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 | 1,350 | $27.28 | $56,730 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 6,580 | $25.75 | $53,550 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 4,800 | $27.11 | $56,380 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 4,050 | $28.75 | $59,810 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 3,980 | $26.01 | $54,090 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 3,760 | $29.14 | $60,610 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 3,710 | $21.85 | $45,440 |
| Tulsa, OK | 3,150 | Not available | Not available |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 3,140 | $27.92 | $58,070 |
| Wichita, KS | 2,710 | $24.79 | $51,560 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 2,560 | $26.76 | $55,660 |
| San Antonio, TX | 2,320 | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 2,220 | $23.82 | $49,550 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 2,180 | $28.13 | $58,510 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 2,160 | $27.00 | $56,170 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 2,110 | $21.08 | $43,840 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 2,080 | $28.40 | $59,080 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 1,980 | $28.41 | $59,080 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,930 | $25.34 | $52,710 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 1,790 | $22.93 | $47,700 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,730 | $25.15 | $52,310 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1,670 | $22.74 | $47,300 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 1,570 | $25.34 | $52,700 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 1,420 | $27.10 | $56,370 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 1,330 | $27.33 | $56,840 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 1,250 | $24.06 | $50,040 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,210 | $27.99 | $58,220 |
| Savannah, GA | 1,160 | $23.27 | $48,400 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 1,120 | $28.08 | $58,410 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1,080 | $24.63 | $51,220 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 1,060 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 1,060 | $21.16 | $44,000 |
| Anchorage, AK | 1,030 | $27.66 | $57,540 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 1,000 | $25.23 | $52,480 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 1,000 | $29.80 | $61,980 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 990 | $23.71 | $49,310 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 980 | $21.69 | $45,120 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 940 | $22.18 | $46,140 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 920 | $27.07 | $56,310 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 860 | $25.50 | $53,040 |
| Tucson, AZ | 850 | $22.66 | $47,130 |
| New Haven, CT | 850 | $25.26 | $52,550 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 800 | $27.33 | $56,840 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 800 | Not available | Not available |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 800 | $24.47 | $50,910 |
| Columbus, OH | 780 | $23.14 | $48,120 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 780 | $23.72 | $49,340 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 740 | $26.32 | $54,750 |
| Honolulu, HI | 720 | $26.66 | $55,440 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 710 | $29.00 | $60,310 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 700 | $27.96 | $58,150 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 630 | $24.67 | $51,310 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 630 | $39.90 | $82,990 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 620 | $23.43 | $48,730 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 600 | $25.31 | $52,640 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 580 | $24.37 | $50,680 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 570 | $25.59 | $53,230 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 550 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 490 | $23.09 | $48,020 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 480 | $24.87 | $51,720 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 480 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Lafayette, LA | 470 | $24.39 | $50,720 |
| Mobile, AL | 470 | $16.50 | $34,320 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 470 | $24.91 | $51,810 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 450 | $21.41 | $44,540 |
| Fresno, CA | 420 | $21.40 | $44,520 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 420 | $19.29 | $40,120 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 410 | $26.48 | $55,070 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 410 | $21.92 | $45,600 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 400 | $23.30 | $48,460 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 400 | $22.18 | $46,130 |
| Dayton, OH | 370 | $23.70 | $49,300 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 360 | $22.91 | $47,640 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 350 | $22.10 | $45,980 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 340 | $30.55 | $63,540 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 340 | $23.58 | $49,050 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 340 | $22.88 | $47,580 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 340 | $19.72 | $41,020 |
| Appleton, WI | 330 | $25.38 | $52,800 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 320 | $27.16 | $56,490 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 310 | $21.88 | $45,500 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 310 | $22.67 | $47,160 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 290 | $23.71 | $49,310 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 290 | $25.88 | $53,830 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 270 | $23.47 | $48,810 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 270 | $28.15 | $58,560 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 260 | $22.95 | $47,740 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 260 | $22.76 | $47,350 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 240 | $24.62 | $51,210 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 240 | $25.26 | $52,540 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 240 | $22.04 | $45,830 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 220 | $26.24 | $54,570 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 210 | $28.97 | $60,250 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 200 | $25.22 | $52,460 |
