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 | 5,260 | $40.38 | $83,990 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 9,090 | $37.07 | $77,110 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 8,190 | $36.81 | $76,570 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 7,330 | $36.61 | $76,160 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 7,050 | $28.34 | $58,950 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 4,440 | $41.27 | $85,840 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 4,020 | $33.76 | $70,210 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 3,750 | $31.04 | $64,560 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 3,730 | $41.66 | $86,660 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 3,410 | $28.54 | $59,360 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 3,110 | $26.52 | $55,170 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 2,950 | $33.87 | $70,440 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 2,880 | $23.31 | $48,490 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 2,850 | $25.92 | $53,920 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 2,830 | $32.74 | $68,110 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 2,660 | $32.94 | $68,520 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,480 | $45.06 | $93,720 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 2,360 | $33.91 | $70,530 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 2,120 | $28.95 | $60,220 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 2,050 | $32.28 | $67,150 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 2,000 | $29.19 | $60,720 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1,870 | $33.70 | $70,090 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1,860 | $26.15 | $54,390 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 1,620 | $25.75 | $53,560 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,560 | $38.58 | $80,250 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 1,540 | $35.45 | $73,740 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,520 | $27.03 | $56,220 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,500 | $31.86 | $66,270 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 1,450 | $26.89 | $55,920 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 1,440 | $32.90 | $68,420 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 1,400 | $32.32 | $67,220 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 1,390 | $29.96 | $62,310 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1,330 | $27.29 | $56,760 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,250 | $34.91 | $72,610 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 1,230 | $28.56 | $59,410 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 1,190 | $30.51 | $63,470 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 1,180 | $27.85 | $57,920 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 1,120 | $29.84 | $62,070 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1,100 | $23.01 | $47,860 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 950 | $28.48 | $59,240 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 930 | $28.98 | $60,280 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 930 | $34.72 | $72,210 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 900 | $30.67 | $63,790 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 890 | $25.35 | $52,730 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 870 | $28.61 | $59,500 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 870 | $33.49 | $69,670 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 860 | $33.45 | $69,580 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 820 | $35.59 | $74,020 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 820 | $40.93 | $85,130 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 800 | $28.26 | $58,780 |
| Dayton, OH | 800 | $33.01 | $68,650 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 770 | $34.93 | $72,640 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 760 | $30.26 | $62,950 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 730 | $31.23 | $64,960 |
| Richmond, VA | 730 | $32.04 | $66,640 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 720 | $25.13 | $52,260 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 710 | $15.84 | $32,940 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 700 | $30.88 | $64,240 |
| San Antonio, TX | 700 | $24.99 | $51,980 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 660 | $31.97 | $66,500 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 640 | $24.10 | $50,130 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 610 | $31.06 | $64,610 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 570 | $24.59 | $51,140 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 540 | $26.36 | $54,830 |
| Honolulu, HI | 500 | $30.28 | $62,980 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 470 | $26.93 | $56,020 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 430 | $26.29 | $54,670 |
| Columbia, SC | 410 | $31.47 | $65,460 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 400 | $27.24 | $56,660 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 400 | $23.72 | $49,330 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 390 | $33.18 | $69,010 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 380 | Not available | Not available |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 370 | $27.66 | $57,530 |
| Manchester, NH | 370 | $34.62 | $72,010 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 330 | $25.53 | $53,110 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 320 | $27.25 | $56,670 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 320 | $28.48 | $59,250 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 310 | $33.94 | $70,590 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 300 | $29.99 | $62,380 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 300 | $32.41 | $67,420 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 290 | $25.17 | $52,360 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 290 | $31.25 | $65,000 |
