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.
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.
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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How to use Rochester, NY wage figures in a real decision
- Emergency Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Rochester, NY at $440,340/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Emergency Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $66,154 adjusts to about $68,175 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 97.0. 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.