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 | 1,630 | $47.45 | $98,690 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 3,870 | $44.26 | $92,050 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 3,530 | $44.94 | $93,470 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 2,800 | $54.22 | $112,780 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,320 | $54.35 | $113,050 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 2,270 | $15.36 | $31,940 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,730 | $39.36 | $81,880 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 1,660 | $29.50 | $61,360 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1,600 | $40.20 | $83,620 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 1,530 | $39.64 | $82,450 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 1,430 | $47.96 | $99,760 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 1,380 | $56.89 | $118,320 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 1,210 | $39.23 | $81,590 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,090 | $37.64 | $78,300 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 1,060 | $39.50 | $82,160 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 1,030 | $34.63 | $72,030 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 890 | $31.15 | $64,800 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 890 | $47.38 | $98,560 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 880 | $43.13 | $89,710 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 880 | $46.85 | $97,450 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 870 | $31.26 | $65,010 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 850 | $54.26 | $112,860 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 810 | $35.54 | $73,920 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 790 | $43.16 | $89,780 |
| Columbus, OH | 770 | $37.92 | $78,880 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 750 | $44.63 | $92,830 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 740 | $52.83 | $109,880 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 720 | $34.61 | $71,990 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 700 | $44.00 | $91,520 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 670 | $31.60 | $65,720 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 630 | $30.86 | $64,190 |
| Richmond, VA | 620 | $35.19 | $73,190 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 610 | $38.20 | $79,470 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 580 | $37.83 | $78,690 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 580 | $38.83 | $80,780 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 560 | $53.94 | $112,200 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 540 | $46.02 | $95,730 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 540 | $34.32 | $71,390 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 520 | $34.68 | $72,130 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 490 | $53.59 | $111,460 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 490 | $30.73 | $63,910 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 480 | $31.25 | $64,990 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 470 | $35.47 | $73,790 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 470 | $39.49 | $82,140 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 460 | $37.33 | $77,640 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 440 | $45.21 | $94,040 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 430 | $47.99 | $99,830 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 420 | $39.33 | $81,800 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 410 | $36.99 | $76,930 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 390 | $29.48 | $61,310 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 370 | $42.89 | $89,210 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 360 | $40.10 | $83,410 |
| Rochester, NY | 360 | $34.53 | $71,830 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 360 | $32.95 | $68,530 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 360 | $32.67 | $67,940 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 350 | $39.40 | $81,950 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 350 | $37.96 | $78,960 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 330 | $26.78 | $55,700 |
| New Haven, CT | 310 | $39.41 | $81,980 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 310 | $38.92 | $80,960 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 300 | $51.91 | $107,980 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 290 | $37.67 | $78,360 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 290 | $40.37 | $83,980 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 280 | $50.42 | $104,870 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 280 | $54.89 | $114,180 |
| Tucson, AZ | 280 | $38.59 | $80,260 |
| Wichita, KS | 280 | $30.20 | $62,820 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 270 | $31.66 | $65,840 |
| Tulsa, OK | 260 | $31.43 | $65,370 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 250 | $30.07 | $62,540 |
| Syracuse, NY | 250 | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 250 | $47.64 | $99,100 |
| Alexandria, LA | 250 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 240 | $41.02 | $85,320 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 230 | $34.08 | $70,890 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 230 | $36.03 | $74,930 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 230 | $36.80 | $76,540 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 220 | $38.40 | $79,880 |
| Akron, OH | 220 | $31.78 | $66,100 |
| Toledo, OH | 220 | $26.31 | $54,720 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 210 | $26.62 | $55,370 |
| Knoxville, TN | 210 | $26.90 | $55,950 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 210 | $32.83 | $68,290 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 210 | $28.86 | $60,020 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 210 | $32.09 | $66,750 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 210 | $42.83 | $89,090 |
| Yuma, AZ | 210 | $32.29 | $67,170 |
| El Paso, TX | 200 | $37.31 | $77,610 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 200 | $36.96 | $76,880 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 200 | $43.73 | $90,970 |
