Binghamton, NY Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Binghamton, NY - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Binghamton, NY moved from $48,380 in May 2024 to $49,460 in May 2025 (+2.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Binghamton, NY sits -0.9 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Binghamton, NY
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $38,210 here versus $35,800 nationally (+6.7%; 2,690metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $33,280 locally versus $31,200 nationally (+6.7%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$38,210 in Binghamton, NY sits 6.7% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,690 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$33,280 in Binghamton, NY sits 6.7% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,440 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$35,190 in Binghamton, NY sits 4.3% below the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,000 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$101,720 in Binghamton, NY sits 4.3% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,570 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Binghamton, NY; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 13780 · Binghamton, NY $63K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #131/528
- RPP-LOW 92.9
- OCC-MID 320 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $443K
- EMP-MIX Nurse Practi…
- TREND-INLINE -0.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Central New Hamp…
- BOOK-FULL 317 rows · May 2025
Read with Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area ($7 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Binghamton, NY
Employment scale inside Binghamton, NY's top-pay list
Nurse Practitioners and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Binghamton, NY's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Nurse Practitioners 330 jobs · $139,030
- 2. Financial Managers 300 jobs · $160,780
- 3. Lawyers 300 jobs · $129,480
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 280 jobs · $131,900
- 5. Computer and Information Systems Managers 220 jobs · $174,740
- 6. Pharmacists 220 jobs · $138,120
- 7. Physician Assistants 200 jobs · $146,120
- 8. Managers, All Other 170 jobs · $177,830
- 9. Architectural and Engineering Managers 160 jobs · $179,230
- 10. Physicians, All Other 150 jobs · $328,150
- 11. Marketing Managers 150 jobs · $150,020
- 12. Sales Managers 120 jobs · $160,440
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 100 jobs · $131,160
- 14. General Internal Medicine Physicians 100 jobs · $129,660
- 15. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $176,190
- 16. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 90 jobs · $139,510
- 17. Human Resources Managers 70 jobs · $156,640
- 18. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $184,360
Occupations Tracked
320
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$63,430
employment-weighted, 317 complete rows
Top Salary
$443,420
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
92.9
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Binghamton, NY
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons, All Other | $443,420 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $328,150 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $273,380 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians | $223,440 |
| 5 | Chief Executives | $184,360 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $179,230 |
| 7 | Managers, All Other | $177,830 |
| 8 | Dentists, General | $176,190 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $174,740 |
| 10 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $166,660 |
| 11 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $165,900 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $160,780 |
| 13 | Sales Managers | $160,440 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $156,640 |
| 15 | Purchasing Managers | $154,610 |
| 16 | Marketing Managers | $150,020 |
| 17 | Physician Assistants | $146,120 |
| 18 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | $139,510 |
| 19 | Nurse Practitioners | $139,030 |
| 20 | Pharmacists | $138,120 |
| 21 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $131,900 |
| 22 | Industrial Production Managers | $131,160 |
| 23 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $129,660 |
| 24 | Lawyers | $129,480 |
| 25 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $129,420 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Binghamton, NY
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $32,240 |
| Library Assistants, Clerical | $32,240 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $32,240 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,240 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $32,240 |
| School Bus Monitors | $32,370 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $32,690 |
| Cashiers | $32,920 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $32,980 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,280 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in NY
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside NY. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($63,430 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.