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 | 5,930 | $46.48 | $96,670 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 7,700 | $43.70 | $90,910 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 6,110 | $42.51 | $88,420 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 5,300 | $50.76 | $105,570 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 5,150 | $44.01 | $91,540 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 4,820 | $46.68 | $97,090 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 4,460 | $42.64 | $88,680 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 4,330 | $44.31 | $92,160 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 4,270 | $40.39 | $84,020 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 4,200 | $45.84 | $95,340 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 4,110 | $45.75 | $95,150 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 3,860 | $50.63 | $105,300 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 3,640 | $41.09 | $85,460 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 3,520 | $42.70 | $88,820 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 3,370 | $38.67 | $80,420 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 3,160 | $39.45 | $82,050 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 2,820 | $41.36 | $86,030 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 2,740 | $44.66 | $92,900 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 2,220 | $47.37 | $98,530 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 2,120 | $41.98 | $87,320 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 2,110 | $42.91 | $89,240 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 2,080 | $40.67 | $84,590 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 2,040 | $39.84 | $82,860 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 1,910 | $39.77 | $82,730 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 1,900 | $39.45 | $82,050 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 1,890 | $38.64 | $80,380 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,760 | $42.62 | $88,640 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 1,700 | $45.31 | $94,250 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,650 | $42.18 | $87,730 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1,600 | $38.93 | $80,970 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1,530 | $36.14 | $75,180 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 1,510 | $41.65 | $86,640 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 1,490 | $38.69 | $80,480 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 1,460 | $38.74 | $80,590 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 1,420 | $44.45 | $92,460 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 1,380 | $36.30 | $75,500 |
| Tucson, AZ | 1,350 | $42.44 | $88,280 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 1,300 | $34.48 | $71,720 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 1,260 | $45.07 | $93,750 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 1,180 | $39.39 | $81,940 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 1,140 | $41.04 | $85,370 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 1,110 | $45.61 | $94,870 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 1,110 | $37.45 | $77,900 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 1,110 | $48.87 | $101,640 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,070 | $44.73 | $93,040 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 1,070 | $48.04 | $99,930 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 1,060 | $33.57 | $69,820 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 1,050 | $38.51 | $80,110 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 1,030 | $37.08 | $77,140 |
| Rochester, NY | 1,010 | $35.65 | $74,160 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 1,010 | $45.38 | $94,380 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 990 | $52.86 | $109,950 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 990 | $34.66 | $72,100 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 980 | $48.34 | $100,550 |
| Huntsville, AL | 970 | $40.42 | $84,070 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 930 | $36.79 | $76,530 |
| Greenville, SC | 920 | $41.27 | $85,850 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 900 | $42.05 | $87,460 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 770 | $45.43 | $94,500 |
| Columbus, OH | 740 | $36.02 | $74,920 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 710 | $43.52 | $90,520 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 690 | $44.09 | $91,710 |
| Tulsa, OK | 690 | $32.53 | $67,660 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 670 | $36.71 | $76,350 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 660 | $41.90 | $87,160 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 640 | $43.92 | $91,360 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 640 | $38.63 | $80,350 |
| Syracuse, NY | 630 | $38.75 | $80,600 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 620 | $38.68 | $80,450 |
| Richmond, VA | 600 | $37.74 | $78,490 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 600 | $40.48 | $84,210 |
| Honolulu, HI | 570 | $35.33 | $73,480 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 560 | $39.12 | $81,380 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 550 | $38.17 | $79,380 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 540 | $36.02 | $74,920 |
| Wichita, KS | 520 | $35.09 | $72,990 |
| Dayton, OH | 520 | $38.58 | $80,240 |
| San Antonio, TX | 520 | $40.23 | $83,680 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 510 | $41.28 | $85,860 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 510 | $43.55 | $90,580 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 510 | $36.75 | $76,440 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 490 | $30.94 | $64,360 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 490 | $38.26 | $79,580 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 480 | $39.39 | $81,920 |
| Durham, NC | 480 | $40.04 | $83,280 |
| Boulder, CO | 480 | $43.29 | $90,040 |
