Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 87.7) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY moved from $46,630 in May 2024 to $47,600 in May 2025 (+2.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Watertown-Fort Drum, NY sits -1.0 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 48060 · Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-QUIET · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #292/528
- RPP-QUIET 87.7
- OCC-THIN 199 occs
- TOP-LEAD Computer and I… · $149K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE -1.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Flint, MI
- BOOK-MOST 197 rows · May 2025
Read with Flint, MI (+$5 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 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
Where Watertown-Fort Drum, NY already employs the upper wage tier
Registered Nurses and Project Management Specialists lead published employment inside Watertown-Fort Drum, NY's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 900 jobs · $96,070
- 2. Project Management Specialists 140 jobs · $104,110
- 3. Computer Occupations, All Other 120 jobs · $94,740
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 110 jobs · $117,750
- 5. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 100 jobs · $105,050
- 6. Financial Managers 90 jobs · $123,800
- 7. Pharmacists 80 jobs · $143,250
- 8. Managers, All Other 80 jobs · $126,440
- 9. Software Developers 80 jobs · $119,350
- 10. Sales Managers 70 jobs · $143,280
- 11. Lawyers 70 jobs · $136,970
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 70 jobs · $133,900
- 13. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 70 jobs · $106,750
- 14. Detectives and Criminal Investigators 70 jobs · $106,110
- 15. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $128,870
- 16. Physicians, All Other 50 jobs · $121,040
- 17. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 50 jobs · $104,410
- 18. Mechanical Engineers 50 jobs · $97,400
Occupations Tracked
199
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,010
employment-weighted, 197 complete rows
Top Salary
$148,540
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Cost of Living
87.7
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurses | $96,070 |
| 2 | Project Management Specialists | $104,110 |
| 3 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $94,740 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $117,750 |
| 5 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $105,050 |
| 6 | Financial Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $123,800 |
| 7 | Pharmacists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $143,250 |
| 8 | Managers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $126,440 |
| 9 | Software Developers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $119,350 |
| 10 | Sales Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $143,280 |
| 11 | Lawyers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $136,970 |
| 12 | Nurse Practitioners Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $133,900 |
| 13 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $106,750 |
| 14 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $106,110 |
| 15 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $128,870 |
| 16 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $121,040 |
| 17 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,410 |
| 18 | Mechanical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $97,400 |
| 19 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $94,520 |
| 20 | Computer and Information Systems Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $148,540 |
| 21 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,990 |
| 22 | Construction Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,760 |
| 23 | School Psychologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $96,490 |
| 24 | Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $108,670 |
| 25 | Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $102,490 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Food Preparation Workers | $32,390 |
| Recreation Workers | $32,410 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $32,580 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $32,830 |
| Cashiers | $33,040 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $33,070 |
| School Bus Monitors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $33,290 |
| Dishwashers | $33,330 |
| Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors | $33,340 |
| Childcare Workers | $33,630 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($57,010 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY wage figures in a real decision
- Computer and Information Systems Managers leads published medians in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY at $148,540/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Computer and Information Systems Managers
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $57,010 adjusts to about $65,013 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 87.7. 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.