Highest Paying Jobs in New York

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

Highest Occupation Median

$492,040

Cardiologists

Mean of Top 25 Medians

$306,246

each occupation weighted once

Medians ≥ $100K

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occupations

Occupations

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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 occupation medians shown, 100 are at least $100,000 per year in New York. The equal-weighted mean of the top ten published occupation medians is $400,766. It is not a worker mean or median.

The "Difference" column subtracts or compares each state median with the corresponding national median for the same SOC code. In this list, 86 of 100 occupation medians are above the corresponding national median in New York. These values do not identify why the state and national estimates differ.

This ranking orders published occupation medians; it does not identify career stages, individual earning potential, or the odds of obtaining a job. The employment column contains estimated jobs in covered establishments. Occupation profiles separately show BLS projection and typical-entry education assignments where available. OEWS includes tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. Employer benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, and nonproduction bonuses are outside the estimate, so review those separately for any specific offer. Open a linked profile to compare percentile boundaries, BLS education assignments, local-area estimates, and projected openings without treating one measure as a personal forecast.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Estimated Jobs
1	Cardiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$492,040	$496,010	1% below	2,260
2	Anesthesiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$445,660	$391,490	+14% above	7,230
3	Radiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$441,580	$420,860	+5% above	2,010
4	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$414,290	$358,550	+16% above	1,450
5	Surgeons, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$410,410	$414,010	1% below	4,540
6	Pediatric Surgeons Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$378,110	$559,030	32% below	90
7	Dermatologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$374,010	$328,730	+14% above	2,070
8	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$360,050	$300,080	+20% above	960
9	Obstetricians and Gynecologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$348,800	$292,910	+19% above	2,750
10	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$342,710	$352,220	3% below	350
11	Physicians, Pathologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$321,550	$312,400	+3% above	1,220
12	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$321,030	$236,590	+36% above	2,450
13	Emergency Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$301,690	$335,550	10% below	3,980
14	Psychiatrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$265,890	$281,870	6% below	4,130
15	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$257,980	$213,990	+21% above	8,430
16	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$255,240	$232,140	+10% above	6,900
17	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$242,500	$265,930	9% below	16,600
18	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$219,880	$166,570	+32% above	80,810
19	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$217,640	$148,270	+47% above	38,510
20	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates Legal Occupations	$216,390	$153,990	+41% above	2,270
21	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$214,300	$175,140	+22% above	48,050
22	Pediatricians, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$212,150	$210,040	+1% above	4,570
23	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$210,920	$244,180	14% below	4,000
24	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$207,860	$159,670	+30% above	91,870
25	General Internal Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$183,460	$256,560	28% below	10,000
26	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$183,060	$170,950	+7% above	7,340
27	Computer and Information Research Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$181,990	$140,300	+30% above	1,950
28	Physicists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$181,970	$172,250	+6% above	1,140
29	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$181,200	$166,790	+9% above	54,000
30	Public Relations Managers Management Occupations	$180,880	$146,910	+23% above	7,710
31	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$177,430	$123,220	+44% above	1,070
32	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$176,650	$149,280	+18% above	17,920
33	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$175,710	$171,270	+3% above	8,250
34	Compensation and Benefits Managers Management Occupations	$175,620	$149,230	+18% above	2,260
35	Advertising and Promotions Managers Management Occupations	$173,700	$133,660	+30% above	3,550
36	Choreographers Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$173,100	$55,310	+213% above	340
37	Orthodontists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$172,980	$289,140	40% below	130
38	Training and Development Managers Management Occupations	$171,400	$133,000	+29% above	3,500
39	Fundraising Managers Management Occupations	$169,510	$125,470	+35% above	4,080
40	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents Sales and Related Occupations	$168,340	$78,660	+114% above	55,630
41	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$167,200	$141,900	+18% above	18,470
42	Medical Dosimetrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$166,540	$147,470	+13% above	300
43	Personal Financial Advisors Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$166,400	$105,070	+58% above	21,550
