Occupational employment / Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation

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 "Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 7,880 $31.99 $66,540
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 21,120 $31.41 $65,330
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 13,290 $33.15 $68,960
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 11,780 $27.18 $56,540
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 9,120 $26.63 $55,400
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 7,650 $23.78 $49,450
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 6,730 $31.46 $65,430
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 6,180 $26.36 $54,820
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 5,690 $26.20 $54,490
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5,160 $25.93 $53,930
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 4,950 $25.76 $53,570
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 4,910 $29.59 $61,540
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 4,740 $26.43 $54,980
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 4,670 $24.42 $50,790
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,460 $24.26 $50,470
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,370 $33.97 $70,650
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 4,370 $26.93 $56,010
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 4,040 $29.35 $61,050
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3,820 $27.77 $57,760
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,790 $24.00 $49,930
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3,550 $28.51 $59,310
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,500 $25.06 $52,130
Baltimore-Towson, MD 3,460 $25.41 $52,840
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 3,340 $24.89 $51,770
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 3,320 $27.06 $56,290
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 3,270 $27.54 $57,290
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2,820 $25.49 $53,020
Denver-Aurora, CO 2,800 $25.63 $53,320
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,660 $29.08 $60,480
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 2,580 $37.07 $77,100
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 2,520 $25.65 $53,360
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,500 $24.01 $49,940
Columbus, OH 2,450 $26.44 $55,000
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 2,440 $26.65 $55,440
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 2,310 $21.09 $43,860
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,260 $24.25 $50,440
Kansas City, MO-KS 2,160 $27.08 $56,330
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 2,150 $17.38 $36,150
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 2,070 $22.91 $47,650
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 2,050 $21.93 $45,610
Salt Lake City, UT 1,830 $20.67 $43,000
Honolulu, HI 1,820 $22.67 $47,160
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,800 $24.01 $49,940
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,800 $29.52 $61,410
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,770 $26.37 $54,850
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,730 $24.82 $51,630
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,690 $24.45 $50,870
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,630 $23.10 $48,040
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,600 $31.37 $65,260
Pittsburgh, PA 1,520 $25.97 $54,020
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,510 $24.47 $50,890
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,500 $22.83 $47,490
El Paso, TX 1,500 $27.06 $56,290
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,480 $31.77 $66,080
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,420 $32.63 $67,870
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 1,400 $31.65 $65,840
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,370 $23.63 $49,150
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 1,330 $29.69 $61,750
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,320 $24.78 $51,550
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,270 $24.42 $50,780
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,250 $24.20 $50,340
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,240 $23.56 $49,000
Tallahassee, FL 1,180 $18.69 $38,880
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 1,150 $35.13 $73,080
