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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
Table 2. Occupations with the highest concentration of employment in metropolitan areas, May 2009
OccupationTotal occupational employmentPercent of total occupational employment in metropolitan areas

Subway and streetcar operators

6,04099.8

Flight attendants

94,71098.9

Political scientists

3,92098.7

Semiconductor processors

25,32098.3

Biochemists and biophysicists

22,32097.6

Shampooers

15,77097.5

Computer hardware engineers

63,79097.5

Actuaries

17,48097.4

Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers

72,46097.4

Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

99,03097.3

Insurance appraisers, auto damage

10,65097.2

Computer software engineers, systems software

373,88097.1

Financial analysts

228,17097.0

Prosthodontists

64097.0

Manicurists and pedicurists

51,32096.8

Parking lot attendants

125,80096.8

Brokerage clerks

60,45096.8

Sociologists

4,28096.6

Computer software engineers, applications

478,30096.5

Industrial-organizational psychologists

1,65096.5

 

Last Modified Date: December 14, 2010