| Savannah, GA | 200 | $29.32 | $60,980 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 200 | $43.42 | $90,310 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 200 | $35.96 | $74,800 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 200 | $30.44 | $63,310 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 190 | $59.44 | $123,630 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 190 | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Dayton, OH | 180 | $34.48 | $71,710 |
| Fresno, CA | 180 | $40.15 | $83,510 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 180 | $31.30 | $65,110 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 180 | $32.61 | $67,820 |
| Flint, MI | 180 | $30.90 | $64,270 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 180 | $39.78 | $82,740 |
| Springfield, IL | 180 | $44.68 | $92,930 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 180 | $35.92 | $74,710 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 170 | $34.93 | $72,660 |
| Durham, NC | 170 | $28.78 | $59,870 |
| Wilmington, NC | 170 | $26.72 | $55,580 |
| Madison, WI | 170 | $36.76 | $76,460 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 170 | $38.75 | $80,590 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 160 | $39.37 | $81,880 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 160 | $29.11 | $60,540 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 160 | $43.29 | $90,030 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 160 | $28.83 | $59,970 |
| Laredo, TX | 160 | $36.27 | $75,450 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 160 | $37.08 | $77,130 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 160 | Not available | Not available |
| Asheville, NC | 150 | $26.10 | $54,290 |
| Salem, OR | 150 | $38.38 | $79,830 |
| Greenville, SC | 150 | $26.22 | $54,540 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 150 | $35.93 | $74,740 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 150 | $33.06 | $68,770 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 150 | $29.36 | $61,070 |
| San Antonio, TX | 140 | $33.76 | $70,220 |
| Spokane, WA | 140 | $38.60 | $80,280 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 140 | $49.11 | $102,150 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 140 | $35.17 | $73,150 |
| Topeka, KS | 140 | $29.45 | $61,250 |
| El Centro, CA | 130 | $38.09 | $79,220 |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division | 130 | $37.77 | $78,560 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 130 | $30.48 | $63,410 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 130 | $28.71 | $59,730 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 130 | $35.66 | $74,170 |
| Lancaster, PA | 130 | $36.78 | $76,510 |
| Stockton, CA | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 130 | $39.75 | $82,670 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 130 | $23.44 | $48,750 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 130 | $25.28 | $52,570 |
| Anchorage, AK | 120 | $40.64 | $84,530 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 120 | $31.15 | $64,790 |
| Lafayette, LA | 120 | $27.78 | $57,780 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 120 | $35.59 | $74,020 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 120 | $33.57 | $69,830 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 120 | $24.82 | $51,620 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 110 | $24.06 | $50,050 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 110 | $36.72 | $76,370 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 110 | $25.75 | $53,560 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 110 | $33.27 | $69,210 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 110 | $32.28 | $67,140 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 110 | $36.38 | $75,670 |
| Binghamton, NY | 110 | $29.59 | $61,540 |
| Peoria, IL | 110 | $38.29 | $79,630 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 110 | $37.11 | $77,180 |
| Columbia, SC | 100 | $29.04 | $60,410 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 100 | $39.40 | $81,940 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 100 | $37.56 | $78,130 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 100 | $40.27 | $83,770 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 100 | $30.86 | $64,180 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 90 | $36.49 | $75,890 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 90 | $41.46 | $86,250 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 90 | $40.64 | $84,530 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 90 | $35.40 | $73,630 |
| Reading, PA | 90 | $33.89 | $70,490 |
| Montgomery, AL | 90 | $30.99 | $64,450 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 90 | $35.87 | $74,620 |
| Olympia, WA | 90 | $42.17 | $87,720 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 90 | $24.90 | $51,780 |
| Jackson, MS | 90 | $26.29 | $54,680 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 80 | $50.00 | $104,000 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 80 | $27.90 | $58,040 |
| Monroe, LA | 80 | $20.70 | $43,050 |
| Erie, PA | 80 | $37.95 | $78,940 |
| Rockford, IL | 80 | $42.71 | $88,850 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 80 | $37.30 | $77,590 |
| Ocean City, NJ | 80 | $50.06 | $104,120 |
| Springfield, MO | 80 | $31.76 | $66,060 |
| Burlington, NC | 80 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Lakeland, FL | 80 | $32.92 | $68,470 |
| Huntsville, AL | 70 | $28.76 | $59,820 |
| Kingston, NY | 70 | $32.76 | $68,150 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 70 | $34.63 | $72,040 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 70 | $30.50 | $63,430 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 70 | $34.76 | $72,300 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 70 | $40.92 | $85,110 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 70 | $30.09 | $62,580 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 70 | $32.99 | $68,610 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 70 | $45.46 | $94,560 |
| Iowa City, IA | 70 | $31.88 | $66,310 |
| Gainesville, GA | 70 | $24.74 | $51,470 |
| Macon, GA | 70 | $29.20 | $60,740 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 70 | $23.59 | $49,060 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 70 | $28.39 | $59,050 |
