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 | 1,260 | $24.88 | $51,760 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 2,730 | $24.19 | $50,310 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 2,020 | $26.25 | $54,600 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 1,820 | $29.24 | $60,830 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 1,780 | $25.21 | $52,430 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,650 | $23.58 | $49,050 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1,580 | $25.72 | $53,510 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 1,480 | $29.75 | $61,880 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1,390 | $26.35 | $54,810 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 1,340 | $24.08 | $50,080 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,300 | $22.99 | $47,820 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,260 | $24.84 | $51,660 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 1,200 | $21.06 | $43,800 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 1,170 | $26.39 | $54,880 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1,160 | $16.65 | $34,630 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1,150 | $29.58 | $61,520 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,090 | $25.15 | $52,310 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 1,050 | $24.65 | $51,270 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 1,030 | $27.89 | $58,000 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 990 | $29.48 | $61,310 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 980 | $26.50 | $55,120 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 960 | $23.85 | $49,600 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 940 | $24.85 | $51,690 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 910 | $25.53 | $53,100 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 910 | $22.87 | $47,570 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 900 | $23.62 | $49,130 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 900 | $24.99 | $51,970 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 860 | $20.85 | $43,360 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 830 | $23.95 | $49,810 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 820 | $25.20 | $52,410 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 750 | $21.55 | $44,830 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 690 | $23.91 | $49,720 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 680 | $30.55 | $63,550 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 650 | $27.42 | $57,020 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 620 | $19.85 | $41,290 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 610 | $24.71 | $51,390 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 600 | $34.02 | $70,770 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 600 | $22.35 | $46,500 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 590 | $25.49 | $53,030 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 570 | $23.97 | $49,860 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 570 | $17.63 | $36,670 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 560 | $34.12 | $70,960 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 550 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 530 | $29.30 | $60,940 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 530 | $21.90 | $45,560 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 520 | $26.10 | $54,290 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 510 | $19.51 | $40,580 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 500 | $24.02 | $49,960 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 490 | $22.37 | $46,540 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 480 | $23.79 | $49,470 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 480 | $27.93 | $58,090 |
| Columbus, OH | 480 | $22.33 | $46,450 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 430 | $21.05 | $43,780 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 420 | $23.52 | $48,920 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 410 | $19.60 | $40,760 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 410 | $22.29 | $46,370 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 400 | $20.23 | $42,080 |
| Richmond, VA | 390 | $20.74 | $43,140 |
| Honolulu, HI | 390 | $30.56 | $63,560 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 380 | $19.36 | $40,270 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 380 | $25.41 | $52,850 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 370 | $22.66 | $47,130 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 360 | $24.81 | $51,610 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 360 | $25.53 | $53,110 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 330 | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Wichita, KS | 330 | $24.31 | $50,560 |
| Durham, NC | 320 | $24.20 | $50,340 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 310 | $26.04 | $54,170 |
| Knoxville, TN | 310 | $20.01 | $41,610 |
| Madison, WI | 310 | $22.80 | $47,420 |
| Tulsa, OK | 310 | $20.84 | $43,340 |
| San Antonio, TX | 300 | $22.30 | $46,380 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 300 | $24.16 | $50,260 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 300 | $29.47 | $61,300 |
| Columbia, SC | 300 | $22.13 | $46,020 |
| Toledo, OH | 290 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 290 | $30.31 | $63,040 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 290 | $28.85 | $60,000 |
| Tucson, AZ | 280 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Lakeland, FL | 280 | $22.17 | $46,120 |
