Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Correctional Officers and Jailers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
Correctional Officers and Jailers publishes $72,890 here versus $58,940 nationally (+23.7%; 2,860metro-area jobs). Next is Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand at $48,140 locally versus $40,240 nationally (+19.6%).
- Correctional Officers and Jailers$72,890 in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area sits 23.7% above the national Correctional Officers and Jailers median of $58,940 (2,860 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$48,140 in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area sits 19.6% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (3,260 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$92,160 in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area sits 12.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,440 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$33,900 in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area sits 8.7% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,700 published local jobs).
Correctional Officers and Jailers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 3600001 · Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #184/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 371 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $441K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Columbus, IN
- BOOK-FULL 367 rows · May 2025
Read with Columbus, IN ($26 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Capital/Northern New York n…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Medical and Health Services Managers and Pharmacists lead published employment inside Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 370 jobs · $127,820
- 2. Pharmacists 340 jobs · $136,400
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 340 jobs · $134,730
- 4. Physician Assistants 330 jobs · $154,810
- 5. Managers, All Other 270 jobs · $122,930
- 6. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 210 jobs · $122,660
- 7. Industrial Production Managers 190 jobs · $122,450
- 8. Chief Executives 170 jobs · $174,260
- 9. Sales Managers 170 jobs · $154,730
- 10. Construction Managers 160 jobs · $123,150
- 11. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $357,280
- 12. Marketing Managers 130 jobs · $151,160
- 13. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $144,570
- 14. General Internal Medicine Physicians 110 jobs · $305,040
- 15. Dentists, General 100 jobs · $182,020
- 16. Human Resources Managers 100 jobs · $129,380
- 17. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 100 jobs · $122,900
- 18. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 90 jobs · $176,770
Occupations Tracked
371
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,563
employment-weighted, 367 complete rows
Top Salary
$440,580
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $33,270 |
| Dishwashers | $33,540 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $33,820 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,900 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $34,170 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $34,280 |
| Library Technicians | $34,310 |
| Childcare Workers | $34,330 |
| School Bus Monitors | $34,350 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $34,380 |
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 ($60,563 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area wage figures in a real decision
- Emergency Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area at $440,580/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Emergency Medicine Physicians
- Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $60,563 across 367 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan 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 local-area 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.