Richmond, VA 1,130 $24.64 $51,260
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1,120 $24.65 $51,280
Oklahoma City, OK 1,100 $20.16 $41,930
Jacksonville, FL 1,100 $23.12 $48,080
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,090 $21.96 $45,670
San Antonio, TX 1,070 $24.94 $51,880
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1,020 $26.98 $56,120
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1,010 $24.98 $51,960
Baton Rouge, LA 1,000 $20.59 $42,830
Austin-Round Rock, TX 980 $23.45 $48,780
Rochester, NY 980 $23.78 $49,450
Laredo, TX 970 $26.36 $54,820
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 970 $28.55 $59,380
Madison, WI 930 $24.71 $51,400
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 920 $21.36 $44,440
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 910 $22.46 $46,710
Lincoln, NE 860 $25.97 $54,010
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 840 $30.14 $62,680
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 800 $26.22 $54,530
Tucson, AZ 790 $23.07 $47,980
Springfield, MA-CT 790 $21.36 $44,420
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 780 $22.88 $47,580
Columbia, SC 770 $21.58 $44,890
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 730 $24.72 $51,410
Fresno, CA 720 $25.25 $52,520
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 710 $19.79 $41,170
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 690 $26.62 $55,370
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 670 $25.67 $53,380
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 650 $21.68 $45,100
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 640 $26.42 $54,960
El Centro, CA 640 $26.42 $54,940
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 640 $42.44 $88,270
Albuquerque, NM 610 $24.04 $50,000
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 590 $25.18 $52,370
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 580 $25.05 $52,110
Salem, OR 570 $24.30 $50,540
Tulsa, OK 540 $21.45 $44,610
Syracuse, NY 540 $22.23 $46,230
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 530 $22.04 $45,840
Anchorage, AK 500 $22.12 $46,020
Knoxville, TN 500 $25.08 $52,160
Brunswick, GA 500 $38.54 $80,160
Jackson, MS 500 $21.69 $45,120
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 490 $18.33 $38,130
Reno-Sparks, NV 480 $21.71 $45,170
Bellingham, WA 470 $28.48 $59,230
Greenville, SC 440 $20.29 $42,190
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 440 $34.13 $70,990
Portsmouth, NH-ME 440 $22.08 $45,930
Atlantic City, NJ 440 $25.33 $52,690
New Haven, CT 430 $31.77 $66,090
Akron, OH 420 $23.33 $48,520
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 420 $23.63 $49,150
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 420 $22.55 $46,910
Wichita, KS 420 $23.01 $47,860
Dayton, OH 410 $23.28 $48,410
Boise City-Nampa, ID 410 $22.99 $47,820
Colorado Springs, CO 400 $24.77 $51,530
Spokane, WA 390 $22.01 $45,780
Greensboro-High Point, NC 380 $24.07 $50,070
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 370 $23.32 $48,500
Chattanooga, TN-GA 360 $20.88 $43,440
Toledo, OH 360 $24.80 $51,590
Charleston, WV 360 $19.94 $41,470
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 360 $22.65 $47,110
Durham, NC 350 $29.63 $61,640
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 320 Not available Not available
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 320 $23.77 $49,440
Savannah, GA 320 $20.90 $43,470
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 310 $22.88 $47,580
Sioux Falls, SD 310 $23.70 $49,300
Yuma, AZ 300 $24.71 $51,400
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 300 $21.99 $45,730
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 300 $24.14 $50,210
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 290 $24.43 $50,800
Manchester, NH 290 $21.09 $43,870
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 290 $30.56 $63,560
Springfield, MO 270 $20.53 $42,700
Dover, DE 270 $20.44 $42,510
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 270 $22.85 $47,530
Worcester, MA-CT 270 $31.54 $65,600
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 260 $24.72 $51,420
Montgomery, AL 260 $25.33 $52,680
Lexington-Fayette, KY 260 $23.12 $48,100
Bakersfield, CA 260 $27.24 $56,660
Huntsville, AL 250 $25.18 $52,370
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 250 $23.32 $48,500
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 240 $23.39 $48,650
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 240 $22.47 $46,740
Olympia, WA 240 $27.49 $57,180
