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Table 9. Metropolitan areas or divisions with highest employment and highest employment concentration in selected occupations, May 2009

Table 9. Metropolitan areas or divisions with highest employment and highest employment concentration in selected occupations, May 2009
                                                                                                                     
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                              Highest employment                          |                    Highest employment concentration                
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                                      |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
                                      |            | Employment | Hourly  |                                 |            | Employment | Hourly 
    Metropolitan area or division     |Employment  | per 1,000  |  mean   |  Metropolitan area or division  |Employment  | per 1,000  |  mean  
                                      |            |  jobs (1)  |  wage   |                                 |            |  jobs (1)  |  wage  
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                                                                       Cashiers
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                                      |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ    |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division................|     98,830 |       19.5 |  $10.05 |Kankakee-Bradley, IL.............|      2,930 |       69.8 |   $9.35
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA   |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division ...............|     92,130 |       23.3 |   10.54 |Palm Coast, FL...................|        800 |       49.4 |    8.99
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL         |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division ...............|     81,060 |       22.1 |    9.37 |Bay City, MI.....................|      1,740 |       48.9 |    8.56
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX .......|     60,740 |       23.7 |    8.56 |Anniston-Oxford, AL..............|      2,190 |       47.4 |    7.86
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA....|     51,440 |       22.5 |    8.78 |Punta Gorda, FL..................|      1,810 |       47.3 |    8.79
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                                            Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
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                                      |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ    |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division ...............|    106,870 |       21.1 |  $14.12 |Las Vegas-Paradise, NV...........|     22,500 |       26.2 |  $12.83
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL         |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division ...............|     63,640 |       17.3 |   12.62 |Pocatello, ID....................|        940 |       26.2 |   12.35
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA   |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division ...............|     52,180 |       13.2 |   12.23 |Shreveport-Bossier City, LA......|      4,300 |       24.8 |    8.83
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,      |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan division....|     44,730 |       19.4 |   11.84 |Greenville, NC...................|      1,810 |       24.7 |    9.35
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX .......|     41,280 |       16.1 |    9.60 |Holland-Grand Haven, MI..........|      2,470 |       24.6 |   11.38
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                                                                   Team assemblers
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                                      |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL         |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division ...............|     30,680 |        8.4 |  $12.83 |Elkhart-Goshen, IN...............|      7,920 |       79.5 |  $16.08
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA   |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division ...............|     19,990 |        5.0 |   12.41 |Lafayette, IN....................|      4,520 |       54.9 |   20.13
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA....|     19,110 |        8.3 |   12.26 |Spartanburg, SC..................|      5,990 |       51.4 |   23.31
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX .......|     17,770 |        6.9 |   11.81 |Tuscaloosa, AL.. ................|      4,170 |       46.3 |   25.14
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington,.....|            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 MN-WI................................|     14,450 |        8.4 |   14.34 |Rocky Mount, NC..................|      2,620 |       44.5 |   11.68
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                                                                  Home health aides
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                                      |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ    |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division ...............|     82,710 |       16.3 |  $10.61 |Goldsboro, NC....................|      2,210 |       50.2 |   $9.15
Philadelphia, PA metropolitan division|     21,830 |       11.9 |   11.43 |Brownsville-Harlingen, TX........|      4,550 |       37.0 |    7.66
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL         |            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 metropolitan division ...............|     18,930 |        5.2 |   11.14 |Fayetteville, NC.................|      3,560 |       28.2 |    9.67
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX .......|     18,420 |        7.2 |   10.01 |Duluth, MN-WI....................|      3,270 |       26.4 |   10.39
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington,.....|            |            |         |                                 |            |            |        
 MN-WI................................|     18,390 |       10.6 |   11.97 |Rocky Mount, NC..................|      1,460 |       24.9 |    9.36
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(1) Represents metropolitan area employment in selected occupation per 1,000 area jobs.



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Last Modified Date: May 14, 2010