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 | 1,320 | $36.38 | $75,680 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 7,770 | $22.77 | $47,370 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 6,990 | $46.94 | $97,630 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 5,860 | $49.94 | $103,880 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 4,030 | $30.62 | $63,690 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 3,150 | $28.97 | $60,260 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 3,040 | $34.07 | $70,870 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,720 | $30.33 | $63,080 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 2,700 | $34.68 | $72,130 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 2,490 | $28.53 | $59,330 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,620 | $34.79 | $72,370 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 1,610 | $36.67 | $76,260 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 1,440 | $40.44 | $84,120 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,310 | $31.23 | $64,950 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 1,240 | $32.81 | $68,250 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 1,140 | $29.06 | $60,450 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 1,130 | $28.46 | $59,190 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 1,040 | $27.91 | $58,050 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 990 | $35.85 | $74,560 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 900 | $37.54 | $78,090 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 890 | $29.65 | $61,670 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 880 | $34.89 | $72,570 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 870 | $43.35 | $90,170 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 810 | $30.36 | $63,150 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 780 | $32.58 | $67,770 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 760 | $40.22 | $83,650 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 730 | $30.86 | $64,180 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 720 | $32.01 | $66,580 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 680 | $28.33 | $58,920 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 660 | $31.65 | $65,840 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 660 | $30.64 | $63,740 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 660 | $31.94 | $66,440 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 650 | $30.04 | $62,490 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 640 | $37.27 | $77,520 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 620 | $23.74 | $49,380 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 620 | $35.11 | $73,030 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 600 | $24.37 | $50,690 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 570 | $36.02 | $74,930 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 530 | $28.09 | $58,440 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 530 | $43.10 | $89,650 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 490 | $25.16 | $52,340 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 490 | $28.28 | $58,820 |
| Richmond, VA | 480 | $33.22 | $69,100 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 470 | $28.13 | $58,500 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 470 | $31.26 | $65,030 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 430 | $30.90 | $64,270 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 420 | $33.80 | $70,300 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 410 | $17.44 | $36,280 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 400 | $24.78 | $51,540 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 400 | $28.70 | $59,690 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 390 | $30.74 | $63,930 |
| Columbus, OH | 380 | $28.97 | $60,260 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 380 | $28.14 | $58,520 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 370 | $30.74 | $63,950 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 360 | $24.58 | $51,140 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 350 | $31.26 | $65,020 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 350 | $28.89 | $60,100 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 340 | $28.57 | $59,420 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 330 | $20.64 | $42,930 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 330 | $37.97 | $78,990 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 320 | $32.79 | $68,200 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 300 | $26.14 | $54,370 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 300 | $27.78 | $57,770 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 300 | $27.97 | $58,190 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 300 | $27.00 | $56,160 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 290 | $28.17 | $58,600 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 290 | $32.34 | $67,260 |
| San Antonio, TX | 280 | $28.26 | $58,780 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 260 | $26.47 | $55,050 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 260 | $27.32 | $56,830 |
| Greenville, SC | 240 | $26.71 | $55,560 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 220 | $27.46 | $57,110 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 200 | $26.82 | $55,790 |
| Columbia, SC | 180 | $26.81 | $55,760 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 180 | $35.60 | $74,050 |
| Florence, SC | 170 | $18.46 | $38,390 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 170 | $31.83 | $66,210 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 170 | $38.80 | $80,710 |
| Tulsa, OK | 170 | $23.52 | $48,910 |
| Fresno, CA | 160 | $34.07 | $70,860 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 150 | $27.22 | $56,610 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 140 | $30.78 | $64,020 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 140 | $31.62 | $65,770 |
| Rochester, NY | 140 | $27.90 | $58,030 |
| Madison, WI | 140 | $22.46 | $46,710 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 140 | $26.51 | $55,150 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 120 | $22.86 | $47,560 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 120 | $27.57 | $57,340 |
| Lincoln, NE | 110 | $24.44 | $50,830 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 110 | $25.84 | $53,750 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 110 | $27.25 | $56,680 |
| Syracuse, NY | 100 | $25.68 | $53,410 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 100 | $26.02 | $54,110 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 100 | $27.04 | $56,240 |
| Honolulu, HI | 100 | $24.80 | $51,590 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 100 | $34.97 | $72,740 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 100 | $35.63 | $74,110 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 100 | $27.36 | $56,910 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 100 | $29.88 | $62,150 |
