Table 7. Highest and lowest paying metropolitan areas by selected occupations
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Metropolitan area | mean | Employment | Metropolitan area | mean | Employment
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Financial managers
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New York-Northern New Jersey-Long | | |Lewiston, ID-WA ...........| $28.66 | 110
Island, NY-NJ-PA ..................| $68.22 | 58,080 |Hattiesburg, MS ...........| 27.84 | 100
Midland, TX ........................| 66.35 | 380 |Danville, IL ..............| 27.30 | 40
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA .| 65.00 | 5,780 |Cleveland, TN .............| 27.28 | 260
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ..| 62.68 | 13,460 |Pocatello, ID .............| 27.18 | 130
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ....| 61.60 | 4,170 | | |
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Loan officers
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Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ..........| $48.22 | 270 |Rocky Mount, NC ............| $18.13 | 120
Anchorage, AK ......................| 45.33 | 300 |Pocatello, ID ..............| 18.09 | 130
Flagstaff, AZ ......................| 43.33 | 100 |Lake Charles, LA ...........| 17.84 | 190
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ...| 42.64 | 900 |Idaho Falls, ID ............| 17.27 | 200
Savannah, GA .......................| 40.92 | 230 |Lewiston, ID-WA ............| 17.13 | 50
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Loan interviewers and clerks
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Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA .........| $22.65 | 130 |Missoula,MT .................| $10.91 | 80
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade-- | | |Owensboro, KY ...............| 10.52 | 180
Roseville, CA .....................| 21.27 | 2,970 |Hinesville-Fort Stewart, GA .| 10.45 | 30
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ..| 19.81 | 4,230 |Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH .| 9.97 | 40
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA .| 19.38 | 1,130 |Alexandria, LA ..............| 9.79 | 110
Reno-Sparks, NV ....................| 19.33 | 280 | | |
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Construction laborers
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Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA ...| $23.91 | 430 |Wichita Falls, TX ............| $9.09 | 560
Anchorage, AK ......................| 23.27 | 1,820 |Jacksonville, NC .............| 9.09 | 510
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long | | |Florence, SC ................| 9.08 | 680
Island, NY-NJ-PA ..................| 23.20 | 43,580 |McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX .| 8.71 | 2,470
Bloomington-Normal, IL .............| 22.83 | 360 |Laredo, TX ...................| 8.41 | 490
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, | | |Brownsville-Harlingen, TX ....| 8.23 | 1,070
MN-WI .............................| 22.26 | 5,850 | | |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
