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 | 2,700 | $14.28 | $29,690 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 5,200 | $12.87 | $26,770 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 4,340 | $16.63 | $34,600 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 3,540 | $13.17 | $27,380 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 3,400 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 3,330 | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 2,950 | $12.36 | $25,720 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 2,900 | $17.76 | $36,940 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 2,560 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 2,460 | Not available | Not available |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 2,380 | $8.77 | $18,240 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 2,330 | $14.18 | $29,500 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 2,020 | $13.08 | $27,220 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,990 | $12.12 | $25,210 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 1,880 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 1,810 | $15.35 | $31,940 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 1,750 | $12.69 | $26,390 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1,550 | $13.61 | $28,310 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1,510 | $12.45 | $25,890 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,500 | Not available | Not available |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 1,440 | $14.62 | $30,400 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1,270 | $13.73 | $28,570 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 1,230 | $12.01 | $24,990 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 1,190 | $14.51 | $30,170 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 1,160 | $15.65 | $32,540 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,070 | $12.01 | $24,970 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 1,060 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,040 | $11.29 | $23,490 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 1,000 | $12.33 | $25,640 |
| San Antonio, TX | 990 | $11.91 | $24,780 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 960 | $15.90 | $33,060 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 890 | $11.80 | $24,550 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 890 | $12.72 | $26,460 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 850 | $14.12 | $29,360 |
| Tulsa, OK | 850 | $12.79 | $26,600 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 830 | $14.17 | $29,480 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 750 | $13.62 | $28,330 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 700 | $11.34 | $23,580 |
| Richmond, VA | 690 | $11.80 | $24,530 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 690 | $13.87 | $28,850 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 670 | $13.84 | $28,780 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 670 | $12.04 | $25,050 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 660 | $13.71 | $28,520 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 650 | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 650 | $12.89 | $26,810 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 650 | $13.54 | $28,160 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 610 | $14.53 | $30,220 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 600 | $12.46 | $25,910 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 570 | $13.43 | $27,930 |
| Greenville, SC | 540 | $12.01 | $24,970 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 540 | $13.47 | $28,010 |
| Columbia, SC | 540 | $11.10 | $23,090 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 530 | $11.87 | $24,700 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 530 | $12.60 | $26,210 |
| Mobile, AL | 510 | $11.58 | $24,080 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 500 | $14.86 | $30,910 |
| Durham, NC | 500 | $13.47 | $28,010 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 500 | $13.19 | $27,430 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 490 | $10.43 | $21,700 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 470 | $15.60 | $32,450 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 440 | $11.81 | $24,570 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 440 | $11.77 | $24,480 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 420 | $12.76 | $26,540 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 400 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 400 | $14.27 | $29,670 |
| Knoxville, TN | 390 | $11.44 | $23,800 |
| Wilmington, NC | 390 | $11.67 | $24,270 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 380 | $11.11 | $23,110 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 380 | $11.58 | $24,100 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 380 | $12.50 | $26,000 |
| Montgomery, AL | 370 | $11.22 | $23,340 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 370 | $14.85 | $30,880 |
| Honolulu, HI | 360 | $17.80 | $37,020 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 360 | $20.49 | $42,620 |
| Asheville, NC | 360 | $11.74 | $24,430 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 350 | $18.47 | $38,420 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 350 | $9.19 | $19,110 |
| Farmington, NM | 340 | $13.21 | $27,480 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 330 | $13.06 | $27,160 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 330 | $12.06 | $25,070 |
