Highest Paying Jobs in New York

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary — Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$492,040

Cardiologists

Top 25 Average

$306,246

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

100

occupations

Occupations

100

with wage data

This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in New York by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Cardiologists pays a state median of $492,040, 1% below the national median of $496,010 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 100 pay above $100,000 per year in New York — a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $400,766, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 86 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in New York, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news — they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where New York is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime — especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in New York, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

# Occupation State Median
1 Cardiologists $492,040
2 Anesthesiologists $445,660
3 Radiologists $441,580
4 Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $414,290
5 Surgeons, All Other $410,410
6 Pediatric Surgeons $378,110
7 Dermatologists $374,010
8 Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $360,050
9 Obstetricians and Gynecologists $348,800
10 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons $342,710
11 Physicians, Pathologists $321,550
12 Nurse Anesthetists $321,030
13 Emergency Medicine Physicians $301,690
14 Psychiatrists $265,890
15 Chief Executives $257,980
16 Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $255,240
17 Physicians, All Other $242,500
18 Financial Managers $219,880
19 Sales Managers $217,640
20 Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates $216,390
21 Computer and Information Systems Managers $214,300
22 Pediatricians, General $212,150
23 Family Medicine Physicians $210,920
24 Lawyers $207,860
25 General Internal Medicine Physicians $183,460
26 Dentists, General $183,060
27 Computer and Information Research Scientists $181,990
28 Physicists $181,970
29 Marketing Managers $181,200
30 Public Relations Managers $180,880
31 Commercial Pilots $177,430
32 Human Resources Managers $176,650
33 Architectural and Engineering Managers $175,710
34 Compensation and Benefits Managers $175,620
35 Advertising and Promotions Managers $173,700
36 Choreographers $173,100
37 Orthodontists $172,980
38 Training and Development Managers $171,400
39 Fundraising Managers $169,510
40 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents $168,340
41 Managers, All Other $167,200
42 Medical Dosimetrists $166,540
43 Personal Financial Advisors $166,400
44 Purchasing Managers $166,300
45 Software Developers $166,180
46 Medical and Health Services Managers $164,120
47 Computer Hardware Engineers $163,470
48 Optometrists $161,140
49 Physician Assistants $160,880
50 Commercial Divers $157,800
51 Actuaries $156,480
52 Neurologists $155,990
53 Construction Managers $155,360
54 Nurse Practitioners $153,510
55 Air Traffic Controllers $144,960
56 Nurse Midwives $144,510
57 Administrative Services Managers $142,280
58 Pharmacists $142,090
59 Database Architects $141,350
60 Nuclear Engineers $141,200
61 Computer Network Architects $140,390
62 Education Administrators, Postsecondary $139,640
63 Power Distributors and Dispatchers $139,390
64 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $138,830
65 Sales Engineers $137,480
66 Art Directors $137,320
67 Financial Risk Specialists $136,830
68 Economists $136,660
69 Statisticians $136,020
70 Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers $135,720
71 Natural Sciences Managers $134,680
72 Information Security Analysts $134,660
73 Ship Engineers $133,640
74 Judicial Law Clerks $133,320
75 Credit Analysts $133,270
76 First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers $132,520
77 Law Teachers, Postsecondary $132,180
78 Veterinarians $131,830
79 Materials Scientists $131,740
80 Facilities Managers $131,350
81 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary $131,220
82 General and Operations Managers $130,860
83 Industrial Production Managers $130,470
84 Data Scientists $130,460
85 Aerospace Engineers $130,330
86 Nuclear Technicians $129,780
87 Radiation Therapists $129,620
88 Nuclear Power Reactor Operators $129,580
89 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products $129,410
90 Chemical Engineers $129,060
91 Financial Examiners $128,920
92 Psychologists, All Other $128,320
93 Financial and Investment Analysts $127,930
94 Economics Teachers, Postsecondary $127,500
95 Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other $127,360
96 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers $127,180
97 Mathematicians $126,950
98 Flight Attendants $126,650
99 Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary $126,430
100 Materials Engineers $125,900

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in New York. The "Difference" column shows how New York pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Rankings by median annual salary in New York.

National benchmark comparisons computed against BLS OEWS National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025.

Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.