State salary profile · New York

New York Salaries

New York statewide wages plus 13 metro areas and 3 nonmetropolitan areas, from BLS OEWS May 2025. Published local OEWS areas include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, then Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY.

$238,794
Mean of top 50 medians
776
Occupations
16
Local wage areas
735,050
Estimated jobs (top tier)

The equal-weighted mean of the top 50 published occupation medians in New York is $238,794.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey, The May 2025 release has a published median for 776 occupations in New York; percentile boundaries and local-area rows are available only where BLS publishes them. The highest-paying reported occupation, Cardiologists, earns $492,040, versus $33,880 for Slaughterers and Meat Packers at the bottom of the range. Detail is available for 13 metro areas and 3 nonmetropolitan areas. Published local OEWS areas include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, then Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY.

New York · employment ≠ wage

In New York, Home Health and Personal Care Aides lead by published employment (663,140 jobs, #1 of 757) but rank #708 of 757 on median wage ($39,620), while Cardiologists top the wage list at $492,040 (#1 of 757) with 2,260 jobs (#428 of 757). The largest payroll is not the highest published median.

663,140
Home Health and Personal C... employment #1
$492,040
Cardiologists wage #1
#428
Employment rank of wage leader
#708
Wage rank of employment leader

Employment is OEWS tot_emp inside this state; pay is the occupation median. Same detailed-occupation pool, two rankings.

Employment of New York's #1 occupations by headcount vs median wage

Same unit (published jobs) for both named leaders. BLS OEWS May 2025.

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What this shows Home Health and Personal Care Aides lead New York by employment; Cardiologists lead on median wage at $492,040.

Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS As of May 2025

New York, the picture in one line

New York ranks #4 of 54 states and territories by BLS-published All Occupations annual mean wage; its highest published occupation median is Cardiologists at $492,040. Published local OEWS areas include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, then Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY.

#4
of 54 states by published mean wage
$492,040
top-paying: Cardiologists
93rd
percentile among all states
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
local OEWS: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Binghamton, NY

The state rank uses BLS's All Occupations mean. Occupation rows below use occupation-specific medians; the two statistics are not interchangeable. Start local checks in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY.

Statewide OEWS footprints behind New York's 16 local areas

Software Developers and Lawyers lead New York's published employment inside this top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Software Developers 113,510 jobs · $166,180
  2. 2. Lawyers 91,870 jobs · $207,860
  3. 3. Financial Managers 80,810 jobs · $219,880
  4. 4. Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 55,630 jobs · $168,340
  5. 5. Marketing Managers 54,000 jobs · $181,200
  6. 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 48,050 jobs · $214,300
  7. 7. Sales Managers 38,510 jobs · $217,640
  8. 8. Medical and Health Services Managers 33,200 jobs · $164,120
  9. 9. Personal Financial Advisors 21,550 jobs · $166,400
  10. 10. Physician Assistants 19,140 jobs · $160,880
  11. 11. Managers, All Other 18,470 jobs · $167,200
  12. 12. Human Resources Managers 17,920 jobs · $176,650
  13. 13. Physicians, All Other 16,600 jobs · $242,500
  14. 14. General Internal Medicine Physicians 10,000 jobs · $183,460
  15. 15. Chief Executives 8,430 jobs · $257,980
  16. 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 8,250 jobs · $175,710
  17. 17. Public Relations Managers 7,710 jobs · $180,880
  18. 18. Dentists, General 7,340 jobs · $183,060
  19. 19. Anesthesiologists 7,230 jobs · $445,660
  20. 20. Purchasing Managers 6,930 jobs · $166,300

Local BLS wage areas inside New York

Published local OEWS areas include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, then Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY.

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Binghamton, NY Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area Central East New York nonmetropolitan area Elmira, NY Glens Falls, NY Ithaca, NY Kingston, NY Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Rochester, NY Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area Syracuse, NY Utica-Rome, NY Watertown-Fort Drum, NY

Observed statewide pay change

What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025

May 2024 → May 2025
  • BLS's published All Occupations median in New York moved from $58,560 in May 2024 to $59,670 in May 2025 (+1.9%).
  • Across the 54 states and territories priced in both releases, the median place changed +2.7%.
  • New York sits -0.9 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents shows the widest statewide vs national median gap in New York

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents publishes $168,340 here versus $78,660 nationally (+114.0%; 55,630statewide jobs). Next is Flight Attendants at $126,650 locally versus $63,580 nationally (+99.2%).

