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Metro Area Employment Data for Cooking

Employment info for Cooking, by major US metro area. 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	230	$16,990	0.81
Alabama	Auburn	400	$17,400	1.56
Alabama	Birmingham	3,570	$18,610	1.03
Alabama	Decatur	190	$19,470	0.6
Alabama	Dothan	490	$18,760	1.24
Alabama	Florence	400	$18,390	1.32
Alabama	Gadsden	220	$18,080	1.2
Alabama	Huntsville	1,090	$20,010	0.85
Alabama	Mobile	910	$19,910	0.79
Alabama	Montgomery	1,000	$19,450	0.93
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	780	$19,020	1.58
Alaska	Anchorage	1,150	$26,140	1.14
Alaska	Fairbanks	160	$24,880	0.9
Arizona	Flagstaff	720	$20,290	2.31
Arizona	Phoenix	11,650	$21,960	0.91
Arizona	Prescott	650	$22,080	1.71
Arizona	Tucson	3,320	$20,330	1.33
Arizona	Yuma	470	$18,560	1.3
Arkansas	Fayetteville	840	$19,730	0.66
Arkansas	Fort Smith	530	$18,670	0.73
Arkansas	Hot Springs	400	$17,920	1.95
Arkansas	Jonesboro	230	$18,760	0.82
Arkansas	Little Rock	1,890	$19,370	0.86
Arkansas	Pine Bluff	100	$15,920	0.51
California	Bakersfield	930	$22,400	0.55
California	Chico	460	$20,590	1.05
California	El Centro	300	$17,770	1.03
California	Fresno	1,640	$21,480	0.75
California	Hanford	110	$21,150	0.59
California	Los Angeles	25,350	$22,870	0.9
California	Madera	120	$22,230	0.6
California	Merced	300	$19,470	0.85
California	Modesto	1,070	$22,210	1.02
California	Napa	680	$26,620	1.81
California	Oakland	6,050	$25,040	0.88
California	Oxnard	1,990	$22,160	0.99
California	Redding	620	$22,940	1.53
California	Riverside	8,440	$23,170	0.95
California	Sacramento	5,660	$23,800	0.93
California	Salinas	1,390	$24,400	1.43
California	San Diego	9,320	$23,040	1.04
California	San Francisco	8,550	$26,570	1.3
California	San Jose	5,320	$23,490	0.87
California	San Luis Obispo	1,160	$22,770	1.8
California	Santa Ana	10,050	$23,530	0.96
California	Santa Barbara	1,630	$24,160	1.52
California	Santa Cruz	680	$24,220	1.28
California	Santa Rosa	1,410	$23,320	1.14
California	Stockton	880	$22,660	0.64
California	Vallejo	720	$20,940	0.93
California	Visalia	480	$20,280	0.56
California	Yuba City	200	$21,920	0.85
Colorado	Boulder	1,270	$23,440	1.26
Colorado	Colorado Springs	2,220	$21,250	1.33
Colorado	Denver	10,300	$22,250	1.23
Colorado	Fort Collins	1,480	$21,770	1.91
Colorado	Grand Junction	500	$21,020	1.45
Colorado	Greeley	620	$20,080	1.35
Colorado	Pueblo	490	$20,080	1.59
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1,820	$30,930	0.62
Connecticut	Danbury	280	$26,390	0.66
Connecticut	Hartford	2,390	$25,320	0.63
Connecticut	New Haven	1,120	$27,300	0.62
Connecticut	Norwich	1,150	$26,030	1.49
Connecticut	Waterbury	260	$25,620	0.61
Delaware	Dover	290	$21,890	0.87
Delaware	Wilmington	2,060	$23,990	0.95
District of Columbia	Washington	13,480	$25,150	0.86
Florida	Cape Coral	2,260	$22,610	1.61
Florida	Deltona	1,440	$21,850	1.41
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	6,070	$23,180	1.21
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	1,220	$22,860	2.5
Florida	Gainesville	1,050	$20,420	1.51