44	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$166,300	$148,080	+12% above	6,930
45	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$166,180	$135,980	+22% above	113,510
46	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$164,120	$123,860	+33% above	33,200
47	Computer Hardware Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$163,470	$161,740	+1% above	3,020
48	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$161,140	$136,570	+18% above	2,390
49	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$160,880	$135,880	+18% above	19,140
50	Commercial Divers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$157,800	$72,990	+116% above	170
51	Actuaries Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$156,480	$130,000	+20% above	2,630
52	Neurologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$155,990	$248,560	37% below	2,810
53	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$155,360	$114,990	+35% above	10,280
54	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$153,510	$132,300	+16% above	22,890
55	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$144,960	$148,080	2% below	1,150
56	Nurse Midwives Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$144,510	$134,040	+8% above	360
57	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$142,280	$114,130	+25% above	15,010
58	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$142,090	$140,910	+1% above	19,760
59	Database Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$141,350	$139,500	+1% above	3,850
60	Nuclear Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$141,200	$133,970	+5% above	150
61	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$140,390	$134,050	+5% above	9,800
62	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$139,640	$104,590	+34% above	7,280
63	Power Distributors and Dispatchers Production Occupations	$139,390	$106,730	+31% above	150
64	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$138,830	$105,870	+31% above	19,210
65	Sales Engineers Sales and Related Occupations	$137,480	$124,900	+10% above	3,150
66	Art Directors Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$137,320	$114,850	+20% above	8,720
67	Financial Risk Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$136,830	$117,330	+17% above	12,060
68	Economists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$136,660	$124,720	+10% above	910
69	Statisticians Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$136,020	$105,650	+29% above	1,220
70	Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Construction and Extraction Occupations	$135,720	$109,910	+23% above	3,470
71	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$134,680	$167,220	19% below	5,690
72	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$134,660	$129,180	+4% above	10,060
73	Ship Engineers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$133,640	$109,530	+22% above	550
74	Judicial Law Clerks Legal Occupations	$133,320	$64,920	+105% above	850
75	Credit Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$133,270	$83,510	+60% above	7,960
76	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers Protective Service Occupations	$132,520	$93,530	+42% above	4,100
77	Law Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$132,180	$128,500	+3% above	2,190
78	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$131,830	$130,100	+1% above	3,390
79	Materials Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$131,740	$117,790	+12% above	530
80	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$131,350	$106,660	+23% above	9,580
81	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$131,220	$107,310	+22% above	21,410
82	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$130,860	$105,770	+24% above	206,740
83	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$130,470	$126,060	+3% above	6,630
84	Data Scientists Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$130,460	$120,230	+9% above	23,970
85	Aerospace Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$130,330	$134,960	3% below	560
86	Nuclear Technicians Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$129,780	$110,240	+18% above	260
87	Radiation Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$129,620	$105,310	+23% above	820
88	Nuclear Power Reactor Operators Production Occupations	$129,580	$122,890	+5% above	230
89	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales and Related Occupations	$129,410	$104,920	+23% above	10,500
90	Chemical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$129,060	$125,040	+3% above	540
91	Financial Examiners Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$128,920	$94,160	+37% above	13,480
92	Psychologists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$128,320	$110,840	+16% above	680
93	Financial and Investment Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$127,930	$102,740	+25% above	52,380
94	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$127,500	$123,920	+3% above	1,240
95	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$127,360	$115,210	+11% above	750
96	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$127,180	$107,230	+19% above	6,740
97	Mathematicians Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$126,950	$126,710	same as	150
98	Flight Attendants Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$126,650	$63,580	+99% above	12,060
99	Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$126,430	$96,870	+31% above	1,460
100	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$125,900	$112,860	+12% above	590

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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.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. These figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level wage data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2025.

Compiled by WageDex · August 10, 2026

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