Table 8. Metropolitan areas or divisions with highest employment and highest employment concentration in selected occupations, May 2008
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Highest employment | Highest employment concentration
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Metropolitan area or division | Employment | per 1,000 | median | Metropolitan area or division | Employment | per 1,000 | median
| | jobs (1) | wage | | | jobs (1) | wage
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Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
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Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX .......| 19,040 | 7.4 | $17.09 |Houma-Bayou-Thibodaux,LA.........| 2,670 | 28.3 | $18.09
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 7,740 | 1.9 | 14.36 |Peoria, IL ......................| 3,080 | 16.9 | 15.44
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 7,360 | 1.9 | 16.16 |Odessa, TX ......................| 1,010 | 16.9 | 16.97
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 5,740 | 2.7 | 14.66 |Casper, WY ......................| 640 | 15.8 | 18.52
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA....| 5,150 | 2.1 | 15.39 |Beaumont-Port Arthur,TX .........| 2,370 | 14.8 | 18.63
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Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
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Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 9,410 | 2.3 | $15.30 |Wausau, WI ......................| 750 | 10.8 | $14.21
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 5,390 | 1.4 | 17.85 |Macon, GA .......................| 790 | 8.0 | 14.39
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ | | | |Lewiston-Auburn, ME | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 5,220 | 1.0 | 18.56 | metropolitan NECTA .............| 370 | 7.6 | 15.70
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX | | | |Hartford-West Hartford-East | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 4,620 | 2.2 | 15.97 | Hartford, CT metropolitan NECTA | 4,250 | 7.4 | 18.99
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA | | | | | | |
NECTA division ......................| 4,580 | 2.7 | 19.30 |Chattanooga, TN-GA ..............| 1,700 | 7.3 | 15.00
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Painters, construction and maintenance
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New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 8,400 | 1.6 | $20.31 |Naples-Marco Island, FL..........| 1,010 | 8.1 | $14.78
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 7,290 | 1.8 | 17.45 |Beaumont-Port Arthur,TX .........| 1,200 | 7.5 | 14.49
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 6,330 | 1.7 | 21.85 |Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ........| 600 | 7.3 | 21.77
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX .......| 5,700 | 2.2 | 14.41 |Jacksonville, NC ................| 270 | 6.4 | 13.46
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ..........| 5,250 | 2.8 | 14.41 |Bend, OR ........................| 410 | 6.0 | 14.13
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Dental assistants
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Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 11,340 | 2.7 | $13.96 |Hanford-Corcoran, CA ............| 180 | 4.6 | $14.23
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 9,510 | 1.8 | 15.68 |Chico, CA .......................| 330 | 4.6 | 13.10
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 8,230 | 2.2 | 15.39 |Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ...........| 540 | 4.3 | 17.00
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA | | | | | | |
metropolitan division ...............| 5,480 | 3.6 | 14.99 |Yuba City, CA ...................| 170 | 4.3 | 15.10
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX .......| 4,840 | 1.9 | 15.80 |Provo-Orem,UT....................| 760 | 4.2 | 12.17
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1 Represents metropolitan area employment in selected occupation per 1,000 area jobs.
