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 | 4,760 | $48.14 | $100,130 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 8,590 | $45.55 | $94,740 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 7,290 | $51.77 | $107,670 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 6,810 | $47.16 | $98,090 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 6,350 | $43.85 | $91,210 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 6,010 | $46.56 | $96,850 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 5,500 | $44.89 | $93,370 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 4,310 | $47.48 | $98,770 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 4,240 | $46.30 | $96,300 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 4,050 | $48.12 | $100,090 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 3,320 | $40.70 | $84,650 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 3,300 | $44.05 | $91,620 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 3,210 | $44.17 | $91,880 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 3,150 | $43.22 | $89,900 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 3,130 | $40.83 | $84,920 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 3,110 | $43.10 | $89,650 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 3,000 | $40.87 | $85,000 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 2,760 | $46.88 | $97,510 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 2,720 | $36.99 | $76,940 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 2,630 | $51.03 | $106,130 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,580 | $43.19 | $89,830 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 2,530 | $43.06 | $89,570 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 2,360 | $37.37 | $77,720 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 2,270 | $45.42 | $94,470 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,260 | $42.06 | $87,480 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 2,150 | $47.08 | $97,920 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 2,130 | $41.53 | $86,380 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 2,040 | $42.26 | $87,890 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 1,910 | $45.00 | $93,600 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 1,890 | $39.60 | $82,370 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 1,850 | $38.00 | $79,040 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1,740 | $36.20 | $75,300 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 1,610 | $39.65 | $82,470 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,600 | $43.01 | $89,460 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 1,460 | $47.02 | $97,800 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 1,380 | $48.08 | $100,000 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1,340 | $38.68 | $80,450 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 1,200 | $49.32 | $102,590 |
| Huntsville, AL | 1,200 | $43.94 | $91,400 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 1,200 | $50.02 | $104,030 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 1,170 | $45.49 | $94,630 |
| Boulder, CO | 1,160 | $46.89 | $97,540 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 1,150 | $36.26 | $75,420 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 1,030 | $37.41 | $77,820 |
| Dayton, OH | 1,010 | $46.34 | $96,390 |
| Warner Robins, GA | 960 | $37.83 | $78,680 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 940 | $38.30 | $79,660 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 920 | $39.23 | $81,600 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 910 | $37.69 | $78,400 |
| Tucson, AZ | 900 | $47.19 | $98,160 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 880 | $46.20 | $96,090 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 860 | $37.19 | $77,340 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 840 | $45.24 | $94,100 |
| Rochester, NY | 820 | $42.90 | $89,230 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 790 | $41.84 | $87,030 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 790 | $43.40 | $90,270 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 740 | $39.43 | $82,010 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 730 | $35.43 | $73,680 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 720 | $35.78 | $74,430 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 710 | $48.25 | $100,360 |
| San Antonio, TX | 680 | $39.94 | $83,070 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 680 | $40.72 | $84,700 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 640 | $39.55 | $82,270 |
| Columbus, OH | 630 | $34.63 | $72,020 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 620 | $43.45 | $90,370 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 610 | $40.15 | $83,510 |
| Durham, NC | 530 | $52.35 | $108,890 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 520 | $40.07 | $83,340 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 500 | $38.98 | $81,080 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 500 | $36.63 | $76,180 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 500 | $40.97 | $85,220 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 490 | $37.37 | $77,730 |
| Honolulu, HI | 480 | $38.67 | $80,440 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 470 | $54.15 | $112,630 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 460 | $41.03 | $85,340 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 440 | $34.50 | $71,770 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 420 | $35.49 | $73,810 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 410 | $32.09 | $66,750 |
| Richmond, VA | 400 | $34.27 | $71,280 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 390 | $49.22 | $102,370 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 390 | $40.63 | $84,500 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 360 | $35.60 | $74,050 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 360 | $46.75 | $97,240 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 350 | $33.03 | $68,700 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 340 | $39.76 | $82,700 |
| Tulsa, OK | 330 | $33.44 | $69,560 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 320 | $37.05 | $77,070 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 320 | $46.08 | $95,850 |
| Greenville, SC | 310 | $33.14 | $68,930 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 300 | $45.45 | $94,540 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 300 | $43.27 | $90,000 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 300 | $39.60 | $82,380 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 290 | $40.40 | $84,030 |
| New Haven, CT | 290 | $40.77 | $84,810 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 290 | $38.97 | $81,060 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 290 | $40.05 | $83,300 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 270 | $40.16 | $83,530 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 260 | $43.80 | $91,100 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 240 | $45.01 | $93,620 |
| Syracuse, NY | 240 | $33.51 | $69,700 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 230 | $49.75 | $103,480 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 230 | $52.97 | $110,180 |
| Akron, OH | 230 | $40.74 | $84,730 |
