Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.
| Area | Total employment | Mean hourly wage | Mean annual wage |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 2,620 | $21.56 | $44,850 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 14,220 | $18.72 | $38,940 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 8,880 | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 7,790 | $19.53 | $40,620 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 6,860 | $20.25 | $42,130 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 5,100 | $16.97 | $35,300 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 4,660 | $17.94 | $37,300 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 4,140 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 3,810 | $16.41 | $34,140 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 3,610 | $15.00 | $31,200 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 3,610 | $16.98 | $35,320 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 3,010 | $14.19 | $29,510 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 2,740 | $15.03 | $31,270 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 2,740 | $19.90 | $41,400 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 2,730 | $14.04 | $29,190 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 2,560 | $18.77 | $39,040 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 2,470 | $14.70 | $30,580 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 2,410 | $21.65 | $45,040 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 2,360 | $16.14 | $33,570 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 2,250 | $9.85 | $20,490 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 2,100 | $13.87 | $28,840 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1,900 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1,890 | $15.63 | $32,500 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1,880 | $18.75 | $38,990 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 1,810 | $18.98 | $39,490 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 1,790 | $18.05 | $37,550 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 1,770 | $14.89 | $30,960 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,690 | $17.25 | $35,880 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 1,680 | $14.82 | $30,830 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,630 | $17.12 | $35,620 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 1,610 | $16.59 | $34,510 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 1,490 | $18.18 | $37,810 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 1,380 | $18.96 | $39,440 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 1,380 | $15.05 | $31,290 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 1,370 | $16.86 | $35,070 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,290 | $14.21 | $29,570 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 1,280 | $16.77 | $34,890 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1,270 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 1,240 | $16.73 | $34,800 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 1,210 | $22.86 | $47,550 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 1,210 | $14.09 | $29,320 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 1,190 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 1,160 | $15.45 | $32,140 |
| San Antonio, TX | 1,140 | $14.49 | $30,140 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,130 | $15.20 | $31,620 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,090 | $15.51 | $32,250 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 1,050 | $15.34 | $31,900 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 1,000 | $15.69 | $32,630 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 990 | $12.60 | $26,200 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 980 | $15.30 | $31,830 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 970 | $16.05 | $33,380 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 960 | $14.13 | $29,390 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 960 | $19.17 | $39,880 |
| Columbus, OH | 940 | $13.85 | $28,820 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 910 | $14.26 | $29,660 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 890 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 890 | $14.14 | $29,410 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 890 | $15.56 | $32,360 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 880 | $16.09 | $33,460 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 860 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 840 | $15.95 | $33,180 |
| Akron, OH | 820 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 790 | $17.01 | $35,390 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 770 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Knoxville, TN | 750 | $13.52 | $28,130 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 740 | $16.39 | $34,080 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 730 | $16.74 | $34,820 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 720 | $14.67 | $30,500 |
| Toledo, OH | 720 | $12.35 | $25,700 |
| Columbia, SC | 680 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Rochester, NY | 680 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 670 | $12.54 | $26,080 |
| Richmond, VA | 650 | $17.35 | $36,090 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 630 | $13.72 | $28,540 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 630 | $16.68 | $34,690 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 620 | $13.24 | $27,530 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 610 | $15.38 | $31,990 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 580 | $14.74 | $30,650 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 580 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 580 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 570 | $16.69 | $34,720 |
| Greenville, SC | 570 | $15.36 | $31,960 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 560 | $16.27 | $33,850 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 530 | $14.66 | $30,490 |
| Syracuse, NY | 510 | $13.48 | $28,030 |
| Lancaster, PA | 510 | $14.66 | $30,500 |
| Dayton, OH | 510 | $12.88 | $26,800 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 510 | $13.34 | $27,760 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 500 | $16.57 | $34,470 |
