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 | 5,400 | $26.04 | $54,160 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 17,130 | $28.36 | $58,980 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 10,260 | $29.09 | $60,500 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 7,160 | $23.65 | $49,190 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 5,890 | $20.88 | $43,420 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 5,700 | $23.71 | $49,310 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 4,750 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 4,670 | $25.89 | $53,850 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 4,660 | $26.41 | $54,930 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 4,430 | $19.25 | $40,030 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 3,670 | $28.10 | $58,440 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 3,610 | $28.43 | $59,130 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 3,230 | $18.68 | $38,840 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 2,810 | $25.90 | $53,860 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 2,740 | $20.47 | $42,580 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 2,650 | $23.55 | $48,990 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 2,610 | $23.50 | $48,880 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 2,570 | $22.31 | $46,390 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 2,490 | $28.98 | $60,270 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 2,470 | $23.00 | $47,850 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 2,400 | $23.16 | $48,170 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 2,240 | $22.15 | $46,070 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 2,150 | $23.55 | $48,980 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 2,100 | $21.52 | $44,770 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 1,980 | $23.39 | $48,650 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 1,940 | $25.85 | $53,780 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 1,840 | $25.88 | $53,820 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 1,840 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| San Antonio, TX | 1,650 | $16.47 | $34,260 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,610 | $14.69 | $30,560 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 1,580 | $21.68 | $45,100 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 1,550 | $27.59 | $57,380 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 1,480 | $16.08 | $33,450 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,450 | $23.43 | $48,730 |
| Richmond, VA | 1,430 | $24.65 | $51,270 |
| Rochester, NY | 1,420 | $21.45 | $44,620 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,410 | $26.10 | $54,290 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1,390 | $24.46 | $50,890 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 1,390 | $21.34 | $44,400 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,310 | $19.11 | $39,750 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,310 | $24.54 | $51,050 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 1,230 | $21.18 | $44,060 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 1,160 | $22.29 | $46,350 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 1,140 | $24.07 | $50,070 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 1,140 | $23.24 | $48,330 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,130 | $24.23 | $50,390 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,120 | $22.52 | $46,850 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 980 | $25.38 | $52,800 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 950 | $27.28 | $56,740 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 900 | $23.34 | $48,550 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 860 | $17.33 | $36,040 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 830 | $21.89 | $45,530 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 810 | $28.28 | $58,830 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 800 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Syracuse, NY | 800 | $27.00 | $56,160 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 800 | $20.46 | $42,560 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 790 | $22.75 | $47,320 |
| Columbus, OH | 760 | $20.73 | $43,120 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 760 | $19.64 | $40,850 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 730 | $27.01 | $56,190 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 720 | $18.54 | $38,560 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 710 | $18.67 | $38,840 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 710 | $20.10 | $41,810 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 700 | $27.91 | $58,050 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 650 | $18.37 | $38,210 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 630 | $22.85 | $47,520 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 620 | $27.74 | $57,690 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 600 | $28.07 | $58,390 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 590 | $21.30 | $44,310 |
| Columbia, SC | 590 | $19.44 | $40,430 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 580 | $18.71 | $38,910 |
| Greenville, SC | 570 | $17.08 | $35,530 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 560 | $20.91 | $43,500 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 530 | $22.98 | $47,800 |
| Tulsa, OK | 530 | $26.11 | $54,320 |
| Jackson, MS | 500 | $16.54 | $34,410 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 490 | $28.68 | $59,650 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 470 | $17.97 | $37,370 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 430 | $21.42 | $44,560 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 420 | $21.56 | $44,850 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 420 | $22.05 | $45,870 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 420 | $20.37 | $42,360 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 410 | $25.32 | $52,670 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 390 | $26.68 | $55,490 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 380 | $24.54 | $51,040 |
