Occupational employment / Network systems and data communications 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 "Network systems and data communications analysts" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 16,110 $40.87 $85,000
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 21,360 $41.48 $86,290
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 14,970 $40.83 $84,920
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 13,130 $40.65 $84,560
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 8,550 $34.85 $72,490
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 6,940 $37.72 $78,450
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 6,110 $33.99 $70,710
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 6,020 $40.96 $85,200
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 5,970 $37.95 $78,930
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 5,900 $35.88 $74,640
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 5,890 $40.25 $83,720
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 5,460 $40.81 $84,880
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 5,420 $35.90 $74,680
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 5,380 $34.26 $71,260
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5,180 $39.40 $81,940
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 5,030 $39.42 $81,990
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,550 $36.18 $75,250
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 4,110 $36.58 $76,080
Baltimore-Towson, MD 4,020 $37.93 $78,900
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3,880 $37.83 $78,680
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 3,750 $39.91 $83,010
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 3,480 $47.55 $98,900
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,420 $32.34 $67,270
Columbus, OH 3,400 $34.33 $71,400
St. Louis, MO-IL 3,310 $37.13 $77,230
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 3,120 $42.95 $89,340
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 3,020 $34.54 $71,850
Denver-Aurora, CO 3,020 $38.27 $79,610
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 2,980 $41.80 $86,940
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 2,970 $36.78 $76,510
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 2,960 $44.22 $91,980
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 2,890 $38.82 $80,750
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 2,720 $37.65 $78,320
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,630 $30.45 $63,330
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 2,580 $30.97 $64,420
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,440 $37.01 $76,970
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2,400 $32.41 $67,420
Austin-Round Rock, TX 2,310 $33.65 $69,980
Kansas City, MO-KS 2,230 $33.58 $69,840
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 2,130 $35.28 $73,380
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,110 $35.40 $73,630
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 2,040 $38.26 $79,580
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,970 $30.94 $64,340
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 1,870 $33.99 $70,700
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,810 $44.83 $93,240
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,720 $35.20 $73,210
Madison, WI 1,650 $30.90 $64,270
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,630 $37.24 $77,450
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,620 $38.82 $80,750
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,600 $34.36 $71,470
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 1,590 $32.73 $68,080
Richmond, VA 1,590 $34.67 $72,120
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,510 $35.92 $74,700
Pittsburgh, PA 1,420 $34.45 $71,660
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1,370 $35.53 $73,900
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,290 $37.68 $78,370
Jacksonville, FL 1,250 $34.61 $71,980
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 1,220 $31.35 $65,210
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,140 $36.04 $74,960
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 1,100 $35.96 $74,800
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,090 $32.25 $67,090
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,090 $29.61 $61,590
Tallahassee, FL 1,050 $24.86 $51,700
Honolulu, HI 1,030 $31.47 $65,450
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,020 $38.58 $80,250
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 970 $36.28 $75,460
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 950 $30.55 $63,530
San Antonio, TX 950 $30.63 $63,710
Colorado Springs, CO 910 $30.80 $64,070
Akron, OH 890 $35.71 $74,270
Oklahoma City, OK 890 $28.06 $58,360
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 870 $31.28 $65,070
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 820 $33.71 $70,120
Rochester, NY 800 $33.02 $68,680
Salt Lake City, UT 780 $30.88 $64,240
New Haven, CT 770 $38.45 $79,970
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 760 $33.37 $69,410
Fort Wayne, IN 740 $28.80 $59,910
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 710 $38.91 $80,940
Dayton, OH 680 $32.86 $68,350
Durham, NC 680 $36.81 $76,560
Columbia, SC 670 $28.22 $58,700
Lakeland, FL 660 $32.02 $66,590
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 650 $40.02 $83,250