| Tulsa, OK | 500 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 490 | $16.80 | $34,950 |
| Asheville, NC | 480 | $15.58 | $32,410 |
| Roanoke, VA | 480 | $14.93 | $31,050 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 460 | $14.58 | $30,330 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 460 | $15.34 | $31,910 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 440 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 420 | $11.87 | $24,690 |
| New Haven, CT | 410 | $20.72 | $43,090 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 400 | $20.86 | $43,390 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 400 | $17.38 | $36,140 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 390 | $25.78 | $53,630 |
| Durham, NC | 380 | $15.39 | $32,000 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 380 | $19.11 | $39,750 |
| Johnstown, PA | 380 | $9.89 | $20,580 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 370 | $14.51 | $30,170 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 350 | $13.93 | $28,970 |
| Charleston, WV | 350 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Wilmington, NC | 350 | $14.65 | $30,480 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 350 | $19.73 | $41,030 |
| Wichita, KS | 340 | $15.82 | $32,900 |
| Madison, WI | 340 | $12.20 | $25,380 |
| Anderson, SC | 340 | $12.01 | $24,980 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 340 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 330 | $15.09 | $31,390 |
| Prescott, AZ | 330 | $13.00 | $27,040 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 320 | $12.56 | $26,130 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 310 | $14.70 | $30,580 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 310 | $11.70 | $24,340 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 310 | $14.17 | $29,460 |
| Reading, PA | 310 | $17.18 | $35,730 |
| Flint, MI | 300 | $13.39 | $27,860 |
| Erie, PA | 300 | $11.11 | $23,100 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 300 | $16.72 | $34,780 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 290 | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 290 | $15.64 | $32,530 |
| Mobile, AL | 290 | $11.08 | $23,040 |
| Rochester, MN | 290 | $16.04 | $33,370 |
| El Paso, TX | 290 | $10.39 | $21,620 |
| Ocean City, NJ | 290 | $14.55 | $30,260 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 290 | $18.57 | $38,620 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 290 | $14.23 | $29,590 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 290 | $12.65 | $26,300 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 270 | $14.60 | $30,370 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 270 | $13.42 | $27,920 |
| Honolulu, HI | 270 | $23.45 | $48,780 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 260 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 260 | $14.09 | $29,320 |
| Joplin, MO | 260 | $11.84 | $24,630 |
| Tyler, TX | 250 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 250 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 250 | $14.10 | $29,330 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 250 | $13.02 | $27,080 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 240 | $13.71 | $28,510 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 240 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Salinas, CA | 240 | $19.28 | $40,110 |
| La Crosse, WI-MN | 230 | $12.94 | $26,910 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 220 | $11.70 | $24,330 |
| Ocala, FL | 220 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Ponce, PR | 220 | $7.57 | $15,750 |
| Springfield, IL | 220 | $12.92 | $26,870 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 210 | $10.44 | $21,700 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 210 | $15.09 | $31,400 |
| Columbia, MO | 210 | $15.57 | $32,390 |
| Lubbock, TX | 200 | $11.43 | $23,780 |
| Macon, GA | 200 | $12.74 | $26,500 |
| Gainesville, GA | 200 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 200 | $12.49 | $25,980 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 200 | $13.34 | $27,740 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 200 | $14.78 | $30,750 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 200 | $11.82 | $24,580 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 200 | $13.04 | $27,120 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 190 | $12.56 | $26,120 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 190 | $15.52 | $32,270 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 190 | $15.14 | $31,490 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 180 | $17.54 | $36,490 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 180 | $18.34 | $38,140 |
| Florence, SC | 180 | $16.23 | $33,760 |
| Manchester, NH | 180 | $15.61 | $32,480 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 180 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 180 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Greeley, CO | 180 | $20.32 | $42,270 |
| Lafayette, IN | 170 | $15.19 | $31,590 |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA | 170 | $15.38 | $31,980 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 170 | $13.37 | $27,810 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 170 | $12.84 | $26,710 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 170 | $12.48 | $25,970 |
| Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR | 170 | $7.07 | $14,710 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 170 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Albany, GA | 170 | $16.15 | $33,590 |
| Johnson City, TN | 170 | $15.99 | $33,260 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 170 | $11.43 | $23,780 |
| Bloomington, IN | 160 | $12.53 | $26,070 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 160 | $13.10 | $27,240 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 160 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Morristown, TN | 160 | $12.65 | $26,320 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 150 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Green Bay, WI | 150 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 150 | $12.22 | $25,420 |
| Jackson, MS | 140 | $10.98 | $22,830 |
| Wausau, WI | 140 | $13.84 | $28,800 |
| Racine, WI | 140 | $22.24 | $46,260 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 140 | $13.73 | $28,560 |
