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 | 1,370 | $44.47 | $92,500 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 2,300 | $45.08 | $93,770 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 1,490 | $42.44 | $88,280 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,340 | $46.18 | $96,050 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 1,160 | $44.87 | $93,320 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,140 | $41.68 | $86,690 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 780 | $38.55 | $80,180 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 690 | $34.93 | $72,650 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 620 | $37.41 | $77,810 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 560 | $39.14 | $81,400 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 490 | $34.38 | $71,510 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 430 | $40.90 | $85,070 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 420 | $39.61 | $82,380 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 350 | $44.91 | $93,410 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 350 | $42.76 | $88,940 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 350 | $40.83 | $84,920 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 350 | $45.32 | $94,260 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 340 | $41.59 | $86,510 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 330 | $33.23 | $69,120 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 330 | $36.46 | $75,840 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 330 | $37.28 | $77,530 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 330 | $32.79 | $68,200 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 320 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 320 | $36.62 | $76,180 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 320 | $30.98 | $64,440 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 310 | $37.43 | $77,860 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 310 | $30.23 | $62,870 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 300 | $62.90 | $130,830 |
| Columbia, SC | 300 | $26.43 | $54,980 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 290 | $32.26 | $67,100 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 280 | $45.23 | $94,070 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 280 | $39.06 | $81,240 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 270 | $30.37 | $63,180 |
| Columbus, OH | 260 | $45.93 | $95,530 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 260 | $28.94 | $60,190 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 250 | $33.67 | $70,030 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 240 | $30.93 | $64,330 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 230 | $30.80 | $64,050 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 220 | $32.01 | $66,580 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 220 | $36.99 | $76,930 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 220 | $30.49 | $63,420 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 210 | $42.24 | $87,870 |
| Montgomery, AL | 210 | $44.85 | $93,290 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 200 | $41.97 | $87,300 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 190 | $28.83 | $59,960 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 180 | $40.60 | $84,450 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 160 | $40.23 | $83,680 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 160 | $38.45 | $79,980 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 160 | $40.71 | $84,670 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 150 | $44.09 | $91,720 |
| San Antonio, TX | 140 | $28.35 | $58,970 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 140 | $33.10 | $68,840 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 130 | $36.46 | $75,840 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 130 | $38.50 | $80,080 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 130 | $42.04 | $87,440 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 120 | $24.22 | $50,370 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 120 | $24.81 | $51,600 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 120 | $34.38 | $71,510 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 120 | $45.05 | $93,710 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 120 | $35.23 | $73,270 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 120 | $45.64 | $94,920 |
| Madison, WI | 110 | $32.81 | $68,250 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 110 | $38.92 | $80,950 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 110 | $45.28 | $94,170 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 110 | $44.98 | $93,560 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 110 | $33.91 | $70,540 |
| Stockton, CA | 110 | $47.80 | $99,410 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 100 | $37.28 | $77,540 |
| Fresno, CA | 100 | $40.54 | $84,320 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 100 | $33.86 | $70,420 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 100 | $34.93 | $72,650 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 100 | $32.53 | $67,650 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 100 | $30.20 | $62,810 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 100 | $31.20 | $64,900 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 100 | $35.33 | $73,480 |
| Richmond, VA | 100 | $38.25 | $79,570 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 90 | $34.84 | $72,460 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 90 | $27.84 | $57,910 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 90 | $36.29 | $75,490 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 90 | $43.71 | $90,910 |
| Rochester, NY | 80 | $42.19 | $87,760 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 80 | $37.81 | $78,640 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 80 | $37.19 | $77,340 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 80 | $30.55 | $63,530 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 80 | $36.58 | $76,080 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 80 | $38.91 | $80,940 |
| Modesto, CA | 80 | $45.16 | $93,930 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 80 | $40.57 | $84,390 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 70 | $33.01 | $68,670 |
| Dayton, OH | 70 | $41.90 | $87,150 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 70 | $33.94 | $70,600 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 70 | $28.01 | $58,250 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 70 | $34.51 | $71,790 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 60 | $36.70 | $76,340 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 60 | $40.81 | $84,890 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 60 | $31.43 | $65,380 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 60 | $56.18 | $116,860 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 60 | $44.02 | $91,570 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 50 | $31.42 | $65,360 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 50 | $26.12 | $54,320 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 50 | $39.84 | $82,880 |
| Bismarck, ND | 50 | $24.74 | $51,450 |
| Honolulu, HI | 50 | $48.70 | $101,290 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 50 | $34.43 | $71,620 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 50 | $32.29 | $67,170 |
| Spokane, WA | 50 | $29.61 | $61,580 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 50 | $34.58 | $71,920 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 50 | $47.95 | $99,730 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 50 | $39.27 | $81,690 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 50 | $39.15 | $81,430 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 50 | $24.06 | $50,050 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 40 | $42.01 | $87,390 |
| Knoxville, TN | 40 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 40 | $36.98 | $76,930 |
| Syracuse, NY | 40 | $39.48 | $82,120 |
| Erie, PA | 40 | $20.83 | $43,330 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 40 | $33.01 | $68,660 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 40 | $43.75 | $91,010 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 40 | $26.64 | $55,410 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 40 | $31.77 | $66,070 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 40 | $36.67 | $76,280 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 40 | $36.88 | $76,710 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 40 | $36.18 | $75,250 |
| Roanoke, VA | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 40 | $34.61 | $71,990 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 40 | $40.30 | $83,820 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 40 | $34.12 | $70,970 |
| El Paso, TX | 40 | $22.81 | $47,440 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 40 | $38.13 | $79,300 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 40 | $31.21 | $64,920 |
| Rochester, MN | 40 | $36.30 | $75,510 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 40 | $28.28 | $58,820 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 30 | $42.56 | $88,510 |
| Durham, NC | 30 | $65.26 | $135,750 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 30 | $54.69 | $113,760 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 30 | $27.29 | $56,770 |
| Tucson, AZ | 30 | $30.75 | $63,960 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 30 | $28.93 | $60,170 |
| New Haven, CT | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Salem, OR | 30 | $25.47 | $52,970 |
| Flint, MI | 30 | $48.97 | $101,850 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 30 | $26.18 | $54,460 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 30 | $39.84 | $82,860 |
| Tulsa, OK | 30 | $27.57 | $57,340 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 30 | $27.81 | $57,850 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | Not available | $55.13 | $114,670 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | Not available | $58.27 | $121,190 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | Not available | $21.76 | $45,260 |
| Boulder, CO | Not available | $29.10 | $60,530 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | Not available | $28.66 | $59,620 |