| Syracuse, NY | 270 | $23.00 | $47,840 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 260 | $26.85 | $55,840 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 260 | $25.73 | $53,510 |
| Binghamton, NY | 260 | $20.03 | $41,670 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 260 | $28.01 | $58,270 |
| Huntsville, AL | 250 | $21.46 | $44,640 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 240 | $39.89 | $82,970 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 240 | $27.82 | $57,870 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 240 | $28.08 | $58,420 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 240 | $26.65 | $55,430 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 230 | $21.74 | $45,230 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 220 | $26.01 | $54,090 |
| Akron, OH | 210 | $23.65 | $49,190 |
| Charleston, WV | 210 | $18.32 | $38,100 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 210 | $18.82 | $39,150 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 210 | $18.61 | $38,710 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 200 | $21.00 | $43,680 |
| Anniston-Oxford, AL | 200 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 200 | $26.08 | $54,260 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 190 | $23.99 | $49,910 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 190 | $23.10 | $48,040 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 190 | $20.48 | $42,600 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 190 | $23.28 | $48,420 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 180 | $23.02 | $47,880 |
| Lancaster, PA | 180 | $19.67 | $40,910 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 180 | $21.95 | $45,660 |
| Dayton, OH | 180 | $25.56 | $53,160 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 170 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 170 | $26.03 | $54,140 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 170 | $21.42 | $44,550 |
| Fresno, CA | 170 | $23.48 | $48,850 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 160 | $27.00 | $56,170 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 160 | $27.32 | $56,820 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 160 | $30.20 | $62,810 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 150 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Lincoln, NE | 150 | $20.41 | $42,460 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 150 | $26.07 | $54,220 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 150 | $21.43 | $44,580 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 150 | $23.54 | $48,970 |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME | 150 | $24.89 | $51,760 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 140 | $27.66 | $57,540 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 140 | $23.66 | $49,200 |
| Greenville, SC | 140 | $26.38 | $54,870 |
| Iowa City, IA | 140 | $22.21 | $46,190 |
| Decatur, AL | 130 | $30.97 | $64,420 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 130 | $22.40 | $46,600 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 130 | $19.65 | $40,870 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 130 | $22.77 | $47,370 |
| Albany, GA | 130 | $23.54 | $48,960 |
| Asheville, NC | 120 | $23.13 | $48,100 |
| Greeley, CO | 120 | $25.89 | $53,850 |
| Green Bay, WI | 120 | $24.01 | $49,940 |
| Boulder, CO | 120 | $28.13 | $58,500 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 120 | $21.24 | $44,170 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 120 | $21.50 | $44,730 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 120 | $25.84 | $53,740 |
| Spokane, WA | 120 | $24.91 | $51,810 |
| Mobile, AL | 110 | $22.17 | $46,120 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 110 | $20.02 | $41,650 |
| Florence, SC | 110 | $20.36 | $42,350 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 110 | $24.36 | $50,660 |
| Danbury, CT | 110 | $20.24 | $42,100 |
| Anchorage, AK | 100 | $33.62 | $69,930 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 100 | $19.30 | $40,150 |
| Appleton, WI | 100 | Not available | Not available |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 100 | $28.04 | $58,320 |
| Montgomery, AL | 100 | $22.36 | $46,510 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 100 | $26.91 | $55,970 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 100 | $25.73 | $53,510 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 100 | $19.18 | $39,900 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 100 | $21.64 | $45,010 |
| Peoria, IL | 100 | $20.43 | $42,500 |
| Wilmington, NC | 100 | $25.36 | $52,760 |
| New Haven, CT | 100 | $20.34 | $42,300 |
| Altoona, PA | 90 | $22.04 | $45,840 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 90 | $27.67 | $57,560 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 90 | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 90 | $24.27 | $50,470 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 90 | $24.24 | $50,420 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 90 | $26.38 | $54,880 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 80 | $38.62 | $80,330 |
| Reading, PA | 80 | $22.81 | $47,440 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 80 | $28.99 | $60,300 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 80 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 80 | $23.57 | $49,020 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 80 | $17.45 | $36,300 |
