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Table 9. Metropolitan areas or divisions with highest employment and highest employment concentration in selected occupations, May 2009 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Highest employment | Highest employment concentration ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cashiers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team assemblers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Home health aides ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Represents metropolitan area employment in selected occupation per 1,000 area jobs.