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 | 5,600 | $26.27 | $54,640 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 14,070 | $26.32 | $54,750 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 12,090 | $26.92 | $55,980 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 8,390 | $25.34 | $52,710 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 7,840 | $35.16 | $73,140 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 7,130 | $24.82 | $51,620 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 6,080 | $36.85 | $76,640 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 5,850 | $26.61 | $55,340 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 5,770 | $21.44 | $44,600 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 5,180 | $26.07 | $54,220 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 4,620 | $20.42 | $42,470 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 4,390 | $18.04 | $37,530 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 4,280 | $31.08 | $64,650 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 3,970 | $26.33 | $54,770 |
| Columbus, OH | 3,900 | $22.71 | $47,240 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 3,760 | $18.97 | $39,450 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 3,380 | $25.62 | $53,300 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 3,260 | $21.37 | $44,450 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 3,220 | $31.82 | $66,180 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 3,160 | $21.40 | $44,510 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 3,110 | $16.83 | $35,000 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 3,050 | $24.33 | $50,620 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 3,030 | $17.72 | $36,860 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 2,980 | $22.51 | $46,810 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 2,880 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 2,610 | $23.06 | $47,960 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 2,530 | $25.22 | $52,450 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 2,500 | $17.27 | $35,910 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 2,490 | $21.47 | $44,650 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 2,420 | $26.78 | $55,690 |
| San Antonio, TX | 2,400 | $22.59 | $47,000 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 2,300 | $21.35 | $44,400 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 2,110 | $28.81 | $59,930 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 2,100 | $22.50 | $46,800 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 2,000 | $23.24 | $48,350 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1,990 | $19.81 | $41,210 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 1,950 | $21.51 | $44,740 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 1,930 | $29.32 | $60,980 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 1,820 | $27.18 | $56,520 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,760 | $29.34 | $61,030 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 1,640 | $26.78 | $55,690 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 1,630 | $26.12 | $54,340 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 1,610 | $22.20 | $46,170 |
| Dayton, OH | 1,590 | $16.79 | $34,930 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 1,580 | $11.05 | $22,980 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 1,580 | $22.20 | $46,180 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1,580 | $24.14 | $50,200 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 1,540 | $37.23 | $77,440 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,500 | $41.25 | $85,800 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1,470 | Not available | Not available |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 1,450 | $24.12 | $50,180 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 1,400 | $18.09 | $37,640 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 1,400 | $22.85 | $47,530 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 1,360 | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 1,360 | $28.20 | $58,660 |
| Richmond, VA | 1,320 | $22.67 | $47,160 |
| Tulsa, OK | 1,290 | $19.43 | $40,420 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 1,200 | $17.47 | $36,340 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 1,200 | $22.56 | $46,920 |
| Honolulu, HI | 1,180 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1,170 | $19.92 | $41,440 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1,120 | $22.95 | $47,730 |
| Akron, OH | 1,110 | $19.92 | $41,430 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 1,070 | $14.46 | $30,070 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 1,070 | $20.94 | $43,560 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 1,060 | $28.85 | $60,010 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 990 | $16.28 | $33,860 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 960 | $20.31 | $42,240 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 960 | $32.69 | $68,000 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 910 | $20.57 | $42,780 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 900 | $14.94 | $31,080 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 890 | $25.01 | $52,020 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 870 | $20.16 | $41,940 |
| Tucson, AZ | 870 | $19.34 | $40,220 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 860 | $29.11 | $60,550 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 860 | $18.44 | $38,360 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 850 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 850 | $27.14 | $56,460 |
| Durham, NC | 810 | $16.62 | $34,580 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 780 | $26.29 | $54,690 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 720 | $22.27 | $46,320 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 720 | $12.95 | $26,940 |
| Madison, WI | 710 | $17.77 | $36,950 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 700 | $14.74 | $30,650 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 690 | $18.39 | $38,250 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 680 | $16.91 | $35,180 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 680 | $21.80 | $45,340 |
