Occupational employment / Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators

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 "Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 1,510 $22.10 $45,970
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 3,450 $25.19 $52,390
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,560 $21.43 $44,560
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,190 $17.35 $36,080
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 1,990 $21.28 $44,270
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 1,940 $29.70 $61,780
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 1,790 $16.88 $35,110
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 1,760 $11.54 $24,000
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 1,580 $17.66 $36,730
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 1,560 $30.82 $64,110
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 1,550 $26.93 $56,020
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 1,500 $24.37 $50,690
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,390 $16.56 $34,450
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 1,320 $22.76 $47,330
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 1,310 $22.01 $45,790
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 1,290 $17.93 $37,290
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 1,280 $22.18 $46,130
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 1,230 $28.22 $58,700
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,140 $24.14 $50,220
Pittsburgh, PA 1,070 $22.49 $46,780
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 970 $32.79 $68,200
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 930 $21.67 $45,080
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 880 $22.17 $46,110
St. Louis, MO-IL 820 $20.99 $43,660
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 810 $19.07 $39,670
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 790 $22.18 $46,130
Baltimore-Towson, MD 770 $19.58 $40,720
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 770 $24.96 $51,920
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 750 $25.29 $52,610
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 700 $19.34 $40,230
Columbus, OH 690 $18.93 $39,370
Kansas City, MO-KS 680 $18.08 $37,610
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 640 $34.59 $71,950
Denver-Aurora, CO 630 $22.64 $47,090
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 620 $16.54 $34,410
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 620 $22.71 $47,240
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 620 $22.89 $47,610
San Antonio, TX 600 $16.23 $33,750
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 560 $19.25 $40,030
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 540 $16.56 $34,430
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 530 $19.78 $41,140
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 530 $26.45 $55,020
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 530 $19.20 $39,940
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 520 $20.00 $41,610
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 510 $28.22 $58,690
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 510 $18.79 $39,080
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 510 $17.47 $36,330
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 500 $20.10 $41,810
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 500 $23.02 $47,890
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 490 $18.62 $38,730
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 440 $26.18 $54,450
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 430 $28.24 $58,750
Corpus Christi, TX 420 $14.39 $29,940
El Paso, TX 420 $15.29 $31,810
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 420 $19.67 $40,910
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 410 $22.31 $46,410
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 400 $22.43 $46,660
Tulsa, OK 400 $14.92 $31,040
Knoxville, TN 390 $18.97 $39,460
Salt Lake City, UT 390 $20.29 $42,200
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 380 $25.06 $52,130
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 380 $22.11 $45,990
Baton Rouge, LA 370 $14.66 $30,480
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 360 $16.43 $34,170
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 360 $22.35 $46,490
Richmond, VA 350 $19.90 $41,390
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 350 $29.25 $60,840