| Akron, OH | 280 | $25.23 | $52,480 |
| Anchorage, AK | 270 | $27.11 | $56,390 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 270 | $33.53 | $69,750 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 260 | $28.89 | $60,080 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 260 | $16.50 | $34,320 |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME | 250 | $33.26 | $69,170 |
| Flint, MI | 250 | $34.26 | $71,250 |
| Syracuse, NY | 250 | $22.64 | $47,090 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 240 | $29.48 | $61,320 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 240 | $25.86 | $53,790 |
| Fresno, CA | 230 | $28.18 | $58,620 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 230 | $24.99 | $51,980 |
| Knoxville, TN | 230 | $24.62 | $51,210 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 230 | $21.68 | $45,100 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 230 | $26.87 | $55,890 |
| Peoria, IL | 230 | $32.87 | $68,360 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 220 | $30.93 | $64,330 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 220 | $29.12 | $60,570 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 220 | $35.21 | $73,240 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 210 | $22.80 | $47,420 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 210 | $27.64 | $57,500 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 190 | $26.97 | $56,100 |
| Roanoke, VA | 190 | $24.82 | $51,620 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 180 | Not available | Not available |
| Rochester, NY | 170 | $24.35 | $50,650 |
| Bloomington-Normal, IL | 170 | $31.49 | $65,490 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 170 | $35.35 | $73,520 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 170 | $33.05 | $68,750 |
| Toledo, OH | 170 | $24.35 | $50,650 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 160 | $31.14 | $64,780 |
| Huntsville, AL | 160 | $33.65 | $69,980 |
| Asheville, NC | 160 | $21.57 | $44,870 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 160 | $50.39 | $104,810 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 160 | $26.00 | $54,070 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 150 | $21.50 | $44,720 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 150 | $23.65 | $49,190 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 150 | $31.74 | $66,020 |
| Salem, OR | 150 | $22.12 | $46,010 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | 150 | $34.30 | $71,350 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 150 | $35.19 | $73,190 |
| Amarillo, TX | 140 | $18.13 | $37,720 |
| Salinas, CA | 130 | $33.90 | $70,520 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 130 | $28.07 | $58,390 |
| Wichita, KS | 120 | $35.30 | $73,420 |
| Spokane, WA | 120 | $26.81 | $55,760 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 120 | $28.95 | $60,220 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 120 | $30.74 | $63,940 |
| Lakeland, FL | 120 | $26.70 | $55,550 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 120 | $33.10 | $68,850 |
| Charleston, WV | 120 | $23.86 | $49,630 |
| Stockton, CA | 120 | $28.74 | $59,790 |
| Green Bay, WI | 120 | $19.76 | $41,110 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 110 | $32.99 | $68,620 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 110 | $26.63 | $55,400 |
| Tucson, AZ | 110 | $26.19 | $54,480 |
| New Haven, CT | 110 | $32.04 | $66,650 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 110 | $21.03 | $43,740 |
| Gainesville, FL | 110 | $27.89 | $58,020 |
| El Paso, TX | 110 | $23.86 | $49,620 |
| Springfield, IL | 110 | $27.98 | $58,200 |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 100 | $28.01 | $58,260 |
| Jackson, MI | 100 | $22.85 | $47,540 |
| Santa Fe, NM | 100 | $21.04 | $43,770 |
| Greenville, SC | 100 | $28.05 | $58,340 |
| Montgomery, AL | 100 | $30.96 | $64,390 |
| Madison, WI | 90 | $24.68 | $51,340 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 90 | $30.61 | $63,680 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 90 | $30.68 | $63,820 |
| Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 90 | $23.56 | $49,010 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 90 | $21.36 | $44,430 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 90 | $23.95 | $49,810 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 90 | $24.60 | $51,160 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 90 | $31.83 | $66,210 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 80 | $27.89 | $58,010 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 80 | $24.42 | $50,790 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 80 | $25.48 | $53,000 |
| Jackson, MS | 80 | $33.23 | $69,120 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 80 | $26.87 | $55,890 |
| Bangor, ME | 80 | $26.25 | $54,610 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 80 | $24.22 | $50,370 |
| Rockford, IL | 80 | $26.70 | $55,530 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 80 | $27.25 | $56,670 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 80 | $19.61 | $40,780 |
| Greeley, CO | 80 | $20.80 | $43,260 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 70 | $21.44 | $44,590 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 70 | $18.09 | $37,630 |
| Erie, PA | 70 | $18.85 | $39,220 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 70 | $25.22 | $52,460 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 70 | $33.56 | $69,800 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 70 | $16.20 | $33,700 |
| Ocala, FL | 70 | $26.38 | $54,860 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 70 | $20.52 | $42,680 |
| Medford, OR | 60 | $23.80 | $49,500 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 60 | $13.59 | $28,260 |
| Olympia, WA | 60 | $32.28 | $67,150 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 60 | $26.70 | $55,540 |