| Columbus, OH | 320 | $11.07 | $23,020 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 320 | Not available | Not available |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 310 | $15.76 | $32,780 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 300 | $12.11 | $25,190 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 290 | $14.11 | $29,340 |
| Ocala, FL | 290 | $12.87 | $26,770 |
| El Paso, TX | 290 | $10.57 | $21,970 |
| Savannah, GA | 280 | $11.73 | $24,410 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 280 | $8.89 | $18,500 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 280 | $15.00 | $31,190 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 280 | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 270 | $14.54 | $30,250 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 260 | $14.04 | $29,210 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 260 | $11.00 | $22,870 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 260 | $14.24 | $29,620 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 250 | $12.91 | $26,860 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 250 | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 240 | $15.53 | $32,300 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 240 | $13.90 | $28,920 |
| Huntsville, AL | 240 | $9.57 | $19,910 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 240 | $12.00 | $24,970 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 230 | $13.02 | $27,090 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 230 | $14.14 | $29,400 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 230 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 220 | $12.71 | $26,430 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 220 | $12.94 | $26,910 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 220 | $12.47 | $25,940 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 220 | $11.05 | $22,970 |
| Odessa, TX | 210 | $12.98 | $26,990 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 210 | $11.40 | $23,710 |
| Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR | 210 | $7.21 | $14,990 |
| Roanoke, VA | 200 | $11.48 | $23,880 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 200 | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Macon, GA | 200 | $10.91 | $22,680 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 200 | $9.86 | $20,500 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 200 | $21.73 | $45,200 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 200 | $16.10 | $33,480 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 200 | $13.12 | $27,290 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 200 | $11.25 | $23,400 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 200 | $13.35 | $27,760 |
| Jackson, MS | 200 | $12.27 | $25,530 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 200 | $12.51 | $26,030 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 190 | $10.20 | $21,210 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 190 | $9.46 | $19,680 |
| Appleton, WI | 190 | $11.06 | $23,010 |
| Laredo, TX | 180 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Wichita, KS | 180 | $13.12 | $27,280 |
| Abilene, TX | 180 | $11.00 | $22,870 |
| Mayaguez, PR | 180 | $7.73 | $16,090 |
| Longview, TX | 170 | $11.01 | $22,900 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 170 | $10.27 | $21,360 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 170 | $11.74 | $24,420 |
| Rochester, NY | 160 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 160 | $18.37 | $38,210 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 160 | $18.94 | $39,400 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 160 | $15.84 | $32,950 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 160 | $14.48 | $30,130 |
| Tucson, AZ | 160 | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 150 | $14.03 | $29,180 |
| Dayton, OH | 150 | $10.32 | $21,470 |
| Lakeland, FL | 150 | $13.51 | $28,110 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 150 | $11.14 | $23,170 |
| Monroe, LA | 150 | $10.63 | $22,110 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 140 | $11.47 | $23,860 |
| Lubbock, TX | 140 | $10.33 | $21,490 |
| Stockton, CA | 140 | $14.26 | $29,650 |
| Gainesville, FL | 140 | $9.68 | $20,130 |
| Florence, SC | 140 | $10.71 | $22,280 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 140 | $11.61 | $24,140 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 140 | $12.10 | $25,170 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 130 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 130 | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division | 130 | $13.76 | $28,620 |
| Valdosta, GA | 130 | $9.55 | $19,850 |
| Decatur, AL | 130 | $10.81 | $22,480 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 130 | $12.52 | $26,040 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 120 | $14.74 | $30,660 |
| Lancaster, PA | 120 | $13.03 | $27,100 |
| Anderson, SC | 120 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 120 | $16.17 | $33,640 |
| Syracuse, NY | 120 | $12.94 | $26,920 |
| Greenville, NC | 120 | $9.21 | $19,160 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 120 | $15.18 | $31,580 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 110 | $13.79 | $28,690 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 110 | $11.44 | $23,800 |
| Burlington, NC | 110 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 110 | $10.38 | $21,580 |
