Payscale.com has studied the hottest metro areas for health-care jobs and published its findings in the top-10 list below. The "hot-spot score" for each metro area is an index based on the number of health-care jobs available per capita in that location and how well those jobs pay, compared to the national average. An index higher than one means the metro area offers a better combination of those two factors than other U.S. metro areas.
Top 10 Hot Spots for Health-Care Occupations
| Rank | Metro Area | Median Annual Pay - Health-Care Occupations | Health-Care Hot-Spot Score |
| 1 | McAllen, TX | $54,300 | 1.91 |
| 2 | Fort Myers, FL | $51,800 | 1.72 |
| 3 | New Haven, CT | $56,200 | 1.53 |
| 4 | Modesto, CA | $63,500 | 1.49 |
| 5 | Riverside, CA | $58,700 | 1.46 |
| 6 | Sarasota, FL | $48,500 | 1.43 |
| 7 | Augusta, GA | $45,300 | 1.41 |
| 8 | Lakeland, FL | $45,800 | 1.40 |
| 9 | Poughkeepsie, NY | $53,800 | 1.39 |
| 10 | Youngstown, OH | $45,000 | 1.39 |
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