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.
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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