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 630 $35.27 $73,360
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 630 $31.13 $64,750
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 620 $35.76 $74,390
Gainesville, FL 580 $26.44 $55,000
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 580 $43.40 $90,280
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 570 $29.06 $60,440
Tulsa, OK 560 $29.32 $60,980
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 540 $32.75 $68,130
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 540 $32.65 $67,920
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 510 $35.96 $74,790
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 500 $33.54 $69,760
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 500 $31.04 $64,560
Boulder, CO 470 $37.74 $78,490
Huntsville, AL 460 $32.91 $68,460
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 450 $25.42 $52,870
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 430 $41.70 $86,740
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 430 $33.14 $68,920
Lexington-Fayette, KY 420 $26.36 $54,840
Sioux Falls, SD 410 $28.06 $58,360
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 410 $36.95 $76,860
Lincoln, NE 410 $26.87 $55,880
Worcester, MA-CT 400 $36.83 $76,610
Cedar Rapids, IA 400 $28.33 $58,930
Winston-Salem, NC 400 $30.37 $63,170
Knoxville, TN 390 $34.92 $72,620
Montgomery, AL 380 $31.09 $64,660
Greenville, SC 370 $27.61 $57,430
Tucson, AZ 370 $39.86 $82,920
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 370 $27.40 $56,980
Boise City-Nampa, ID 360 $31.36 $65,240
Syracuse, NY 360 $30.10 $62,610
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 350 $27.64 $57,490
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 340 $32.82 $68,260
El Paso, TX 340 $25.36 $52,750
Greensboro-High Point, NC 330 $31.93 $66,410
Provo-Orem, UT 330 $34.24 $71,220
Albuquerque, NM 320 $33.68 $70,050
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 310 $34.73 $72,250
Spokane, WA 310 $29.91 $62,220
Toledo, OH 310 $31.69 $65,920
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 310 $31.84 $66,230
Charlottesville, VA 290 $28.91 $60,130
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 290 $29.41 $61,180
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 290 $36.72 $76,380
Appleton, WI 280 $27.80 $57,820
Chattanooga, TN-GA 280 $30.76 $63,970
Baton Rouge, LA 280 $24.97 $51,930
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 280 $29.55 $61,470
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 280 $37.95 $78,940
Springfield, MA-CT 270 $30.07 $62,540
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 270 $27.10 $56,370
Wichita, KS 270 $31.44 $65,400
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 270 $34.30 $71,350
Charleston, WV 260 $21.14 $43,970
Green Bay, WI 260 $26.71 $55,570
Reno-Sparks, NV 250 $32.74 $68,110
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 250 $38.04 $79,130
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 240 $38.00 $79,040
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 230 $20.05 $41,700
Topeka, KS 230 $23.85 $49,610
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 220 $34.03 $70,790
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 220 $40.93 $85,130
Modesto, CA 220 $37.85 $78,730
Fresno, CA 210 $32.36 $67,310
Anchorage, AK 210 $33.16 $68,960
Flint, MI 190 $31.78 $66,100
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 190 $31.72 $65,970
Roanoke, VA 190 $30.44 $63,310
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 190 $33.42 $69,510
Jackson, MS 180 $29.21 $60,750
Asheville, NC 180 $22.22 $46,210
Lancaster, PA 180 $33.66 $70,020
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 180 $27.67 $57,540
Rochester, MN 180 Not available Not available
Portsmouth, NH-ME 180 $28.70 $59,700
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 180 $26.63 $55,400
Springfield, MO 180 $27.42 $57,030
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 170 $24.92 $51,840
Naples-Marco Island, FL 170 $32.58 $67,760
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 160 $32.69 $68,000
Peoria, IL 160 $30.49 $63,430
Bakersfield, CA 160 $41.83 $87,000
Binghamton, NY 160 $28.87 $60,050
Manchester, NH 160 $33.40 $69,480
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 160 $33.85 $70,420
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 150 $31.63 $65,790
Columbus, GA-AL 150 $36.53 $75,980
Bloomington-Normal, IL 150 $34.40 $71,540
Eau Claire, WI 150 $31.24 $64,980
Stockton, CA 140 $29.73 $61,830
Macon, GA 140 $21.30 $44,300
Danbury, CT 140 $36.24 $75,380
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 140 $32.06 $66,690
Champaign-Urbana, IL 130 $28.35 $58,970
Utica-Rome, NY 130 $29.05 $60,430
Mobile, AL 130 $25.97 $54,010
Eugene-Springfield, OR 130 $29.39 $61,130
Bellingham, WA 130 $23.76 $49,420
Fayetteville, NC 130 $29.55 $61,460
Amarillo, TX 130 $29.76 $61,890
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 130 $33.76 $70,220
Atlantic City, NJ 130 $33.57 $69,830
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 120 $28.01 $58,260
Springfield, IL 120 $30.38 $63,190
Canton-Massillon, OH 120 $26.90 $55,950
Greeley, CO 120 $24.04 $50,000
Ocala, FL 120 $24.28 $50,500
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 120 $32.41 $67,410
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 120 $20.64 $42,930
Lawrence, KS 110 Not available Not available
Fargo, ND-MN 110 $26.51 $55,150
Evansville, IN-KY 110 $28.24 $58,750