| Lincoln, NE | 60 | $25.16 | $52,330 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 60 | $34.38 | $71,500 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 60 | $23.76 | $49,420 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 60 | $26.27 | $54,650 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 60 | $26.19 | $54,480 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 60 | $34.17 | $71,060 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 60 | $23.46 | $48,800 |
| Albany, GA | 60 | $29.57 | $61,510 |
| Macon, GA | 60 | $21.57 | $44,860 |
| Savannah, GA | 60 | Not available | Not available |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 60 | $18.61 | $38,710 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 60 | $25.21 | $52,430 |
| Danbury, CT | 50 | $20.23 | $42,070 |
| Wilmington, NC | 50 | $24.97 | $51,930 |
| Lubbock, TX | 50 | $18.83 | $39,160 |
| Tyler, TX | 50 | $20.08 | $41,770 |
| Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ | 50 | $33.55 | $69,780 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 50 | $23.55 | $48,970 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 50 | $29.70 | $61,780 |
| Waterbury, CT | 50 | $29.60 | $61,580 |
| Iowa City, IA | 50 | $16.91 | $35,170 |
| Tulsa, OK | 50 | $28.97 | $60,270 |
| Bellingham, WA | 50 | $22.47 | $46,740 |
| State College, PA | 50 | $21.88 | $45,510 |
| Wausau, WI | 50 | $25.93 | $53,940 |
| Merced, CA | 50 | $24.92 | $51,840 |
| Modesto, CA | 50 | $32.32 | $67,230 |
| Corvallis, OR | 50 | $21.68 | $45,090 |
| Cleveland, TN | 40 | $21.36 | $44,420 |
| Pocatello, ID | 40 | $23.42 | $48,710 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 40 | $27.36 | $56,900 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 40 | $26.47 | $55,060 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 40 | $29.30 | $60,940 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 40 | $28.51 | $59,290 |
| Billings, MT | 40 | $25.45 | $52,940 |
| Springfield, MO | 40 | $21.78 | $45,310 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 40 | $22.69 | $47,190 |
| Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division | 40 | $25.13 | $52,280 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 40 | $28.85 | $60,010 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 40 | $21.75 | $45,250 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | 40 | $30.42 | $63,280 |
| Topeka, KS | 40 | $29.99 | $62,370 |
| Chico, CA | 40 | $29.39 | $61,140 |
| Yakima, WA | 40 | $21.53 | $44,780 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 40 | $30.62 | $63,690 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 40 | $24.63 | $51,230 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 40 | $24.16 | $50,260 |
| Midland, TX | 40 | $22.70 | $47,220 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 40 | $24.22 | $50,390 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 40 | $23.89 | $49,690 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 40 | $25.72 | $53,500 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 30 | $24.85 | $51,690 |
| Missoula, MT | 30 | $13.03 | $27,100 |
| Dover, DE | 30 | $38.16 | $79,370 |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL | 30 | $23.96 | $49,840 |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 30 | $19.65 | $40,880 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 30 | $20.94 | $43,560 |
| Kokomo, IN | 30 | $25.20 | $52,410 |
| Johnson City, TN | 30 | $21.94 | $45,640 |
| Muncie, IN | 30 | $27.96 | $58,150 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 30 | $15.40 | $32,020 |
| Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 30 | $25.26 | $52,530 |
| Mobile, AL | 30 | $28.49 | $59,260 |
| Kankakee-Bradley, IL | 30 | $29.88 | $62,140 |
| Appleton, WI | 30 | $25.39 | $52,810 |
| Greenville, NC | 30 | $29.40 | $61,150 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | Not available | $30.68 | $63,810 |
| Monroe, MI | Not available | $26.39 | $54,900 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | Not available | $28.41 | $59,090 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $33.33 | $69,330 |
| Decatur, IL | Not available | $54.96 | $114,320 |
| Bay City, MI | Not available | $19.71 | $40,990 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | Not available | $27.22 | $56,610 |
| Boulder, CO | Not available | $31.99 | $66,530 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | Not available | $21.27 | $44,230 |
| Gainesville, GA | Not available | $27.19 | $56,550 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | Not available | $23.37 | $48,600 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | Not available | $14.50 | $30,170 |
| Lafayette, LA | Not available | $20.60 | $42,840 |
| Owensboro, KY | Not available | $20.66 | $42,980 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | Not available | $33.33 | $69,320 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | Not available | $23.15 | $48,150 |
| Burlington, NC | Not available | $29.26 | $60,870 |
| Bowling Green, KY | Not available | $26.24 | $54,570 |
| Yuma, AZ | Not available | $24.48 | $50,920 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | Not available | $28.69 | $59,670 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | Not available | $25.03 | $52,070 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | Not available | $32.92 | $68,480 |
| Durham, NC | Not available | $31.51 | $65,530 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | Not available | $28.41 | $59,090 |
| Punta Gorda, FL | Not available | $37.07 | $77,100 |
| Bend, OR | Not available | $24.32 | $50,580 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | Not available | $35.18 | $73,170 |
| Columbus, OH | Not available | $30.76 | $63,970 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | Not available | $36.55 | $76,020 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | Not available | $43.72 | $90,940 |
| Binghamton, NY | Not available | $18.83 | $39,160 |
| Glens Falls, NY | Not available | $16.64 | $34,620 |
