Occupational employment / Mechanical engineers

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 "Mechanical engineers" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 5,430 $49.70 $103,370
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 9,220 $40.36 $83,950
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 8,440 $38.47 $80,020
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 8,260 $41.33 $85,970
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 7,510 $45.55 $94,740
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 7,110 $42.14 $87,650
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 6,230 $36.41 $75,730
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 5,550 $42.43 $88,250
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 5,150 $36.53 $75,990
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 4,640 $39.63 $82,430
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,620 $39.25 $81,650
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 4,560 $42.18 $87,720
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 4,530 $39.81 $82,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 4,260 $41.03 $85,350
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 4,250 $48.96 $101,840
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 4,210 $51.58 $107,290
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4,130 $36.09 $75,080
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 3,990 $41.15 $85,580
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 3,200 $35.89 $74,650
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 3,060 $32.35 $67,300
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 3,060 $39.67 $82,500
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 3,030 $40.63 $84,510
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,960 $35.92 $74,720
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2,850 $43.68 $90,860
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,820 $39.12 $81,370
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,710 $39.10 $81,330
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2,440 $37.22 $77,420
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 2,390 $31.70 $65,930
Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,250 $41.72 $86,780
Denver-Aurora, CO 2,150 $46.51 $96,750
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 2,070 $37.75 $78,520
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 2,020 $43.25 $89,970
Kansas City, MO-KS 1,960 $35.17 $73,150
Pittsburgh, PA 1,950 $34.57 $71,900
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,920 $42.09 $87,550
Ann Arbor, MI 1,840 $38.20 $79,460
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 1,810 $33.99 $70,710
St. Louis, MO-IL 1,780 $36.33 $75,560
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,750 $36.83 $76,610
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1,750 $30.74 $63,940
Huntsville, AL 1,720 $40.86 $85,000
Columbus, OH 1,650 $32.08 $66,720
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 1,610 $37.75 $78,510
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 1,540 $33.25 $69,170
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,460 $40.56 $84,360
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,420 $36.05 $74,980
Rochester, NY 1,390 $32.62 $67,860
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 1,380 $37.19 $77,350
Dayton, OH 1,320 $34.09 $70,910
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 1,310 $39.52 $82,190
Salt Lake City, UT 1,280 $35.41 $73,660
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,230 $33.92 $70,550
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 1,220 $43.20 $89,860
Tucson, AZ 1,190 $36.71 $76,350
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 1,170 $34.15 $71,040
Richmond, VA 1,170 $37.09 $77,140
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,030 $36.20 $75,300
Akron, OH 1,010 $36.24 $75,390
Tulsa, OK 1,010 $35.49 $73,820
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 1,000 $37.58 $78,160
Boulder, CO 950 $46.47 $96,650
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 950 $40.94 $85,150
Columbus, IN 940 $33.58 $69,850
Greenville, SC 940 $38.43 $79,930
Wichita, KS 930 $32.43 $67,460
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 920 $43.19 $89,830
Toledo, OH 890 $32.88 $68,380