| Montgomery, AL | 100 | $20.52 | $42,670 |
| Springfield, MO | 90 | $20.72 | $43,090 |
| Lubbock, TX | 90 | $28.86 | $60,030 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 90 | $17.81 | $37,040 |
| New Haven, CT | 90 | $28.87 | $60,040 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 90 | $28.12 | $58,500 |
| Tucson, AZ | 90 | $27.09 | $56,340 |
| Toledo, OH | 90 | $26.74 | $55,620 |
| Dayton, OH | 80 | $25.25 | $52,530 |
| Wausau, WI | 80 | $25.35 | $52,720 |
| Roanoke, VA | 80 | $28.56 | $59,410 |
| Spokane, WA | 80 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 80 | $25.84 | $53,740 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 80 | $27.92 | $58,080 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 80 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 80 | $22.04 | $45,850 |
| Wichita, KS | 80 | $29.28 | $60,910 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 80 | $26.27 | $54,630 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 80 | $23.64 | $49,160 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 80 | $35.28 | $73,380 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 80 | $32.94 | $68,510 |
| Boulder, CO | 80 | $29.24 | $60,810 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 70 | $26.43 | $54,960 |
| Rockford, IL | 70 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 70 | $30.54 | $63,530 |
| Green Bay, WI | 70 | $26.96 | $56,090 |
| Rapid City, SD | 70 | $19.44 | $40,440 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 70 | $23.27 | $48,410 |
| Modesto, CA | 70 | $32.90 | $68,430 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 70 | $31.30 | $65,110 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 70 | $22.56 | $46,920 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 70 | $39.39 | $81,930 |
| Appleton, WI | 70 | $24.09 | $50,100 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 60 | $25.23 | $52,480 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 60 | $25.11 | $52,230 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 60 | $24.78 | $51,540 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 60 | $22.79 | $47,400 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 60 | $27.95 | $58,130 |
| Akron, OH | 60 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Durham, NC | 60 | $31.12 | $64,730 |
| Midland, TX | 60 | $21.93 | $45,610 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 60 | $26.34 | $54,790 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 60 | $29.33 | $61,010 |
| Stockton, CA | 60 | $40.41 | $84,050 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 50 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 50 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| Binghamton, NY | 50 | $30.79 | $64,040 |
| Flint, MI | 50 | $22.93 | $47,690 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 50 | $28.35 | $58,980 |
| Manchester, NH | 50 | $26.27 | $54,630 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 50 | $38.78 | $80,650 |
| Salem, OR | 50 | $31.03 | $64,540 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 50 | $25.97 | $54,020 |
| Jackson, MS | 50 | $26.16 | $54,410 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 50 | $22.95 | $47,740 |
| Macon, GA | 50 | $26.10 | $54,300 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 50 | $25.20 | $52,410 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 40 | $34.62 | $72,000 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 40 | $45.13 | $93,870 |
| Reading, PA | 40 | $33.57 | $69,820 |
| Lancaster, PA | 40 | $26.82 | $55,790 |
| Medford, OR | 40 | $19.33 | $40,200 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 40 | $23.77 | $49,440 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 40 | $35.69 | $74,230 |
| Lakeland, FL | 40 | $25.97 | $54,010 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 40 | $23.63 | $49,140 |
| Salinas, CA | 40 | $30.58 | $63,610 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 40 | $22.78 | $47,380 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 40 | $25.75 | $53,570 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 40 | $23.06 | $47,970 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 40 | $29.32 | $60,990 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 40 | $25.63 | $53,300 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 40 | $29.67 | $61,710 |
| Wilmington, NC | 40 | $32.14 | $66,850 |
| Missoula, MT | 40 | $20.85 | $43,370 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 40 | $23.24 | $48,330 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 40 | $37.31 | $77,600 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 40 | $24.33 | $50,610 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 30 | $24.04 | $50,010 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 30 | $22.65 | $47,120 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 30 | $21.91 | $45,570 |
| Amarillo, TX | 30 | $31.30 | $65,110 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 30 | $35.38 | $73,590 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 30 | $18.87 | $39,260 |
| Columbus, IN | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Charleston, WV | 30 | $22.22 | $46,210 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 30 | $18.09 | $37,640 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 30 | $22.15 | $46,070 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | Not available | $25.89 | $53,840 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | Not available | $27.09 | $56,350 |
| Knoxville, TN | Not available | $28.08 | $58,410 |
| Springfield, IL | Not available | $19.73 | $41,040 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | Not available | $35.67 | $74,190 |
| Longview, TX | Not available | $34.82 | $72,430 |
| El Paso, TX | Not available | $33.89 | $70,500 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | Not available | $25.70 | $53,460 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | Not available | $35.10 | $73,010 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | Not available | $32.36 | $67,310 |
| Fond du Lac, WI | Not available | $15.44 | $32,120 |
| Huntsville, AL | Not available | $21.87 | $45,490 |
| Mobile, AL | Not available | $23.80 | $49,500 |
| Albany, GA | Not available | $26.91 | $55,970 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | Not available | $33.20 | $69,050 |
| Racine, WI | Not available | $26.09 | $54,270 |
| Columbia, MO | Not available | $19.87 | $41,330 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | Not available | $24.85 | $51,680 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | Not available | $39.07 | $81,270 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | Not available | $31.67 | $65,860 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | Not available | $32.92 | $68,470 |
