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 | 2,790 | $40.96 | $85,210 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 24,320 | $63.44 | $131,960 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 20,270 | $66.67 | $138,680 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 6,310 | $44.76 | $93,090 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 6,310 | $33.89 | $70,480 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 5,330 | $58.61 | $121,910 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 4,800 | $41.80 | $86,950 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 4,600 | $57.90 | $120,440 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 4,380 | $42.11 | $87,600 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 4,050 | $44.89 | $93,380 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 3,970 | $50.70 | $105,450 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 3,900 | $66.97 | $139,300 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 3,890 | $61.49 | $127,910 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 3,700 | $44.45 | $92,450 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 3,690 | $46.01 | $95,690 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 3,440 | $42.53 | $88,460 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 3,000 | $52.73 | $109,690 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 2,690 | $27.86 | $57,940 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 2,510 | $29.10 | $60,520 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 2,480 | $44.47 | $92,490 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 2,430 | $44.33 | $92,200 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 2,200 | $33.46 | $69,600 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 2,180 | $41.65 | $86,630 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 2,120 | $33.60 | $69,880 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 2,110 | $54.13 | $112,590 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,930 | $50.74 | $105,540 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 1,880 | $46.13 | $95,950 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 1,730 | $58.98 | $122,690 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 1,720 | $29.64 | $61,650 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1,700 | $38.63 | $80,360 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 1,700 | $42.89 | $89,210 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,680 | $32.59 | $67,790 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 1,540 | $35.16 | $73,130 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,500 | $45.08 | $93,770 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,490 | $31.28 | $65,050 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,430 | $35.83 | $74,520 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 1,410 | $35.82 | $74,510 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 1,390 | $53.39 | $111,060 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 1,380 | $31.47 | $65,460 |
| San Antonio, TX | 1,270 | $31.82 | $66,190 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 1,250 | $29.04 | $60,410 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1,240 | $33.01 | $68,660 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 1,210 | $49.38 | $102,720 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 1,170 | $45.06 | $93,730 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1,130 | $45.02 | $93,630 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1,120 | $50.46 | $104,960 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 1,120 | $32.37 | $67,340 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,010 | $39.41 | $81,960 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 990 | $38.34 | $79,740 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 970 | $44.50 | $92,570 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 960 | $44.53 | $92,620 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 960 | $44.36 | $92,260 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 950 | $41.23 | $85,760 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 890 | $42.55 | $88,510 |
| Columbus, OH | 810 | $40.78 | $84,810 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 800 | $45.68 | $95,010 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 720 | $45.89 | $95,450 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 700 | $35.98 | $74,840 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 700 | $53.65 | $111,600 |
| Richmond, VA | 670 | $43.31 | $90,080 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 670 | $36.39 | $75,690 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 650 | $56.29 | $117,090 |
| Madison, WI | 640 | $33.83 | $70,360 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 640 | $37.40 | $77,790 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 610 | $38.51 | $80,110 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 590 | $39.20 | $81,530 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 570 | $42.24 | $87,850 |
| Durham, NC | 560 | $33.16 | $68,970 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 560 | $34.36 | $71,480 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 550 | $32.23 | $67,050 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 540 | $25.64 | $53,320 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 530 | $19.36 | $40,260 |
| Rochester, NY | 480 | $46.83 | $97,410 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 470 | $25.40 | $52,840 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 470 | $35.08 | $72,970 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 460 | $35.22 | $73,260 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 450 | $34.98 | $72,750 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 440 | $33.20 | $69,050 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 420 | $25.62 | $53,280 |
