Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Albany, NY

673 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Albany, NY for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$47,830	—	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,830	90	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$47,650	190	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$47,370	60	View salary detail
Bartenders	$47,370	1,970	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$47,210	220	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,000	80	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$46,950	310	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$46,920	80	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$46,880	40	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$46,810	1,180	View salary detail
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$46,740	50	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,700	70	View salary detail
Word Processors and Typists	$46,550	830	View salary detail
Furniture Finishers	$46,450	50	View salary detail
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	$46,350	210	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$46,280	40	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$46,260	140	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$46,110	260	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$46,040	250	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$46,010	6,860	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$46,010	230	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$45,990	1,080	View salary detail
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary	$45,860	750	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$45,570	200	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$45,550	70	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$45,490	2,100	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$45,390	270	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$45,350	8,290	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$45,330	2,810	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$45,220	600	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$45,210	1,700	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$45,140	2,240	View salary detail
Animal Trainers	$44,950	60	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$44,870	1,390	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$44,680	40	View salary detail
Statistical Assistants	$44,540	40	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$44,120	780	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$44,010	170	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$43,890	60	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$43,790	1,000	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$43,730	480	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$43,640	7,270	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$43,640	7,270	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$43,550	920	View salary detail
Security Guards	$43,250	2,340	View salary detail
Tellers	$42,960	880	View salary detail
Tutors	$42,760	300	View salary detail
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$42,360	260	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$42,320	490	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.