| Springfield, MO | 80 | $21.81 | $45,370 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 70 | $20.75 | $43,160 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 70 | $29.17 | $60,680 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 70 | $19.34 | $40,220 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 70 | $21.30 | $44,300 |
| Elmira, NY | 60 | $24.30 | $50,550 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 60 | $23.42 | $48,710 |
| Rockford, IL | 60 | $21.29 | $44,270 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 60 | $22.24 | $46,260 |
| Anderson, SC | 60 | $17.61 | $36,630 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 60 | $27.45 | $57,100 |
| Lafayette, LA | 60 | $21.56 | $44,850 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 60 | $24.40 | $50,750 |
| Topeka, KS | 60 | $20.64 | $42,930 |
| Dalton, GA | 60 | $13.70 | $28,500 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 60 | $16.18 | $33,650 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 60 | $23.43 | $48,740 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 60 | $29.58 | $61,520 |
| Gainesville, GA | 50 | $19.65 | $40,870 |
| Olympia, WA | 50 | $30.69 | $63,840 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 50 | $26.16 | $54,410 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 50 | $29.60 | $61,570 |
| Glens Falls, NY | 50 | $22.74 | $47,310 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 50 | $25.84 | $53,740 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 50 | $25.56 | $53,170 |
| Morgantown, WV | 50 | $21.99 | $45,730 |
| La Crosse, WI-MN | 50 | $18.38 | $38,230 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 50 | $32.75 | $68,110 |
| Lebanon, PA | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 50 | $20.27 | $42,160 |
| Rapid City, SD | 50 | $20.64 | $42,920 |
| Monroe, LA | 50 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 50 | $16.52 | $34,370 |
| Wausau, WI | 50 | $23.80 | $49,500 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 40 | $23.44 | $48,740 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 40 | $20.45 | $42,530 |
| Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 40 | $18.61 | $38,700 |
| Farmington, NM | 40 | $22.17 | $46,110 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 40 | $26.41 | $54,930 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 40 | $32.80 | $68,230 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 40 | $18.61 | $38,700 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 40 | $17.12 | $35,620 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 40 | $22.44 | $46,680 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 40 | $21.76 | $45,260 |
| Modesto, CA | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 40 | $18.95 | $39,410 |
| Billings, MT | 40 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 40 | $24.13 | $50,200 |
| Stockton, CA | 40 | $27.89 | $58,000 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 40 | $23.32 | $48,500 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 40 | $27.02 | $56,200 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 40 | $22.44 | $46,680 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 40 | $26.91 | $55,980 |
| Lubbock, TX | 40 | $17.84 | $37,100 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 40 | $20.30 | $42,230 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 30 | $20.88 | $43,430 |
| Lawton, OK | 30 | $20.27 | $42,170 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 30 | $28.87 | $60,040 |
| Springfield, IL | 30 | $25.44 | $52,910 |
| Sumter, SC | 30 | $19.30 | $40,140 |
| Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division | 30 | $21.82 | $45,380 |
| Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR | 30 | $13.11 | $27,270 |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 30 | $22.42 | $46,630 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 30 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 30 | $23.91 | $49,740 |
| Pine Bluff, AR | 30 | $18.89 | $39,300 |
| Williamsport, PA | 30 | $22.33 | $46,450 |
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 30 | $24.07 | $50,070 |
| Racine, WI | 30 | $24.62 | $51,200 |
| Salem, OR | 30 | $20.26 | $42,140 |
| Medford, OR | 30 | $19.02 | $39,560 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 30 | $18.72 | $38,940 |
| El Paso, TX | Not available | $19.57 | $40,710 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | Not available | $35.84 | $74,550 |
| Rochester, NY | Not available | $16.49 | $34,300 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | Not available | $21.45 | $44,610 |
| Roanoke, VA | Not available | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | Not available | $24.40 | $50,750 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | Not available | $12.27 | $25,520 |
| Charlottesville, VA | Not available | $23.30 | $48,460 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | Not available | $20.16 | $41,930 |
| Gainesville, FL | Not available | $21.14 | $43,960 |
| San Angelo, TX | Not available | $24.48 | $50,930 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | Not available | $22.73 | $47,290 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | Not available | $22.08 | $45,930 |
| Macon, GA | Not available | $17.41 | $36,210 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | Not available | $20.29 | $42,210 |
| Brunswick, GA | Not available | $14.18 | $29,490 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | Not available | $25.07 | $52,140 |
| Missoula, MT | Not available | $30.33 | $63,080 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | Not available | $27.05 | $56,270 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | Not available | $16.69 | $34,720 |