| Columbia, SC | 410 | $36.33 | $75,560 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 410 | $59.66 | $124,080 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 400 | $43.62 | $90,740 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 370 | $33.44 | $69,560 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 370 | $26.57 | $55,260 |
| Greenville, SC | 370 | $30.53 | $63,510 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 350 | $62.15 | $129,280 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 340 | $34.02 | $70,760 |
| Jackson, MS | 340 | $28.43 | $59,130 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 320 | $35.25 | $73,320 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | 320 | $37.87 | $78,760 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 300 | $33.71 | $70,120 |
| Tulsa, OK | 300 | $38.48 | $80,040 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 300 | $27.97 | $58,170 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 290 | $29.88 | $62,150 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 290 | $49.16 | $102,250 |
| Honolulu, HI | 280 | $30.17 | $62,750 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 280 | $25.73 | $53,510 |
| Syracuse, NY | 280 | $41.23 | $85,770 |
| Akron, OH | 280 | $41.49 | $86,310 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 280 | $29.65 | $61,670 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 280 | $24.14 | $50,210 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 270 | $32.56 | $67,730 |
| Springfield, MO | 270 | $39.01 | $81,150 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 270 | $37.00 | $76,960 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 260 | $33.78 | $70,260 |
| Tucson, AZ | 240 | $30.37 | $63,170 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 230 | $33.26 | $69,170 |
| Lancaster, PA | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 210 | $45.42 | $94,480 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 210 | $34.21 | $71,160 |
| New Haven, CT | 200 | $48.50 | $100,880 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 200 | $34.04 | $70,800 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 190 | $30.50 | $63,440 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 190 | $30.74 | $63,940 |
| Reading, PA | 190 | $29.34 | $61,030 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 190 | $50.61 | $105,260 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 180 | $35.89 | $74,650 |
| Toledo, OH | 180 | $51.42 | $106,960 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 170 | $65.04 | $135,280 |
| Fresno, CA | 170 | $33.03 | $68,710 |
| Boulder, CO | 170 | $33.98 | $70,670 |
| Santa Fe, NM | 170 | $49.42 | $102,800 |
| Wichita, KS | 170 | $31.37 | $65,260 |
| Green Bay, WI | 160 | $29.57 | $61,500 |
| Huntsville, AL | 160 | $58.74 | $122,180 |
| Salinas, CA | 160 | $38.34 | $79,750 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 160 | $32.22 | $67,020 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 160 | $24.01 | $49,940 |
| Dayton, OH | 160 | $26.19 | $54,470 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 160 | $42.27 | $87,920 |
| Lincoln, NE | 160 | $35.40 | $73,640 |
| Knoxville, TN | 150 | $35.58 | $74,020 |
| Montgomery, AL | 150 | $58.92 | $122,540 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 150 | $46.98 | $97,730 |
| Roanoke, VA | 150 | $42.85 | $89,130 |
| Mobile, AL | 140 | $58.15 | $120,950 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 140 | $61.02 | $126,920 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Manchester, NH | 120 | $45.32 | $94,270 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 120 | $49.27 | $102,490 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 120 | $23.87 | $49,640 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 120 | $39.19 | $81,520 |
| Peoria, IL | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 120 | $27.05 | $56,250 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 120 | $41.94 | $87,240 |
| Billings, MT | 120 | $27.56 | $57,330 |
| Modesto, CA | 120 | Not available | Not available |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 110 | $29.27 | $60,880 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 110 | $41.25 | $85,810 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 110 | $47.02 | $97,810 |
| Asheville, NC | 110 | $36.42 | $75,760 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 110 | $43.38 | $90,230 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 110 | $38.66 | $80,420 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 100 | $36.31 | $75,520 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 100 | $30.22 | $62,860 |
| Macon, GA | 100 | $49.74 | $103,460 |
| Springfield, IL | 100 | $43.85 | $91,210 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 100 | $36.61 | $76,140 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 90 | $25.76 | $53,590 |
| Appleton, WI | 90 | $37.36 | $77,700 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 90 | $33.40 | $69,460 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 90 | $39.98 | $83,160 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 90 | $48.01 | $99,870 |
| Topeka, KS | 90 | $38.33 | $79,730 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 90 | $47.69 | $99,200 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 90 | $40.17 | $83,550 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 90 | $33.87 | $70,450 |
| Flint, MI | 90 | $49.38 | $102,720 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 80 | $43.65 | $90,800 |
