Occupational employment / Bakers

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.

Estimates for "Bakers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,870 $13.86 $28,840
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 8,700 $12.28 $25,550
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 8,610 $14.05 $29,230
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 7,330 $11.75 $24,430
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 6,810 $12.53 $26,060
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 6,560 $11.71 $24,370
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 5,530 $13.11 $27,270
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3,350 $13.32 $27,710
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 3,280 $13.34 $27,760
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 3,250 $14.26 $29,650
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,590 $13.37 $27,810
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,380 $12.03 $25,030
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,370 $11.72 $24,370
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 2,230 $13.69 $28,480
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,210 $10.24 $21,290
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,180 $13.62 $28,340
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,170 $15.35 $31,940
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,100 $12.29 $25,560
Pittsburgh, PA 1,940 $11.19 $23,280
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 1,910 $15.21 $31,650
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,890 $11.40 $23,710
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1,790 $10.07 $20,940
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 1,640 $14.85 $30,880
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,600 $13.65 $28,390
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,570 $12.44 $25,870
Denver-Aurora, CO 1,550 $13.38 $27,840
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,530 $13.83 $28,760
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,520 $11.85 $24,640
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,510 $13.35 $27,760
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 1,500 $12.40 $25,800
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,470 $11.26 $23,410
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,460 $18.30 $38,050
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 1,440 $13.21 $27,480
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 1,330 $7.60 $15,810
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,270 $11.40 $23,720
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 1,210 $10.87 $22,610
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,130 $12.75 $26,520
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,130 $13.84 $28,790
Honolulu, HI 1,040 $13.31 $27,680
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 990 $9.46 $19,670
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 970 $11.22 $23,340
Kansas City, MO-KS 950 $11.26 $23,430
Columbus, OH 940 $11.62 $24,170
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 930 $16.27 $33,850
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 880 $12.32 $25,630
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 860 $13.77 $28,650
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 860 $12.39 $25,760
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 850 $12.61 $26,230
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 800 $11.11 $23,110
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 790 $11.52 $23,960
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 780 $14.36 $29,870
Salt Lake City, UT 770 $12.13 $25,220
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 740 $10.99 $22,860
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 710 $12.50 $26,000
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 710 $10.71 $22,270
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 690 $14.63 $30,430
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 670 $11.46 $23,840
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 670 $12.62 $26,260
Rochester, NY 630 $11.42 $23,750
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 620 $9.46 $19,680
Albuquerque, NM 610 $10.99 $22,860
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 600 $12.36 $25,710
