Occupational employment / Computer systems analysts

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 "Computer systems analysts" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 33,600 $44.82 $93,230
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 40,560 $44.21 $91,950
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 28,030 $45.18 $93,970
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 25,590 $44.20 $91,940
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 18,020 $40.21 $83,630
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 17,910 $38.40 $79,870
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 15,930 $38.46 $80,000
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 15,460 $43.05 $89,550
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 14,900 $38.92 $80,960
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 14,110 $41.47 $86,270
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 13,710 $38.96 $81,040
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 12,330 $39.15 $81,420
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 12,270 $43.49 $90,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 11,660 $39.08 $81,280
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 11,260 $37.41 $77,820
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 10,970 $39.72 $82,620
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 10,930 $43.42 $90,300
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 9,810 $40.55 $84,350
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 9,640 $36.28 $75,460
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 9,450 $42.50 $88,400
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 9,190 $41.03 $85,350
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 8,960 $42.61 $88,620
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 7,900 $44.17 $91,880
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 7,100 $44.65 $92,870
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 6,910 $35.36 $73,550
Austin-Round Rock, TX 6,880 $35.65 $74,150
Kansas City, MO-KS 6,330 $33.82 $70,350
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 6,310 $42.88 $89,190
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 6,270 $32.88 $68,390
St. Louis, MO-IL 6,190 $35.99 $74,860
Denver-Aurora, CO 6,160 $39.71 $82,590
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 5,950 $37.45 $77,890
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 5,570 $43.05 $89,550
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 5,130 $40.16 $83,540
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 5,020 $42.42 $88,230
Baltimore-Towson, MD 4,880 $41.86 $87,080
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 4,870 $37.26 $77,490
Columbus, OH 4,770 $38.56 $80,210
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 4,710 $46.33 $96,360
Pittsburgh, PA 4,680 $33.01 $68,660
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 4,620 $35.22 $73,260
Richmond, VA 4,470 $37.77 $78,560
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 4,270 $36.79 $76,510
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 4,200 $33.36 $69,390
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 3,930 $36.65 $76,230
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 3,870 $36.94 $76,840
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 3,830 $41.13 $85,550
Durham, NC 3,750 $39.63 $82,430
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 3,570 $34.97 $72,730
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 3,370 $34.41 $71,570
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 3,360 $37.22 $77,420
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 3,320 $34.74 $72,250
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 3,280 $33.25 $69,150
San Antonio, TX 3,040 $31.51 $65,540
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 3,010 $35.82 $74,520
Huntsville, AL 2,860 $36.16 $75,200
Raleigh-Cary, NC 2,730 $35.51 $73,870
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 2,700 $40.62 $84,490
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 2,650 $34.57 $71,910
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2,580 $34.84 $72,460
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 2,360 $30.25 $62,920
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 2,360 $40.17 $83,560
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 2,300 $33.29 $69,230
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 2,290 $32.88 $68,390
Rochester, NY 2,220 $33.12 $68,900
