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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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How to use Binghamton, NY wage figures in a real decision
- Surgeons, All Other leads published medians in Binghamton, NY at $443,420/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Surgeons, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $63,430 adjusts to about $68,305 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 92.9. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for NY before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.