Florida	Jacksonville	4,680	$21,580	1.14
Florida	Lakeland	1,430	$20,290	1.11
Florida	Miami	6,870	$23,070	1.02
Florida	Naples	1,900	$25,600	2.33
Florida	Ocala	740	$24,650	1.23
Florida	Orlando	12,250	$23,230	1.71
Florida	Palm Bay	1,540	$22,460	1.2
Florida	Panama City	850	$21,530	2.02
Florida	Pensacola	1,250	$20,640	1.25
Florida	Port St Lucie	1,270	$23,180	1.52
Florida	Punta Gorda	450	$22,000	1.93
Florida	Sarasota	3,010	$24,010	1.62
Florida	Sebastian	470	$25,000	1.68
Florida	Tallahassee	1,150	$20,270	1.09
Florida	Tampa	10,100	$21,860	1.19
Florida	West Palm Beach	5,450	$24,960	1.44
Georgia	Albany	230	$17,620	0.65
Georgia	Athens	610	$18,840	1.35
Georgia	Atlanta	15,090	$22,260	0.93
Georgia	Augusta	1,670	$18,530	1.27
Georgia	Brunswick	460	$19,500	2
Georgia	Columbus	960	$19,850	1.38
Georgia	Dalton	180	$19,390	0.38
Georgia	Gainesville	230	$22,600	0.59
Georgia	Macon	670	$18,510	1.09
Georgia	Rome	250	$18,420	1.19
Georgia	Savannah	1,470	$20,940	1.51
Georgia	Valdosta	240	$17,960	0.83
Georgia	Warner Robins	270	$18,240	0.94
Hawaii	Honolulu	3,750	$26,240	1.33
Idaho	Boise	1,660	$20,600	0.95
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	680	$21,640	2.31
Idaho	Lewiston	180	$18,660	1.53
Idaho	Pocatello	150	$21,320	0.86
Illinois	Bloomington	480	$21,530	1.21
Illinois	Champaign	590	$19,660	1.1
Illinois	Chicago	25,350	$19,910	0.97
Illinois	Danville	140	$18,850	1.02
Illinois	Decatur	450	$19,430	1.67
Illinois	Kankakee	270	$19,550	1.22
Illinois	Peoria	970	$20,270	0.92
Illinois	Rockford	870	$18,670	0.91
Illinois	Springfield	800	$20,590	1.26
Indiana	Anderson	240	$17,810	1.1
Indiana	Bloomington	640	$18,820	1.53
Indiana	Columbus	270	$20,840	1.14
Indiana	Elkhart	540	$20,360	0.66
Indiana	Evansville	1,060	$20,330	0.95
Indiana	Fort Wayne	1,230	$19,810	0.88
Indiana	Gary	1,380	$20,090	0.75
Indiana	Indianapolis	5,260	$22,480	0.88
Indiana	Kokomo	290	$19,290	1.12
Indiana	Lafayette	420	$19,920	0.93
Indiana	Michigan City	300	$18,800	1.21
Indiana	Muncie	430	$17,230	1.54
Indiana	South Bend	760	$20,220	0.86
Indiana	Terre Haute	310	$18,720	0.76
Iowa	Ames	250	$19,750	1.15
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	790	$19,910	0.93
Iowa	Davenport	1,070	$18,860	0.93
Iowa	Des Moines	2,230	$20,940	1.06
Iowa	Dubuque	400	$19,220	1.28
Iowa	Iowa City	840	$19,020	2.02
Iowa	Sioux City	440	$19,670	1.04
Iowa	Waterloo	800	$18,190	1.61
Kansas	Lawrence	490	$20,300	1.97
Kansas	Topeka	530	$18,490	0.79
Kansas	Wichita	1,490	$19,150	0.75
Kentucky	Bowling Green	440	$19,920	1.35
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	370	$18,520	1.48
Kentucky	Lexington	2,130	$19,490	1.34
Kentucky	Louisville	4,080	$20,100	1
Kentucky	Owensboro	400	$18,690	1.44
Louisiana	Alexandria	270	$20,290	0.78
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	2,050	$19,710	0.87
Louisiana	Houma	580	$16,910	1.01
Louisiana	Lafayette	870	$18,850	1.01
Louisiana	Lake Charles	510	$19,610	0.95
Louisiana	Monroe	500	$19,070	1.07
Louisiana	New Orleans	3,990	$20,430	1.2
Louisiana	Shreveport	1,070	$20,170	0.99
Maine	Bangor	330	$22,580	0.86
Maine	Lewiston	390	$22,330	1.37
Maine	Portland	1,530	$24,000	1.21
