.97
Michigan	Kalamazoo	950	$20,340	1.2
Michigan	Lansing	1,310	$19,480	1.21
Michigan	Monroe	210	$22,350	1.18
Michigan	Muskegon	460	$17,230	1.45
Michigan	Niles	310	$20,700	0.96
Michigan	Saginaw	400	$19,010	0.88
Michigan	Warren	6,730	$21,750	0.91
Minnesota	Duluth	1,060	$18,080	1.42
Minnesota	Minneapolis	12,310	$22,520	1.1
Minnesota	Rochester	550	$20,890	1.33
Minnesota	St Cloud	740	$19,430	1.38
Mississippi	Gulfport	1,010	$18,660	1.9
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	500	$16,800	1.61
Mississippi	Jackson	1,490	$17,900	0.99
Mississippi	Pascagoula	360	$20,320	1.66
Missouri	Columbia	880	$18,090	2.28
Missouri	Jefferson City	370	$17,290	1.05
Missouri	Joplin	400	$18,480	0.98
Missouri	Kansas City	6,560	$20,990	1.06
Missouri	Springfield	1,420	$17,150	1.37
Missouri	St Joseph	370	$19,460	1.76
Missouri	St Louis	10,200	$20,970	1.27
Montana	Billings	550	$20,260	1.2
Montana	Great Falls	300	$16,290	1.89
Montana	Missoula	650	$17,880	2.27
Nebraska	Lincoln	960	$18,790	1.06
Nebraska	Omaha	3,280	$19,770	1.19
Nevada	Carson City	250	$22,630	1.71
Nevada	Las Vegas	10,850	$26,570	1.91
Nevada	Reno	1,740	$23,070	1.42
New Hampshire	Manchester	610	$24,360	1.08
New Hampshire	Nashua	670	$23,430	0.87
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	470	$23,200	1.6
New Hampshire	Rochester	340	$23,000	1.26
New Jersey	Atlantic City	2,520	$22,750	3.19
New Jersey	Camden	1,860	$23,630	0.56
New Jersey	Edison	4,210	$23,980	0.66
New Jersey	Newark	3,200	$25,020	0.51
New Jersey	Ocean City	500	$24,910	2.24
New Jersey	Trenton	870	$25,210	0.64
New Jersey	Vineland	220	$19,830	0.67
New Mexico	Albuquerque	2,560	$18,740	1.13
New Mexico	Farmington	310	$16,350	1.2
New Mexico	Las Cruces	450	$16,260	1.39
New Mexico	Santa Fe	660	$22,360	2.02
New York	Albany	1,800	$22,470	0.68
New York	Binghamton	370	$20,610	0.62
New York	Buffalo	2,880	$20,970	0.89
New York	Elmira	200	$19,980	1.12
New York	Glens Falls	340	$22,000	1.21
New York	Ithaca	260	$18,180	1.6
New York	Kingston	350	$23,850	1.09
New York	Nassau	4,830	$26,980	0.64
New York	New York	21,540	$26,820	0.7
New York	Poughkeepsie	1,010	$22,960	0.71
New York	Rochester	1,850	$21,860	0.62
New York	Syracuse	1,350	$21,700	0.71
New York	Utica	510	$22,050	0.7
North Carolina	Asheville	1,440	$19,610	1.44
North Carolina	Burlington	440	$19,210	1.55
North Carolina	Charlotte	4,760	$20,630	0.95
North Carolina	Durham	1,520	$21,100	1.04
North Carolina	Fayetteville	590	$16,120	0.88
North Carolina	Goldsboro	310	$17,050	1.57
North Carolina	Greensboro	2,300	$17,840	1.04
North Carolina	Greenville	410	$18,180	1.2
North Carolina	Hickory	840	$17,530	0.85
North Carolina	Jacksonville	340	$18,450	1.74
North Carolina	Raleigh	2,950	$21,010	1.01
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	350	$16,230	1.12
North Carolina	Wilmington	1,370	$19,810	1.78
North Carolina	Winston Salem	1,180	$18,510	0.96
North Dakota	Bismarck	370	$18,990	1.18
North Dakota	Fargo	770	$19,480	1.22
North Dakota	Grand Forks	430	$18,230	1.63
Ohio	Akron	1,630	$20,750	0.81
Ohio	Canton	1,150	$19,510	1.11
Ohio	Cincinnati	7,840	$20,600	1.21
Ohio	Cleveland	6,310	$21,290	0.95
Ohio	Columbus	6,150	$20,920	1.11
Ohio	Dayton	2,370	$19,410	0.96
Ohio	Lima	290	$18,250	0.99
Ohio	Mansfield	370	$19,760	1.26
Ohio	Sandusky	440	$19,340	2.52
Ohio	Springfield	330	$16,800	1.35
Ohio	Toledo	2,130	$18,940	1.1
Ohio	Youngstown	1,420	$19,220	1.02
Oklahoma	Lawton	230	$17,050	1.39
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	3,760	$17,270	1.1
Oklahoma	Tulsa	2,120	$18,630	0.85
Oregon	Bend	810	$22,680	2.57
Oregon	Corvallis	220	$21,200	1.78
Oregon	Eugene	1,010	$20,430	1.23
Oregon	Medford	660	$20,440	1.49
Oregon	Portland	8,340	$22,420	1.36
Oregon	Salem	800	$22,210	0.97
Pennsylvania	Allentown	1,950	$23,500	0.98
Pennsylvania	Altoona	240	$18,320	0.74
Pennsylvania	Erie	770	$17,940	1.07
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1,660	$21,020	0.95
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	200	$15,280	0.66
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	1,160	$20,420	0.84
