Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in New York, NY

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Health Education Specialists	$64,110	3,380	View salary detail
Park Naturalists	$64,020	590	View salary detail
Range Managers	$64,020	590	View salary detail
Conservation Scientists	$64,020	590	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$63,650	4,340	View salary detail
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$63,540	410	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$63,500	7,770	View salary detail
Paperhangers	$63,450	220	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$63,300	820	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$63,170	1,610	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$63,130	28,600	View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$63,050	1,100	View salary detail
Meter Readers, Utilities	$63,040	1,110	View salary detail
Desktop Publishers	$63,020	320	View salary detail
Surgical Assistants	$62,990	—	View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	$62,970	1,070	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$62,780	3,440	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$62,780	3,270	View salary detail
Machinists	$62,750	4,300	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$62,710	80	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$62,650	1,440	View salary detail
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	$62,570	120	View salary detail
Sailors and Marine Oilers	$62,550	1,720	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$62,400	90	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$62,140	2,710	View salary detail
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians	$62,070	940	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$62,070	20,280	View salary detail
Motorboat Operators	$62,000	—	View salary detail
Clergy	$61,860	6,110	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$61,830	960	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall	$61,730	1,500	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$61,680	5,780	View salary detail
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$61,540	740	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$61,500	1,830	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$61,450	5,760	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$61,440	12,400	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$61,440	12,400	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$61,440	12,400	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$61,440	12,400	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$61,420	11,930	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$61,410	2,600	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$61,380	330	View salary detail
Gem and Diamond Workers	$61,360	4,440	View salary detail
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers	$61,360	4,440	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$61,360	1,180	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$61,270	50,870	View salary detail
Bartenders	$61,220	38,510	View salary detail
Stonemasons	$61,200	820	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$61,190	8,090	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$60,920	210	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.