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 | 3,750 | $42.56 | $88,530 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division | 3,160 | $43.08 | $89,610 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA | 2,670 | $38.54 | $80,150 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 2,560 | $37.27 | $77,530 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 2,140 | $33.47 | $69,620 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH | 2,110 | $41.13 | $85,560 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division | 1,990 | $33.70 | $70,090 |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX | 1,870 | $41.60 | $86,540 |
| Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA | 1,840 | $34.14 | $71,020 |
| Baltimore-Towson, MD | 1,730 | $30.18 | $62,780 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI | 1,630 | $35.26 | $73,340 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division | 1,600 | $42.23 | $87,840 |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | 1,460 | $31.80 | $66,150 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division | 1,410 | $36.13 | $75,160 |
| Denver-Aurora, CO | 1,370 | $35.64 | $74,140 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,350 | $42.75 | $88,920 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 1,350 | $33.04 | $68,720 |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,320 | $34.21 | $71,170 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,290 | $40.84 | $84,940 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division | 1,270 | $33.66 | $70,020 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL | 1,250 | $27.63 | $57,470 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 1,100 | $26.24 | $54,580 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1,060 | $28.20 | $58,670 |
| Trenton-Ewing, NJ | 960 | $35.14 | $73,090 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 930 | $26.14 | $54,360 |
| Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division | 890 | $35.23 | $73,290 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA | 840 | $30.33 | $63,090 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 840 | $29.57 | $61,500 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 830 | $33.78 | $70,270 |
| Columbus, OH | 830 | $33.47 | $69,620 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | 780 | $26.92 | $55,990 |
| Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division | 780 | $34.52 | $71,790 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 730 | $25.28 | $52,580 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 720 | $25.64 | $53,330 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel, IN | 700 | $31.93 | $66,410 |
| Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division | 690 | $34.97 | $72,740 |
| San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR | 690 | $16.46 | $34,240 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division | 670 | $34.08 | $70,890 |
| Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division | 660 | $28.75 | $59,790 |
| Honolulu, HI | 630 | $32.15 | $66,870 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 630 | $23.90 | $49,720 |
| Boulder, CO | 620 | $37.57 | $78,140 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee, FL | 620 | $23.72 | $49,340 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 610 | $30.18 | $62,770 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 600 | $27.61 | $57,420 |
| Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division | 580 | $39.75 | $82,680 |
| Las Vegas-Paradise, NV | 530 | $35.82 | $74,510 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 490 | $30.28 | $62,990 |
| Richmond, VA | 470 | $32.46 | $67,510 |
| Olympia, WA | 470 | $26.23 | $54,570 |
| West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | 470 | $27.62 | $57,460 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 450 | $27.05 | $56,260 |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC | 450 | $26.49 | $55,090 |
| Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA | 450 | $39.45 | $82,050 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 430 | $28.79 | $59,880 |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 430 | $26.75 | $55,640 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 430 | $30.02 | $62,450 |
| Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division | 420 | $28.96 | $60,230 |
| Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI | 400 | $27.97 | $58,180 |
| Durham, NC | 400 | $35.76 | $74,370 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN | 390 | $25.81 | $53,690 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 390 | $43.68 | $90,850 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 380 | $38.88 | $80,880 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 370 | $24.81 | $51,600 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 360 | $30.15 | $62,720 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 360 | $45.20 | $94,010 |
| Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 350 | $26.82 | $55,780 |
| Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH | 350 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA | 330 | $33.54 | $69,770 |
