Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

11-1031 Legislators

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

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Mean wage RSE (3)
52,280	2.2 %	(4)	$49,440	1.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Annual Wage (2)	$17,690	$19,070	$29,270	$75,520	$100,470

(4)

Industry profile for this occupation:

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.

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	(8)	(8)	(4)	$49,950
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	(8)	(8)	(4)	$49,410

Geographic profile for this occupation:

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)
New York	6,310	0.66	1.86	(4)	$90,230
California	3,190	0.18	0.52	(4)	$70,530
New Jersey	2,780	0.68	1.91	(8)	(8)
Wisconsin	2,520	0.88	2.47	(8)	(8)
Michigan	2,500	0.58	1.62	(4)	$39,690

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)
North Dakota	650	1.53	4.31	(4)	$44,670
Nebraska	1,340	1.37	3.85	(4)	$37,100
Arkansas	1,310	1.08	3.03	(4)	$21,830
West Virginia	680	0.97	2.73	(4)	$30,810
Wisconsin	2,520	0.88	2.47	(8)	(8)

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	6,310	0.66	1.86	(4)	$90,230
Washington	940	0.28	0.80	(4)	$89,900
Nevada	150	0.11	0.30	(4)	$83,350
Alaska	180	0.56	1.59	(4)	$75,690
California	3,190	0.18	0.52	(4)	$70,530

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	2,930	0.30	0.85	(4)	$58,600
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	810	0.13	0.37	(4)	$78,430
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	770	1.69	4.76	(4)	$83,080
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	710	0.26	0.73	(4)	$30,910
Rochester, NY	640	1.24	3.48	(4)	$92,250
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	610	0.31	0.87	(4)	$39,320
Cleveland-Elyria, OH	540	0.52	1.45	(4)	$60,490
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	460	0.23	0.66	(4)	$46,350
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	460	0.16	0.46	(8)	(8)
St. Louis, MO-IL	450	0.33	0.92	(4)	$25,170