Maryland	Baltimore	5,730	$24,680	0.66
Maryland	Bethesda	2,810	$26,260	0.75
Maryland	Cumberland	300	$16,980	1.5
Maryland	Hagerstown	420	$22,670	0.68
Maryland	Salisbury	250	$20,170	0.82
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	1,210	$27,260	1.95
Massachusetts	Boston	9,330	$26,870	0.81
Massachusetts	Brockton	440	$27,770	0.82
Massachusetts	Framingham	820	$24,700	0.81
Massachusetts	Haverhill	470	$26,390	0.99
Massachusetts	Lawrence	400	$24,340	1.14
Massachusetts	Leominster	180	$23,410	0.61
Massachusetts	Lowell	560	$25,030	0.76
Massachusetts	Lynn	610	$26,630	0.98
Massachusetts	New Bedford	400	$25,390	1.08
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	420	$27,480	2.07
Massachusetts	Springfield	1,890	$23,470	0.95
Massachusetts	Taunton	220	$25,890	0.81
Massachusetts	Worcester	1,420	$24,440	0.86
Michigan	Ann Arbor	820	$21,590	0.75
Michigan	Battle Creek	190	$20,630	0.65
Michigan	Bay City	440	$16,910	2.33
Michigan	Detroit	5,000	$23,260	1.01
Michigan	Flint	1,080	$22,760	1.19
Michigan	Grand Rapids	2,650	$20,030	1.05
Michigan	Holland	650	$18,770	0.98
Michigan	Jackson	300	$22,300	0.92
Michigan	Kalamazoo	880	$20,310	0.98
Michigan	Lansing	1,410	$20,310	1.09
Michigan	Monroe	230	$22,300	1.02
Michigan	Muskegon	520	$18,920	1.41
Michigan	Niles	230	$24,240	0.64
Michigan	Saginaw	520	$20,120	1.05
Michigan	Warren	6,610	$23,760	0.84
Minnesota	Duluth	1,060	$19,120	1.32
Minnesota	Minneapolis	12,400	$22,850	1.02
Minnesota	Rochester	460	$22,170	0.91
Minnesota	St Cloud	790	$20,140	1.29
Mississippi	Gulfport	1,160	$19,660	1.78
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	670	$17,260	1.95
Mississippi	Jackson	1,940	$17,850	1.18
Mississippi	Pascagoula	320	$19,490	1.28
Missouri	Columbia	890	$19,090	1.8
Missouri	Jefferson City	380	$18,470	0.91
Missouri	Joplin	420	$18,930	0.89
Missouri	Kansas City	7,390	$21,270	1.08
Missouri	Springfield	1,770	$18,110	1.42
Missouri	St Joseph	480	$20,640	1.71
Missouri	St Louis	10,560	$21,840	1.16
Montana	Billings	590	$20,890	1.2
Montana	Great Falls	340	$16,550	1.76
Montana	Missoula	620	$19,330	1.97
Nebraska	Lincoln	1,050	$19,700	1.04
Nebraska	Omaha	3,310	$20,370	1.09
Nevada	Carson City	290	$23,150	1.8
Nevada	Las Vegas	11,820	$27,760	1.87
Nevada	Reno	1,900	$23,720	1.35
New Hampshire	Manchester	620	$24,420	1.01
New Hampshire	Nashua	690	$23,450	0.79
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	710	$23,940	2.07
New Hampshire	Rochester	350	$24,130	1.09
New Jersey	Atlantic City	2,460	$23,440	2.79
New Jersey	Camden	1,950	$23,510	0.55
New Jersey	Edison	4,370	$24,940	0.64
New Jersey	Newark	3,430	$24,580	0.51
New Jersey	Ocean City	510	$25,340	2.17
New Jersey	Trenton	780	$26,170	0.55
New Jersey	Vineland	180	$20,670	0.52
New Mexico	Albuquerque	2,780	$20,230	1.09
New Mexico	Farmington	310	$18,280	1.03
New Mexico	Las Cruces	660	$17,470	1.88
New Mexico	Santa Fe	760	$22,470	2.39
New York	Albany	1,560	$24,130	0.54
New York	Binghamton	380	$21,760	0.56
New York	Buffalo	3,030	$22,080	0.85
New York	Elmira	240	$19,380	1.13
New York	Glens Falls	410	$22,840	1.39
New York	Ithaca	270	$20,660	1.2