| Billings, MT | 140 | $15.25 | $31,730 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 140 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Williamsport, PA | 130 | $13.80 | $28,710 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 130 | $14.97 | $31,130 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 130 | $11.66 | $24,250 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 130 | $25.19 | $52,400 |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 130 | $10.43 | $21,690 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 130 | $14.20 | $29,530 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 130 | $11.37 | $23,660 |
| Dalton, GA | 120 | $14.72 | $30,630 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 120 | $12.91 | $26,850 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 120 | $13.75 | $28,610 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 120 | $20.20 | $42,030 |
| Rockford, IL | 120 | $12.88 | $26,790 |
| Greenville, NC | 120 | $14.60 | $30,360 |
| Rapid City, SD | 120 | $12.82 | $26,660 |
| New Bedford, MA | 110 | $16.86 | $35,080 |
| Savannah, GA | 110 | $13.03 | $27,100 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 110 | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| Mansfield, OH | 110 | $11.52 | $23,960 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 110 | $21.62 | $44,960 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 110 | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 110 | $12.75 | $26,520 |
| Salisbury, MD | 100 | $16.22 | $33,730 |
| Muncie, IN | 100 | $13.26 | $27,580 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 100 | $12.93 | $26,890 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 100 | $14.06 | $29,250 |
| Decatur, AL | 100 | $11.81 | $24,560 |
| Boulder, CO | 100 | $16.55 | $34,420 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | 100 | $12.63 | $26,260 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 90 | $14.29 | $29,730 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 90 | $17.20 | $35,770 |
| Janesville, WI | 90 | $16.79 | $34,920 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 90 | $32.99 | $68,620 |
| Amarillo, TX | 90 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 90 | $18.48 | $38,440 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 90 | $14.55 | $30,260 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 90 | $14.79 | $30,760 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 90 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 80 | $13.53 | $28,140 |
| State College, PA | 80 | $12.51 | $26,010 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 80 | $16.83 | $35,000 |
| Valdosta, GA | 80 | $12.73 | $26,470 |
| Pueblo, CO | 80 | $17.53 | $36,470 |
| Lawton, OK | 80 | $10.07 | $20,950 |
| Kankakee-Bradley, IL | 80 | $16.83 | $35,010 |
| Mayaguez, PR | 80 | $7.18 | $14,940 |
| Olympia, WA | 80 | $27.18 | $56,540 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 80 | $13.70 | $28,490 |
| San German-Cabo Rojo, PR | 80 | $6.70 | $13,940 |
| Gainesville, FL | 80 | $11.12 | $23,120 |
| Alexandria, LA | 80 | $12.13 | $25,230 |
| Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 80 | $21.68 | $45,090 |
| Anderson, IN | 70 | $8.63 | $17,950 |
| Dubuque, IA | 70 | $12.15 | $25,260 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 70 | $12.95 | $26,940 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 70 | $12.03 | $25,010 |
| Farmington, NM | 70 | $21.25 | $44,200 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 70 | $14.72 | $30,610 |
| El Centro, CA | 70 | $11.65 | $24,230 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 60 | $15.87 | $33,010 |
| Madera, CA | 60 | $22.09 | $45,950 |
| Glens Falls, NY | 60 | $13.47 | $28,020 |
| Appleton, WI | 60 | $14.00 | $29,130 |
| Kingston, NY | 60 | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Abilene, TX | 60 | $10.57 | $21,990 |
| Pocatello, ID | 60 | $15.85 | $32,970 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 60 | $14.25 | $29,640 |
| Kokomo, IN | 60 | $15.73 | $32,720 |
| Salem, OR | 50 | $13.92 | $28,950 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 50 | $14.85 | $30,900 |
| Ithaca, NY | 50 | $15.17 | $31,540 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 50 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 50 | $10.92 | $22,710 |
| Dothan, AL | 50 | $13.25 | $27,560 |
| Odessa, TX | 40 | $16.89 | $35,130 |
| Guayama, PR | 40 | $6.60 | $13,720 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 40 | $9.77 | $20,320 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | 40 | $10.90 | $22,680 |
| Topeka, KS | 40 | $14.43 | $30,010 |
| St. George, UT | 40 | $16.99 | $35,340 |
| Midland, TX | 40 | $12.43 | $25,840 |
| Missoula, MT | Not available | $13.28 | $27,630 |
| Spokane, WA | Not available | $17.37 | $36,120 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | Not available | $14.27 | $29,680 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | Not available | $18.24 | $37,950 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | Not available | $17.51 | $36,420 |
| Wenatchee, WA | Not available | $10.76 | $22,380 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | Not available | $13.54 | $28,150 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | Not available | $19.03 | $39,580 |
| Stockton, CA | Not available | $13.46 | $28,000 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | Not available | $16.02 | $33,310 |
| Yuma, AZ | Not available | $13.64 | $28,370 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | Not available | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | Not available | $15.91 | $33,090 |
| Morgantown, WV | Not available | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Not available | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Laredo, TX | Not available | $13.66 | $28,420 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | Not available | $19.81 | $41,200 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | Not available | $13.17 | $27,400 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | Not available | $13.07 | $27,180 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | Not available | $20.32 | $42,260 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | Not available | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Tucson, AZ | Not available | $17.13 | $35,620 |