  1. Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$168,340 in New York sits 114.0% above the national Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents median of $78,660 (55,630 published local jobs).
  2. Flight Attendants$126,650 in New York sits 99.2% above the national Flight Attendants median of $63,580 (12,060 published local jobs).
  3. Real Estate Sales Agents$102,990 in New York sits 94.9% above the national Real Estate Sales Agents median of $52,830 (8,660 published local jobs).
  4. Bartenders$61,210 in New York sits 78.2% above the national Bartenders median of $34,340 (43,130 published local jobs).

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for New York; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

· Source: BLS OEWS May 2025

The New York OEWS table has a published median for 776 occupations. The displayed top 50 rows have summed published employment of approximately 735,050; that sum does not include the bottom table or rows whose employment is suppressed. BLS publishes means and percentile boundaries only where the corresponding estimate meets its publication standards. Averaging the medians of the top 50 highest-paying occupations gives $238,794 per year. That is only a mean of the displayed upper-tier occupation medians; it is not the BLS All Occupations mean or median and does not describe a typical worker. Published local OEWS areas include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, then Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY. Local OEWS areas in this extract include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY.

At the top of the ranking, Cardiologists pays a New York median of $492,040, the highest-paying reported occupation in the state. The number-two spot goes to Anesthesiologists at $445,660, followed by Radiologists at $441,580. At the bottom of the published range, Slaughterers and Meat Packers has a median of $33,880, making the displayed endpoint ratio 14.5×. The endpoints do not establish a cause or career stage. WageDex has BLS occupation rows for 13 metro areas and 3 nonmetropolitan areas assigned to New York, allowing comparisons below the statewide estimate without treating nonmetropolitan areas as MSAs.

Because New York publishes 16 OEWS areas, treat the statewide Cardiologists median as a roll-up and re-check the same occupation in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY or Binghamton, NY where BLS releases the row. Tips and commissions stay inside OEWS; benefits and equity do not. Published local OEWS areas include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, then Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY. Local OEWS area names are state-specific; statewide means are not metro offers.

Top-Tier Sample

75

occupations shown below

Avg. Median Salary

$238,794

top 50 occupations

Top Salary

$492,040

Cardiologists

Where New York ranks by published mean wage

BLS All Occupations annual mean vs. 54 states & territories; local OEWS includes Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

$82,460 Top 7% higher than 93% of 54 states & territories

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$82,460 · 93rd percentile of 54 states & territories

Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · May 2025

New York ranks #4 of 54 by BLS-published All Occupations annual mean wage ($82,460). It is not the median wage or a prediction for a particular worker.

National-price-equivalent mean: dividing the $82,460 BLS All Occupations mean by the BEA state RPP gives $76,423. Inputs: BEA Regional Price Parity for New York (RPP 107.9, 2024; 100 = national average, all items, table SARPP). The division is a WageDex calculation, not an after-tax or household-income measure.

Largest OEWS footprints in New York

Published employment among the top-pay sample, top 15 by jobs

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Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS As of May 2025

BLS publishes wage data for 776 distinct occupations in New York. The table below shows the top 50 by median annual wage, reordered by published employment for this reading. Drill into the full top-100 ranking or the fastest-growing list for deeper coverage.

Top-pay occupations in New York, by employment

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Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published New York jobs so the title sequence follows the local OEWS mix.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Software Developers $166,180
2 Lawyers $207,860
3 Financial Managers $219,880
4 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents $168,340
5 Marketing Managers $181,200
6 Computer and Information Systems Managers $214,300
7 Sales Managers $217,640
8 Medical and Health Services Managers $164,120
9 Personal Financial Advisors $166,400
10 Physician Assistants $160,880
11 Managers, All Other $167,200
12 Human Resources Managers $176,650
13 Physicians, All Other $242,500
14 General Internal Medicine Physicians $183,460
15 Chief Executives $257,980
16 Architectural and Engineering Managers $175,710
17 Public Relations Managers $180,880
18 Dentists, General $183,060
19 Anesthesiologists $445,660
20 Purchasing Managers $166,300
21 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $255,240
22 Pediatricians, General $212,150
23 Surgeons, All Other $410,410
24 Psychiatrists $265,890
25 Fundraising Managers $169,510
26 Family Medicine Physicians $210,920
27 Emergency Medicine Physicians $301,690
28 Advertising and Promotions Managers $173,700
29 Training and Development Managers $171,400
30 Computer Hardware Engineers $163,470
31 Obstetricians and Gynecologists $348,800
32 Nurse Anesthetists $321,030
33 Optometrists $161,140
34 Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates $216,390
35 Cardiologists $492,040
36 Compensation and Benefits Managers $175,620
37 Dermatologists $374,010
38 Radiologists $441,580
39 Computer and Information Research Scientists $181,990
40 Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $414,290
41 Physicians, Pathologists $321,550
42 Physicists $181,970
43 Commercial Pilots $177,430
44 Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $360,050
45 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons $342,710
46 Choreographers $173,100
47 Medical Dosimetrists $166,540
48 Commercial Divers $157,800
49 Orthodontists $172,980
50 Pediatric Surgeons $378,110