New York	Kingston	300	$25,770	0.85
New York	Nassau	5,030	$27,910	0.6
New York	New York	23,350	$28,270	0.69
New York	Poughkeepsie	970	$24,550	0.62
New York	Rochester	2,140	$23,370	0.64
New York	Syracuse	1,470	$22,080	0.74
New York	Utica	440	$23,390	0.55
North Carolina	Asheville	2,050	$20,140	1.8
North Carolina	Burlington	470	$19,440	1.36
North Carolina	Charlotte	5,690	$21,830	0.97
North Carolina	Durham	1,500	$21,800	0.87
North Carolina	Fayetteville	650	$18,180	0.87
North Carolina	Goldsboro	410	$16,560	1.79
North Carolina	Greensboro	2,180	$19,770	0.89
North Carolina	Greenville	480	$19,480	1.14
North Carolina	Hickory	860	$18,150	0.8
North Carolina	Jacksonville	380	$18,900	1.7
North Carolina	Raleigh	3,780	$21,810	1.13
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	300	$17,030	0.85
North Carolina	Wilmington	1,510	$20,530	1.67
North Carolina	Winston Salem	1,020	$20,820	0.73
North Dakota	Bismarck	620	$17,510	1.9
North Dakota	Fargo	850	$20,670	1.19
North Dakota	Grand Forks	430	$19,010	1.48
Ohio	Akron	1,570	$20,740	0.71
Ohio	Canton	1,140	$21,000	1.04
Ohio	Cincinnati	7,600	$21,630	1.1
Ohio	Cleveland	6,630	$22,190	0.92
Ohio	Columbus	6,420	$21,340	1.04
Ohio	Dayton	2,310	$19,590	0.88
Ohio	Lima	330	$18,570	1.04
Ohio	Mansfield	370	$20,010	1.21
Ohio	Sandusky	450	$19,860	2.27
Ohio	Springfield	300	$19,180	1.06
Ohio	Toledo	2,140	$19,840	1
Ohio	Youngstown	1,460	$19,120	0.94
Oklahoma	Lawton	300	$15,390	1.47
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	3,110	$18,570	0.83
Oklahoma	Tulsa	2,420	$19,130	0.86
Oregon	Bend	760	$23,700	1.83
Oregon	Corvallis	300	$21,560	1.77
Oregon	Eugene	1,080	$21,590	1.14
Oregon	Medford	760	$20,860	1.48
Oregon	Portland	8,510	$22,760	1.22
Oregon	Salem	800	$23,090	0.85
Pennsylvania	Allentown	1,850	$25,300	0.84
Pennsylvania	Altoona	390	$20,420	1.07
Pennsylvania	Erie	670	$20,590	0.82
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1,610	$23,150	0.82
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	290	$20,220	0.85
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	1,310	$21,090	0.86
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	190	$23,870	0.73
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	10,410	$26,850	0.83
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	7,710	$22,260	1
Pennsylvania	Reading	1,090	$24,760	1.04
Pennsylvania	Scranton	1,830	$19,890	1.08
Pennsylvania	State College	470	$21,810	1.33
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	290	$21,160	0.99
Pennsylvania	York	1,050	$22,320	0.92
Rhode Island	Providence	3,740	$24,960	0.96
South Carolina	Anderson	700	$20,140	2
South Carolina	Charleston	2,390	$21,520	1.26
South Carolina	Columbia	1,950	$21,680	0.85
South Carolina	Florence	530	$16,280	0.99
South Carolina	Greenville	1,790	$19,780	0.89
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	2,500	$20,870	3.35
South Carolina	Spartanburg	860	$18,780	1.11
South Carolina	Sumter	150	$17,020	0.77
South Dakota	Rapid City	330	$19,890	0.91
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	580	$20,940	0.68
Tennessee	Chattanooga	1,230	$19,240	0.85