| New Bedford, MA | 100 | $13.15 | $27,350 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 100 | $18.78 | $39,070 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 100 | $10.50 | $21,830 |
| Brunswick, GA | 100 | $10.39 | $21,620 |
| Rapid City, SD | 100 | $11.15 | $23,180 |
| Madison, WI | 90 | $16.35 | $34,010 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 90 | $16.56 | $34,440 |
| Jackson, TN | 90 | $12.02 | $25,010 |
| Ponce, PR | 90 | $7.59 | $15,790 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 90 | $14.38 | $29,900 |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 80 | $12.49 | $25,970 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 80 | $13.81 | $28,710 |
| Goldsboro, NC | 80 | $13.66 | $28,420 |
| Dothan, AL | 80 | $11.56 | $24,040 |
| Gadsden, AL | 80 | $9.22 | $19,180 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 80 | $12.13 | $25,220 |
| Alexandria, LA | 70 | $11.66 | $24,250 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 70 | $14.23 | $29,610 |
| Dubuque, IA | 70 | $12.78 | $26,590 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 70 | $10.09 | $20,990 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 70 | $10.85 | $22,560 |
| Waco, TX | 70 | $12.63 | $26,270 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 70 | $11.04 | $22,970 |
| Albany, GA | 70 | $11.80 | $24,530 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 70 | $13.17 | $27,390 |
| Waterbury, CT | 70 | $15.51 | $32,260 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 60 | $11.37 | $23,650 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 60 | $12.29 | $25,560 |
| Danbury, CT | 60 | $18.90 | $39,310 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 60 | $11.92 | $24,800 |
| Rome, GA | 60 | $9.61 | $19,990 |
| Tyler, TX | 60 | $10.02 | $20,830 |
| Salem, OR | 60 | $17.53 | $36,460 |
| El Centro, CA | 60 | $14.32 | $29,780 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 60 | $15.93 | $33,140 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 60 | $13.01 | $27,070 |
| San Angelo, TX | 50 | $10.14 | $21,090 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 50 | $15.64 | $32,540 |
| Midland, TX | 50 | $10.69 | $22,230 |
| Topeka, KS | 50 | $12.48 | $25,970 |
| Erie, PA | 50 | $11.72 | $24,380 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 40 | $11.89 | $24,720 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 40 | $12.84 | $26,700 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 40 | $11.12 | $23,130 |
| Johnson City, TN | 40 | $12.60 | $26,220 |
| Janesville, WI | 30 | $14.59 | $30,340 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 30 | $11.75 | $24,440 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | 30 | $16.16 | $33,610 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 30 | $12.02 | $25,000 |
| Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR | 30 | $9.19 | $19,110 |
| Reading, PA | Not available | $13.15 | $27,360 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | Not available | $12.07 | $25,100 |
| Green Bay, WI | Not available | $14.64 | $30,450 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | Not available | $13.90 | $28,920 |
| Modesto, CA | Not available | $16.60 | $34,540 |
| New Haven, CT | Not available | $18.24 | $37,930 |
| Pascagoula, MS | Not available | $14.09 | $29,300 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | Not available | $10.77 | $22,410 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | Not available | $12.57 | $26,150 |
| Bangor, ME | Not available | $15.32 | $31,880 |
| Salisbury, MD | Not available | $13.83 | $28,760 |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA | Not available | $18.12 | $37,680 |
| Lafayette, LA | Not available | $10.21 | $21,240 |
| Bowling Green, KY | Not available | $10.74 | $22,330 |
| Spokane, WA | Not available | $13.74 | $28,580 |
| Lebanon, PA | Not available | $15.48 | $32,190 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | Not available | $18.71 | $38,920 |
| Akron, OH | Not available | $11.31 | $23,530 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | Not available | $14.48 | $30,130 |
| Kingston, NY | Not available | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Victoria, TX | Not available | $12.64 | $26,290 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | Not available | $14.44 | $30,030 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | Not available | $11.35 | $23,610 |
| Carson City, NV | Not available | $11.90 | $24,760 |
| Las Cruces, NM | Not available | $11.44 | $23,800 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | Not available | $13.84 | $28,800 |
| Sheboygan, WI | Not available | $12.73 | $26,480 |
| Morgantown, WV | Not available | $14.35 | $29,840 |
| Fresno, CA | Not available | $16.30 | $33,910 |
| Anchorage, AK | Not available | $14.33 | $29,810 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | Not available | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $13.61 | $28,320 |
| Gainesville, GA | Not available | $12.59 | $26,190 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | Not available | $11.60 | $24,140 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | Not available | $11.94 | $24,830 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | Not available | $10.21 | $21,230 |
| Dover, DE | Not available | $11.80 | $24,540 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | Not available | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| Amarillo, TX | Not available | $9.51 | $19,790 |
