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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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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