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 340 $19.58 $40,730
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 340 $19.52 $40,600
Albuquerque, NM 340 $15.22 $31,660
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 330 $21.38 $44,470
Tucson, AZ 330 $21.18 $44,050
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 330 $29.25 $60,840
Colorado Springs, CO 330 $21.66 $45,050
Rochester, NY 330 $20.03 $41,660
Jacksonville, FL 320 $22.26 $46,300
Columbia, SC 320 $14.36 $29,860
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 320 $11.84 $24,630
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 310 $23.29 $48,430
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 310 $20.01 $41,630
Oklahoma City, OK 300 $15.42 $32,080
Boulder, CO 300 $20.61 $42,870
Lakeland, FL 300 $19.09 $39,700
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 290 $15.49 $32,230
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 290 $20.65 $42,950
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 290 $19.66 $40,890
Canton-Massillon, OH 280 $19.02 $39,570
Salinas, CA 280 $27.24 $56,670
Toledo, OH 270 $21.32 $44,350
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 270 $19.31 $40,170
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 270 $20.84 $43,350
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 270 $20.86 $43,390
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 270 $20.55 $42,750
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 270 $31.14 $64,760
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 270 $13.01 $27,060
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 270 $17.23 $35,830
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 260 $21.74 $45,210
Reading, PA 260 $20.17 $41,960
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 250 $22.16 $46,080
Akron, OH 250 $20.56 $42,770
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 230 $20.72 $43,100
Greenville, SC 230 $18.24 $37,940
Springfield, MA-CT 230 $20.99 $43,660
Bakersfield, CA 220 $21.07 $43,830
Huntsville, AL 220 $19.91 $41,410
Charleston, WV 220 $18.03 $37,500
Fresno, CA 220 $23.68 $49,240
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 210 $24.49 $50,940
Dayton, OH 210 $19.44 $40,430
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 200 $16.78 $34,890
Lancaster, PA 200 $18.39 $38,250
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 200 $16.84 $35,020
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 200 $22.69 $47,190
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 200 $14.09 $29,300
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 200 $19.44 $40,430
Fort Smith, AR-OK 190 $13.89 $28,890
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 190 $20.18 $41,980
Worcester, MA-CT 190 $20.36 $42,350
Waco, TX 190 $15.62 $32,490
Appleton, WI 190 $18.06 $37,570
Raleigh-Cary, NC 190 $17.77 $36,950
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 190 $27.79 $57,800
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 190 $23.88 $49,670
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 190 $13.66 $28,420
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 190 $12.03 $25,020
Wichita Falls, TX 190 $14.96 $31,120
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 190 $20.49 $42,620
College Station-Bryan, TX 180 $14.35 $29,840
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 180 $24.04 $49,990
Greensboro-High Point, NC 170 $15.76 $32,780
Morgantown, WV 170 $14.92 $31,040
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 170 $20.92 $43,500
Syracuse, NY 170 $18.87 $39,250
Duluth, MN-WI 160 $23.08 $48,000
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 160 $16.09 $33,480
Peoria, IL 160 $21.65 $45,020
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 160 $25.48 $53,000
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 160 $18.79 $39,090
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 160 $14.80 $30,780
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 160 $26.00 $54,090
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 160 $17.59 $36,580
Durham, NC 160 $18.26 $37,980
Lexington-Fayette, KY 150 $17.26 $35,900
York-Hanover, PA 150 $21.25 $44,190
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 150 $19.13 $39,780
Wilmington, NC 150 $18.34 $38,150
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 150 $18.88 $39,260
Honolulu, HI 150 $21.16 $44,020
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 150 $16.75 $34,830
Chattanooga, TN-GA 140 $15.75 $32,750
