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 | 1,220 | $33.03 | $68,710 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 8,890 | $38.30 | $79,660 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 5,840 | $33.91 | $70,530 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 5,440 | $40.53 | $84,310 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 5,320 | $34.03 | $70,790 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 3,820 | $32.27 | $67,130 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 3,740 | $33.51 | $69,700 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 2,840 | $27.47 | $57,130 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 2,800 | $34.31 | $71,360 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 2,390 | $30.08 | $62,570 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 2,370 | $35.38 | $73,590 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,180 | $30.71 | $63,880 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 2,150 | $30.32 | $63,060 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 1,780 | $36.27 | $75,440 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 1,750 | $35.90 | $74,670 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 1,670 | $28.45 | $59,170 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,640 | $34.35 | $71,450 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 1,610 | $37.02 | $77,000 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,560 | $29.16 | $60,650 |
| Columbus, OH | 1,540 | $29.24 | $60,810 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 1,510 | $35.36 | $73,540 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,480 | $25.24 | $52,500 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,470 | $28.04 | $58,320 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 1,360 | $27.66 | $57,540 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 1,310 | $30.58 | $63,600 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 1,300 | $23.96 | $49,840 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,300 | $31.16 | $64,810 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1,230 | $26.76 | $55,670 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1,180 | $31.11 | $64,710 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 1,170 | $31.11 | $64,710 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 1,100 | $29.42 | $61,190 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 1,080 | $33.26 | $69,180 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 1,080 | $28.81 | $59,930 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 1,020 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 1,010 | $29.58 | $61,530 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 970 | $28.46 | $59,200 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 970 | $33.89 | $70,500 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 960 | $26.62 | $55,370 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 950 | $29.40 | $61,160 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 920 | $29.54 | $61,450 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 810 | $38.25 | $79,560 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 800 | $31.91 | $66,380 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 800 | $29.11 | $60,560 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 780 | $25.03 | $52,060 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 770 | $31.35 | $65,210 |
| Madison, WI | 740 | $25.57 | $53,190 |
| San Antonio, TX | 720 | $26.40 | $54,910 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 700 | $31.97 | $66,510 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 690 | $23.38 | $48,630 |
| Tulsa, OK | 680 | $22.22 | $46,210 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 640 | $24.43 | $50,820 |
| Richmond, VA | 630 | $24.42 | $50,780 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 630 | $35.72 | $74,300 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 630 | $34.22 | $71,170 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 620 | $34.24 | $71,220 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 600 | $30.23 | $62,870 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 590 | $29.70 | $61,770 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 580 | $15.30 | $31,810 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 570 | $23.90 | $49,710 |
| Syracuse, NY | 570 | $30.95 | $64,380 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 550 | $26.52 | $55,160 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 540 | $29.27 | $60,870 |
| Lincoln, NE | 540 | $24.18 | $50,290 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 510 | Not available | Not available |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 510 | $31.16 | $64,820 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 490 | $26.43 | $54,970 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 480 | $32.39 | $67,370 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 480 | $32.15 | $66,870 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 460 | $29.64 | $61,650 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 460 | $24.97 | $51,940 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 460 | $24.59 | $51,150 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 390 | $33.66 | $70,010 |
| Jackson, MS | 380 | $27.38 | $56,950 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 370 | $31.26 | $65,020 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 370 | $33.18 | $69,020 |
| Lakeland, FL | 360 | $21.61 | $44,940 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 350 | $33.31 | $69,290 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 350 | $30.79 | $64,040 |
| Green Bay, WI | 330 | $22.09 | $45,950 |
| Columbia, MO | 320 | $28.47 | $59,230 |
| Columbia, SC | 310 | $20.62 | $42,890 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 290 | $21.96 | $45,670 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 280 | $24.81 | $51,610 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 280 | $27.87 | $57,970 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 270 | $21.37 | $44,450 |
| Wichita, KS | 270 | $26.95 | $56,050 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 270 | $25.89 | $53,860 |
| Rochester, NY | 260 | $28.62 | $59,520 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 260 | $20.98 | $43,630 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 260 | $19.12 | $39,770 |