| Madison, WI | 370 | $18.64 | $38,770 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 370 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 360 | $23.48 | $48,850 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 360 | $27.09 | $56,340 |
| Huntsville, AL | 340 | $19.07 | $39,670 |
| Lafayette, LA | 340 | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Spokane, WA | 340 | $21.13 | $43,960 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 330 | $19.01 | $39,530 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 330 | $15.05 | $31,300 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 330 | $24.23 | $50,410 |
| Amarillo, TX | 330 | $18.54 | $38,550 |
| Knoxville, TN | 310 | $24.59 | $51,150 |
| El Paso, TX | 310 | $17.53 | $36,450 |
| Appleton, WI | 310 | $21.19 | $44,080 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 300 | $23.12 | $48,080 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 290 | $21.32 | $44,340 |
| Fresno, CA | 290 | $26.70 | $55,530 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 290 | $17.58 | $36,560 |
| Toledo, OH | 280 | $24.18 | $50,280 |
| Binghamton, NY | 280 | $24.81 | $51,600 |
| Dayton, OH | 280 | $16.58 | $34,490 |
| Roanoke, VA | 280 | $19.55 | $40,660 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 280 | Not available | Not available |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 270 | $20.06 | $41,730 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 270 | $18.14 | $37,720 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 270 | $20.89 | $43,450 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 270 | $24.22 | $50,390 |
| Anchorage, AK | 250 | $28.61 | $59,520 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 250 | $28.96 | $60,230 |
| Stockton, CA | 250 | $27.68 | $57,560 |
| Lancaster, PA | 250 | $26.30 | $54,710 |
| Akron, OH | 240 | $25.04 | $52,080 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 230 | $17.02 | $35,410 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 230 | $15.96 | $33,190 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 230 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Springfield, MO | 230 | $17.96 | $37,360 |
| Honolulu, HI | 230 | $22.56 | $46,920 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 220 | $27.03 | $56,210 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 220 | $19.53 | $40,630 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 220 | $28.00 | $58,230 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 220 | $19.15 | $39,830 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 210 | $22.82 | $47,460 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 210 | $19.88 | $41,340 |
| Dover, DE | 200 | $25.12 | $52,250 |
| Montgomery, AL | 190 | $18.81 | $39,130 |
| Mobile, AL | 190 | $20.18 | $41,980 |
| Durham, NC | 190 | $19.54 | $40,640 |
| Altoona, PA | 180 | $21.15 | $43,980 |
| Rockford, IL | 180 | $20.08 | $41,760 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 180 | $17.73 | $36,880 |
| Chico, CA | 180 | $29.96 | $62,310 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 170 | $19.56 | $40,680 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 170 | $26.16 | $54,410 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 170 | $19.23 | $40,000 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 170 | $22.12 | $46,020 |
| Salem, OR | 170 | $24.92 | $51,830 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 160 | $20.21 | $42,030 |
| Lima, OH | 160 | $17.88 | $37,190 |
| Reading, PA | 160 | $19.55 | $40,670 |
| Fajardo, PR | 160 | $15.95 | $33,170 |
| Johnson City, TN | 160 | $16.34 | $33,980 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 150 | $22.03 | $45,820 |
| Columbia, MO | 150 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 150 | $23.27 | $48,410 |
| Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division | 140 | $22.91 | $47,650 |
| Glens Falls, NY | 140 | $35.09 | $72,990 |
| Asheville, NC | 140 | $18.00 | $37,440 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 140 | $20.27 | $42,150 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 140 | $24.59 | $51,150 |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 130 | $16.98 | $35,320 |
| New Haven, CT | 130 | $22.63 | $47,070 |
| Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 130 | $22.37 | $46,530 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 130 | $15.52 | $32,270 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 130 | $23.77 | $49,440 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 130 | $25.85 | $53,770 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 130 | $23.57 | $49,030 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 130 | $19.86 | $41,320 |
| Macon, GA | 120 | $20.62 | $42,890 |
| Bellingham, WA | 120 | $23.09 | $48,020 |
| Greeley, CO | 120 | $16.72 | $34,790 |
| State College, PA | 120 | $19.79 | $41,170 |
| Wichita, KS | 120 | $22.63 | $47,070 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 120 | $21.20 | $44,090 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 120 | $21.08 | $43,850 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 110 | $18.72 | $38,930 |
| Topeka, KS | 110 | $26.16 | $54,410 |
| Williamsport, PA | 110 | $24.21 | $50,360 |
| Tucson, AZ | 110 | $16.87 | $35,080 |
| Billings, MT | 110 | $20.40 | $42,420 |
| Peoria, IL | 110 | $22.09 | $45,940 |
| Tyler, TX | 110 | $18.24 | $37,930 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 110 | $14.65 | $30,480 |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 110 | $22.70 | $47,210 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 100 | $18.80 | $39,090 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | 100 | $25.29 | $52,600 |
| Longview, TX | 100 | $18.77 | $39,030 |