Victoria, TX 140 $22.42 $46,630
Napa, CA 140 $25.86 $53,790
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 140 $25.19 $52,390
Yuba City, CA 140 $26.46 $55,040
Terre Haute, IN 140 $15.68 $32,610
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 140 $19.88 $41,350
Lynchburg, VA 140 $16.54 $34,400
Bend, OR 130 $24.03 $49,980
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 130 $29.10 $60,530
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 130 $20.99 $43,660
Modesto, CA 130 $23.78 $49,460
Naples-Marco Island, FL 130 $20.09 $41,780
Montgomery, AL 130 $16.66 $34,660
Tallahassee, FL 120 $20.91 $43,500
Joplin, MO 120 $18.06 $37,570
Amarillo, TX 120 $15.25 $31,720
Altoona, PA 120 $17.31 $36,000
Longview, TX 120 $15.10 $31,410
Evansville, IN-KY 120 $16.92 $35,190
Anderson, IN 120 $18.28 $38,020
Wichita, KS 120 $16.60 $34,540
Farmington, NM 120 $19.93 $41,450
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 120 $18.51 $38,500
Lebanon, PA 120 $16.73 $34,800
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 120 $25.88 $53,830
Johnson City, TN 120 $18.62 $38,740
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 120 $17.96 $37,350
Springfield, MO 110 $16.93 $35,220
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 110 $16.97 $35,310
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 110 $24.35 $50,650
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 110 $23.15 $48,150
Greeley, CO 110 $22.18 $46,130
Flagstaff, AZ 110 $21.91 $45,560
Tuscaloosa, AL 110 $15.81 $32,890
Spartanburg, SC 110 $18.55 $38,580
Fort Wayne, IN 110 $19.42 $40,390
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 110 $21.37 $44,450
Green Bay, WI 110 $21.41 $44,530
Cedar Rapids, IA 110 $18.46 $38,390
Bay City, MI 110 $20.06 $41,730
Ocala, FL 110 $17.05 $35,450
Barnstable Town, MA 100 $21.81 $45,370
Sherman-Denison, TX 100 $16.34 $33,990
Morristown, TN 100 $10.34 $21,500
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 100 $14.20 $29,540
Johnstown, PA 100 $17.91 $37,260
Winston-Salem, NC 100 $17.06 $35,490
Merced, CA 100 $22.76 $47,340
Wausau, WI 100 $16.75 $34,840
St. Cloud, MN 100 $21.36 $44,420
Utica-Rome, NY 100 $18.26 $37,980
Madison, WI 100 $19.60 $40,770
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 100 $33.92 $70,560
Cumberland, MD-WV 100 $13.86 $28,840
Reno-Sparks, NV 90 $28.09 $58,430
Lima, OH 90 $19.71 $40,990
Salem, OR 90 $21.40 $44,510
Erie, PA 90 $19.11 $39,760
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 90 $15.26 $31,740
Ann Arbor, MI 90 $25.26 $52,540
New Haven, CT 90 $24.14 $50,200
Athens-Clarke County, GA 90 $16.14 $33,570
Iowa City, IA 90 $20.64 $42,930
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 90 $16.48 $34,270
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 90 $25.29 $52,610
Rockford, IL 90 $22.76 $47,340
Fairbanks, AK 90 $33.03 $68,700
Florence, SC 90 $17.45 $36,290
El Centro, CA 90 $26.19 $54,470
Stockton, CA 90 $27.03 $56,230
Lafayette, LA 80 $15.18 $31,570
Sioux Falls, SD 80 $20.67 $43,000
Clarksville, TN-KY 80 $16.47 $34,250
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 80 $15.97 $33,210
Monroe, LA 80 $14.82 $30,830
Bloomington, IN 80 $17.47 $36,340
Springfield, IL 80 $18.65 $38,800
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 80 $24.51 $50,990
Champaign-Urbana, IL 80 $19.78 $41,150
Lewiston, ID-WA 80 $14.07 $29,260
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 80 $20.34 $42,310
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 80 $19.07 $39,670
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 80 $23.51 $48,890
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 80 $18.50 $38,470
Harrisonburg, VA 80 $18.86 $39,230
Rochester, MN 80 $22.30 $46,370
Pascagoula, MS 80 $16.98 $35,310
Williamsport, PA 80 $17.15 $35,670
Monroe, MI 80 $21.98 $45,710
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 80 $19.67 $40,920
Anchorage, AK 80 $28.70 $59,700
Atlantic City, NJ 80 $24.19 $50,320
Jacksonville, NC 80 $21.33 $44,360
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 70 $15.89 $33,040
St. George, UT 70 $17.53 $36,470
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 70 $13.87 $28,850
Roanoke, VA 70 $19.76 $41,090
Columbia, MO 70 $15.17 $31,560
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 70 $17.61 $36,630
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 70 $18.08 $37,600
Tyler, TX 70 $13.91 $28,940
Gainesville, GA 70 Not available Not available
Odessa, TX 70 $15.00 $31,190
