Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

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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)	Wage RSE (3)
102,300	1.5 %	$16.64	$34,610	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$10.65	$12.68	$15.73	$19.37	$24.39
Annual Wage (2)	$22,150	$26,370	$32,710	$40,280	$50,740

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.

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	13,940	1.22	$16.22	$33,740
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	11,860	0.21	$18.90	$39,310
Offices of Physicians	7,360	0.28	$13.88	$28,870
Employment Services	5,260	0.14	$16.91	$35,170
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	5,220	0.09	$16.41	$34,130

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	13,940	1.22	$16.22	$33,740
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	1,240	0.37	$16.67	$34,680
Offices of Physicians	7,360	0.28	$13.88	$28,870
Office Administrative Services	1,400	0.28	$16.82	$34,980
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	2,840	0.24	$16.68	$34,700

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	50	(7)	$29.80	$61,980
Natural Gas Distribution	40	0.04	$28.50	$59,280
Telecommunications	610	0.08	$25.11	$52,220
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	160	0.04	$23.14	$48,130
Motion Picture and Video Industries	40	0.01	$21.18	$44,050

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)
California	12,950	0.75	1.07	$18.05	$37,550
Texas	10,880	0.87	1.26	$15.95	$33,170
Florida	8,490	0.97	1.39	$16.06	$33,410
New Jersey	8,240	2.01	2.89	$16.05	$33,380
New York	5,910	0.62	0.89	$16.96	$35,280

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	8,240	2.01	2.89	$16.05	$33,380
Utah	1,850	1.23	1.76	$15.34	$31,910
Delaware	520	1.16	1.66	$14.31	$29,770
Alaska	360	1.13	1.62	$15.59	$32,420
Nevada	1,510	1.08	1.56	$16.03	$33,340

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	390	0.54	0.77	$23.62	$49,130
Massachusetts	1,330	0.37	0.53	$19.61	$40,790
Maryland	1,500	0.56	0.80	$19.31	$40,170
Illinois	3,390	0.56	0.81	$19.09	$39,700
Washington	1,220	0.37	0.53	$19.02	$39,570

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	10,280	1.07	1.53	$16.77	$34,870
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	5,100	0.82	1.17	$18.14	$37,730
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	3,490	1.21	1.74	$15.66	$32,580
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	3,040	1.15	1.65	$17.34	$36,070
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	2,890	0.79	1.14	$17.78	$36,990
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	2,840	0.61	0.87	$19.44	$40,440
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	2,500	0.82	1.18	$16.10	$33,480
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	1,890	0.89	1.28	$16.76	$34,860
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	1,830	0.67	0.96	$16.69	$34,720
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	1,790	0.72	1.04	$19.83	$41,240