Gainesville, FL 230 $21.38 $44,480
Lafayette, LA 230 $22.24 $46,270
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 220 $22.82 $47,470
Mobile, AL 220 $22.31 $46,410
Evansville, IN-KY 220 $23.63 $49,140
Green Bay, WI 210 $20.72 $43,090
Lake Charles, LA 210 $24.64 $51,260
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 210 $26.94 $56,040
Cedar Rapids, IA 210 $22.72 $47,260
Canton-Massillon, OH 200 $27.37 $56,940
Roanoke, VA 200 $22.21 $46,210
Fort Wayne, IN 200 $21.72 $45,170
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 200 $32.12 $66,800
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 190 $24.66 $51,290
Provo-Orem, UT 190 $20.30 $42,220
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 190 $26.38 $54,860
Winston-Salem, NC 190 $26.94 $56,040
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 190 $19.40 $40,360
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 180 $17.50 $36,410
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 180 $28.72 $59,740
Amarillo, TX 180 $26.20 $54,500
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 180 $22.06 $45,880
Peoria, IL 170 $21.50 $44,720
Fayetteville, NC 170 $24.30 $50,550
Topeka, KS 170 $26.95 $56,060
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 170 $35.83 $74,520
Eugene-Springfield, OR 170 $21.93 $45,610
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 170 $22.91 $47,650
Fargo, ND-MN 170 $26.30 $54,710
Columbus, GA-AL 160 $23.46 $48,790
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 160 $19.83 $41,240
Jefferson City, MO 160 $23.69 $49,270
Wilmington, NC 160 $21.38 $44,470
Utica-Rome, NY 160 $28.12 $58,490
Corpus Christi, TX 160 $24.50 $50,950
Macon, GA 160 $20.66 $42,960
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 150 $20.11 $41,820
Boulder, CO 150 $34.34 $71,420
Stockton, CA 150 $28.04 $58,320
Bismarck, ND 150 $21.08 $43,840
Salisbury, MD 140 $27.84 $57,900
Bangor, ME 140 $20.13 $41,880
Greenville, NC 140 $19.96 $41,530
Johnson City, TN 140 $22.18 $46,130
Medford, OR 140 $23.48 $48,850
Fairbanks, AK 140 $18.12 $37,680
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 140 $26.62 $55,360
Asheville, NC 140 $20.55 $42,750
Lakeland, FL 130 $22.18 $46,120
Appleton, WI 130 $19.83 $41,240
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 130 $23.36 $48,580
Salinas, CA 130 $26.29 $54,670
Billings, MT 130 $22.01 $45,780
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 130 $19.55 $40,660
Monroe, LA 130 $19.55 $40,650
Las Cruces, NM 130 $23.50 $48,870
Fort Smith, AR-OK 130 $21.30 $44,310
Clarksville, TN-KY 130 $18.95 $39,420
Naples-Marco Island, FL 130 $22.84 $47,510
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 120 $17.84 $37,110
Lynchburg, VA 120 $19.56 $40,690
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 120 $23.36 $48,590
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 120 $31.69 $65,900
Johnstown, PA 120 $20.76 $43,170
Ann Arbor, MI 120 $32.34 $67,260
Flint, MI 120 $19.43 $40,410
Binghamton, NY 120 $23.45 $48,770
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 120 $24.65 $51,270
Lubbock, TX 120 $20.94 $43,550
Midland, TX 120 $23.02 $47,890
Charlottesville, VA 120 $25.39 $52,820
Harrisonburg, VA 120 $22.88 $47,590
York-Hanover, PA 110 $26.48 $55,080
Cumberland, MD-WV 110 $29.90 $62,190
Rapid City, SD 110 $20.10 $41,800
Springfield, IL 110 $28.16 $58,560
Reading, PA 110 $28.25 $58,760
Erie, PA 110 $20.75 $43,160
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 110 $19.25 $40,050
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 110 $27.39 $56,960
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 110 $27.48 $57,160
Lancaster, PA 110 $22.83 $47,490
Jackson, TN 110 $23.91 $49,730
Hattiesburg, MS 100 $18.87 $39,260
Missoula, MT 100 $20.13 $41,880
Grand Junction, CO 100 $22.58 $46,970
Waco, TX 100 $25.22 $52,460
Duluth, MN-WI 100 $25.37 $52,770
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 100 $22.66 $47,130
Spartanburg, SC 100 $22.26 $46,290
Modesto, CA 100 $26.63 $55,390
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 100 $21.25 $44,190
Wausau, WI 100 $24.76 $51,510
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 100 $20.84 $43,340
Cheyenne, WY 90 $24.64 $51,260
Alexandria, LA 90 $21.99 $45,740
Columbia, MO 90 $22.58 $46,970
Carson City, NV 90 $29.29 $60,920
Ocala, FL 90 $18.07 $37,590
Longview, TX 90 $25.17 $52,360
Redding, CA 90 $25.12 $52,240
Visalia-Porterville, CA 90 $25.19 $52,400
Greeley, CO 90 $28.49 $59,260
Eau Claire, WI 90 $25.82 $53,710
Ponce, PR 80 $13.35 $27,780