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	140	$19,170	0.64
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	9,620	$23,620	0.82
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	6,560	$20,430	0.95
Pennsylvania	Reading	820	$22,780	0.87
Pennsylvania	Scranton	1,920	$18,620	1.26
Pennsylvania	State College	450	$21,740	1.55
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	240	$18,820	0.93
Pennsylvania	York	690	$21,770	0.66
Rhode Island	Providence	3,310	$24,570	0.98
South Carolina	Anderson	500	$17,140	1.78
South Carolina	Charleston	2,350	$20,470	1.4
South Carolina	Columbia	2,240	$19,130	1.09
South Carolina	Florence	420	$16,270	0.9
South Carolina	Greenville	1,500	$19,020	0.85
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	2,240	$21,260	3.41
South Carolina	Spartanburg	620	$19,680	0.96
South Carolina	Sumter	170	$17,330	1.03
South Dakota	Rapid City	360	$19,200	1.16
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	560	$19,420	0.75
Tennessee	Chattanooga	1,330	$17,940	0.97
Tennessee	Clarksville	550	$19,140	1.36
Tennessee	Cleveland	190	$20,470	1.03
Tennessee	Jackson	180	$18,630	0.65
Tennessee	Johnson City	720	$18,480	1.88
Tennessee	Kingsport	660	$21,650	1.03
Tennessee	Knoxville	2,560	$20,190	1.31
Tennessee	Memphis	3,910	$20,660	1.06
Tennessee	Morristown	270	$16,180	1.15
Tennessee	Nashville	5,970	$20,320	1.31
Texas	Abilene	270	$17,380	0.83
Texas	Amarillo	880	$18,210	1.61
Texas	Austin	5,660	$19,370	1.3
Texas	Beaumont	640	$18,220	0.7
Texas	Brownsville	450	$15,810	0.65
Texas	College Station	410	$17,260	1.03
Texas	Corpus Christi	1,380	$17,100	1.42
Texas	Dallas	11,540	$19,280	0.93
Texas	El Paso	1,580	$16,160	1.1
Texas	Fort Worth	5,960	$18,840	1.21
Texas	Houston	14,600	$18,070	0.99
Texas	Killeen	550	$17,500	0.87
Texas	Laredo	390	$17,220	1
Texas	Longview	260	$17,120	0.53
Texas	Lubbock	1,070	$16,670	1.67
Texas	Mcallen	1,460	$14,710	1.18
Texas	Midland	450	$18,280	1.55
Texas	Odessa	290	$19,810	1.07
Texas	San Angelo	260	$17,410	1.35
Texas	San Antonio	4,790	$18,800	1
Texas	Sherman	260	$17,180	1.26
Texas	Texarkana	380	$15,960	1.34
Texas	Tyler	430	$18,840	0.85
Texas	Victoria	200	$16,870	0.9
Texas	Waco	690	$17,130	1.28
Texas	Wichita Falls	260	$19,050	0.83
Utah	Logan	240	$21,550	1.22
Utah	Ogden	870	$19,280	0.84
Utah	Provo	670	$20,650	0.73
Utah	Salt Lake City	3,300	$20,620	0.9
Utah	St George	300	$19,680	1.24
Vermont	Burlington	620	$23,290	1.04
Virginia	Blacksburg	410	$19,050	1.44
Virginia	Charlottesville	670	$23,200	1.47
Virginia	Danville	200	$19,080	1.04
Virginia	Lynchburg	550	$18,980	1.02
Virginia	Richmond	2,850	$20,580	0.77
Virginia	Roanoke	920	$19,160	1.01
Virginia	Virginia Beach	5,250	$20,120	1.13
Virginia	Winchester	320	$20,790	1.21
Washington	Bellingham	640	$22,130	1.5
Washington	Bremerton	620	$21,460	1.38
Washington	Kennewick	440	$20,340	0.94
Washington	Longview	270	$21,020	1.69
Washington	Mount Vernon	500	$22,770	2.22
Washington	Olympia	670	$22,110	1.29
Washington	Seattle	10,120	$23,340	1.22
Washington	Spokane	1,460	$21,130	1.21
Washington	Tacoma	2,610	$22,510	1.69
Washington	Wenatchee	310	$21,130	1.56
Washington	Yakima	480	$22,650	1.08
West Virginia	Charleston	990	$17,580	1.18
West Virginia	Huntington	810	$16,640	1.25
West Virginia	Morgantown	360	$17,230	1.42
West Virginia	Parkersburg	520	$17,800	1.33
West Virginia	Weirton	310	$18,070	1.37
West Virginia	Wheeling	510	$17,810	1.47
Wisconsin	Appleton	660	$20,280	1.05
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	360	$18,650	0.86
Wisconsin	Fond	180	$18,950	0.91
Wisconsin	Green Bay	810	$20,420	0.84
Wisconsin	Janesville	410	$18,250	1.11
Wisconsin	La Crosse	370	$18,390	0.98
Wisconsin	Madison	2,050	$20,620	1.06
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	3,790	$20,680	0.73
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	360	$18,170	0.79
Wisconsin	Racine	350	$22,990	0.85
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	250	$19,630	0.85
Wisconsin	Wausau	310	$23,090	0.83
Wyoming	Casper	250	$19,010	1.39
Wyoming	Cheyenne	300	$19,600	1.43

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