Jacksonville, FL 2,180 $33.05 $68,740
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 2,070 $32.42 $67,440
Madison, WI 2,030 $30.87 $64,210
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,990 $29.25 $60,840
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,970 $37.72 $78,460
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,940 $45.69 $95,040
Boulder, CO 1,880 $42.93 $89,290
Baton Rouge, LA 1,840 $25.11 $52,230
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 1,740 $40.13 $83,470
Salt Lake City, UT 1,710 $32.18 $66,930
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,660 $31.79 $66,120
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,620 $36.70 $76,330
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,570 $41.96 $87,270
Greenville, SC 1,560 $34.00 $70,710
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,550 $34.77 $72,320
Tulsa, OK 1,540 $34.04 $70,800
Columbia, SC 1,520 $29.59 $61,550
Colorado Springs, CO 1,490 $35.92 $74,700
Oklahoma City, OK 1,490 $28.94 $60,190
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 1,490 $29.66 $61,700
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1,480 $33.57 $69,820
Dayton, OH 1,390 $35.89 $74,650
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,350 $34.73 $72,240
Tucson, AZ 1,330 $39.55 $82,270
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,310 $34.64 $72,050
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 1,230 $32.11 $66,790
Greensboro-High Point, NC 1,220 $39.25 $81,630
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 1,180 $42.99 $89,410
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 1,110 $38.52 $80,130
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 1,040 $23.68 $49,260
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1,000 $29.67 $61,720
Springfield, IL 990 $37.94 $78,920
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 990 $40.81 $84,880
Tallahassee, FL 990 $28.45 $59,180
Lexington-Fayette, KY 980 $35.09 $72,990
Honolulu, HI 980 $31.54 $65,610
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 970 $44.56 $92,690
Bloomington-Normal, IL 950 $44.76 $93,090
Winston-Salem, NC 920 $35.84 $74,540
Montgomery, AL 910 $31.45 $65,430
Knoxville, TN 890 $31.26 $65,010
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 870 $36.63 $76,180
Worcester, MA-CT 860 $36.65 $76,240
Akron, OH 830 $31.36 $65,230
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 810 $29.60 $61,570
Albuquerque, NM 780 $37.55 $78,100
New Haven, CT 760 $33.57 $69,820
Charlottesville, VA 750 $31.48 $65,490
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 740 $29.47 $61,300
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 730 $43.07 $89,580
Ann Arbor, MI 720 $34.60 $71,980
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 710 $32.96 $68,550
Fargo, ND-MN 710 $27.80 $57,820
Wichita, KS 700 $29.98 $62,360
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 700 $31.31 $65,130
El Paso, TX 680 $30.43 $63,290
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 670 $33.63 $69,950
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 620 $37.11 $77,190
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 620 $33.49 $69,650
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 600 $41.79 $86,920
Dalton, GA 590 $30.68 $63,820
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 590 $41.10 $85,480
Syracuse, NY 580 $32.99 $68,610
Jackson, MS 580 $28.72 $59,740
Eugene-Springfield, OR 550 $30.63 $63,710
Green Bay, WI 550 $29.96 $62,310
Spokane, WA 550 $34.24 $71,210
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 550 $33.17 $68,990
Manchester, NH 530 $46.53 $96,790
Boise City-Nampa, ID 530 $34.60 $71,970
Chattanooga, TN-GA 520 $32.13 $66,840
Fort Wayne, IN 510 $31.32 $65,140
Springfield, MA-CT 510 $35.96 $74,800
Cedar Rapids, IA 490 $31.43 $65,370
Reno-Sparks, NV 480 $32.87 $68,360
Toledo, OH 450 $31.40 $65,310
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 450 $32.78 $68,190
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 440 $30.94 $64,350
Columbus, GA-AL 440 $33.98 $70,690
Rochester, MN 420 $39.17 $81,470
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 420 $30.50 $63,430
Lincoln, NE 410 $29.43 $61,200
Roanoke, VA 400 $30.55 $63,540
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 400 $38.88 $80,870
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 390 $29.38 $61,120
Lancaster, PA 390 $30.37 $63,160
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 390 $33.23 $69,120