| Greenville, SC | 260 | $20.42 | $42,470 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 250 | $30.56 | $63,560 |
| Honolulu, HI | 250 | $24.49 | $50,940 |
| Lancaster, PA | 240 | $26.98 | $56,120 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 240 | $28.20 | $58,650 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 240 | $27.94 | $58,120 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 240 | $23.16 | $48,180 |
| Macon, GA | 230 | $22.35 | $46,490 |
| New Haven, CT | 230 | $32.45 | $67,500 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 230 | $31.12 | $64,720 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 220 | $22.48 | $46,760 |
| Springfield, MO | 220 | $24.39 | $50,720 |
| Gainesville, FL | 220 | $23.93 | $49,780 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 200 | $29.68 | $61,730 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 190 | $29.17 | $60,670 |
| Manchester, NH | 190 | $31.58 | $65,680 |
| Akron, OH | 190 | $31.96 | $66,470 |
| Montgomery, AL | 190 | $27.16 | $56,490 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 180 | $30.29 | $63,000 |
| Springfield, IL | 170 | $29.24 | $60,820 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 170 | $28.49 | $59,250 |
| Topeka, KS | 160 | $23.38 | $48,640 |
| Durham, NC | 150 | $23.47 | $48,820 |
| Dayton, OH | 140 | $25.10 | $52,210 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 140 | $23.51 | $48,900 |
| Charleston, WV | 140 | $33.41 | $69,490 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 140 | $28.10 | $58,460 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 130 | $30.63 | $63,700 |
| Rockford, IL | 130 | $31.07 | $64,620 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 130 | $31.26 | $65,030 |
| Tucson, AZ | 130 | $27.40 | $56,990 |
| Toledo, OH | 130 | $22.40 | $46,590 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 130 | $32.73 | $68,070 |
| Burlington, NC | 130 | $25.08 | $52,170 |
| Roanoke, VA | 120 | $24.53 | $51,020 |
| Spokane, WA | 110 | $25.27 | $52,560 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 100 | $27.58 | $57,370 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 100 | $21.62 | $44,970 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 100 | $27.69 | $57,600 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 90 | $20.25 | $42,130 |
| Reading, PA | 90 | $34.92 | $72,640 |
| El Paso, TX | 80 | $28.78 | $59,870 |
| Asheville, NC | 80 | $23.79 | $49,490 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 80 | $25.13 | $52,270 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 80 | $32.33 | $67,240 |
| Salem, OR | 80 | $29.78 | $61,950 |
| Peoria, IL | 70 | $28.44 | $59,160 |
| Wausau, WI | 70 | $29.36 | $61,080 |
| Olympia, WA | 60 | $23.37 | $48,610 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 60 | $29.08 | $60,490 |
| Anchorage, AK | 60 | $29.02 | $60,360 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 60 | $25.95 | $53,980 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 50 | $27.20 | $56,580 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 50 | $27.43 | $57,050 |
| Kingston, NY | 50 | $26.09 | $54,270 |
| Glens Falls, NY | 50 | $21.59 | $44,900 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 50 | $29.31 | $60,960 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 50 | $23.47 | $48,820 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 50 | $35.48 | $73,800 |
| Mobile, AL | 40 | $18.27 | $38,000 |
| Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 40 | $32.23 | $67,030 |
| Racine, WI | 40 | Not available | Not available |
| York-Hanover, PA | 40 | $28.21 | $58,680 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 40 | $24.40 | $50,760 |
| Abilene, TX | 40 | $25.94 | $53,950 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 30 | $25.18 | $52,380 |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME | 30 | $28.72 | $59,730 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 30 | $16.40 | $34,120 |
| Binghamton, NY | Not available | $35.57 | $73,980 |
| Appleton, WI | Not available | $25.22 | $52,450 |
| Grand Junction, CO | Not available | $32.15 | $66,870 |
| Boulder, CO | Not available | $25.53 | $53,100 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | Not available | $38.40 | $79,870 |
| Stockton, CA | Not available | $29.79 | $61,960 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | Not available | $29.84 | $62,060 |
| Fresno, CA | Not available | $35.47 | $73,780 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | Not available | $27.92 | $58,070 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | Not available | $34.76 | $72,290 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | Not available | $27.69 | $57,600 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | Not available | $18.83 | $39,170 |
| Lafayette, LA | Not available | $24.47 | $50,890 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | Not available | $26.99 | $56,140 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | Not available | $32.14 | $66,850 |
| Wilmington, NC | Not available | $21.23 | $44,160 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | Not available | $29.19 | $60,710 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | Not available | $29.89 | $62,170 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | Not available | $25.58 | $53,200 |
| Spartanburg, SC | Not available | $17.15 | $35,670 |
| Lafayette, IN | Not available | $29.56 | $61,490 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | Not available | $19.00 | $39,530 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | Not available | $31.86 | $66,270 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | Not available | $35.89 | $74,660 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | Not available | $24.55 | $51,070 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | Not available | $28.75 | $59,800 |
| Lubbock, TX | Not available | $22.72 | $47,250 |
| Gainesville, GA | Not available | $24.78 | $51,550 |
| Waco, TX | Not available | $28.33 | $58,930 |
| Charlottesville, VA | Not available | $29.19 | $60,720 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | Not available | $29.66 | $61,700 |
| Missoula, MT | Not available | $23.14 | $48,130 |
| Flint, MI | Not available | $22.44 | $46,670 |
