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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

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation$93,4204,000View salary detail
Transportation Inspectors$93,4204,000View salary detail
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film$93,4103,000View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers$93,22014,730View salary detail
Millwrights$93,070440View salary detail
Logistics Engineers$92,5408,860View salary detail
Logisticians$92,5408,860View salary detail
Logistics Analysts$92,5408,860View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons$92,3003,010View salary detail
Rail Car Repairers$92,250800View salary detail
Security Management Specialists$92,12039,190View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners$92,12039,190View salary detail
Business Operations Specialists, All Other$92,12039,190View salary detail
Sustainability Specialists$92,12039,190View salary detail
Online Merchants$92,12039,190View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$92,0505,290View salary detail
Marriage and Family Therapists$91,1302,800View salary detail
Education Administrators, All Other$90,9903,130View salary detail
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$90,810400View salary detail
Construction and Building Inspectors$90,80010,340View salary detail
Energy Auditors$90,80010,340View salary detail
Chemical Plant and System Operators$90,470200View salary detail
Transit and Railroad Police$90,460—View salary detail
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners$90,2301,060View salary detail
Subway and Streetcar Operators$90,1403,950View salary detail
Human Resources Specialists$89,78052,370View salary detail
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists$89,1309,900View salary detail
Commercial Divers$89,130—View salary detail
Hydrologists$88,100130View salary detail
Survey Researchers$87,620190View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators$87,5902,520View salary detail
Lighting Technicians$87,510720View salary detail
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians$87,2104,180View salary detail
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators$87,1502,710View salary detail
Computer Network Support Specialists$86,9306,330View salary detail
Set and Exhibit Designers$86,8801,620View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$86,8602,010View salary detail
Dietitians and Nutritionists$86,6905,490View salary detail
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary$86,690920View salary detail
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists$86,400160View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents$86,3402,910View salary detail
Instructional Coordinators$85,73015,240View salary detail
Microbiologists$85,7101,330View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$85,5103,350View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners$85,5103,350View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists$85,5103,350View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts$85,5103,350View salary detail
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists$85,500150View salary detail
Chemists$85,1506,750View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other$85,0801,440View 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.