| Columbia, SC | 460 | $39.97 | $83,150 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 460 | $35.55 | $73,950 |
| Madison, WI | 450 | $37.98 | $78,990 |
| Akron, OH | 450 | $31.73 | $66,000 |
| Knoxville, TN | 430 | $42.75 | $88,910 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 410 | $27.06 | $56,270 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 410 | $47.15 | $98,060 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 410 | $36.40 | $75,720 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 390 | $37.45 | $77,900 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 380 | $34.29 | $71,310 |
| Roanoke, VA | 370 | $36.45 | $75,820 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 360 | $38.17 | $79,400 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 360 | $38.54 | $80,160 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 340 | $38.46 | $80,000 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 340 | $36.96 | $76,870 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 340 | $38.62 | $80,340 |
| Toledo, OH | 340 | $29.41 | $61,180 |
| Danbury, CT | 330 | $38.56 | $80,200 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 330 | $36.99 | $76,940 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 320 | $38.22 | $79,490 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 320 | Not available | Not available |
| Jackson, MS | 320 | $35.91 | $74,700 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 310 | $44.40 | $92,340 |
| Jackson, MI | 310 | $34.63 | $72,030 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 290 | $39.06 | $81,250 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 290 | $38.14 | $79,340 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 280 | $47.27 | $98,330 |
| Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 280 | $40.91 | $85,090 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 270 | $34.81 | $72,410 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 270 | $32.48 | $67,550 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 260 | $38.68 | $80,450 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 260 | $38.64 | $80,370 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 260 | $42.99 | $89,420 |
| Reading, PA | 250 | $39.75 | $82,680 |
| Green Bay, WI | 250 | $34.80 | $72,390 |
| Rockford, IL | 240 | $34.03 | $70,780 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 240 | $42.83 | $89,080 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 230 | $33.18 | $69,010 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 230 | $35.08 | $72,970 |
| El Paso, TX | 230 | $30.33 | $63,080 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 230 | $47.31 | $98,400 |
| Spokane, WA | 230 | $35.31 | $73,450 |
| Anchorage, AK | 220 | $43.38 | $90,230 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 210 | $29.22 | $60,770 |
| Mobile, AL | 210 | $38.74 | $80,580 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 210 | $39.72 | $82,610 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 210 | $33.11 | $68,870 |
| New Haven, CT | 210 | $38.28 | $79,610 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 200 | $41.02 | $85,330 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 200 | $37.02 | $77,010 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 200 | $44.01 | $91,550 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 200 | $37.84 | $78,700 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 190 | $39.97 | $83,130 |
| Lincoln, NE | 190 | $35.05 | $72,910 |
| Johnstown, PA | 180 | $41.74 | $86,810 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 180 | $38.66 | $80,410 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 180 | $35.05 | $72,910 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 170 | $37.90 | $78,840 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 170 | $40.57 | $84,380 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 160 | $37.39 | $77,770 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 160 | $36.57 | $76,060 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 150 | $39.60 | $82,360 |
| Billings, MT | 150 | $33.87 | $70,450 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 150 | $35.66 | $74,170 |
| Lafayette, LA | 140 | $34.07 | $70,870 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 140 | $38.80 | $80,700 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 140 | $41.11 | $85,500 |
| Montgomery, AL | 130 | Not available | Not available |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 130 | $35.81 | $74,490 |
| Appleton, WI | 130 | $33.71 | $70,110 |
| Eau Claire, WI | 130 | $45.16 | $93,930 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 130 | $40.76 | $84,780 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 130 | $37.51 | $78,010 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 130 | $38.29 | $79,640 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 120 | $45.04 | $93,690 |
| Asheville, NC | 120 | $32.96 | $68,560 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 120 | $20.38 | $42,390 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 120 | $37.56 | $78,130 |
| Springfield, MO | 110 | $35.99 | $74,860 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 110 | $30.56 | $63,570 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 110 | $32.92 | $68,480 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 110 | $36.06 | $75,010 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 110 | $36.95 | $76,850 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 110 | $35.26 | $73,350 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 110 | $35.08 | $72,970 |
| Ithaca, NY | 110 | $36.33 | $75,570 |
| Flint, MI | 100 | $27.67 | $57,540 |
| Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division | 100 | $38.72 | $80,540 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 100 | $31.08 | $64,640 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 100 | $53.36 | $111,000 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 100 | $43.77 | $91,040 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 100 | $39.01 | $81,130 |
| Rochester, MN | 90 | $48.08 | $100,010 |
| Longview, TX | 90 | $41.29 | $85,880 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 90 | $42.36 | $88,120 |