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 70 $19.37 $40,280
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 70 $24.97 $51,930
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 70 $22.73 $47,270
Spokane, WA 70 $20.56 $42,770
Cleveland, TN 70 $14.74 $30,670
Rapid City, SD 70 $17.13 $35,630
Dothan, AL 70 $18.73 $38,950
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 70 $22.05 $45,870
Mobile, AL 70 $14.88 $30,960
Elizabethtown, KY 70 $16.89 $35,130
Anderson, SC 70 $15.94 $33,160
Pine Bluff, AR 70 $18.04 $37,520
Chico, CA 70 $25.83 $53,720
Eugene-Springfield, OR 70 $25.21 $52,440
Lincoln, NE 70 $18.22 $37,900
Janesville, WI 70 $21.70 $45,140
Visalia-Porterville, CA 70 $19.50 $40,550
Asheville, NC 70 $15.96 $33,200
Dover, DE 70 $16.74 $34,810
Lawton, OK 70 $14.53 $30,230
Auburn-Opelika, AL 60 $18.93 $39,370
Eau Claire, WI 60 $22.22 $46,220
Fargo, ND-MN 60 $17.70 $36,830
Grand Forks, ND-MN 60 $17.76 $36,940
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 60 $17.80 $37,030
Lafayette, IN 60 $16.18 $33,660
Redding, CA 60 $21.89 $45,530
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 60 $25.49 $53,010
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 60 $17.05 $35,460
Santa Fe, NM 60 Not available Not available
Muncie, IN 60 $17.01 $35,390
Savannah, GA 60 $15.20 $31,610
Wheeling, WV-OH 60 $14.31 $29,770
Hattiesburg, MS 60 $11.64 $24,220
Pueblo, CO 60 $19.64 $40,860
State College, PA 60 $19.58 $40,730
Warner Robins, GA 60 $18.72 $38,930
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 60 $21.19 $44,070
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 60 $20.33 $42,280
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 60 $19.54 $40,640
Kingston, NY 60 $18.11 $37,660
Grand Junction, CO 60 $21.05 $43,780
Yuma, AZ 50 $20.34 $42,310
Columbus, GA-AL 50 $16.04 $33,370
Binghamton, NY 50 $17.72 $36,850
Abilene, TX 50 $14.06 $29,240
La Crosse, WI-MN 50 $17.68 $36,770
Mansfield, OH 50 $17.25 $35,870
Kokomo, IN 50 $22.96 $47,760
Dubuque, IA 50 $18.43 $38,330
Las Cruces, NM 50 $15.61 $32,460
Valdosta, GA 50 $14.10 $29,320
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 50 $20.75 $43,160
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 50 $20.20 $42,020
Hot Springs, AR 50 $15.13 $31,480
Sumter, SC 50 $13.03 $27,110
Prescott, AZ 50 $20.25 $42,110
Fond du Lac, WI 50 $20.08 $41,760
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 40 $23.71 $49,320
Olympia, WA 40 $23.81 $49,510
Ames, IA 40 $18.09 $37,620
Portsmouth, NH-ME 40 $20.31 $42,250
Lake Charles, LA 40 $13.57 $28,240
Anniston-Oxford, AL 40 $19.92 $41,440
Decatur, AL 40 $19.97 $41,540
Winchester, VA-WV 40 $16.64 $34,610
Glens Falls, NY 40 $19.27 $40,090
Charlottesville, VA 40 $18.22 $37,910
Bowling Green, KY 40 $17.74 $36,910
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 40 $19.57 $40,710
Jonesboro, AR 40 Not available Not available
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 40 $20.83 $43,320
Danbury, CT 40 $20.44 $42,520
Greenville, NC 40 $19.48 $40,510
Palm Coast, FL 40 Not available Not available
Danville, VA 40 Not available Not available
Billings, MT 40 $16.50 $34,310
Manchester, NH 40 Not available Not available
Racine, WI 40 $20.06 $41,730
Springfield, OH 40 $19.29 $40,120
Sandusky, OH 40 $19.95 $41,500
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 40 $19.55 $40,650
Pocatello, ID 40 $15.69 $32,620
Bellingham, WA 40 $22.94 $47,720
Yakima, WA 40 $26.70 $55,530
Salisbury, MD 40 $17.05 $35,470
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 40 $17.44 $36,280
Logan, UT-ID 40 $18.43 $38,340
Madera, CA 30 $24.07 $50,060
Sheboygan, WI 30 $19.62 $40,810
Bangor, ME 30 $18.14 $37,720
Idaho Falls, ID 30 $17.50 $36,390
Columbus, IN 30 $14.75 $30,680
Coeur d'Alene, ID 30 $14.99 $31,190
Goldsboro, NC 30 $15.01 $31,230
Ithaca, NY 30 $17.50 $36,400
Macon, GA Not available $16.29 $33,880
Lubbock, TX Not available $12.09 $25,150
Boise City-Nampa, ID Not available $17.73 $36,880
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Not available $18.90 $39,320
Provo-Orem, UT Not available $22.72 $47,270
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA Not available $23.11 $48,070
Gainesville, FL Not available $21.47 $44,660
Alexandria, LA Not available $11.72 $24,380
Great Falls, MT Not available $15.62 $32,500
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Not available $19.90 $41,400
Fayetteville, NC Not available $19.89 $41,380
Topeka, KS Not available $15.10 $31,400
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