| Flint, MI | 100 | $24.78 | $51,540 |
| Monroe, LA | 100 | $22.43 | $46,660 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 100 | $24.17 | $50,270 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 100 | $25.65 | $53,340 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 100 | $26.60 | $55,330 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 100 | $20.79 | $43,250 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 100 | $25.59 | $53,220 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 90 | $24.00 | $49,910 |
| Johnstown, PA | 90 | $24.35 | $50,650 |
| Dalton, GA | 90 | $15.47 | $32,170 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 90 | $21.84 | $45,420 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 90 | $19.28 | $40,100 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 80 | $21.14 | $43,970 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 80 | $26.00 | $54,080 |
| Gainesville, GA | 80 | $14.16 | $29,450 |
| Jonesboro, AR | 80 | $24.61 | $51,190 |
| Waco, TX | 80 | $21.42 | $44,540 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 80 | $19.49 | $40,540 |
| Redding, CA | 80 | $16.16 | $33,610 |
| Valdosta, GA | 70 | $24.95 | $51,900 |
| Lafayette, IN | 70 | $21.21 | $44,110 |
| Greenville, NC | 70 | $21.97 | $45,700 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 70 | $22.97 | $47,780 |
| Rapid City, SD | 70 | $23.58 | $49,040 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 70 | $18.56 | $38,610 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | 70 | $19.55 | $40,650 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 70 | $16.72 | $34,780 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 70 | $17.88 | $37,180 |
| Missoula, MT | 60 | $19.33 | $40,200 |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 60 | $18.66 | $38,820 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 60 | $24.51 | $50,980 |
| Wilmington, NC | 60 | $22.81 | $47,450 |
| Bangor, ME | 60 | $22.89 | $47,600 |
| Decatur, IL | 60 | $14.80 | $30,790 |
| Midland, TX | 50 | $25.37 | $52,780 |
| Monroe, MI | 50 | $23.32 | $48,510 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 50 | $26.74 | $55,620 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 50 | $21.89 | $45,540 |
| San German-Cabo Rojo, PR | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Wausau, WI | 50 | $22.87 | $47,570 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 50 | $19.01 | $39,530 |
| Muncie, IN | 50 | $16.49 | $34,310 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 50 | $21.07 | $43,830 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 50 | $20.64 | $42,930 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 40 | $28.20 | $58,650 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 40 | $15.40 | $32,030 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 40 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 40 | $28.71 | $59,710 |
| Ocala, FL | 40 | $27.18 | $56,530 |
| Sheboygan, WI | 40 | $21.22 | $44,130 |
| Albany, GA | 30 | $25.69 | $53,430 |
| Burlington, NC | 30 | $28.10 | $58,460 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 30 | $25.48 | $53,000 |
| Dothan, AL | Not available | $21.95 | $45,650 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | Not available | $15.20 | $31,610 |
| Pascagoula, MS | Not available | $19.01 | $39,550 |
| Springfield, IL | Not available | $21.70 | $45,150 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | Not available | $24.90 | $51,790 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | Not available | $23.92 | $49,750 |
| Lubbock, TX | Not available | $23.11 | $48,060 |
| Bakersfield, CA | Not available | $17.36 | $36,100 |
| San Angelo, TX | Not available | $19.28 | $40,100 |
| Charlottesville, VA | Not available | $27.57 | $57,350 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | Not available | $26.78 | $55,700 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | Not available | $16.85 | $35,060 |
| Elmira, NY | Not available | $20.15 | $41,900 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | Not available | $20.31 | $42,240 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | Not available | $26.34 | $54,780 |
| Gainesville, FL | Not available | $19.10 | $39,720 |
| Charleston, WV | Not available | $22.36 | $46,510 |
| Boulder, CO | Not available | $20.28 | $42,190 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | Not available | $22.65 | $47,110 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | Not available | $21.48 | $44,680 |
| Lakeland, FL | Not available | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| Cheyenne, WY | Not available | $15.80 | $32,870 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | Not available | $28.06 | $58,360 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | Not available | $18.26 | $37,970 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | Not available | $15.61 | $32,470 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | Not available | $17.99 | $37,420 |
| Terre Haute, IN | Not available | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | Not available | $17.85 | $37,140 |
| Florence, SC | Not available | $20.05 | $41,710 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $15.02 | $31,240 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | Not available | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| Yakima, WA | Not available | $20.36 | $42,340 |
| Lincoln, NE | Not available | $21.00 | $43,680 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | Not available | $18.56 | $38,610 |
| Fairbanks, AK | Not available | $34.57 | $71,900 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | Not available | $19.23 | $40,010 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | Not available | $18.07 | $37,580 |
| Abilene, TX | Not available | $20.31 | $42,240 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | Not available | $17.58 | $36,570 |
| Bend, OR | Not available | $25.65 | $53,360 |
| Mansfield, OH | Not available | $14.28 | $29,710 |
