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 | 2,010 | $31.07 | $64,630 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 3,300 | $25.85 | $53,760 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 2,010 | $28.86 | $60,020 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 1,960 | $27.92 | $58,080 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,860 | $24.68 | $51,340 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 1,820 | $28.50 | $59,280 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 1,690 | $33.43 | $69,530 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1,670 | $31.33 | $65,160 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 1,640 | $35.08 | $72,970 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 1,590 | $31.49 | $65,500 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 1,530 | $29.30 | $60,930 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 1,460 | $27.87 | $57,970 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1,410 | $30.98 | $64,430 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 1,370 | $28.06 | $58,370 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 1,350 | $28.55 | $59,380 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,290 | $21.18 | $44,060 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,270 | $28.46 | $59,190 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 1,210 | $32.18 | $66,940 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1,070 | $32.56 | $67,730 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,030 | $36.16 | $75,220 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 980 | $21.91 | $45,580 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 960 | $24.62 | $51,220 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 950 | $23.42 | $48,720 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 930 | $27.24 | $56,650 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 910 | $33.68 | $70,050 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 810 | $25.30 | $52,630 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 800 | $31.74 | $66,010 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 790 | $29.38 | $61,100 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 780 | $26.91 | $55,970 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 760 | $27.63 | $57,470 |
| Huntsville, AL | 700 | $26.15 | $54,400 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 680 | $24.32 | $50,580 |
| San Antonio, TX | 620 | $23.62 | $49,120 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 620 | $27.76 | $57,740 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 610 | $33.25 | $69,170 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 560 | $14.61 | $30,390 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 560 | $25.16 | $52,340 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 560 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Columbus, OH | 540 | $22.53 | $46,870 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 540 | $27.51 | $57,220 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 530 | $26.80 | $55,750 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 520 | $24.61 | $51,200 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 510 | $30.40 | $63,240 |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME | 490 | $37.02 | $77,000 |
| Pascagoula, MS | 480 | $36.21 | $75,310 |
| Dayton, OH | 440 | $19.12 | $39,760 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 430 | $33.20 | $69,050 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 430 | $29.82 | $62,020 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 430 | $24.23 | $50,390 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 420 | $17.60 | $36,610 |
| Rochester, NY | 420 | $21.82 | $45,390 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 420 | $25.77 | $53,600 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 400 | $29.02 | $60,350 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 390 | $22.38 | $46,540 |
| Corvallis, OR | 390 | $29.16 | $60,660 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 380 | $26.16 | $54,400 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 360 | $28.89 | $60,080 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 340 | $25.24 | $52,490 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 330 | $22.25 | $46,290 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 310 | $25.03 | $52,060 |
| Durham, NC | 290 | $25.26 | $52,540 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 290 | $21.79 | $45,330 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 280 | $33.97 | $70,650 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 280 | $25.65 | $53,360 |
| Akron, OH | 270 | $24.23 | $50,400 |
| Anchorage, AK | 260 | $29.41 | $61,170 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 260 | $22.55 | $46,900 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 250 | $23.85 | $49,600 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 250 | $27.86 | $57,950 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 240 | $25.29 | $52,600 |
| Tulsa, OK | 230 | $27.86 | $57,940 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 230 | $24.70 | $51,380 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 230 | $21.52 | $44,760 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 230 | $31.29 | $65,080 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 230 | $20.60 | $42,840 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 220 | $28.02 | $58,280 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 220 | $34.31 | $71,370 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 200 | $20.15 | $41,920 |
| Tucson, AZ | 200 | $26.17 | $54,420 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 190 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 180 | $21.82 | $45,390 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 180 | $26.02 | $54,110 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 170 | $27.30 | $56,790 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 170 | $28.66 | $59,600 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 160 | $26.26 | $54,630 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 160 | $29.61 | $61,580 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 160 | $29.78 | $61,950 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 160 | $24.31 | $50,570 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 150 | $28.42 | $59,110 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 140 | $27.66 | $57,540 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 140 | $26.11 | $54,310 |