| Spokane, WA | 230 | $38.23 | $79,510 |
| El Paso, TX | 220 | $36.19 | $75,270 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 220 | $48.46 | $100,800 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 220 | $43.66 | $90,810 |
| Wichita, KS | 200 | $30.67 | $63,800 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 200 | $40.92 | $85,120 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 190 | $38.45 | $79,970 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 190 | $35.16 | $73,120 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 190 | $38.63 | $80,350 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 190 | $37.53 | $78,050 |
| Madison, WI | 180 | $32.42 | $67,440 |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division | 180 | $50.59 | $105,220 |
| Peabody, MA NECTA Division | 170 | $41.29 | $85,880 |
| Modesto, CA | 170 | Not available | Not available |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 160 | $45.99 | $95,650 |
| Fresno, CA | 150 | $38.78 | $80,660 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 150 | $39.38 | $81,900 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 150 | $36.19 | $75,270 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 150 | $34.93 | $72,660 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 150 | $38.28 | $79,610 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 140 | $24.38 | $50,720 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 140 | $37.54 | $78,080 |
| Lincoln, NE | 140 | $33.77 | $70,240 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 140 | $31.80 | $66,150 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 130 | $35.12 | $73,060 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 120 | $38.96 | $81,040 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 120 | $36.59 | $76,100 |
| Columbia, SC | 120 | $37.82 | $78,660 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 110 | $38.26 | $79,580 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 110 | $37.34 | $77,670 |
| Longview, TX | 100 | $35.94 | $74,750 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 90 | $37.65 | $78,320 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 90 | $39.75 | $82,690 |
| Lancaster, PA | 90 | $34.22 | $71,190 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 90 | $33.05 | $68,740 |
| Knoxville, TN | 90 | $32.95 | $68,530 |
| Anchorage, AK | 90 | $37.78 | $78,590 |
| La Crosse, WI-MN | 90 | $31.67 | $65,860 |
| Danbury, CT | 90 | $34.45 | $71,650 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 80 | $37.92 | $78,860 |
| Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division | 80 | $47.70 | $99,220 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 80 | $39.76 | $82,710 |
| State College, PA | 80 | $41.79 | $86,920 |
| Stockton, CA | 80 | $35.52 | $73,880 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 80 | $37.81 | $78,640 |
| Toledo, OH | 70 | $38.43 | $79,930 |
| Corvallis, OR | 70 | $49.55 | $103,060 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 60 | $33.96 | $70,640 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 60 | $35.88 | $74,630 |
| Jackson, MS | 60 | $36.37 | $75,640 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 60 | $48.76 | $101,420 |
| Manchester, NH | 60 | $41.21 | $85,710 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 60 | $31.97 | $66,490 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 60 | $44.81 | $93,200 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 60 | $33.90 | $70,510 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 60 | $37.27 | $77,530 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 60 | $47.42 | $98,640 |
| Peoria, IL | 60 | $36.07 | $75,020 |
| Rockford, IL | 60 | $38.39 | $79,860 |
| Asheville, NC | 60 | $28.91 | $60,130 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 50 | $38.05 | $79,140 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 50 | $43.26 | $89,990 |
| Mobile, AL | 50 | $44.72 | $93,010 |
| Bend, OR | 50 | $40.39 | $84,010 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 50 | $38.77 | $80,630 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 50 | $30.61 | $63,660 |
| Springfield, MO | 40 | $34.86 | $72,510 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 40 | $31.91 | $66,380 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 40 | $29.91 | $62,210 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 40 | $36.54 | $76,000 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 40 | $41.86 | $87,070 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 40 | $41.86 | $87,060 |
| Salisbury, MD | 40 | $36.43 | $75,770 |
| Lafayette, LA | 40 | $27.70 | $57,610 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 40 | $38.50 | $80,080 |
| Topeka, KS | 40 | $33.66 | $70,020 |
| Williamsport, PA | 40 | $30.78 | $64,020 |
| Erie, PA | 40 | $30.29 | $63,010 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA | 40 | $34.80 | $72,370 |
| Green Bay, WI | 40 | $38.27 | $79,590 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 40 | $34.42 | $71,590 |
| Lubbock, TX | 40 | $32.44 | $67,480 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Bellingham, WA | 30 | $34.81 | $72,400 |
| Wausau, WI | 30 | $36.53 | $75,970 |
| Greenville, NC | 30 | $34.68 | $72,140 |
| Greeley, CO | 30 | $44.43 | $92,410 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | Not available | $40.91 | $85,100 |
| Appleton, WI | Not available | $46.45 | $96,610 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | Not available | $36.81 | $76,560 |
| Tyler, TX | Not available | $37.55 | $78,110 |
| Ocala, FL | Not available | $41.01 | $85,300 |
| Lakeland, FL | Not available | $39.11 | $81,340 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | Not available | $46.88 | $97,520 |
| Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI | Not available | $35.87 | $74,600 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | Not available | $33.00 | $68,630 |
| Holland-Grand Haven, MI | Not available | $38.96 | $81,040 |
| Roanoke, VA | Not available | $43.17 | $89,790 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | Not available | $35.81 | $74,480 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | Not available | $28.97 | $60,250 |
| Elizabethtown, KY | Not available | $33.92 | $70,550 |
| Reading, PA | Not available | $39.02 | $81,150 |
| Johnstown, PA | Not available | $38.72 | $80,530 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | Not available | $38.59 | $80,270 |
| Altoona, PA | Not available | $27.14 | $56,450 |
| Salem, OR | Not available | $26.67 | $55,480 |
| Mansfield, OH | Not available | $35.19 | $73,190 |
| Elmira, NY | Not available | $38.52 | $80,120 |
| Binghamton, NY | Not available | $43.44 | $90,350 |
| Racine, WI | Not available | $38.83 | $80,770 |
| Salinas, CA | Not available | $41.75 | $86,850 |
| Charleston, WV | Not available | $32.50 | $67,600 |
| Napa, CA | Not available | $37.02 | $76,990 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | Not available | $30.93 | $64,340 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | Not available | $34.17 | $71,060 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | Not available | $38.66 | $80,400 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | Not available | $35.93 | $74,730 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | Not available | $27.60 | $57,410 |
| Springfield, IL | Not available | $46.19 | $96,070 |