Tennessee	Clarksville	610	$17,350	1.31
Tennessee	Cleveland	200	$20,090	0.93
Tennessee	Jackson	270	$19,510	0.85
Tennessee	Johnson City	610	$19,530	1.32
Tennessee	Kingsport	640	$20,740	0.9
Tennessee	Knoxville	2,690	$20,200	1.23
Tennessee	Memphis	4,240	$20,450	1.01
Tennessee	Morristown	220	$16,010	0.81
Tennessee	Nashville	6,270	$20,760	1.23
Texas	Abilene	320	$18,030	0.9
Texas	Amarillo	940	$19,190	1.53
Texas	Austin	6,210	$19,490	1.25
Texas	Beaumont	620	$19,090	0.62
Texas	Brownsville	680	$15,450	0.89
Texas	College Station	440	$19,360	0.92
Texas	Corpus Christi	1,390	$17,620	1.26
Texas	Dallas	13,220	$21,200	0.95
Texas	El Paso	1,670	$16,510	0.99
Texas	Fort Worth	7,130	$20,330	1.28
Texas	Houston	16,770	$19,110	0.99
Texas	Killeen	630	$18,140	0.88
Texas	Laredo	490	$18,270	1.01
Texas	Longview	360	$17,340	0.64
Texas	Lubbock	1,050	$17,380	1.46
Texas	Mcallen	1,370	$15,870	1.01
Texas	Midland	450	$20,140	1.23
Texas	Odessa	400	$20,280	1.26
Texas	San Angelo	340	$18,650	1.54
Texas	San Antonio	5,390	$19,930	0.99
Texas	Sherman	310	$17,870	1.36
Texas	Texarkana	330	$17,070	1.14
Texas	Tyler	440	$20,980	0.79
Texas	Victoria	190	$17,730	0.7
Texas	Waco	790	$17,430	1.33
Texas	Wichita Falls	330	$19,750	1.01
Utah	Logan	250	$21,600	1.03
Utah	Ogden	890	$20,610	0.72
Utah	Provo	800	$22,290	0.74
Utah	Salt Lake City	3,390	$21,910	0.83
Utah	St George	440	$21,540	1.54
Vermont	Burlington	660	$24,830	0.97
Virginia	Blacksburg	380	$19,690	1.15
Virginia	Charlottesville	840	$22,770	1.44
Virginia	Danville	210	$19,600	1.04
Virginia	Harrisonburg	430	$20,650	1.35
Virginia	Lynchburg	460	$20,130	0.73
Virginia	Richmond	3,060	$21,610	0.76
Virginia	Roanoke	1,050	$19,520	1.04
Virginia	Virginia Beach	5,850	$20,880	1.15
Virginia	Winchester	380	$21,220	1.23
Washington	Bellingham	800	$23,150	1.67
Washington	Bremerton	760	$21,980	1.58
Washington	Kennewick	480	$22,190	0.9
Washington	Longview	280	$21,500	1.48
Washington	Mount Vernon	520	$23,720	2.1
Washington	Olympia	790	$25,280	1.36
Washington	Seattle	11,460	$24,660	1.19
Washington	Spokane	1,510	$22,150	1.12
Washington	Tacoma	2,750	$23,540	1.56
Washington	Wenatchee	370	$22,310	1.59
Washington	Yakima	470	$23,660	0.96
West Virginia	Charleston	850	$17,990	0.92
West Virginia	Huntington	820	$17,410	1.16
West Virginia	Morgantown	440	$18,400	1.48
West Virginia	Parkersburg	530	$17,650	1.28
West Virginia	Weirton	260	$18,520	1.11
West Virginia	Wheeling	530	$18,450	1.36
Wisconsin	Appleton	850	$20,030	1.18
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	310	$20,650	0.68
Wisconsin	Fond	120	$20,160	0.49
Wisconsin	Green Bay	930	$20,530	0.88
Wisconsin	Janesville	420	$19,150	1.05
Wisconsin	La Crosse	430	$20,310	1.01
Wisconsin	Madison	2,280	$21,710	1.06
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	4,330	$21,830	0.75
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	350	$19,550	0.69
Wisconsin	Racine	290	$24,660	0.62
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	260	$21,900	0.77
Wisconsin	Wausau	280	$24,640	0.69
Wyoming	Casper	300	$20,500	1.45
Wyoming	Cheyenne	310	$21,110	1.37

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