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 380 $31.47 $65,450
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 380 $34.60 $71,980
Fresno, CA 370 $32.27 $67,110
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 370 $29.77 $61,910
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 360 $37.04 $77,050
Canton-Massillon, OH 360 $28.51 $59,310
Savannah, GA 340 $28.92 $60,160
Sioux Falls, SD 340 $30.93 $64,330
Bakersfield, CA 340 $37.24 $77,460
Utica-Rome, NY 340 $34.22 $71,190
Topeka, KS 330 $31.85 $66,260
Reading, PA 320 $32.08 $66,730
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 320 $32.35 $67,290
Salinas, CA 320 $43.01 $89,460
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 320 $30.89 $64,240
Stockton, CA 320 $32.71 $68,030
Provo-Orem, UT 320 $33.23 $69,120
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 320 $33.03 $68,710
Appleton, WI 310 $30.46 $63,350
Mobile, AL 310 $32.91 $68,450
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 310 $25.25 $52,520
Spartanburg, SC 300 $36.82 $76,580
Clarksville, TN-KY 300 $26.39 $54,890
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 300 $38.59 $80,280
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 290 Not available Not available
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 290 $32.69 $67,990
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 280 $31.17 $64,840
Wausau, WI 280 $30.74 $63,940
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 280 $37.33 $77,640
Evansville, IN-KY 270 $32.54 $67,690
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 270 $32.37 $67,330
College Station-Bryan, TX 270 $31.46 $65,440
Lubbock, TX 270 $24.58 $51,120
Lakeland, FL 260 $30.47 $63,380
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 260 $25.38 $52,790
York-Hanover, PA 260 $32.34 $67,260
Anchorage, AK 250 $34.09 $70,900
Ames, IA 250 $30.39 $63,200
Peoria, IL 250 $35.01 $72,810
Jefferson City, MO 230 $31.77 $66,080
Atlantic City, NJ 230 $37.11 $77,200
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 220 $22.89 $47,620
Binghamton, NY 220 Not available Not available
Dover, DE 220 $33.91 $70,540
Sheboygan, WI 220 $30.79 $64,040
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 220 $38.81 $80,710
Lynchburg, VA 210 $27.47 $57,140
Columbus, IN 210 $35.31 $73,440
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 210 $37.60 $78,200
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 210 $34.04 $70,800
Erie, PA 210 $29.39 $61,130
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 200 $31.81 $66,170
Corpus Christi, TX 200 $32.36 $67,310
Waco, TX 200 $23.26 $48,380
Santa Fe, NM 190 $24.46 $50,870
Asheville, NC 190 $30.37 $63,170
Olympia, WA 190 $37.51 $78,020
Charleston, WV 190 $31.51 $65,540
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 190 $39.31 $81,770
Springfield, MO 180 $31.20 $64,900
Athens-Clarke County, GA 180 $31.01 $64,510
Macon, GA 180 $24.26 $50,470
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 180 $36.63 $76,180
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 170 $39.49 $82,150
Altoona, PA 170 $39.27 $81,690
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 170 $27.18 $56,530
Columbia, MO 170 $30.92 $64,300
Burlington, NC 170 $34.13 $70,980
Duluth, MN-WI 170 $29.79 $61,960
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 170 $32.83 $68,290
Gainesville, FL 160 $29.16 $60,650
Salem, OR 160 $33.55 $69,780
Cheyenne, WY 160 $23.32 $48,510
Amarillo, TX 160 $29.72 $61,810
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 160 $37.14 $77,240
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 150 $29.55 $61,460
Florence, SC 150 $26.53 $55,180
Lafayette, LA 140 $27.71 $57,630
Fayetteville, NC 140 $28.59 $59,460
Monroe, LA 140 $20.58 $42,810
Iowa City, IA 140 $27.91 $58,050
Greenville, NC 140 $29.74 $61,850
Danbury, CT 140 $37.83 $78,690
Eau Claire, WI 140 $34.60 $71,960
La Crosse, WI-MN 140 $29.23 $60,790
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 130 $32.79 $68,200
St. Cloud, MN 130 $32.58 $67,760
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 130 $23.09 $48,030
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 130 $31.34 $65,190
Lafayette, IN 130 $29.78 $61,950
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 120 $28.57 $59,430
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 120 $27.90 $58,030
Jackson, MI 120 $34.01 $70,740
Wilmington, NC 120 $32.19 $66,950
Racine, WI 120 $33.51 $69,700
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 120 $37.70 $78,410