Lowest Paying Jobs in New York

Occupation Median Salary
Slaughterers and Meat Packers $33,880
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other $34,340
Manicurists and Pedicurists $34,660
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals $34,860
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers $35,050
Fast Food and Counter Workers $35,250
Physical Therapist Aides $35,380
Dishwashers $35,450
Cashiers $35,500
Cooks, Short Order $35,550
Food Preparation Workers $35,610
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists $35,760
Cooks, Fast Food $35,770
Parking Attendants $35,920
Library Assistants, Clerical $35,990
Fallers $36,190
Amusement and Recreation Attendants $36,300
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop $36,490
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials $36,510
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers $36,590
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers $36,740
School Bus Monitors $36,910
Shampooers $37,070
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers $37,110
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants $37,180

Fastest Growing Jobs

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See national growth projections alongside the published OEWS state employment estimates for each occupation in New York. Based on BLS employment projections 2024-2034.

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Two BLS OEWS peer sets outside New York. Local metro cards below stay inside this state; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on published All Occupations mean wage ($82,460 here) and reported employment (9,688,000 jobs here).

Similar mean wage

Nearest other states by BLS All Occupations annual mean wage.

Similar employment scale

Nearest headcount peers (floor 250,000 All Occupations jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS All Occupations mean annual wage and reported employment. Employment peers exclude states already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct.

Local OEWS areas and related New York pages

Published local OEWS areas include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, then Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY.

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

Local OEWS wage area

Binghamton, NY

Local OEWS wage area

Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Local OEWS wage area

Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area

Local OEWS wage area

Central East New York nonmetropolitan area

Local OEWS wage area

Elmira, NY

Local OEWS wage area

Highest Paying in New York

Top 100 by median salary

Fastest Growing in New York

Projected 2024-2034 growth

Cardiologists

National occupation profile

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average of the top 50 occupation medians in New York? ▼
The equal-weighted mean of the top 50 published occupation medians is $238,794/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). It is not the statewide mean or median and does not describe the wage of a typical worker.
What is the average salary in New York? ▼
BLS publishes an All Occupations annual mean wage of $82,460/year for New York in the May 2025 OEWS release, which ranks 4th among the 54 states and territories with a published mean. Published local OEWS areas include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, then Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY. This is an occupational wage estimate, not a household-income statistic or a prediction for one worker.
What is the highest paying job in New York? ▼
The highest paying occupation in New York is Cardiologists with a median salary of $492,040/year according to BLS data. The second highest is Anesthesiologists at $445,660/year.
What jobs pay the least in New York? ▼
The lowest published occupation median in this New York ranking is Slaughterers and Meat Packers at $33,880/year. The table does not classify that occupation as entry-level or explain why its median is lowest.
How many local BLS wage areas are shown for New York? ▼
WageDex has occupation-level wage rows for 13 metro areas and 3 nonmetropolitan areas assigned to New York. Published local OEWS areas include Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, Elmira, NY, then Glens Falls, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, Rochester, NY. Nonmetropolitan reporting areas are not MSAs. Compare the same occupation and statistic across areas; published coverage can differ by occupation and geography.
How many occupations are shown for New York? ▼
BLS publishes wage data for 776 distinct occupations in New York. The 50 occupations in the displayed upper tier have a combined OEWS employment estimate of approximately 735,050 jobs in covered establishments.

Local-area sources inside New York

BLS OEWS state wage tables → BLS OEWS metro area tables → BLS LAUS unemployment → BEA personal income by state →

What to do with this data

How to use New York wage data in a real decision

  • New York has 16 published OEWS areas starting with Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY; open Cardiologists inside a metro before using the statewide $492,040 median. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Inside New York, re-check Cardiologists in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, Binghamton, NY, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area or Central East New York nonmetropolitan area before treating the statewide median as a metro offer. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Open Cardiologists for percentile bands and local-area rows; New York's statewide median of $492,040 uses a different geography than any single metro estimate. Cardiologists
  • The published New York range runs from Slaughterers and Meat Packers at $33,880 to Cardiologists at $492,040; an offer still depends on the exact role and employer. Salary calculator

BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period and exclude self-employed workers; some small occupation-area cells are suppressed.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

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