| Midland, TX | 140 | $23.93 | $49,770 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 140 | $23.59 | $49,070 |
| Bloomington, IN | 140 | $22.07 | $45,900 |
| Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL | 130 | $23.92 | $49,760 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 130 | $24.74 | $51,450 |
| Battle Creek, MI | 130 | $25.54 | $53,120 |
| Boulder, CO | 130 | $30.20 | $62,810 |
| Toledo, OH | 120 | $22.44 | $46,670 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 120 | $26.26 | $54,630 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 110 | $20.11 | $41,830 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 110 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Monroe, MI | 110 | $29.18 | $60,690 |
| Syracuse, NY | 100 | $19.87 | $41,330 |
| Wichita, KS | 100 | $29.87 | $62,140 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 100 | $23.72 | $49,330 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 100 | $25.05 | $52,100 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 100 | $30.60 | $63,650 |
| Mobile, AL | 100 | $26.58 | $55,280 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 100 | $27.39 | $56,980 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 100 | $21.83 | $45,400 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 100 | $24.38 | $50,710 |
| Peoria, IL | 90 | $24.20 | $50,340 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 90 | $22.44 | $46,670 |
| Columbia, SC | 90 | $23.67 | $49,230 |
| Flint, MI | 90 | $28.69 | $59,680 |
| Richmond, VA | 90 | $25.04 | $52,080 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 90 | $25.78 | $53,620 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 90 | $26.33 | $54,770 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 80 | $21.99 | $45,740 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 80 | $27.91 | $58,060 |
| Madison, WI | 80 | $23.37 | $48,620 |
| Knoxville, TN | 80 | $24.62 | $51,210 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 80 | $25.16 | $52,330 |
| Fresno, CA | 80 | $23.83 | $49,570 |
| Binghamton, NY | 70 | $20.20 | $42,020 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 70 | $28.24 | $58,740 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 70 | $21.62 | $44,970 |
| Charleston, WV | 70 | $26.00 | $54,070 |
| Sandusky, OH | 70 | $28.05 | $58,350 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 60 | $25.44 | $52,920 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 60 | $18.21 | $37,870 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 60 | $26.11 | $54,310 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 60 | $28.30 | $58,860 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 60 | $24.46 | $50,870 |
| Springfield, IL | 60 | $29.13 | $60,580 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 60 | $22.79 | $47,400 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 50 | $20.54 | $42,730 |
| Albany, GA | 50 | $29.51 | $61,380 |
| Savannah, GA | 50 | $25.57 | $53,200 |
| Decatur, IL | 50 | $37.81 | $78,640 |
| Spokane, WA | 50 | $23.99 | $49,910 |
| Roanoke, VA | 50 | $25.97 | $54,020 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 50 | $25.29 | $52,590 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 50 | $32.17 | $66,920 |
| Redding, CA | 50 | $25.34 | $52,710 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 50 | $24.17 | $50,280 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 50 | $28.21 | $58,670 |
| Rochester-Dover, NH-ME | 40 | $21.06 | $43,810 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 40 | $25.96 | $54,010 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 40 | $25.23 | $52,470 |
| Mayaguez, PR | 40 | $15.85 | $32,960 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 40 | $24.11 | $50,140 |
| Casper, WY | 40 | $26.66 | $55,440 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 40 | $20.64 | $42,940 |
| Manchester, NH | 40 | $27.55 | $57,290 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 40 | $30.98 | $64,430 |
| Lafayette, LA | 40 | $21.92 | $45,580 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 40 | $26.21 | $54,510 |
| Jackson, MI | 40 | $22.84 | $47,500 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO | 40 | $15.49 | $32,220 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 40 | $26.40 | $54,910 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 40 | $29.95 | $62,300 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 40 | $19.09 | $39,710 |
| Rockford, IL | 40 | $24.76 | $51,500 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 30 | $22.30 | $46,390 |
| Ames, IA | 30 | $22.76 | $47,330 |
| Bangor, ME | 30 | $16.25 | $33,800 |
| Wilmington, NC | 30 | $27.72 | $57,660 |
| Stockton, CA | 30 | $28.00 | $58,240 |
| Lincoln, NE | 30 | $20.67 | $42,990 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 30 | $25.45 | $52,940 |
| Jackson, MS | 30 | $28.07 | $58,380 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 30 | $21.34 | $44,380 |
| Gainesville, FL | 30 | $21.41 | $44,530 |
| Wenatchee, WA | 30 | $24.68 | $51,330 |
| Mansfield, OH | Not available | $23.50 | $48,880 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | Not available | $28.98 | $60,270 |
| Pittsfield, MA | Not available | $24.69 | $51,350 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $32.02 | $66,600 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | Not available | $26.80 | $55,740 |
| Honolulu, HI | Not available | $32.55 | $67,700 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | Not available | $19.67 | $40,900 |
| Warner Robins, GA | Not available | $29.86 | $62,100 |
| Salinas, CA | Not available | $27.90 | $58,040 |
| Eau Claire, WI | Not available | $25.19 | $52,390 |
| Bellingham, WA | Not available | $23.62 | $49,130 |
| Santa Fe, NM | Not available | $13.94 | $28,990 |
| Appleton, WI | Not available | $28.86 | $60,020 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | Not available | $21.71 | $45,160 |
| El Paso, TX | Not available | $20.37 | $42,370 |
| Modesto, CA | Not available | $32.37 | $67,320 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | Not available | $20.58 | $42,820 |
| Jefferson City, MO | Not available | $21.91 | $45,580 |
