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 | 150 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 3,740 | $13.71 | $28,520 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 3,160 | $13.02 | $27,070 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 3,020 | $16.31 | $33,920 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 2,960 | $15.11 | $31,430 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 2,360 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,330 | $13.08 | $27,200 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 2,240 | $12.70 | $26,420 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 2,160 | $16.83 | $35,010 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 2,070 | $15.35 | $31,920 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,920 | $15.88 | $33,020 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 1,630 | $15.47 | $32,170 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,490 | $12.70 | $26,410 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,410 | $14.76 | $30,710 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,260 | $13.95 | $29,010 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,150 | $14.93 | $31,060 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 1,060 | $15.46 | $32,150 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 1,060 | $14.47 | $30,100 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 1,020 | $15.22 | $31,660 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 930 | $15.42 | $32,080 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 910 | $13.79 | $28,680 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 880 | $15.02 | $31,250 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 860 | $12.52 | $26,040 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 730 | $14.82 | $30,830 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 720 | $15.53 | $32,310 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 670 | $14.45 | $30,050 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 650 | $17.35 | $36,100 |
| New Haven, CT | 650 | $14.49 | $30,130 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 640 | $17.42 | $36,230 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 590 | $16.16 | $33,600 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 580 | $15.19 | $31,600 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 540 | $14.88 | $30,940 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 540 | $15.99 | $33,250 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 530 | $15.01 | $31,220 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 490 | $14.74 | $30,650 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 450 | $15.57 | $32,400 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 430 | $14.22 | $29,570 |
| Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 400 | $17.39 | $36,180 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 390 | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 380 | $15.68 | $32,610 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 360 | $14.45 | $30,060 |
| Columbus, OH | 350 | $15.47 | $32,180 |
| Danbury, CT | 350 | $15.34 | $31,900 |
| Dayton, OH | 330 | $13.10 | $27,260 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 320 | $22.04 | $45,840 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 300 | $12.47 | $25,930 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 290 | $15.74 | $32,740 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 290 | $27.39 | $56,980 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 290 | $15.09 | $31,380 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 280 | $13.99 | $29,090 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 270 | $16.61 | $34,540 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 250 | $13.19 | $27,440 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 250 | $15.18 | $31,560 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 240 | $12.64 | $26,300 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 220 | Not available | Not available |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 210 | $14.86 | $30,900 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 190 | $15.98 | $33,240 |
| Columbia, SC | 180 | $16.98 | $35,320 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 180 | $13.45 | $27,980 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 170 | $13.26 | $27,590 |
| Lincoln, NE | 160 | $12.22 | $25,410 |
| Waco, TX | 160 | $15.86 | $32,980 |
| Spokane, WA | 160 | $15.30 | $31,820 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 150 | $12.95 | $26,940 |
| Tulsa, OK | 140 | $15.40 | $32,040 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 140 | $18.36 | $38,180 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 140 | $12.67 | $26,360 |
| Manchester, NH | 130 | $15.87 | $33,020 |
| Longview, TX | 130 | $14.44 | $30,040 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 130 | $16.51 | $34,350 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 130 | $8.36 | $17,380 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 130 | $13.33 | $27,720 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 120 | $13.79 | $28,680 |
| Green Bay, WI | 120 | $19.04 | $39,600 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 110 | $10.96 | $22,790 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 100 | $13.42 | $27,920 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 90 | $18.89 | $39,290 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 90 | $13.75 | $28,600 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 80 | $15.01 | $31,230 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 80 | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 80 | $13.81 | $28,730 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 80 | $18.20 | $37,850 |
| Erie, PA | 70 | $15.65 | $32,560 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 70 | $15.99 | $33,260 |
| Huntsville, AL | 70 | $11.02 | $22,910 |
| Wichita, KS | 70 | $13.88 | $28,870 |
| Akron, OH | 70 | $14.78 | $30,740 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 70 | $14.98 | $31,160 |
| Lancaster, PA | 70 | $18.85 | $39,220 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 70 | $18.20 | $37,860 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 60 | $15.98 | $33,230 |
| Racine, WI | 60 | $14.83 | $30,850 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 50 | $16.88 | $35,120 |
| Jackson, MS | 50 | $16.86 | $35,070 |
| Madison, WI | 40 | $12.37 | $25,740 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 40 | $16.60 | $34,520 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 40 | $14.46 | $30,080 |
| Appleton, WI | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 40 | $13.37 | $27,800 |
| Lakeland, FL | 40 | $15.90 | $33,070 |
| Yakima, WA | 30 | $17.34 | $36,070 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | Not available | $15.82 | $32,900 |
| Boulder, CO | Not available | $13.39 | $27,850 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | Not available | $17.82 | $37,060 |
| Salinas, CA | Not available | $13.42 | $27,900 |
| San Antonio, TX | Not available | $11.71 | $24,360 |
| Tucson, AZ | Not available | $15.92 | $33,110 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | Not available | $15.94 | $33,160 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | Not available | $14.05 | $29,220 |
| Durham, NC | Not available | $17.22 | $35,820 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | Not available | $15.25 | $31,710 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | Not available | $12.97 | $26,980 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | Not available | $15.28 | $31,790 |
| Albuquerque, NM | Not available | $14.62 | $30,420 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | Not available | $12.61 | $26,220 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $14.35 | $29,850 |
| Binghamton, NY | Not available | $12.70 | $26,410 |
| Rochester, NY | Not available | $14.13 | $29,380 |
| Syracuse, NY | Not available | $15.48 | $32,200 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | Not available | $12.66 | $26,340 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | Not available | $12.32 | $25,620 |
| Jacksonville, FL | Not available | $11.52 | $23,950 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | Not available | $13.65 | $28,380 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | Not available | $15.50 | $32,250 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $14.19 | $29,520 |
| Reading, PA | Not available | $15.36 | $31,940 |