| Greenville, SC | 660 | $15.37 | $31,980 |
| Wichita, KS | 630 | $16.37 | $34,060 |
| Rochester, NY | 620 | $25.70 | $53,460 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 600 | $25.92 | $53,900 |
| Prescott, AZ | 590 | $18.12 | $37,690 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 580 | $17.62 | $36,660 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 580 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Salinas, CA | 570 | $26.06 | $54,210 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 570 | $17.65 | $36,710 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 550 | $17.64 | $36,700 |
| Asheville, NC | 540 | $14.08 | $29,280 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 530 | $18.69 | $38,870 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 530 | $26.59 | $55,300 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 520 | $14.91 | $31,010 |
| Spokane, WA | 520 | $28.88 | $60,080 |
| Knoxville, TN | 520 | $17.33 | $36,050 |
| Toledo, OH | 510 | $17.89 | $37,200 |
| Green Bay, WI | 510 | $18.26 | $37,980 |
| Savannah, GA | 500 | $17.19 | $35,760 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 500 | $25.83 | $53,740 |
| Roanoke, VA | 490 | $18.95 | $39,420 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 490 | Not available | Not available |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 480 | $16.31 | $33,920 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 480 | $28.70 | $59,700 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 480 | $13.20 | $27,450 |
| New Haven, CT | 470 | $26.13 | $54,340 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 470 | $23.40 | $48,660 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 460 | $22.54 | $46,890 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 460 | $13.00 | $27,040 |
| Modesto, CA | 460 | $23.30 | $48,470 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 450 | $22.32 | $46,440 |
| Rockford, IL | 450 | $24.03 | $49,980 |
| Waterbury, CT | 440 | $16.84 | $35,020 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 440 | $16.77 | $34,890 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 440 | $16.27 | $33,840 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 420 | $26.18 | $54,460 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 420 | $18.51 | $38,490 |
| Stockton, CA | 420 | $28.10 | $58,450 |
| Anchorage, AK | 410 | $23.28 | $48,420 |
| Wilmington, NC | 410 | $15.08 | $31,380 |
| Springfield, MO | 400 | $11.58 | $24,090 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 400 | $16.16 | $33,610 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 400 | $22.91 | $47,660 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 390 | $13.60 | $28,290 |
| Syracuse, NY | 390 | $21.79 | $45,320 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 390 | $32.54 | $67,680 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 390 | $26.10 | $54,290 |
| New Bedford, MA | 390 | $20.33 | $42,300 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 390 | $23.06 | $47,960 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 380 | $23.68 | $49,260 |
| Columbia, SC | 380 | $17.97 | $37,380 |
| Fresno, CA | 380 | $20.04 | $41,680 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 380 | $16.01 | $33,290 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 380 | $14.64 | $30,460 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 370 | $24.44 | $50,830 |
| Huntsville, AL | 370 | Not available | Not available |
| Jackson, MS | 370 | $16.94 | $35,230 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 360 | $26.40 | $54,910 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 360 | $17.30 | $35,990 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 360 | $17.78 | $36,970 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 360 | Not available | Not available |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 350 | $21.39 | $44,480 |
| Springfield, IL | 350 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 340 | $20.83 | $43,320 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 340 | $19.08 | $39,690 |
| Lakeland, FL | 330 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 320 | $16.20 | $33,700 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 320 | $15.59 | $32,420 |
| Kankakee-Bradley, IL | 320 | $20.00 | $41,600 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 320 | $25.33 | $52,690 |
| Monroe, LA | 320 | $10.75 | $22,360 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 310 | $13.36 | $27,780 |
| Springfield, OH | 310 | $14.88 | $30,950 |
| Olympia, WA | 310 | $29.35 | $61,050 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 310 | $18.61 | $38,700 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 310 | $25.27 | $52,560 |
| Boulder, CO | 310 | $24.00 | $49,930 |
| Chico, CA | 300 | $18.08 | $37,600 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 300 | $15.17 | $31,560 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 300 | $18.31 | $38,080 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 290 | $19.09 | $39,710 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 290 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 290 | $29.14 | $60,600 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 280 | $20.81 | $43,290 |
| Longview, TX | 280 | $19.48 | $40,510 |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA | 280 | $21.64 | $45,010 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 280 | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| Redding, CA | 280 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 270 | $18.31 | $38,090 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 260 | $23.47 | $48,810 |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division | 260 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 260 | $23.96 | $49,830 |
| Bloomington, IN | 260 | $17.29 | $35,960 |
| Appleton, WI | 250 | $17.32 | $36,030 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 250 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 250 | $37.70 | $78,430 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 250 | $12.02 | $24,990 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 240 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Yakima, WA | 240 | $21.73 | $45,190 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 240 | $17.91 | $37,260 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 230 | $21.60 | $44,930 |