Dubuque, IA 80 $20.02 $41,650
Pascagoula, MS 80 $23.53 $48,930
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 80 $30.24 $62,900
Athens-Clarke County, GA 80 $23.67 $49,230
Yakima, WA 80 $25.33 $52,680
Florence, SC 80 $27.75 $57,720
Morgantown, WV 80 $20.60 $42,840
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 80 $18.31 $38,090
Grand Forks, ND-MN 80 $21.50 $44,710
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 80 $23.37 $48,610
Warner Robins, GA 80 $30.29 $63,000
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 80 $25.67 $53,390
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 80 $30.77 $64,000
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 70 $21.96 $45,680
Williamsport, PA 70 $20.85 $43,360
Iowa City, IA 70 $25.44 $52,910
Bloomington, IN 70 $23.91 $49,740
St. Cloud, MN 70 $26.67 $55,480
Ocean City, NJ 70 $27.46 $57,120
Great Falls, MT 70 $22.56 $46,930
Rocky Mount, NC 70 $28.89 $60,090
Lewiston, ID-WA 70 $18.74 $38,970
St. Joseph, MO-KS 70 $19.90 $41,400
La Crosse, WI-MN 70 $24.28 $50,490
Chico, CA 70 $26.32 $54,750
Altoona, PA 70 $15.00 $31,200
Flagstaff, AZ 70 $22.11 $45,980
Wheeling, WV-OH 70 $21.43 $44,580
Bend, OR 70 $22.48 $46,770
Lawton, OK 60 $19.85 $41,290
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 60 $18.99 $39,510
Battle Creek, MI 60 $27.08 $56,330
Merced, CA 60 $25.62 $53,290
Bloomington-Normal, IL 60 $26.72 $55,580
Champaign-Urbana, IL 60 $21.58 $44,880
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 60 $20.30 $42,220
Rockford, IL 60 $18.91 $39,330
Waterbury, CT 60 $33.47 $69,610
Danbury, CT 60 $33.18 $69,010
Tyler, TX 60 $24.22 $50,380
Wenatchee, WA 60 $27.11 $56,390
Farmington, NM 60 $27.41 $57,010
College Station-Bryan, TX 60 $21.18 $44,060
Rochester, MN 60 $22.20 $46,170
Gainesville, GA 60 $23.16 $48,170
Ithaca, NY 60 $23.46 $48,800
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 50 $25.70 $53,450
Idaho Falls, ID 50 $23.58 $49,050
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 50 $25.15 $52,310
Albany, GA 50 $20.28 $42,180
Elmira, NY 50 $17.79 $37,000
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 50 $23.80 $49,510
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 50 $27.29 $56,760
State College, PA 50 $20.54 $42,720
Dothan, AL 50 $18.95 $39,430
St. George, UT 50 $19.86 $41,300
Casper, WY 50 $21.29 $44,290
Coeur d'Alene, ID 50 $24.10 $50,140
Elizabethtown, KY 50 $22.54 $46,890
Racine, WI 50 $27.12 $56,400
Danville, VA 50 $21.57 $44,860
Lafayette, IN 50 $24.62 $51,210
Joplin, MO 50 $20.11 $41,820
Kingston, NY 50 $28.03 $58,300
Glens Falls, NY 40 $26.35 $54,810
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 40 $19.95 $41,490
Dalton, GA 40 $20.81 $43,290
Valdosta, GA 40 $19.52 $40,590
Ames, IA 40 $28.56 $59,400
Jacksonville, NC 40 $18.27 $38,000
Decatur, IL 40 $30.42 $63,270
Kokomo, IN 40 $22.60 $47,010
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 40 $22.58 $46,960
Terre Haute, IN 40 $20.54 $42,720
Abilene, TX 40 $23.42 $48,720
Anniston-Oxford, AL 40 $22.21 $46,200
Winchester, VA-WV 40 $24.38 $50,720
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 40 $19.36 $40,280
Cleveland, TN 40 $23.90 $49,700
Tuscaloosa, AL 40 $27.51 $57,230
Jackson, MI 40 $17.95 $37,330
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 40 $27.84 $57,910
Pine Bluff, AR 40 $28.07 $58,380
Prescott, AZ 40 $21.10 $43,880
Mayaguez, PR 40 $14.61 $30,400
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 40 $23.41 $48,680
Fajardo, PR 40 $12.67 $26,350
Lima, OH 40 $23.87 $49,640
Lawrence, KS 40 $25.24 $52,500
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 40 $24.75 $51,480
Barnstable Town, MA 40 $27.89 $58,010
Bowling Green, KY 40 $20.72 $43,090
Owensboro, KY 40 $18.83 $39,160
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 40 $28.73 $59,750
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 30 $22.59 $46,990
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 30 $28.25 $58,750
Logan, UT-ID 30 $33.58 $69,850
Decatur, AL 30 $22.14 $46,040
Morristown, TN 30 $22.05 $45,850
San Angelo, TX 30 $24.19 $50,310
Pocatello, ID 30 $18.95 $39,430
Pittsfield, MA 30 $25.42 $52,880
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 30 $22.32 $46,420
Napa, CA 30 $35.27 $73,370
Anderson, SC 30 $18.97 $39,460
Jonesboro, AR 30 $21.22 $44,130
Framingham, MA NECTA Division Not available $32.68 $67,970
Santa Fe, NM Not available $20.78 $43,230
Sheboygan, WI Not available $21.88 $45,510
Janesville, WI Not available $15.47 $32,170
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