| Madison, WI | 320 | $32.73 | $68,090 |
| Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME | 310 | $28.94 | $60,190 |
| Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN | 300 | $30.98 | $64,440 |
| Anchorage, AK | 300 | $31.30 | $65,110 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 300 | $24.55 | $51,060 |
| Montgomery, AL | 290 | $24.47 | $50,900 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 290 | $20.17 | $41,950 |
| Knoxville, TN | 280 | $30.33 | $63,080 |
| Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division | 270 | $27.84 | $57,900 |
| Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division | 270 | $26.29 | $54,670 |
| Akron, OH | 260 | $28.28 | $58,830 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 260 | $23.72 | $49,350 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 250 | $22.37 | $46,520 |
| Boise City-Nampa, ID | 250 | $25.27 | $52,560 |
| Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL | 240 | $31.20 | $64,890 |
| Fresno, CA | 230 | $28.57 | $59,420 |
| Topeka, KS | 230 | $28.86 | $60,020 |
| San Antonio, TX | 230 | $29.39 | $61,120 |
| Springfield, IL | 210 | $29.10 | $60,520 |
| Charleston, WV | 210 | $21.29 | $44,270 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 210 | $39.83 | $82,840 |
| Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division | 200 | $33.53 | $69,730 |
| Toledo, OH | 200 | $29.44 | $61,230 |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY | 200 | $36.84 | $76,630 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 200 | $29.96 | $62,310 |
| Gainesville, FL | 200 | $28.00 | $58,240 |
| Springfield, MA-CT | 190 | $35.87 | $74,620 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN | 190 | $29.11 | $60,550 |
| Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division | 190 | $30.06 | $62,530 |
| Columbia, SC | 180 | $20.30 | $42,220 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR | 180 | $24.10 | $50,120 |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY | 180 | $27.31 | $56,810 |
| Salem, OR | 180 | $28.61 | $59,500 |
| Rochester, NY | 170 | $29.47 | $61,300 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 170 | $32.31 | $67,200 |
| Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division | 160 | $32.56 | $67,730 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 160 | $27.03 | $56,230 |
| Syracuse, NY | 160 | $24.70 | $51,380 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 160 | $24.41 | $50,780 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | 160 | $30.94 | $64,350 |
| Dayton, OH | 160 | $33.64 | $69,960 |
| New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA | 150 | $26.90 | $55,960 |
| Tucson, AZ | 150 | $23.82 | $49,550 |
| Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division | 150 | $30.41 | $63,240 |
| Worcester, MA-CT | 140 | $35.26 | $73,350 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 140 | $29.84 | $62,080 |
| Asheville, NC | 140 | $21.42 | $44,550 |
| Wilmington, NC | 130 | $23.96 | $49,830 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 130 | $36.96 | $76,880 |
| Dover, DE | 130 | $28.05 | $58,340 |
| Jackson, MS | 130 | $20.44 | $42,510 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale, WA | 120 | $34.57 | $71,900 |
| Yakima, WA | 120 | $24.64 | $51,260 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 120 | $24.45 | $50,850 |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 110 | $31.03 | $64,530 |
| Carson City, NV | 110 | $31.93 | $66,420 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 110 | $28.95 | $60,220 |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 110 | $37.82 | $78,660 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 110 | $40.67 | $84,600 |
| Bakersfield, CA | 110 | $33.24 | $69,140 |
| Cheyenne, WY | 110 | $30.77 | $64,000 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 110 | $21.74 | $45,220 |
| Port St. Lucie-Fort Pierce, FL | 110 | $31.33 | $65,160 |
| Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 100 | $25.81 | $53,680 |
| Huntsville, AL | 100 | $33.37 | $69,420 |
| Reading, PA | 100 | $30.58 | $63,610 |
| Billings, MT | 100 | $24.38 | $50,700 |
| Bismarck, ND | 100 | $22.47 | $46,740 |
| Lakeland, FL | 100 | $22.83 | $47,490 |
| Charlottesville, VA | 100 | $27.26 | $56,700 |
| Bellingham, WA | 100 | $34.36 | $71,460 |
| Spokane, WA | 100 | $25.50 | $53,040 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 100 | $28.51 | $59,300 |
| Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA | 100 | $36.81 | $76,570 |
| Springfield, MO | 90 | $18.74 | $38,970 |
| Stockton, CA | 90 | $30.70 | $63,860 |
| Mobile, AL | 90 | $24.86 | $51,700 |
| Rockford, IL | 90 | $29.80 | $61,980 |
| Lafayette, IN | 90 | $26.79 | $55,720 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 90 | $24.74 | $51,460 |
| Midland, TX | 80 | $35.66 | $74,170 |
| Savannah, GA | 80 | $21.91 | $45,570 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 80 | $33.41 | $69,490 |
| Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division | 80 | $28.62 | $59,530 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 80 | $21.69 | $45,110 |
| Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division | 80 | $35.27 | $73,350 |
| Ogden-Clearfield, UT | 70 | $28.74 | $59,770 |
| New Haven, CT | 70 | $29.54 | $61,440 |
| Portsmouth, NH-ME | 70 | $31.60 | $65,730 |
| Reno-Sparks, NV | 70 | $31.28 | $65,060 |
| Salinas, CA | 70 | $34.76 | $72,290 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | 70 | $31.57 | $65,660 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 70 | $27.59 | $57,390 |
| Redding, CA | 70 | $33.19 | $69,040 |
| Fairbanks, AK | 70 | $27.28 | $56,740 |
| Wichita, KS | 70 | $26.73 | $55,590 |
| Casper, WY | 70 | $26.10 | $54,300 |
| Greenville, SC | 70 | $23.70 | $49,300 |
| York-Hanover, PA | 60 | $27.07 | $56,310 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 60 | $36.16 | $75,200 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 60 | $24.09 | $50,110 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 60 | $28.25 | $58,750 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | 60 | $23.70 | $49,290 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | 60 | $27.74 | $57,690 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 60 | $30.15 | $62,710 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 60 | $32.60 | $67,800 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 60 | $32.21 | $66,990 |
| Lubbock, TX | 50 | $22.51 | $46,810 |
| Lafayette, LA | 50 | $23.69 | $49,270 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division | 50 | $32.60 | $67,800 |
| Columbia, MO | 50 | Not available | Not available |
| Pascagoula, MS | 50 | $27.69 | $57,600 |
| Norwich-New London, CT-RI | 50 | $36.73 | $76,400 |
| Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL | 50 | $21.93 | $45,620 |
| Evansville, IN-KY | 50 | $25.56 | $53,150 |
| Jacksonville, NC | 50 | $24.62 | $51,220 |
| Lynchburg, VA | 50 | $18.95 | $39,420 |
| Anniston-Oxford, AL | 50 | $29.81 | $61,990 |
| Decatur, AL | 50 | $23.29 | $48,440 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 50 | $33.33 | $69,330 |
| Yuma, AZ | 50 | $28.79 | $59,890 |
| Amarillo, TX | 50 | $25.89 | $53,850 |
| Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA | 50 | $25.17 | $52,350 |
| Corvallis, OR | 40 | $34.92 | $72,630 |
| Green Bay, WI | 40 | $28.46 | $59,190 |
| Bangor, ME | 40 | $24.01 | $49,950 |
| Lancaster, PA | 40 | $28.47 | $59,220 |
| Modesto, CA | 40 | $28.93 | $60,170 |
| Morgantown, WV | 40 | $25.93 | $53,930 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 40 | $27.41 | $57,010 |
| Monroe, LA | 40 | $22.59 | $46,980 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | 40 | $25.87 | $53,810 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 40 | $23.65 | $49,200 |
| Chico, CA | 40 | $29.01 | $60,340 |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX | 40 | $18.74 | $38,980 |
| Macon, GA | 40 | $21.06 | $43,810 |
| Peoria, IL | 40 | $26.21 | $54,530 |
| Rapid City, SD | 40 | $24.20 | $50,330 |
| Albany, GA | 40 | $25.26 | $52,540 |
| Las Cruces, NM | 40 | $23.41 | $48,680 |
| Binghamton, NY | 40 | $31.32 | $65,150 |
| El Paso, TX | 40 | $27.15 | $56,460 |
| Bend, OR | 40 | $29.22 | $60,770 |
| Bloomington, IN | 30 | $24.85 | $51,700 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 30 | $28.18 | $58,610 |
| Manchester, NH | 30 | $26.65 | $55,430 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 30 | Not available | Not available |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 30 | $19.25 | $40,040 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 30 | $24.22 | $50,380 |
| Lawrence, KS | 30 | $23.91 | $49,730 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 30 | $25.06 | $52,120 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 30 | $32.09 | $66,750 |
| Grand Junction, CO | 30 | $34.32 | $71,390 |
| Greeley, CO | 30 | $28.22 | $58,690 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | Not available | $39.27 | $81,690 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | Not available | $30.65 | $63,750 |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division | Not available | $34.60 | $71,970 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | Not available | $17.83 | $37,090 |
| Madera, CA | Not available | $30.54 | $63,520 |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA | Not available | $33.51 | $69,690 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | Not available | $29.25 | $60,850 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | Not available | $21.79 | $45,310 |
| Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division | Not available | $26.10 | $54,280 |
| Framingham, MA NECTA Division | Not available | $44.74 | $93,060 |
| Logan, UT-ID | Not available | $23.64 | $49,170 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | Not available | $34.65 | $72,080 |
| Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division | Not available | $31.55 | $65,620 |
| Vallejo-Fairfield, CA | Not available | $41.70 | $86,730 |
| Victoria, TX | Not available | $35.83 | $74,530 |
| Gary, IN Metropolitan Division | Not available | $30.54 | $63,510 |
| Tulsa, OK | Not available | $22.52 | $46,840 |
