Utica-Rome, NY Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Utica-Rome, NY - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Utica-Rome, NY moved from $48,080 in May 2024 to $48,970 in May 2025 (+1.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Utica-Rome, NY sits -1.3 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.
Office Clerks, General shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Utica-Rome, NY
Office Clerks, General publishes $38,160 here versus $45,010 nationally (-15.2%; 2,160metro-area jobs). Next is General and Operations Managers at $98,350 locally versus $105,770 nationally (-7.0%).
- Office Clerks, General$38,160 in Utica-Rome, NY sits 15.2% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,160 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$98,350 in Utica-Rome, NY sits 7.0% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,080 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$33,080 in Utica-Rome, NY sits 6.0% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,260 published local jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,420 in Utica-Rome, NY sits 4.5% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (6,170 published local jobs).
Office Clerks, General and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Utica-Rome, NY; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 46540 · Utica-Rome, NY $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #169/528
- RPP-LOW 92.7
- OCC-MID 351 occs
- TOP-LEAD Anesthesiologi… · $451K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -1.3 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Sierra Vista-Dou…
- BOOK-FULL 345 rows · May 2025
Read with Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ ($96 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 Utica-Rome, NY
Employment scale inside Utica-Rome, NY's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Utica-Rome, NY's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 460 jobs · $144,760
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 330 jobs · $128,590
- 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers 300 jobs · $160,000
- 4. Lawyers 250 jobs · $130,100
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 240 jobs · $135,790
- 6. Pharmacists 240 jobs · $129,870
- 7. Sales Managers 190 jobs · $159,610
- 8. Marketing Managers 170 jobs · $143,660
- 9. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 140 jobs · $133,370
- 10. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $287,370
- 11. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $140,300
- 12. Chief Executives 110 jobs · $197,880
- 13. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $134,300
- 14. Computer Network Architects 100 jobs · $127,950
- 15. Computer Hardware Engineers 90 jobs · $151,330
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 80 jobs · $160,680
- 17. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $169,070
- 18. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 50 jobs · $176,500
Occupations Tracked
351
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$61,046
employment-weighted, 345 complete rows
Top Salary
$450,930
Anesthesiologists
Cost of Living
92.7
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Utica-Rome, NY
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anesthesiologists | $450,930 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $287,370 |
| 3 | Nurse Anesthetists | $282,380 |
| 4 | Psychiatrists | $256,870 |
| 5 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $214,340 |
| 6 | Family Medicine Physicians | $208,840 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $197,880 |
| 8 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $176,500 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $169,070 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,680 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $160,000 |
| 12 | Sales Managers | $159,610 |
| 13 | Computer Hardware Engineers | $151,330 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $144,760 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $143,660 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $140,300 |
| 17 | Nurse Practitioners | $135,790 |
| 18 | Natural Sciences Managers | $135,600 |
| 19 | Human Resources Managers | $134,300 |
| 20 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $133,370 |
| 21 | Lawyers | $130,100 |
| 22 | Pharmacists | $129,870 |
| 23 | Purchasing Managers | $129,590 |
| 24 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $128,590 |
| 25 | Computer Network Architects | $127,950 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Utica-Rome, NY
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $32,240 |
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $32,240 |
| Sewing Machine Operators | $32,480 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $32,520 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $32,720 |
| Tutors | $32,910 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,970 |
| Cashiers | $33,070 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,080 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $33,100 |
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 ($61,046 here) and summed published employment.
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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 Utica-Rome, NY wage figures in a real decision
- Anesthesiologists leads published medians in Utica-Rome, NY at $450,930/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Anesthesiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $61,046 adjusts to about $65,869 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 92.7. 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.