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 890 $37.07 $77,100
Albuquerque, NM 890 $44.83 $93,260
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 890 $32.18 $66,930
Baton Rouge, LA 860 $40.76 $84,780
Raleigh-Cary, NC 840 $33.38 $69,420
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 840 $34.60 $71,980
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 830 $44.73 $93,030
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 790 $41.51 $86,330
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 790 $31.84 $66,230
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 750 $33.55 $69,780
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 740 $35.14 $73,100
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 720 $35.34 $73,500
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 700 $34.14 $71,010
Fort Wayne, IN 700 $29.59 $61,550
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 680 $36.38 $75,680
Knoxville, TN 670 $37.58 $78,170
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 670 $40.29 $83,800
Madison, WI 660 $34.17 $71,080
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 630 $40.41 $84,060
Peoria, IL 630 $29.75 $61,880
Columbia, SC 610 $35.00 $72,800
San Antonio, TX 610 $31.20 $64,890
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 600 $37.82 $78,660
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 570 $34.18 $71,100
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 570 $33.93 $70,580
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 550 $29.34 $61,020
Rockford, IL 540 $36.07 $75,030
Syracuse, NY 530 $36.15 $75,190
Oklahoma City, OK 530 $33.04 $68,720
Springfield, MA-CT 520 $33.92 $70,550
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 520 $36.35 $75,610
Worcester, MA-CT 520 $37.87 $78,760
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 520 $37.92 $78,870
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 520 $43.11 $89,670
Bakersfield, CA 510 $42.66 $88,730
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 500 $35.39 $73,610
Evansville, IN-KY 490 $32.01 $66,580
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 480 $43.13 $89,710
Colorado Springs, CO 480 $35.54 $73,920
Honolulu, HI 480 $40.29 $83,810
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 460 $36.24 $75,390
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 460 $40.94 $85,140
Canton-Massillon, OH 460 $32.72 $68,050
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 440 $39.44 $82,040
Boise City-Nampa, ID 430 $49.39 $102,730
Lexington-Fayette, KY 430 $33.13 $68,900
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 430 $36.51 $75,930
Erie, PA 420 $37.29 $77,570
York-Hanover, PA 410 $36.45 $75,820
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 410 $29.71 $61,800
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 390 $36.80 $76,530
Green Bay, WI 390 $33.39 $69,450
Lynchburg, VA 380 $28.96 $60,230
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 380 $37.99 $79,010
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 370 $31.41 $65,340
Lafayette, IN 370 $29.09 $60,510
Greensboro-High Point, NC 360 $35.69 $74,240
New Haven, CT 360 $34.58 $71,920
Durham, NC 350 $34.04 $70,800
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 350 $38.90 $80,910
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 340 $34.31 $71,370
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 340 $28.13 $58,510
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 330 $41.66 $86,660
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 330 $41.19 $85,680
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 330 $41.97 $87,290
Binghamton, NY 330 $33.19 $69,040
Jacksonville, FL 330 $32.80 $68,230
Lafayette, LA 320 $34.95 $72,700
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 320 $36.23 $75,360
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 310 $41.52 $86,370
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 300 $38.63 $80,350
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 300 $28.98 $60,270
Eau Claire, WI 300 $33.00 $68,650
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 290 $36.21 $75,320
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 290 $43.12 $89,690
Danbury, CT 290 $38.69 $80,470
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 290 $29.56 $61,490