| Lakeland, FL | 90 | $37.36 | $77,720 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 90 | $37.60 | $78,200 |
| Racine, WI | 90 | $36.68 | $76,280 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 90 | $47.64 | $99,080 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 90 | $36.99 | $76,930 |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME | 90 | $38.25 | $79,570 |
| Fresno, CA | 90 | $37.24 | $77,460 |
| Sumter, SC | 90 | $30.19 | $62,790 |
| Florence, SC | 90 | $41.93 | $87,220 |
| Manchester, NH | 80 | $37.68 | $78,370 |
| Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 80 | $30.90 | $64,260 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | 80 | $31.33 | $65,170 |
| Savannah, GA | 80 | $44.21 | $91,950 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 80 | $40.38 | $84,000 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 80 | $32.72 | $68,060 |
| Sheboygan, WI | 80 | $33.57 | $69,830 |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | 80 | $39.97 | $83,140 |
| Bloomington, IN | 80 | $34.85 | $72,480 |
| Monroe, LA | 80 | $35.26 | $73,340 |
| Fort Smith, AR-OK | 70 | $29.80 | $61,990 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 70 | $33.56 | $69,810 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 70 | $32.89 | $68,410 |
| Napa, CA | 70 | $43.41 | $90,300 |
| Bismarck, ND | 70 | $36.34 | $75,600 |
| Macon, GA | 70 | $39.15 | $81,430 |
| La Crosse, WI-MN | 70 | $35.05 | $72,910 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 70 | $41.66 | $86,660 |
| Waterbury, CT | 70 | $36.13 | $75,140 |
| Gainesville, FL | 70 | $39.24 | $81,620 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 70 | $30.68 | $63,820 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 60 | $31.21 | $64,910 |
| St. Cloud, MN | 60 | $31.66 | $65,860 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 60 | $29.69 | $61,760 |
| Athens-Clarke County, GA | 60 | $35.93 | $74,730 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 60 | $31.32 | $65,150 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 60 | $31.84 | $66,220 |
| Lancaster, PA | 60 | $34.49 | $71,750 |
| Redding, CA | 60 | $37.55 | $78,100 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 50 | $30.43 | $63,300 |
| Topeka, KS | 50 | $40.02 | $83,240 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | 50 | $29.90 | $62,190 |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 50 | $34.07 | $70,870 |
| Amarillo, TX | 50 | $38.16 | $79,370 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 50 | $34.45 | $71,650 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 50 | $34.78 | $72,330 |
| Lubbock, TX | 50 | $35.12 | $73,050 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 50 | $31.99 | $66,540 |
| Elmira, NY | 50 | $43.88 | $91,270 |
| Janesville, WI | 50 | $34.73 | $72,240 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 50 | $35.79 | $74,450 |
| Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 40 | $37.11 | $77,190 |
| Decatur, AL | 40 | $40.12 | $83,440 |
| Bend, OR | 40 | $36.31 | $75,530 |
| Stockton, CA | 40 | $55.70 | $115,850 |
| Ocala, FL | 40 | $35.85 | $74,570 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 40 | $39.26 | $81,660 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 40 | $44.97 | $93,540 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 40 | $40.57 | $84,390 |
| Mansfield, OH | 40 | $32.27 | $67,120 |
| Waco, TX | 40 | $50.58 | $105,210 |
| Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA | 40 | $45.86 | $95,390 |
| Columbia, MO | 40 | $33.41 | $69,500 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 40 | $39.37 | $81,890 |
| Bangor, ME | 40 | $36.49 | $75,890 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 40 | $33.87 | $70,440 |
| Wausau, WI | 40 | $32.74 | $68,100 |
| Farmington, NM | 40 | $38.27 | $79,600 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 40 | $36.70 | $76,330 |
| Dover, DE | 30 | $35.26 | $73,340 |
| Bowling Green, KY | 30 | $29.54 | $61,440 |
| Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division | 30 | $40.13 | $83,470 |
| Medford, OR | 30 | $32.94 | $68,520 |
| Rapid City, SD | 30 | $31.66 | $65,850 |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 30 | $59.17 | $123,060 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 30 | $35.97 | $74,820 |
| Tyler, TX | 30 | $41.06 | $85,400 |
| Bay City, MI | 30 | $35.84 | $74,540 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | Not available | $48.86 | $101,630 |
| Binghamton, NY | Not available | $38.11 | $79,270 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | Not available | $30.92 | $64,310 |
| Greeley, CO | Not available | $37.75 | $78,510 |
| Grand Junction, CO | Not available | $46.57 | $96,860 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | Not available | $39.48 | $82,120 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | Not available | $33.56 | $69,800 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | Not available | $36.23 | $75,350 |
| Erie, PA | Not available | $35.62 | $74,090 |
| Anniston-Oxford, AL | Not available | $41.05 | $85,390 |
| San Angelo, TX | Not available | $42.68 | $88,770 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $35.72 | $74,300 |
| Peoria, IL | Not available | $38.63 | $80,350 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | Not available | $34.34 | $71,420 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | Not available | $34.09 | $70,910 |
| Salinas, CA | Not available | $35.01 | $72,810 |
| Monroe, MI | Not available | $38.44 | $79,960 |
| Jefferson City, MO | Not available | $33.70 | $70,090 |
| Bellingham, WA | Not available | $36.33 | $75,560 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | Not available | $43.85 | $91,210 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | Not available | $37.58 | $78,160 |
| Pine Bluff, AR | Not available | $39.80 | $82,790 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | Not available | $34.95 | $72,690 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | Not available | $29.33 | $61,010 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | Not available | $31.15 | $64,800 |
