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 | 3,240 | $48.88 | $101,660 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | 8,980 | $36.37 | $75,640 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 4,050 | $38.12 | $79,300 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 2,970 | $34.94 | $72,670 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 2,950 | $40.39 | $84,010 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 2,810 | $37.15 | $77,280 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 2,790 | $35.03 | $72,850 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 2,750 | $37.75 | $78,510 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 2,650 | $37.11 | $77,180 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | 2,500 | $36.83 | $76,600 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 2,220 | $33.80 | $70,310 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 2,140 | $39.49 | $82,130 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 2,010 | $23.18 | $48,200 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 1,940 | $49.74 | $103,460 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,900 | $33.61 | $69,910 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 1,800 | $44.71 | $92,990 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,750 | $34.77 | $72,320 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,690 | $35.09 | $72,990 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 1,630 | $33.65 | $70,000 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,450 | $33.47 | $69,630 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 1,410 | $37.49 | $77,970 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1,390 | $40.13 | $83,470 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 1,300 | $47.59 | $98,980 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 1,130 | $41.05 | $85,380 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1,080 | $34.42 | $71,590 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,060 | $41.08 | $85,450 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 1,050 | $29.44 | $61,230 |
| Durham, NC | 1,040 | $35.04 | $72,880 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 990 | $27.42 | $57,040 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 980 | $33.17 | $68,990 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 920 | $33.93 | $70,570 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 920 | $29.60 | $61,580 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 900 | $24.87 | $51,740 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 890 | $38.04 | $79,120 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 890 | $32.61 | $67,820 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 810 | $30.69 | $63,830 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 800 | $36.06 | $75,010 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 760 | $36.28 | $75,470 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 750 | $35.43 | $73,690 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 720 | $32.85 | $68,320 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 710 | $33.59 | $69,860 |
| Boulder, CO | 710 | $43.36 | $90,190 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 680 | $36.69 | $76,310 |
| Columbus, OH | 650 | $29.47 | $61,300 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 600 | $29.56 | $61,490 |
| Madison, WI | 590 | $28.29 | $58,850 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 590 | $31.09 | $64,660 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 580 | $32.53 | $67,650 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 580 | $34.51 | $71,780 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 560 | $40.70 | $84,650 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | 540 | $26.40 | $54,910 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 510 | $32.92 | $68,470 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 470 | $40.28 | $83,780 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 450 | $28.64 | $59,570 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | 440 | $41.21 | $85,720 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 440 | $42.74 | $88,900 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 440 | $32.47 | $67,540 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 430 | $29.70 | $61,780 |
| Richmond, VA | 430 | $30.61 | $63,680 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 430 | $32.98 | $68,600 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 410 | $37.64 | $78,290 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 410 | $35.11 | $73,030 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 400 | $30.50 | $63,450 |
| Lancaster, PA | 380 | $23.41 | $48,690 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 370 | $32.64 | $67,880 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 360 | $26.64 | $55,410 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 360 | $25.96 | $53,990 |
| Rochester, NY | 320 | $29.17 | $60,670 |
| Akron, OH | 320 | $29.03 | $60,390 |
| San Antonio, TX | 320 | $29.23 | $60,800 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 300 | $34.15 | $71,030 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 290 | $29.47 | $61,300 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 280 | $32.08 | $66,730 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 280 | $31.43 | $65,370 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 280 | $25.28 | $52,570 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 270 | $35.85 | $74,560 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 260 | $35.56 | $73,970 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 250 | $47.67 | $99,150 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 250 | $26.83 | $55,810 |
| New Haven, CT | 250 | $37.00 | $76,960 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 240 | $26.35 | $54,820 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 240 | $28.76 | $59,820 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 240 | $29.98 | $62,350 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 230 | Not available | Not available |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 220 | $32.60 | $67,800 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 220 | $41.94 | $87,240 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 210 | $29.94 | $62,280 |
| Dayton, OH | 210 | $36.16 | $75,220 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 200 | $26.20 | $54,490 |
| Knoxville, TN | 200 | $39.74 | $82,660 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 190 | $26.68 | $55,490 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 190 | $37.62 | $78,250 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 190 | $33.93 | $70,580 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 180 | $29.70 | $61,790 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | 180 | $32.12 | $66,810 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 180 | $29.16 | $60,650 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 180 | $30.40 | $63,240 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 170 | $27.90 | $58,040 |
