Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018

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National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
110,020	1.3 %	$16.25	$33,810	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$10.28	$12.22	$15.24	$19.07	$24.15
Annual Wage (2)	$21,390	$25,420	$31,700	$39,670	$50,230

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Legal Services	14,300	1.26	$15.91	$33,090
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	13,330	0.24	$18.46	$38,390
Offices of Physicians	9,360	0.36	$13.46	$28,000
Employment Services	6,510	0.18	$16.40	$34,120
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	6,330	0.11	$15.94	$33,150

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Legal Services	14,300	1.26	$15.91	$33,090
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	1,660	0.52	$17.07	$35,510
Offices of Physicians	9,360	0.36	$13.46	$28,000
Office Administrative Services	1,800	0.36	$16.78	$34,890
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	13,330	0.24	$18.46	$38,390

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Natural Gas Distribution	40	0.03	$27.69	$57,590
Telecommunications	860	0.11	$24.34	$50,620
Grantmaking and Giving Services	130	0.09	$24.22	$50,380
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	180	0.04	$24.13	$50,200
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	160	0.03	$21.07	$43,830

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	13,610	0.80	1.05	$17.70	$36,820
Florida	11,820	1.37	1.81	$15.96	$33,200
Texas	11,350	0.94	1.23	$15.74	$32,740
New Jersey	8,070	1.99	2.62	$16.22	$33,740
New York	7,290	0.78	1.02	$16.43	$34,170

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New Jersey	8,070	1.99	2.62	$16.22	$33,740
Florida	11,820	1.37	1.81	$15.96	$33,200
Delaware	590	1.32	1.74	$14.19	$29,510
New Hampshire	760	1.16	1.52	$13.58	$28,250
Utah	1,570	1.08	1.42	$14.95	$31,100

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	520	0.73	0.96	$21.96	$45,680
Washington	1,230	0.38	0.50	$18.98	$39,480
Illinois	3,570	0.60	0.78	$18.76	$39,010
Maryland	1,500	0.56	0.73	$18.66	$38,820
Rhode Island	400	0.83	1.09	$18.57	$38,630

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	11,520	1.21	1.60	$16.77	$34,890
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	5,250	0.86	1.13	$18.14	$37,720
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	4,610	1.78	2.34	$17.66	$36,740
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	3,750	1.32	1.73	$15.04	$31,270
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	2,930	0.82	1.08	$16.67	$34,660
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	2,920	0.63	0.83	$19.10	$39,730
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	2,770	0.93	1.22	$17.58	$36,560
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	1,950	0.81	1.06	$18.66	$38,810
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	1,820	0.58	0.76	$19.35	$40,240
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	1,620	1.24	1.63	$15.28	$31,780