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 120 $37.79 $78,600
Flagstaff, AZ 120 $35.43 $73,700
Modesto, CA 120 $29.55 $61,470
Fort Smith, AR-OK 110 $20.68 $43,010
Tyler, TX 110 $30.37 $63,180
Bellingham, WA 110 $29.43 $61,220
Tuscaloosa, AL 110 $31.75 $66,030
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 110 $35.58 $74,010
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 100 $27.75 $57,720
Naples-Marco Island, FL 100 $32.66 $67,930
Ithaca, NY 100 $33.12 $68,900
Glens Falls, NY 100 Not available Not available
Bismarck, ND 100 $28.92 $60,160
Harrisonburg, VA 100 $37.35 $77,700
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 100 $23.20 $48,260
Wheeling, WV-OH 100 $29.05 $60,430
Billings, MT 90 $30.75 $63,960
Longview, TX 90 $28.34 $58,940
Rome, GA 90 $23.17 $48,180
Springfield, OH 90 $32.38 $67,360
Chico, CA 90 $38.50 $80,080
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 90 $28.92 $60,160
Napa, CA 90 $34.97 $72,730
Bangor, ME 90 $29.00 $60,320
Rocky Mount, NC 90 $28.57 $59,440
Rockford, IL 80 $33.20 $69,050
Johnstown, PA 80 $26.21 $54,520
San Angelo, TX 80 $28.45 $59,170
Lake Charles, LA 80 $26.24 $54,590
Elizabethtown, KY 80 $31.49 $65,500
Idaho Falls, ID 80 $26.20 $54,510
Logan, UT-ID 80 $26.48 $55,090
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 80 $33.81 $70,320
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 80 $30.44 $63,310
Redding, CA 80 $27.90 $58,020
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 80 $36.32 $75,540
Johnson City, TN 80 $22.79 $47,410
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 80 $27.28 $56,750
Ocala, FL 80 $23.32 $48,510
Barnstable Town, MA 70 $32.49 $67,570
Muncie, IN 70 $30.05 $62,500
Williamsport, PA 70 $28.10 $58,450
Waterbury, CT 70 $34.70 $72,170
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 70 $32.46 $67,510
Champaign-Urbana, IL 70 $33.01 $68,660
Bay City, MI 70 $35.37 $73,580
Albany, GA 70 $29.18 $60,700
Winchester, VA-WV 70 $34.60 $71,960
Yakima, WA 70 $36.46 $75,830
Auburn-Opelika, AL 70 $31.12 $64,720
Joplin, MO 70 $25.42 $52,870
Odessa, TX 70 $31.52 $65,560
Wichita Falls, TX 60 $26.03 $54,140
Medford, OR 60 $29.26 $60,860
Gainesville, GA 60 $33.91 $70,540
Casper, WY 60 $27.28 $56,740
Greeley, CO 60 $38.27 $79,600
Dubuque, IA 60 $24.34 $50,620
Pascagoula, MS 60 $29.55 $61,460
Salisbury, MD 60 $31.05 $64,580
Janesville, WI 60 $30.42 $63,280
Bend, OR 60 $33.01 $68,660
Midland, TX 60 $28.75 $59,800
Terre Haute, IN 50 $27.36 $56,900
Corvallis, OR 50 $32.46 $67,510
Coeur d'Alene, ID 50 $29.05 $60,430
Decatur, IL 50 $34.56 $71,890
Mansfield, OH 50 $30.70 $63,850
Missoula, MT 50 $31.60 $65,720
Alexandria, LA 50 $24.39 $50,730
Wenatchee, WA 50 $38.10 $79,250
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 50 $44.02 $91,560
Laredo, TX 50 $27.87 $57,980
Abilene, TX 50 $23.29 $48,440
Cleveland, TN 50 $22.80 $47,430
Yuba City, CA 50 $28.72 $59,750
Pittsfield, MA 40 $39.74 $82,660
Lawton, OK 40 $25.72 $53,500
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 40 $35.01 $72,820
Longview, WA 40 $32.41 $67,400
Visalia-Porterville, CA 40 $30.56 $63,570
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 40 $31.03 $64,530
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 40 $26.05 $54,190
Grand Junction, CO 40 $30.56 $63,560
Kingston, NY 40 $30.77 $64,010
Lima, OH 40 $30.31 $63,050
Pocatello, ID 40 $38.86 $80,820
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 40 $38.03 $79,110
Madera, CA 40 $28.44 $59,160
Fairbanks, AK 40 $33.43 $69,530
Merced, CA 30 $21.90 $45,560
Rapid City, SD 30 $29.70 $61,770
Ponce, PR 30 $20.76 $43,180
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 30 $24.01 $49,930
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 30 $33.73 $70,160
New Bedford, MA 30 $38.51 $80,110
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 30 $24.50 $50,960
Decatur, AL 30 $28.86 $60,030
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 30 $38.36 $79,790
Valdosta, GA 30 $27.87 $57,980
Lawrence, KS Not available $29.15 $60,630
Farmington, NM Not available $53.18 $110,600
Las Cruces, NM Not available $31.78 $66,110
Prescott, AZ Not available $19.43 $40,400
Jackson, TN Not available $26.50 $55,110
Jacksonville, NC Not available $33.05 $68,750
Lebanon, PA Not available $35.65 $74,140
State College, PA Not available $35.11 $73,030
Warner Robins, GA Not available $35.06 $72,910
Owensboro, KY Not available $30.07 $62,540
Bowling Green, KY Not available $33.39 $69,450
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