| Bangor, ME | 230 | $14.65 | $30,460 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 230 | $20.29 | $42,210 |
| Albany, GA | 230 | $14.73 | $30,650 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 220 | $21.77 | $45,290 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 220 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Wausau, WI | 220 | $14.98 | $31,160 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 220 | $18.17 | $37,800 |
| Napa, CA | 210 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Johnson City, TN | 210 | $15.89 | $33,050 |
| Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division | 210 | $20.79 | $43,240 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 210 | $21.83 | $45,410 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 200 | $22.48 | $46,760 |
| Salem, OR | 200 | $23.45 | $48,770 |
| Medford, OR | 200 | $24.83 | $51,650 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 200 | $13.21 | $27,470 |
| Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR | 200 | $20.02 | $41,640 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 200 | $21.25 | $44,200 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 190 | $18.66 | $38,800 |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division | 190 | $25.93 | $53,940 |
| Anniston-Oxford, AL | 180 | $17.60 | $36,600 |
| Bend, OR | 180 | $27.39 | $56,970 |
| Yuma, AZ | 180 | $17.20 | $35,780 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 180 | $14.83 | $30,840 |
| Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 180 | $14.84 | $30,870 |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 170 | $20.09 | $41,790 |
| Missoula, MT | 170 | $21.74 | $45,220 |
| Anderson, IN | 170 | $18.72 | $38,930 |
| Bellingham, WA | 170 | $25.85 | $53,770 |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 170 | $17.54 | $36,490 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 170 | $10.88 | $22,630 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 170 | $13.76 | $28,610 |
| Yuba City, CA | 160 | $26.60 | $55,330 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 160 | $15.31 | $31,840 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 160 | $15.16 | $31,530 |
| Lima, OH | 160 | $16.77 | $34,880 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 150 | $12.25 | $25,470 |
| La Crosse, WI-MN | 150 | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Binghamton, NY | 150 | Not available | Not available |
| Charlottesville, VA | 150 | $17.23 | $35,840 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 140 | $16.62 | $34,570 |
| Joplin, MO | 140 | $13.71 | $28,510 |
| Pine Bluff, AR | 140 | $17.03 | $35,420 |
| El Centro, CA | 140 | $18.94 | $39,390 |
| Dalton, GA | 140 | $14.42 | $30,000 |
| Burlington, NC | 140 | $16.90 | $35,140 |
| Janesville, WI | 130 | $17.02 | $35,400 |
| Kokomo, IN | 130 | $17.20 | $35,770 |
| Jackson, TN | 130 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME | 130 | $21.50 | $44,720 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 130 | $14.60 | $30,370 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 130 | $23.99 | $49,900 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 120 | $22.65 | $47,110 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 120 | $16.54 | $34,400 |
| Topeka, KS | 120 | $9.22 | $19,170 |
| Palm Coast, FL | 120 | $12.14 | $25,240 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 120 | $20.25 | $42,110 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 120 | $19.76 | $41,100 |
| Flint, MI | 120 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 120 | $16.56 | $34,450 |
| Florence, SC | 120 | $12.16 | $25,300 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 110 | $18.64 | $38,760 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 110 | $16.84 | $35,030 |
| Fairbanks, AK | 110 | $21.22 | $44,130 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 100 | $17.99 | $37,420 |
| Hot Springs, AR | 100 | $14.38 | $29,910 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 100 | $29.96 | $62,310 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 100 | $19.01 | $39,540 |
| Sumter, SC | 80 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Longview, WA | 80 | $30.10 | $62,610 |
| Columbia, MO | 70 | $15.70 | $32,650 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 70 | Not available | Not available |
| Great Falls, MT | 70 | $21.04 | $43,760 |
| St. George, UT | 70 | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ | 70 | $21.26 | $44,230 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 70 | $18.68 | $38,850 |
| Macon, GA | Not available | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | Not available | $23.40 | $48,680 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | Not available | $32.01 | $66,580 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | Not available | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Reading, PA | Not available | $17.06 | $35,480 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | Not available | $17.23 | $35,850 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | Not available | $13.23 | $27,530 |
| Mansfield, OH | Not available | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Warner Robins, GA | Not available | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | Not available | $21.54 | $44,800 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Not available | $39.28 | $81,690 |
| Greeley, CO | Not available | $24.08 | $50,080 |
| Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | Not available | $15.21 | $31,640 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | Not available | $30.45 | $63,340 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | Not available | $14.47 | $30,090 |
| Sheboygan, WI | Not available | $16.92 | $35,190 |
| Monroe, MI | Not available | $23.22 | $48,310 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | Not available | $26.14 | $54,370 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | Not available | $29.58 | $61,530 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | Not available | $27.13 | $56,440 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | Not available | $16.09 | $33,470 |
| Anderson, SC | Not available | $15.08 | $31,370 |