| Lakeland, FL | 80 | $25.94 | $53,950 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 80 | $56.32 | $117,150 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 80 | $35.74 | $74,340 |
| Rockford, IL | 80 | $42.86 | $89,150 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 80 | $25.89 | $53,840 |
| Ocala, FL | 80 | $29.89 | $62,180 |
| Amarillo, TX | 80 | Not available | Not available |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 80 | $40.45 | $84,130 |
| Dover, DE | 80 | $33.50 | $69,680 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 80 | $43.02 | $89,480 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 80 | $37.62 | $78,250 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 70 | $27.00 | $56,170 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 70 | $43.63 | $90,740 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 70 | $16.80 | $34,940 |
| State College, PA | 70 | $29.18 | $60,700 |
| Erie, PA | 70 | $46.05 | $95,790 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 70 | $38.88 | $80,870 |
| Bloomington, IN | 70 | $43.63 | $90,750 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 70 | $38.19 | $79,440 |
| Napa, CA | 70 | $46.19 | $96,080 |
| Binghamton, NY | 70 | $25.58 | $53,200 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 60 | $49.55 | $103,070 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 60 | $34.60 | $71,970 |
| Wausau, WI | 60 | $32.89 | $68,410 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 60 | $22.50 | $46,790 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | 60 | $34.97 | $72,740 |
| Waco, TX | 60 | $30.04 | $62,470 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 60 | $33.04 | $68,720 |
| Florence, SC | 60 | $25.81 | $53,690 |
| El Paso, TX | 60 | $49.03 | $101,980 |
| Decatur, AL | 60 | $50.41 | $104,850 |
| La Crosse, WI-MN | 50 | $34.14 | $71,020 |
| Greenville, NC | 50 | $30.35 | $63,130 |
| Olympia, WA | 50 | $33.13 | $68,920 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Stockton, CA | 50 | $33.41 | $69,490 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 50 | $42.05 | $87,470 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Abilene, TX | 50 | $32.61 | $67,840 |
| Casper, WY | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Grand Junction, CO | 50 | $49.73 | $103,430 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 50 | $44.43 | $92,410 |
| Anchorage, AK | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division | 50 | $24.33 | $50,600 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 50 | $35.52 | $73,880 |
| Johnstown, PA | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| St. Cloud, MN | 50 | $27.82 | $57,860 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 50 | $55.51 | $115,460 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 40 | $47.51 | $98,830 |
| Wilmington, NC | 40 | $27.34 | $56,860 |
| Anderson, SC | 40 | $27.46 | $57,110 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 40 | $28.59 | $59,470 |
| Laredo, TX | 40 | $37.46 | $77,920 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Kingston, NY | 40 | $27.98 | $58,190 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 40 | $31.55 | $65,620 |
| Chico, CA | 40 | $33.65 | $69,990 |
| Danbury, CT | 40 | $50.99 | $106,060 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 40 | $19.18 | $39,890 |
| Monroe, LA | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Racine, WI | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| Columbia, MO | 40 | $49.47 | $102,890 |
| Janesville, WI | 40 | $27.20 | $56,580 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 30 | $50.71 | $105,470 |
| Monroe, MI | 30 | $30.16 | $62,740 |
| Owensboro, KY | 30 | $21.38 | $44,460 |
| Altoona, PA | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Fayetteville, NC | 30 | $33.76 | $70,210 |
| Elmira, NY | 30 | $34.21 | $71,160 |
| Columbus, IN | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Dothan, AL | 30 | $36.71 | $76,350 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 30 | $34.70 | $72,170 |
| Great Falls, MT | Not available | $49.33 | $102,600 |
| Eau Claire, WI | Not available | $37.28 | $77,530 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | Not available | $52.37 | $108,920 |
| Sheboygan, WI | Not available | $30.87 | $64,200 |
| Charleston, WV | Not available | $21.31 | $44,320 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | Not available | $38.23 | $79,520 |
| Cheyenne, WY | Not available | $82.49 | $171,580 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $26.22 | $54,540 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | Not available | $21.38 | $44,470 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | Not available | $32.03 | $66,610 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | Not available | $13.96 | $29,030 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | Not available | $28.59 | $59,470 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | Not available | $37.57 | $78,160 |
| Palm Coast, FL | Not available | $20.86 | $43,400 |
| Tyler, TX | Not available | $46.18 | $96,060 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | Not available | $34.59 | $71,940 |
| Waterbury, CT | Not available | $55.83 | $116,130 |
| Missoula, MT | Not available | $21.73 | $45,190 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | Not available | $36.93 | $76,810 |
| Bellingham, WA | Not available | $31.39 | $65,300 |
| Spokane, WA | Not available | $42.41 | $88,220 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | Not available | $48.10 | $100,050 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | Not available | $41.66 | $86,650 |
| Corvallis, OR | Not available | $51.73 | $107,600 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | Not available | $40.29 | $83,810 |
