New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Salaries
Local wages against a high BEA price level (RPP 112.6) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ moved from $60,460 in May 2024 to $61,430 in May 2025 (+1.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ sits -1.5 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents publishes $167,890 here versus $78,660 nationally (+113.4%; 59,450metro-area jobs). Next is Flight Attendants at $127,740 locally versus $63,580 nationally (+100.9%).
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$167,890 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ sits 113.4% above the national Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents median of $78,660 (59,450 published local jobs).
- Flight Attendants$127,740 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ sits 100.9% above the national Flight Attendants median of $63,580 (18,030 published local jobs).
- Real Estate Sales Agents$103,550 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ sits 96.0% above the national Real Estate Sales Agents median of $52,830 (8,320 published local jobs).
- Firefighters$106,420 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ sits 79.5% above the national Firefighters median of $59,280 (14,960 published local jobs).
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 35620 · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $86K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-FULL · TOP-LEAD · EMP-HEAVY · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #7/528
- RPP-ELEV 112.6
- OCC-FULL 757 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $492K
- EMP-HEAVY Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE -1.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Boston-Cambridge…
- BOOK-FULL 730 rows · May 2025
Read with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (+$1,926 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 New York-Newark-Jersey City
Largest New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ payrolls before the high-cost adjustment
Lawyers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 94,610 jobs · $208,880
- 2. Financial Managers 89,960 jobs · $221,010
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 62,430 jobs · $215,300
- 4. Sales Managers 44,870 jobs · $215,150
- 5. Physicians, All Other 17,210 jobs · $265,930
- 6. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 10,030 jobs · $335,270
- 7. Chief Executives 7,180 jobs · $301,440
- 8. Anesthesiologists 7,080 jobs · $460,800
- 9. Family Medicine Physicians 4,870 jobs · $249,150
- 10. Pediatricians, General 4,510 jobs · $216,040
- 11. Surgeons, All Other 4,290 jobs · $399,990
- 12. Psychiatrists 4,180 jobs · $249,130
- 13. Emergency Medicine Physicians 3,070 jobs · $289,440
- 14. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 2,470 jobs · $329,750
- 15. Nurse Anesthetists 2,310 jobs · $321,030
- 16. Cardiologists 2,050 jobs · $492,150
- 17. Dermatologists 2,040 jobs · $374,000
- 18. Radiologists 1,950 jobs · $465,780
Occupations Tracked
757
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$86,281
employment-weighted, 730 complete rows
Top Salary
$492,150
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
112.6
13% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiologists | $492,150 |
| 2 | Radiologists | $465,780 |
| 3 | Anesthesiologists | $460,800 |
| 4 | Surgeons, All Other | $399,990 |
| 5 | Dermatologists | $374,000 |
| 6 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | $342,730 |
| 7 | Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric | $341,430 |
| 8 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $335,270 |
| 9 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $329,750 |
| 10 | Physicians, Pathologists | $327,770 |
| 11 | Nurse Anesthetists | $321,030 |
| 12 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $302,410 |
| 13 | Chief Executives | $301,440 |
| 14 | Pediatric Surgeons | $293,440 |
| 15 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $289,440 |
| 16 | Orthodontists | $281,850 |
| 17 | Physicians, All Other | $265,930 |
| 18 | Family Medicine Physicians | $249,150 |
| 19 | Psychiatrists | $249,130 |
| 20 | Commercial Pilots | $225,900 |
| 21 | Financial Managers | $221,010 |
| 22 | Pediatricians, General | $216,040 |
| 23 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $215,300 |
| 24 | Sales Managers | $215,150 |
| 25 | Lawyers | $208,880 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other | $33,790 |
| Food Processing Workers, All Other | $34,790 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $34,910 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $35,060 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $35,320 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $35,360 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $35,420 |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | $35,520 |
| Slaughterers and Meat Packers | $35,560 |
| Dishwashers | $35,670 |
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 ($86,281 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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