| Bellingham, WA | 70 | $39.52 | $82,210 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 70 | $26.92 | $55,990 |
| Greeley, CO | 70 | $39.23 | $81,590 |
| Lincoln, NE | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Racine, WI | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| York-Hanover, PA | 60 | $35.36 | $73,540 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 60 | $27.50 | $57,190 |
| Roanoke, VA | 60 | $37.80 | $78,620 |
| Greenville, NC | 60 | $27.99 | $58,230 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 60 | $33.41 | $69,490 |
| Yakima, WA | 60 | $39.71 | $82,590 |
| Medford, OR | 60 | $37.31 | $77,610 |
| Altoona, PA | 60 | $30.92 | $64,310 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 60 | $34.24 | $71,230 |
| Joplin, MO | 60 | $27.03 | $56,230 |
| Dover, DE | 60 | $44.82 | $93,220 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 60 | $41.74 | $86,830 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 60 | $36.98 | $76,920 |
| Gainesville, FL | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 60 | $40.98 | $85,240 |
| Albany, GA | 60 | $25.57 | $53,190 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 60 | $26.03 | $54,140 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 60 | $38.35 | $79,770 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 60 | $38.07 | $79,180 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 60 | $52.16 | $108,500 |
| Decatur, AL | 50 | $26.46 | $55,030 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 50 | $55.56 | $115,570 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 50 | $24.73 | $51,440 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 50 | $26.89 | $55,920 |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA | 50 | $34.67 | $72,120 |
| Green Bay, WI | 50 | $31.55 | $65,630 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 50 | $31.67 | $65,870 |
| Lawrence, KS | 50 | $36.71 | $76,350 |
| Danbury, CT | 50 | $36.50 | $75,920 |
| Charleston, WV | 50 | $27.49 | $57,190 |
| St. George, UT | 50 | $32.59 | $67,780 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 50 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Williamsport, PA | 50 | $34.51 | $71,770 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Chico, CA | 50 | $41.19 | $85,680 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 50 | $28.64 | $59,580 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 50 | $28.80 | $59,900 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 50 | $31.19 | $64,870 |
| Bend, OR | 50 | $41.27 | $85,830 |
| Wausau, WI | 50 | $32.79 | $68,190 |
| Ithaca, NY | 50 | $33.16 | $68,970 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 40 | $31.54 | $65,590 |
| Manchester, NH | 40 | $41.01 | $85,310 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 40 | $33.40 | $69,470 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 40 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 40 | $28.22 | $58,690 |
| Longview, WA | 40 | $36.81 | $76,560 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 40 | $39.30 | $81,740 |
| Modesto, CA | 40 | $46.46 | $96,650 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 40 | $40.22 | $83,660 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 40 | $37.87 | $78,760 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 40 | $41.49 | $86,300 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 40 | $40.77 | $84,800 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 40 | $31.24 | $64,970 |
| Billings, MT | 40 | $30.94 | $64,360 |
| Pocatello, ID | 40 | $27.28 | $56,750 |
| Kankakee-Bradley, IL | 40 | $46.59 | $96,920 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 40 | $34.18 | $71,090 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 40 | $26.20 | $54,490 |
| Jackson, MI | 40 | $30.19 | $62,790 |
| Bangor, ME | 40 | $29.27 | $60,890 |
| New Bedford, MA | 40 | $43.26 | $89,980 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 40 | $27.85 | $57,930 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 40 | $27.16 | $56,490 |
| State College, PA | 40 | $30.55 | $63,550 |
| Lebanon, PA | 40 | $30.38 | $63,180 |
| Corvallis, OR | 40 | $31.59 | $65,710 |
| Lima, OH | 40 | $26.73 | $55,590 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 40 | $27.59 | $57,390 |
| Farmington, NM | 40 | $30.25 | $62,920 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 40 | $25.54 | $53,120 |
| Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 40 | $33.28 | $69,210 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 40 | $26.37 | $54,850 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 40 | $33.87 | $70,460 |
| Appleton, WI | 40 | $34.80 | $72,390 |
| San German-Cabo Rojo, PR | 40 | $8.67 | $18,040 |
| Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR | 40 | $7.89 | $16,420 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 40 | $24.98 | $51,950 |
| Ames, IA | 40 | $28.48 | $59,230 |
| Dalton, GA | 40 | $23.53 | $48,940 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 40 | $30.63 | $63,720 |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division | 30 | $32.96 | $68,560 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 30 | $25.39 | $52,810 |
| Goldsboro, NC | 30 | $22.24 | $46,260 |
| Prescott, AZ | 30 | $35.86 | $74,590 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 30 | $28.67 | $59,630 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 30 | $32.85 | $68,330 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 30 | $26.20 | $54,490 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 30 | $50.89 | $105,860 |
| Elmira, NY | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Glens Falls, NY | 30 | $28.26 | $58,780 |
| Boulder, CO | 30 | $49.53 | $103,020 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | Not available | $35.32 | $73,460 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | Not available | $66.06 | $137,410 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | Not available | $25.00 | $52,000 |
| Salinas, CA | Not available | $52.06 | $108,290 |
| Decatur, IL | Not available | $42.74 | $88,900 |
| San Angelo, TX | Not available | $35.10 | $73,000 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | Not available | $42.66 | $88,740 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | Not available | $45.34 | $94,310 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | Not available | $38.21 | $79,470 |