Mobile, AL 280 $37.35 $77,700
Spokane, WA 280 $30.64 $63,720
Racine, WI 280 $36.60 $76,120
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 270 $39.26 $81,650
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 270 $39.36 $81,880
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 270 $29.92 $62,240
Spartanburg, SC 270 $32.85 $68,320
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 270 $41.29 $85,880
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 260 $39.09 $81,300
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 260 $41.65 $86,640
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 260 $39.66 $82,480
Flint, MI 260 $29.30 $60,950
Battle Creek, MI 250 $34.52 $71,790
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 250 $39.29 $81,730
Cedar Rapids, IA 240 $35.52 $73,890
Lancaster, PA 240 $34.41 $71,580
Winston-Salem, NC 240 $30.68 $63,810
Fargo, ND-MN 230 $33.65 $69,990
Reading, PA 230 $39.41 $81,980
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 220 $31.38 $65,270
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL 210 $43.19 $89,830
Fresno, CA 210 $37.90 $78,830
Portsmouth, NH-ME 210 $36.30 $75,500
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 200 $29.31 $60,960
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 190 $30.50 $63,430
Jackson, MI 190 $31.98 $66,520
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 190 $33.92 $70,550
Springfield, MO 190 $34.01 $70,750
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 190 $28.97 $60,260
Anchorage, AK 190 $40.53 $84,300
Wausau, WI 190 $30.66 $63,780
Sheboygan, WI 190 $32.15 $66,870
Montgomery, AL 180 $33.51 $69,710
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 180 $39.99 $83,180
Lincoln, NE 180 $31.69 $65,920
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 170 $32.69 $67,990
Bloomington, IN 170 $34.41 $71,580
Fond du Lac, WI 170 $30.84 $64,160
Jackson, MS 170 $33.84 $70,390
Reno-Sparks, NV 170 $35.84 $74,550
Roanoke, VA 170 $34.49 $71,740
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 150 $36.87 $76,700
Manchester, NH 150 $33.26 $69,190
Fort Smith, AR-OK 150 $32.27 $67,130
Ithaca, NY 150 $34.10 $70,940
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 150 $35.68 $74,220
Chattanooga, TN-GA 150 $32.75 $68,120
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 150 $34.77 $72,330
Terre Haute, IN 150 $26.78 $55,710
College Station-Bryan, TX 150 $27.22 $56,620
Waco, TX 140 $33.02 $68,680
Janesville, WI 140 $30.92 $64,320
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 140 $38.47 $80,010
Charleston, WV 140 $42.30 $87,980
Corpus Christi, TX 140 $42.93 $89,300
Eugene-Springfield, OR 140 $29.84 $62,070
Muncie, IN 130 $35.71 $74,270
Asheville, NC 130 $30.51 $63,460
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 130 $36.89 $76,740
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 130 $29.32 $60,980
Anderson, SC 130 $36.93 $76,820
Lake Charles, LA 130 $40.10 $83,400
Utica-Rome, NY 130 $32.23 $67,040
Mansfield, OH 120 $29.65 $61,670
Rocky Mount, NC 120 $31.05 $64,580
Elmira, NY 120 $33.59 $69,870
Charlottesville, VA 120 $35.43 $73,690
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 120 $27.95 $58,140
Iowa City, IA 110 $31.97 $66,490
Decatur, AL 110 $35.81 $74,480
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 110 $41.46 $86,240
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 110 $43.10 $89,640
Pueblo, CO 110 $34.02 $70,760
Duluth, MN-WI 110 $32.45 $67,500
Tuscaloosa, AL 110 $40.90 $85,060
Dubuque, IA 100 $25.79 $53,630
Waterbury, CT 100 $37.89 $78,800
Bellingham, WA 100 $45.40 $94,430
Lakeland, FL 100 $34.36 $71,470
Dalton, GA 100 $36.62 $76,160
Macon, GA 100 $30.24 $62,910
St. Cloud, MN 100 $28.68 $59,640
Coeur d'Alene, ID 100 $33.28 $69,220
Anniston-Oxford, AL 100 $34.85 $72,480
Mayaguez, PR 100 $19.68 $40,930
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 100 $35.14 $73,090
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 100 $44.23 $92,000
Bay City, MI 90 $30.17 $62,760
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 90 $32.46 $67,510
Florence, SC 90 $35.95 $74,770
Sioux Falls, SD 90 $29.98 $62,360
Athens-Clarke County, GA 90 $30.86 $64,190
Champaign-Urbana, IL 90 $32.86 $68,350
Sandusky, OH 80 $32.16 $66,900
Auburn-Opelika, AL 80 $33.36 $69,380
Burlington, NC 80 Not available Not available