| Napa, CA | 160 | $32.55 | $67,690 |
| Wilmington, NC | 160 | $21.19 | $44,070 |
| Honolulu, HI | 160 | $29.25 | $60,840 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 160 | $34.99 | $72,770 |
| Toledo, OH | 160 | $31.01 | $64,490 |
| Greenville, SC | 150 | $26.72 | $55,580 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 140 | $31.44 | $65,400 |
| Lafayette, IN | 140 | $31.66 | $65,860 |
| Lincoln, NE | 140 | $24.22 | $50,380 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 140 | $27.62 | $57,450 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 140 | $28.42 | $59,110 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 140 | $43.02 | $89,480 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 140 | $25.53 | $53,100 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 130 | $29.42 | $61,190 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 130 | $29.32 | $60,990 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 120 | $39.21 | $81,560 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 120 | $27.83 | $57,890 |
| Tucson, AZ | 120 | $29.75 | $61,870 |
| Rockford, IL | 120 | $31.36 | $65,220 |
| Gainesville, FL | 120 | $25.73 | $53,520 |
| Iowa City, IA | 120 | $25.35 | $52,720 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 120 | $25.61 | $53,260 |
| Pine Bluff, AR | 110 | $38.46 | $80,000 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 110 | $34.03 | $70,790 |
| Provo-Orem, UT | 110 | $30.52 | $63,480 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 110 | $27.15 | $56,470 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 110 | $26.95 | $56,060 |
| Columbia, SC | 110 | $27.27 | $56,720 |
| Racine, WI | 110 | $32.81 | $68,250 |
| Tulsa, OK | 100 | $31.50 | $65,510 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 100 | $24.89 | $51,770 |
| Peoria, IL | 100 | $42.02 | $87,400 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 100 | $38.17 | $79,400 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 100 | $39.39 | $81,930 |
| Syracuse, NY | 100 | $22.18 | $46,130 |
| Mobile, AL | 90 | $25.80 | $53,670 |
| Salisbury, MD | 90 | $17.49 | $36,380 |
| Huntsville, AL | 90 | $35.26 | $73,330 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | 80 | $34.01 | $70,750 |
| Wichita, KS | 80 | $24.82 | $51,630 |
| San German-Cabo Rojo, PR | 80 | $24.47 | $50,890 |
| Columbia, MO | 80 | $28.92 | $60,150 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 80 | $34.82 | $72,420 |
| Charleston, WV | 80 | $31.24 | $64,980 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 80 | $35.88 | $74,630 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 80 | $22.43 | $46,650 |
| Fresno, CA | 80 | $22.75 | $47,320 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 70 | $24.10 | $50,130 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 70 | $35.08 | $72,960 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 70 | $24.78 | $51,540 |
| Montgomery, AL | 70 | $30.27 | $62,960 |
| Bend, OR | 70 | $27.48 | $57,170 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 70 | $22.43 | $46,650 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 60 | $28.30 | $58,870 |
| Erie, PA | 60 | $32.37 | $67,340 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 60 | $29.81 | $62,010 |
| Springfield, IL | 60 | $24.91 | $51,820 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 60 | $21.97 | $45,700 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 60 | $30.72 | $63,900 |
| Savannah, GA | 60 | $32.54 | $67,680 |
| Dover, DE | 60 | $31.34 | $65,190 |
| Lakeland, FL | 60 | $34.60 | $71,960 |
| Greeley, CO | 60 | $22.79 | $47,390 |
| Anchorage, AK | 60 | $33.37 | $69,410 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 60 | $28.65 | $59,600 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | 60 | $22.17 | $46,120 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 60 | $22.50 | $46,810 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 60 | $29.45 | $61,260 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 50 | $37.20 | $77,380 |
| Jackson, MS | 50 | $24.21 | $50,360 |
| Green Bay, WI | 50 | $33.15 | $68,960 |
| Florence, SC | 50 | $45.76 | $95,180 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 50 | $25.01 | $52,030 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 50 | $23.88 | $49,670 |
| Bellingham, WA | 50 | $31.35 | $65,210 |
| Waterbury, CT | 50 | $34.63 | $72,040 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 50 | $27.66 | $57,540 |
| Niles-Benton Harbor, MI | 50 | $27.89 | $58,000 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 50 | $23.19 | $48,240 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | 50 | $29.24 | $60,810 |
| Lafayette, LA | 50 | $24.93 | $51,840 |
| Terre Haute, IN | 40 | $27.25 | $56,670 |
| Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division | 40 | $47.60 | $99,010 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 40 | $35.24 | $73,310 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 40 | $36.04 | $74,960 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 40 | $29.28 | $60,890 |
| Decatur, IL | 40 | $30.50 | $63,440 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 40 | $31.96 | $66,470 |
| Spokane, WA | 40 | $24.79 | $51,550 |
| Olympia, WA | 40 | $33.21 | $69,070 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 40 | $28.98 | $60,270 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 40 | $27.68 | $57,570 |
| Victoria, TX | 40 | $37.06 | $77,080 |
| Reading, PA | 40 | $24.73 | $51,440 |
| Stockton, CA | 30 | $41.13 | $85,540 |
| Ponce, PR | 30 | $14.37 | $29,880 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 30 | $44.96 | $93,530 |
| Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division | 30 | $35.80 | $74,470 |
| Lebanon, PA | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| El Paso, TX | 30 | $25.16 | $52,340 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 30 | $26.63 | $55,390 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 30 | $27.44 | $57,070 |
| Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 30 | $24.09 | $50,120 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | Not available | $33.12 | $68,890 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | Not available | $25.75 | $53,570 |
| Bowling Green, KY | Not available | $22.17 | $46,120 |
| Danbury, CT | Not available | $35.96 | $74,790 |
| Ames, IA | Not available | $34.22 | $71,170 |
| Greenville, NC | Not available | $29.65 | $61,680 |
| Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH | Not available | $32.11 | $66,790 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | Not available | $34.45 | $71,650 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | Not available | $30.90 | $64,270 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | Not available | $21.17 | $44,030 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | Not available | $26.53 | $55,180 |
| Modesto, CA | Not available | $31.15 | $64,790 |
| Longview, WA | Not available | $26.43 | $54,970 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | Not available | $29.43 | $61,220 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | Not available | $30.55 | $63,540 |