| Fairbanks, AK | 200 | $24.85 | $51,700 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 190 | $22.34 | $46,460 |
| El Paso, TX | 190 | $22.94 | $47,710 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 180 | $23.49 | $48,850 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 180 | $22.89 | $47,600 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 170 | $21.56 | $44,850 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 170 | $25.72 | $53,510 |
| Columbia, SC | 170 | $25.34 | $52,700 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 160 | $27.48 | $57,150 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 150 | $22.47 | $46,750 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 140 | $22.14 | $46,050 |
| Richmond, VA | 140 | $26.15 | $54,400 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 140 | $26.40 | $54,910 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 130 | $23.53 | $48,950 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 130 | $21.56 | $44,850 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 130 | $27.78 | $57,790 |
| Montgomery, AL | 130 | $21.91 | $45,570 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 130 | $26.98 | $56,130 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 120 | $28.32 | $58,910 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 120 | $20.88 | $43,430 |
| Topeka, KS | 120 | $25.73 | $53,510 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 120 | $19.59 | $40,750 |
| Johnstown, PA | 110 | $21.09 | $43,870 |
| Great Falls, MT | 110 | $23.33 | $48,530 |
| Madison, WI | 110 | $23.73 | $49,360 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 110 | $22.22 | $46,230 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 110 | $22.06 | $45,880 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 110 | $28.07 | $58,380 |
| Toledo, OH | 110 | $25.28 | $52,570 |
| Stockton, CA | 100 | $21.28 | $44,270 |
| Springfield, MO | 100 | $20.20 | $42,010 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 100 | $27.66 | $57,530 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 100 | $23.05 | $47,930 |
| Yuma, AZ | 100 | $23.56 | $49,000 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 90 | $22.32 | $46,430 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 90 | $26.87 | $55,880 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 90 | $19.53 | $40,620 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 90 | $19.50 | $40,550 |
| Manchester, NH | 90 | $21.86 | $45,470 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 90 | $19.14 | $39,810 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 90 | $23.52 | $48,920 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 80 | $22.56 | $46,930 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 80 | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| Syracuse, NY | 80 | $28.30 | $58,860 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 80 | $25.33 | $52,690 |
| Jackson, MS | 80 | $21.06 | $43,810 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 70 | $22.79 | $47,410 |
| Bangor, ME | 70 | $23.20 | $48,260 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 70 | $26.31 | $54,720 |
| Asheville, NC | 70 | $19.05 | $39,630 |
| Yuba City, CA | 60 | $25.62 | $53,280 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 60 | $27.08 | $56,320 |
| Rochester, NY | 60 | $24.77 | $51,520 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 60 | $28.89 | $60,100 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 60 | $20.26 | $42,140 |
| Redding, CA | 60 | $18.54 | $38,570 |
| Springfield, IL | 60 | $26.36 | $54,840 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 60 | $20.35 | $42,320 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 50 | $25.11 | $52,230 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 50 | $19.77 | $41,120 |
| Burlington, NC | 50 | $15.24 | $31,690 |
| Medford, OR | 50 | $21.49 | $44,690 |
| Reading, PA | 40 | $21.47 | $44,650 |
| Racine, WI | 40 | $15.27 | $31,760 |
| Akron, OH | 40 | $24.93 | $51,840 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 40 | $19.77 | $41,130 |
| Gainesville, GA | 40 | $17.17 | $35,710 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 40 | $27.91 | $58,060 |
| Roanoke, VA | 40 | $35.20 | $73,210 |
| Tyler, TX | 40 | $26.30 | $54,710 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 40 | $18.61 | $38,720 |
| Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 40 | $22.02 | $45,790 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 40 | $18.02 | $37,480 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 40 | $23.14 | $48,120 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 30 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Greeley, CO | 30 | $18.62 | $38,740 |
| Longview, TX | 30 | $22.22 | $46,220 |
| Prescott, AZ | Not available | $20.63 | $42,920 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Not available | $27.44 | $57,070 |
| San Angelo, TX | Not available | $16.69 | $34,720 |
| Dover, DE | Not available | $25.94 | $53,950 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | Not available | $20.79 | $43,240 |
| Durham, NC | Not available | $21.91 | $45,580 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | Not available | $23.11 | $48,070 |
| Spokane, WA | Not available | $21.78 | $45,310 |
| Huntsville, AL | Not available | $19.84 | $41,260 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | Not available | $21.46 | $44,630 |
| York-Hanover, PA | Not available | $25.29 | $52,600 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | Not available | $22.26 | $46,300 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | Not available | $22.81 | $47,450 |
| Greenville, SC | Not available | $21.73 | $45,190 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | Not available | $20.17 | $41,950 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | Not available | $22.76 | $47,330 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | Not available | $29.02 | $60,360 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | Not available | $20.09 | $41,790 |
| Albuquerque, NM | Not available | $22.48 | $46,750 |
| Amarillo, TX | Not available | $22.99 | $47,810 |
| Rockford, IL | Not available | $24.24 | $50,430 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | Not available | $33.12 | $68,900 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | Not available | $25.35 | $52,720 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | Not available | $20.70 | $43,070 |
| Modesto, CA | Not available | $22.68 | $47,170 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | Not available | $28.39 | $59,050 |
