Rochester, NY Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Rochester, NY - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Rochester, NY moved from $50,050 in May 2024 to $51,210 in May 2025 (+2.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Rochester, NY sits -0.8 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Bartenders shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Rochester, NY
Bartenders publishes $45,920 here versus $34,340 nationally (+33.7%; 2,140metro-area jobs). Next is Waiters and Waitresses at $45,310 locally versus $35,230 nationally (+28.6%).
- Bartenders$45,920 in Rochester, NY sits 33.7% above the national Bartenders median of $34,340 (2,140 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$45,310 in Rochester, NY sits 28.6% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (6,070 published local jobs).
- Electricians$77,310 in Rochester, NY sits 22.3% above the national Electricians median of $63,190 (2,540 published local jobs).
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$76,160 in Rochester, NY sits 18.3% above the national Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $64,370 (2,320 published local jobs).
Bartenders and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Rochester, NY; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 40380 · Rochester, NY $66K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #87/528
- RPP-MID 97.0
- OCC-MOST 562 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $440K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -0.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northwest Colora…
- BOOK-FULL 557 rows · May 2025
Read with Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area ($2 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 Rochester, NY
Employment scale inside Rochester, NY's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Rochester, NY's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 2,190 jobs · $167,800
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,790 jobs · $170,000
- 3. Lawyers 1,710 jobs · $148,150
- 4. Marketing Managers 1,470 jobs · $149,440
- 5. Sales Managers 1,220 jobs · $165,140
- 6. Physicians, All Other 710 jobs · $214,550
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 650 jobs · $166,550
- 8. Dentists, General 430 jobs · $167,480
- 9. Chief Executives 370 jobs · $237,180
- 10. Purchasing Managers 350 jobs · $161,120
- 11. Anesthesiologists 200 jobs · $366,040
- 12. Family Medicine Physicians 190 jobs · $215,340
- 13. Public Relations Managers 190 jobs · $147,740
- 14. Emergency Medicine Physicians 180 jobs · $440,340
- 15. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 170 jobs · $210,250
- 16. Nurse Anesthetists 140 jobs · $286,230
- 17. Psychiatrists 130 jobs · $233,620
- 18. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 130 jobs · $174,940
Occupations Tracked
562
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$66,154
employment-weighted, 557 complete rows
Top Salary
$440,340
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
97.0
3% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Rochester, NY
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $440,340 |
| 2 | Cardiologists | $415,000 |
| 3 | Anesthesiologists | $366,040 |
| 4 | Dermatologists | $336,300 |
| 5 | Surgeons, All Other | $321,070 |
| 6 | Nurse Anesthetists | $286,230 |
| 7 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $269,570 |
| 8 | Chief Executives | $237,180 |
| 9 | Psychiatrists | $233,620 |
| 10 | Family Medicine Physicians | $215,340 |
| 11 | Physicians, All Other | $214,550 |
| 12 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $210,250 |
| 13 | Models | $208,000 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $204,340 |
| 15 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $174,940 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $170,000 |
| 17 | Financial Managers | $167,800 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $167,480 |
| 19 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $166,550 |
| 20 | Sales Managers | $165,140 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $161,120 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $159,380 |
| 23 | Marketing Managers | $149,440 |
| 24 | Lawyers | $148,150 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $147,740 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Rochester, NY
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,250 |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $32,290 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $32,760 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $33,250 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $33,380 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,430 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $33,580 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $33,750 |
| Cashiers | $33,850 |
| Dishwashers | $33,880 |
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 ($66,154 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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