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 590 $11.76 $24,460
Lancaster, PA 590 $11.85 $24,650
Raleigh-Cary, NC 570 $11.31 $23,520
Oklahoma City, OK 560 $10.53 $21,910
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 540 $13.26 $27,580
Jacksonville, FL 530 $11.14 $23,170
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 530 $11.65 $24,240
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 520 $12.47 $25,940
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 490 $10.84 $22,550
Austin-Round Rock, TX 470 $10.78 $22,430
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 470 $10.31 $21,450
San Antonio, TX 460 $11.50 $23,920
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 460 $14.07 $29,260
Dayton, OH 450 $11.31 $23,530
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 410 $12.25 $25,490
Madison, WI 390 $12.18 $25,330
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 380 $12.24 $25,460
Ann Arbor, MI 370 $10.76 $22,380
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 370 $12.55 $26,110
Spokane, WA 370 $15.12 $31,440
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 370 $11.90 $24,750
Syracuse, NY 370 $10.96 $22,790
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 360 $10.93 $22,730
El Paso, TX 360 $7.97 $16,580
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 360 $13.88 $28,880
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 360 $11.54 $24,010
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 360 $11.77 $24,480
Tucson, AZ 350 $12.82 $26,670
Colorado Springs, CO 340 $11.65 $24,220
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 340 $15.39 $32,010
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 330 $10.93 $22,730
Greenville, SC 330 $9.56 $19,880
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 320 $10.87 $22,620
Baton Rouge, LA 320 $11.47 $23,850
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 320 $9.82 $20,430
Springfield, MA-CT 310 $13.88 $28,880
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 310 $11.48 $23,880
Utica-Rome, NY 310 $9.94 $20,670
York-Hanover, PA 290 $13.64 $28,380
Tulsa, OK 290 $10.41 $21,650
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 280 $9.92 $20,630
Atlantic City, NJ 280 $12.77 $26,550
Fresno, CA 280 $14.35 $29,840
Akron, OH 280 $10.67 $22,200
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 280 $12.95 $26,940
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 270 $11.11 $23,100
New Haven, CT 260 $14.41 $29,970
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 260 $11.25 $23,410
Boise City-Nampa, ID 260 $12.04 $25,050
Asheville, NC 260 $10.00 $20,810
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 260 $10.08 $20,960
Evansville, IN-KY 260 Not available Not available
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 260 $16.38 $34,080
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 250 $8.47 $17,610
Green Bay, WI 250 $11.00 $22,890
Reno-Sparks, NV 250 $13.19 $27,440
Jackson, MS 250 $9.91 $20,620
Greensboro-High Point, NC 250 $10.81 $22,490
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 250 $10.60 $22,060
Winston-Salem, NC 240 $11.15 $23,200
Wilmington, NC 240 $9.71 $20,200
Richmond, VA 240 $11.58 $24,090
Eugene-Springfield, OR 230 $12.13 $25,230
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 230 $11.16 $23,210
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 230 $8.44 $17,560
Worcester, MA-CT 230 $13.66 $28,410
Toledo, OH 220 $10.47 $21,770
Wichita, KS 220 $9.16 $19,050
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 220 $12.89 $26,820
Boulder, CO 220 $12.56 $26,120
Springfield, MO 220 $9.89 $20,570
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 220 $11.83 $24,600
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 220 $8.64 $17,980
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 210 $12.03 $25,020
Erie, PA 210 $11.42 $23,740
Salinas, CA 210 $13.91 $28,940
Durham, NC 200 $10.67 $22,200
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 200 $12.11 $25,180
Provo-Orem, UT 200 $11.37 $23,650
Peoria, IL 190 $11.22 $23,330
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 190 $13.39 $27,840
Kingston, NY 190 $11.72 $24,370
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 190 $12.14 $25,250
Stockton, CA 190 $16.93 $35,210
Bellingham, WA 190 $13.61 $28,310
Knoxville, TN 190 $10.00 $20,790
Reading, PA 190 $10.78 $22,410
Anchorage, AK 180 $15.90 $33,070
