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 | 710 | $16.15 | $33,600 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 8,760 | $19.08 | $39,680 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 7,490 | $20.91 | $43,490 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 6,900 | $18.72 | $38,930 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 6,840 | $21.00 | $43,690 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 6,610 | $18.72 | $38,930 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 5,590 | $15.33 | $31,890 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 4,970 | $18.44 | $38,360 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 4,880 | $15.03 | $31,260 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 3,230 | $18.08 | $37,610 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 3,150 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 3,100 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,350 | $18.70 | $38,890 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 2,000 | $19.80 | $41,190 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1,970 | $22.61 | $47,020 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 1,810 | $22.22 | $46,220 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 1,780 | $17.42 | $36,230 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 1,480 | $20.97 | $43,620 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1,480 | $17.95 | $37,340 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 1,440 | $18.91 | $39,320 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 1,420 | $18.60 | $38,690 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 1,310 | $21.75 | $45,230 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 1,300 | $20.25 | $42,120 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 1,210 | $21.65 | $45,030 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,150 | $20.77 | $43,200 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 1,120 | $16.69 | $34,720 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 1,090 | $16.89 | $35,140 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 980 | $20.33 | $42,280 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 940 | $21.06 | $43,810 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 900 | $19.45 | $40,450 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 800 | $21.60 | $44,930 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 780 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 770 | $18.46 | $38,390 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 730 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 720 | $19.45 | $40,450 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 720 | $18.33 | $38,120 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 710 | $21.40 | $44,520 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 700 | $18.38 | $38,220 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 680 | $16.15 | $33,590 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 660 | $14.56 | $30,280 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 650 | $19.90 | $41,400 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 630 | $17.68 | $36,780 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 630 | $19.25 | $40,040 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 610 | $18.78 | $39,060 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 600 | $15.32 | $31,860 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 600 | $15.31 | $31,850 |
| Honolulu, HI | 580 | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 500 | $19.42 | $40,400 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 500 | $16.99 | $35,330 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 500 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Columbus, OH | 500 | $16.70 | $34,740 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 480 | $20.15 | $41,910 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 460 | $21.15 | $44,000 |
| San Antonio, TX | 460 | $19.52 | $40,610 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 450 | $18.57 | $38,630 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 450 | $17.27 | $35,920 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 420 | $18.00 | $37,430 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 400 | $16.11 | $33,510 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 380 | $18.58 | $38,650 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 380 | $17.76 | $36,940 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 370 | $16.83 | $35,000 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 370 | $13.37 | $27,810 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 320 | $15.35 | $31,930 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 310 | $22.60 | $47,010 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 310 | $18.43 | $38,340 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 310 | $18.11 | $37,660 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 310 | $19.67 | $40,920 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 310 | $15.96 | $33,210 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 290 | $17.55 | $36,510 |
| Anchorage, AK | 290 | $20.43 | $42,490 |
| El Paso, TX | 280 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 270 | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 260 | $21.91 | $45,580 |
| Akron, OH | 240 | $16.67 | $34,680 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 220 | $18.24 | $37,940 |
| Toledo, OH | 210 | $17.99 | $37,430 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 210 | $18.12 | $37,690 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 200 | $28.58 | $59,450 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 200 | $17.48 | $36,360 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 190 | $16.81 | $34,970 |
| Richmond, VA | 190 | $21.45 | $44,610 |
| Mobile, AL | 190 | $17.57 | $36,540 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 190 | $18.68 | $38,850 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 180 | $18.15 | $37,760 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 180 | $17.41 | $36,220 |
| Fairbanks, AK | 180 | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 170 | $23.27 | $48,400 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 170 | $26.75 | $55,650 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 150 | $18.58 | $38,640 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 150 | $18.25 | $37,950 |
| Jackson, MS | 140 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Tulsa, OK | 130 | $19.79 | $41,160 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 120 | $20.26 | $42,150 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 120 | $22.85 | $47,530 |
| Greenville, SC | 120 | $16.57 | $34,460 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 120 | $15.54 | $32,320 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 110 | $21.21 | $44,120 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 110 | $18.33 | $38,130 |
| Bellingham, WA | 100 | $19.37 | $40,280 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 100 | $17.61 | $36,620 |
| Dayton, OH | 100 | $16.44 | $34,190 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 90 | $15.20 | $31,620 |
| Tucson, AZ | 90 | $20.26 | $42,140 |
| Syracuse, NY | 80 | $16.41 | $34,140 |
| Gainesville, GA | 80 | $19.04 | $39,610 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 70 | $20.48 | $42,600 |
| Green Bay, WI | 70 | $16.16 | $33,620 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 70 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 70 | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Lubbock, TX | 60 | $19.61 | $40,780 |
| El Centro, CA | 60 | $16.81 | $34,970 |
| Springfield, MO | 60 | $19.31 | $40,160 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 60 | $18.35 | $38,170 |
| Salinas, CA | 50 | $24.54 | $51,040 |
| Spokane, WA | 50 | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 50 | $27.14 | $56,460 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 50 | $13.60 | $28,280 |
| Midland, TX | 50 | $18.16 | $37,780 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 40 | $20.43 | $42,490 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 40 | $21.14 | $43,970 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 40 | $18.50 | $38,470 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 40 | $20.70 | $43,060 |
| Missoula, MT | 40 | $15.66 | $32,570 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 40 | $19.95 | $41,500 |
| Salem, OR | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 40 | $17.29 | $35,970 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 30 | $20.38 | $42,380 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 30 | $21.36 | $44,430 |
| Medford, OR | 30 | $15.33 | $31,900 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 30 | $20.32 | $42,260 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 30 | $18.62 | $38,720 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 30 | $21.61 | $44,950 |
| Peoria, IL | 30 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Montgomery, AL | 30 | $15.73 | $32,710 |
| Lakeland, FL | Not available | $17.78 | $36,980 |
| Wichita, KS | Not available | $20.68 | $43,010 |
| Charleston, WV | Not available | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| Boulder, CO | Not available | $27.57 | $57,350 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | Not available | $19.69 | $40,960 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | Not available | $16.96 | $35,280 |
| Savannah, GA | Not available | $17.77 | $36,970 |
| Columbia, SC | Not available | $20.04 | $41,690 |
| Reading, PA | Not available | $18.97 | $39,460 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | Not available | $16.45 | $34,210 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | Not available | $18.26 | $37,980 |
| Huntsville, AL | Not available | $21.27 | $44,240 |
| Anderson, IN | Not available | $19.12 | $39,760 |
| Asheville, NC | Not available | $11.21 | $23,320 |
| Rochester, NY | Not available | $18.03 | $37,500 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | Not available | $16.33 | $33,970 |
| Billings, MT | Not available | $19.46 | $40,480 |
| Binghamton, NY | Not available | $15.06 | $31,330 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | Not available | $20.45 | $42,540 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | Not available | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Rockford, IL | Not available | $16.39 | $34,100 |
| Laredo, TX | Not available | $14.13 | $29,390 |