Harrisonburg, VA 110 $23.69 $49,270
Lubbock, TX 110 $21.39 $44,500
Spartanburg, SC 110 $28.29 $58,850
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 100 $29.67 $61,720
Rapid City, SD 100 $23.53 $48,930
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 100 $34.57 $71,910
Salinas, CA 100 $30.12 $62,640
Sheboygan, WI 100 $24.39 $50,720
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 100 $22.94 $47,710
Bismarck, ND 100 $25.42 $52,880
Idaho Falls, ID 90 Not available Not available
State College, PA 90 $37.41 $77,820
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 90 $23.71 $49,310
Florence, SC 90 $26.76 $55,650
York-Hanover, PA 90 $32.84 $68,310
Monroe, LA 90 $22.87 $47,560
Sumter, SC 90 $30.00 $62,400
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 90 $23.72 $49,340
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 90 $31.91 $66,380
Duluth, MN-WI 90 $31.61 $65,740
Reading, PA 90 $35.56 $73,970
Salem, OR 80 $31.29 $65,090
Dover, DE 80 $31.26 $65,030
Jefferson City, MO 80 $27.60 $57,410
Columbia, MO 80 $23.10 $48,040
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 80 $29.07 $60,460
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 80 $33.32 $69,300
Corpus Christi, TX 80 $26.05 $54,180
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 80 $28.12 $58,490
Wausau, WI 80 $31.17 $64,830
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 80 $32.97 $68,580
Waco, TX 80 $28.51 $59,310
Winchester, VA-WV 80 $26.21 $54,520
Rockford, IL 70 $27.22 $56,610
Williamsport, PA 70 $29.01 $60,330
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 70 $20.38 $42,380
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 70 $29.65 $61,670
Erie, PA 70 $33.42 $69,510
Greenville, NC 70 $33.05 $68,740
Lynchburg, VA 70 $28.60 $59,490
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 70 $29.55 $61,470
Bloomington, IN 70 $25.69 $53,430
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 70 $27.73 $57,690
Redding, CA 70 $31.16 $64,810
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 70 $38.18 $79,420
Santa Fe, NM 60 $22.69 $47,180
Savannah, GA 60 $33.67 $70,030
Visalia-Porterville, CA 60 $29.99 $62,380
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 60 $41.08 $85,440
Olympia, WA 60 $30.12 $62,650
Iowa City, IA 60 $30.39 $63,210
St. George, UT 60 $27.90 $58,020
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 60 $24.16 $50,260
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 60 $29.42 $61,200
Owensboro, KY 60 $28.28 $58,820
Lafayette, LA 60 $26.47 $55,050
Flagstaff, AZ 60 $25.75 $53,560
Billings, MT 60 $29.55 $61,450
Joplin, MO 60 $23.47 $48,810
Racine, WI 60 $32.21 $67,010
Lafayette, IN 60 $26.37 $54,860
Cheyenne, WY 60 $29.41 $61,180
Morgantown, WV 60 $20.63 $42,910
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 60 $23.53 $48,940
Medford, OR 60 $18.92 $39,360
La Crosse, WI-MN 60 $24.38 $50,720
College Station-Bryan, TX 60 $25.67 $53,390
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 60 $29.51 $61,380
Napa, CA 50 $30.15 $62,700
Ames, IA 50 Not available Not available
Jackson, MI 50 $31.57 $65,660
Chico, CA 50 $30.80 $64,060
Burlington, NC 50 $25.30 $52,620
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 50 $27.18 $56,540
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 50 $29.75 $61,880
Missoula, MT 50 $22.16 $46,100
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 50 $37.57 $78,140
Tuscaloosa, AL 50 $23.23 $48,320
Wenatchee, WA 50 $31.35 $65,200
Altoona, PA 50 $31.84 $66,220
Coeur d'Alene, ID 40 $23.97 $49,850
Janesville, WI 40 $22.80 $47,420
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 40 $25.16 $52,330
Logan, UT-ID 40 $22.65 $47,120
Warner Robins, GA 40 $36.09 $75,080
Sherman-Denison, TX 40 $38.77 $80,650
Gainesville, GA 40 $22.98 $47,800
Dalton, GA 40 $27.07 $56,310
Dothan, AL 40 $29.48 $61,330
Abilene, TX 40 $22.58 $46,960
Johnson City, TN 40 $23.02 $47,890
Fort Smith, AR-OK 40 $25.70 $53,460
Waterbury, CT 40 $31.46 $65,440
St. Cloud, MN 40 $32.73 $68,070
Ithaca, NY 40 $24.95 $51,900
Bend, OR 40 $25.42 $52,870
Salisbury, MD 40 $27.66 $57,530
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 40 $34.74 $72,260
Bowling Green, KY 40 $26.00 $54,070
Lake Charles, LA 40 $25.00 $51,990
Grand Junction, CO 40 $30.39 $63,210
Lawton, OK 40 $25.87 $53,820
Longview, WA 30 $39.85 $82,880
Midland, TX 30 $29.58 $61,530
Pocatello, ID 30 $19.38 $40,300
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 30 Not available Not available
Tyler, TX 30 $25.02 $52,050
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 30 $29.01 $60,340
Terre Haute, IN 30 $25.93 $53,930
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 30 $26.94 $56,030
Barnstable Town, MA Not available $38.28 $79,620
Elizabethtown, KY Not available $28.79 $59,880
Las Cruces, NM Not available $34.13 $70,980
Casper, WY Not available $19.79 $41,160
Ann Arbor, MI Not available $32.51 $67,610
Clarksville, TN-KY Not available $22.59 $46,990
Bangor, ME Not available $27.95 $58,140
Pueblo, CO Not available $22.83 $47,480
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Not available $29.98 $62,360
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL Not available $29.03 $60,390
Raleigh-Cary, NC Not available $34.74 $72,250
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI Not available $34.51 $71,780
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI Not available $29.66 $61,700
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