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 180 $12.63 $26,270
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 170 $13.18 $27,420
Roanoke, VA 170 $10.13 $21,070
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 170 $12.86 $26,760
Fargo, ND-MN 160 $10.87 $22,610
Las Cruces, NM 160 $11.08 $23,040
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 160 $8.41 $17,500
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 160 $12.05 $25,060
Racine, WI 160 $10.07 $20,940
Bakersfield, CA 160 $14.06 $29,240
Salem, OR 160 $11.85 $24,640
Mobile, AL 150 $10.45 $21,740
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 150 $7.29 $15,160
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 150 $14.88 $30,940
Medford, OR 150 $12.39 $25,780
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 150 $11.31 $23,530
Canton-Massillon, OH 140 $10.08 $20,970
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 140 $12.16 $25,300
Modesto, CA 140 $12.27 $25,510
Fort Wayne, IN 140 $11.93 $24,810
Billings, MT 140 $10.98 $22,840
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 140 $12.97 $26,980
St. Cloud, MN 140 $12.75 $26,510
Gainesville, GA 130 $10.06 $20,920
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 130 $10.81 $22,480
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 130 $15.17 $31,550
Alexandria, LA 130 $10.79 $22,450
Naples-Marco Island, FL 130 $12.78 $26,580
Springfield, IL 130 $10.40 $21,630
Gainesville, FL 130 $8.79 $18,270
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 120 $10.46 $21,750
Owensboro, KY 120 Not available Not available
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 120 $15.36 $31,950
Waterbury, CT 120 $11.61 $24,160
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 120 $9.74 $20,250
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 110 $9.85 $20,500
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 110 $14.23 $29,600
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 110 $11.51 $23,940
Lincoln, NE 110 $11.75 $24,440
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 110 $9.43 $19,620
Champaign-Urbana, IL 110 $11.84 $24,640
Duluth, MN-WI 110 $11.06 $22,990
Ponce, PR 110 $7.28 $15,150
Bend, OR 110 $13.47 $28,020
Barnstable Town, MA 110 $11.97 $24,890
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 100 $12.68 $26,380
Flint, MI 100 $10.88 $22,620
Lafayette, LA 100 $10.20 $21,210
Missoula, MT 100 $12.23 $25,440
Binghamton, NY 100 $10.53 $21,900
La Crosse, WI-MN 100 $12.60 $26,200
Auburn-Opelika, AL 100 $16.23 $33,760
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 100 $11.11 $23,100
Williamsport, PA 100 $14.72 $30,620
Yuma, AZ 100 $9.65 $20,080
Eau Claire, WI 100 $11.38 $23,670
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 100 Not available Not available
Rockford, IL 100 $10.83 $22,530
Santa Fe, NM 100 $11.42 $23,750
Olympia, WA 100 $14.61 $30,390
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 100 $12.17 $25,310
Cleveland, TN 100 $12.09 $25,140
Sioux Falls, SD 90 $11.48 $23,870
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 90 $10.30 $21,420
Laredo, TX 90 $8.50 $17,670
Longview, TX 90 $8.25 $17,160
Lubbock, TX 90 $9.80 $20,370
Athens-Clarke County, GA 90 $9.16 $19,060
Tyler, TX 90 Not available Not available
Lexington-Fayette, KY 90 $8.85 $18,410
Columbus, GA-AL 90 Not available Not available
Johnstown, PA 90 $11.42 $23,760
Wenatchee, WA 90 $11.95 $24,860
Chico, CA 90 $13.97 $29,060
Rocky Mount, NC 90 $11.53 $23,980
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 90 $11.27 $23,440
Amarillo, TX 80 $9.30 $19,340
Lebanon, PA 80 $10.36 $21,560
Visalia-Porterville, CA 80 $11.75 $24,450
Lawrence, KS 80 $9.04 $18,800
Lake Charles, LA 80 $9.83 $20,450
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 80 $10.03 $20,850
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 80 $11.32 $23,540
Lima, OH 80 $12.25 $25,480
Carson City, NV 80 $9.26 $19,270
Altoona, PA 80 $10.05 $20,890
St. Joseph, MO-KS 70 $10.23 $21,280
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 70 $11.03 $22,950
Sheboygan, WI 70 $10.83 $22,520
Columbia, SC 70 $11.22 $23,340
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 70 $9.52 $19,810
Waco, TX 70 $10.07 $20,950
Lynchburg, VA 70 $8.43 $17,530
Ithaca, NY 70 $11.70 $24,330
State College, PA 70 $11.06 $23,010
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 70 $15.27 $31,750