Gainesville, GA 80 $30.64 $63,730
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 80 $34.55 $71,860
Las Cruces, NM 80 $37.20 $77,370
Altoona, PA 80 $33.62 $69,930
Barnstable Town, MA 80 $42.83 $89,090
Sumter, SC 80 $28.41 $59,100
Cheyenne, WY 80 $34.58 $71,920
New Bedford, MA 80 $38.79 $80,680
Monroe, MI 70 $32.51 $67,620
Modesto, CA 70 $31.12 $64,720
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 70 $34.63 $72,020
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 70 $34.63 $72,040
El Paso, TX 70 $33.31 $69,290
Greeley, CO 70 $37.52 $78,030
Topeka, KS 70 $44.96 $93,510
Springfield, OH 70 $28.70 $59,690
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 70 $37.41 $77,810
Grand Junction, CO 70 $39.74 $82,670
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 70 $32.07 $66,700
Harrisonburg, VA 70 $33.12 $68,900
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 70 $45.29 $94,200
Fayetteville, NC 70 $36.03 $74,940
Lima, OH 60 $32.21 $66,990
Logan, UT-ID 60 $29.94 $62,270
Bowling Green, KY 60 $35.57 $73,990
Jackson, TN 60 $28.91 $60,140
Clarksville, TN-KY 60 $30.39 $63,200
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 60 $33.35 $69,360
Bend, OR 60 $33.21 $69,080
Longview, TX 60 $34.83 $72,450
Ocala, FL 60 $28.96 $60,240
Yuma, AZ 60 $33.63 $69,950
Wilmington, NC 60 $35.51 $73,870
Kingston, NY 60 $31.35 $65,210
Stockton, CA 60 $35.72 $74,290
Glens Falls, NY 60 $34.25 $71,240
Owensboro, KY 60 $36.30 $75,500
Casper, WY 50 $31.69 $65,920
Billings, MT 50 $35.53 $73,900
Wheeling, WV-OH 50 $30.04 $62,470
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 50 $29.81 $62,010
Ames, IA 50 $37.62 $78,250
Anderson, IN 50 $35.23 $73,290
Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL 50 $32.28 $67,150
Corvallis, OR 50 $38.09 $79,220
Wichita Falls, TX 50 $36.03 $74,940
Salem, OR 50 $32.74 $68,090
Winchester, VA-WV 50 $39.48 $82,130
Gainesville, FL 50 $30.33 $63,080
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 50 $35.76 $74,380
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 40 $29.50 $61,360
Elizabethtown, KY 40 $30.69 $63,840
Pittsfield, MA 40 $33.68 $70,050
Atlantic City, NJ 40 $42.61 $88,630
Lebanon, PA 40 $34.82 $72,430
Williamsport, PA 40 Not available Not available
Columbus, GA-AL 40 $36.28 $75,460
Decatur, IL 40 $27.76 $57,740
Joplin, MO 40 $42.44 $88,270
Danville, IL 40 $29.04 $60,400
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 40 $38.18 $79,410
Amarillo, TX 40 $45.39 $94,410
Jonesboro, AR 40 $35.52 $73,890
Abilene, TX 30 $36.05 $74,990
Napa, CA 30 $40.08 $83,370
Medford, OR 30 $30.43 $63,290
Fairbanks, AK 30 $38.02 $79,090
Goldsboro, NC 30 $29.55 $61,460
Tyler, TX 30 $37.14 $77,250
Albany, GA 30 $38.26 $79,580
State College, PA 30 $32.86 $68,340
Lawrence, KS 30 $27.56 $57,330
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX Not available $33.11 $68,880
Rochester, MN Not available $34.50 $71,750
Redding, CA Not available $31.81 $66,160
Columbia, MO Not available $31.71 $65,950
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Not available $19.03 $39,570
Flagstaff, AZ Not available $28.22 $58,700
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Not available $30.43 $63,290
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA Not available $39.34 $81,820
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI Not available $40.76 $84,790
Provo-Orem, UT Not available $33.59 $69,880
Appleton, WI Not available $33.43 $69,530
Pascagoula, MS Not available $30.93 $64,340
Johnson City, TN Not available $40.25 $83,720
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA Not available $30.86 $64,190
Missoula, MT Not available $25.29 $52,600
Norwich-New London, CT-RI Not available $39.46 $82,090
Pocatello, ID Not available $40.27 $83,760
Savannah, GA Not available $38.30 $79,660
Rome, GA Not available $33.17 $68,990
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Not available $39.13 $81,390
Midland, TX Not available $27.64 $57,480
Tallahassee, FL Not available $35.74 $74,330
Lubbock, TX Not available $36.78 $76,500
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Not available $34.32 $71,390
La Crosse, WI-MN Not available $30.22 $62,860
Salinas, CA Not available $39.26 $81,650
Bismarck, ND Not available $36.96 $76,880
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