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 70 $8.60 $17,880
Rochester, MN 70 $13.61 $28,300
Columbia, MO 70 $9.86 $20,510
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 70 $11.15 $23,190
Cedar Rapids, IA 70 $10.92 $22,720
Bloomington, IN 70 $9.69 $20,160
Columbus, IN 70 $13.69 $28,480
Lafayette, IN 70 $10.51 $21,870
Huntsville, AL 70 $11.24 $23,370
Fort Smith, AR-OK 70 $8.41 $17,490
Prescott, AZ 70 $13.12 $27,290
Pueblo, CO 70 $12.17 $25,310
Danbury, CT 70 $14.78 $30,740
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 60 $12.76 $26,530
Dover, DE 60 $9.29 $19,320
Logan, UT-ID 60 $10.59 $22,020
St. George, UT 60 $11.25 $23,400
Morgantown, WV 60 $9.89 $20,570
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 60 $14.47 $30,100
Yakima, WA 60 $12.86 $26,750
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 60 $10.13 $21,060
Fayetteville, NC 60 $9.20 $19,150
Yauco, PR 60 $7.36 $15,300
Tallahassee, FL 60 $10.65 $22,150
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 60 $11.14 $23,170
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 60 $14.89 $30,970
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 60 $9.81 $20,400
Farmington, NM 50 $8.74 $18,180
Pittsfield, MA 50 $13.77 $28,640
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 50 $10.41 $21,650
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 50 $10.88 $22,630
Ocala, FL 50 $10.60 $22,050
Lakeland, FL 50 $10.76 $22,380
Great Falls, MT 50 $10.38 $21,590
Jefferson City, MO 50 $10.01 $20,820
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 50 $11.87 $24,700
Bangor, ME 50 $11.29 $23,480
New Bedford, MA 50 $12.05 $25,070
Topeka, KS 50 $10.59 $22,020
Terre Haute, IN 50 $9.57 $19,910
Mansfield, OH 50 $9.24 $19,220
Glens Falls, NY 50 $12.44 $25,870
Fond du Lac, WI 50 $12.90 $26,830
Janesville, WI 50 $12.47 $25,930
Grand Forks, ND-MN 50 $11.41 $23,730
College Station-Bryan, TX 50 $13.94 $28,990
Rapid City, SD 50 $10.32 $21,460
Wheeling, WV-OH 50 Not available Not available
Coeur d'Alene, ID 50 $12.46 $25,920
Valdosta, GA 50 $10.16 $21,130
Wausau, WI 40 $11.78 $24,500
Bismarck, ND 40 $9.78 $20,340
Goldsboro, NC 40 $12.44 $25,870
Muncie, IN 40 $8.34 $17,340
Monroe, LA 40 $7.66 $15,940
Longview, WA 40 Not available Not available
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 40 $14.67 $30,500
Lawton, OK 40 $8.51 $17,700
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 40 $11.43 $23,760
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 40 $13.42 $27,910
Victoria, TX 40 $7.95 $16,540
Redding, CA 40 $13.47 $28,020
Bloomington-Normal, IL 40 $9.51 $19,780
Spartanburg, SC 40 $8.98 $18,690
Guayama, PR 40 $7.04 $14,630
Cheyenne, WY 40 $10.19 $21,200
Montgomery, AL 40 $9.83 $20,440
Greeley, CO 40 $11.21 $23,330
Joplin, MO 40 $10.06 $20,920
Flagstaff, AZ 40 $11.86 $24,670
Elmira, NY 40 $12.44 $25,870
Ames, IA 40 $12.04 $25,040
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 40 $8.70 $18,090
Abilene, TX 40 $11.64 $24,210
Morristown, TN 40 $9.36 $19,480
Johnson City, TN 40 $8.17 $17,000
Midland, TX 30 $9.58 $19,920
Grand Junction, CO 30 $12.09 $25,160
Corpus Christi, TX 30 $9.01 $18,740
Lewiston, ID-WA 30 $12.28 $25,540
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 30 $6.81 $14,150
Mayaguez, PR 30 $7.42 $15,430
Battle Creek, MI 30 $9.28 $19,310
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 30 $12.78 $26,590
Ocean City, NJ 30 $13.58 $28,240
Warner Robins, GA 30 $9.18 $19,090
Wichita Falls, TX Not available $8.19 $17,040
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL Not available $8.94 $18,590
Iowa City, IA Not available $8.62 $17,920
Merced, CA Not available $10.71 $22,270
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Not available $13.41 $27,880
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL Not available $11.97 $24,890
Jackson, MI Not available $9.98 $20,760
Napa, CA Not available $11.96 $24,870
Appleton, WI Not available $10.08 $20,980
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Not available $11.40 $23,720
Portsmouth, NH-ME Not available $10.60 $22,060
Manchester, NH Not available $11.55 $24,030
Macon, GA Not available $8.52 $17,730
Savannah, GA Not available $8.71 $18,110
Decatur, IL Not available $13.38 $27,830
Springfield, OH Not available $9.99 $20,790
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Not available $9.23 $19,190
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