Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in New York

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Wind Energy Operations Managers	$167,200	18,470	View salary detail
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers	$167,200	18,470	View salary detail
Managers, All Other	$167,200	18,470	View salary detail
Regulatory Affairs Managers	$167,200	18,470	View salary detail
Wind Energy Development Managers	$167,200	18,470	View salary detail
Loss Prevention Managers	$167,200	18,470	View salary detail
Compliance Managers	$167,200	18,470	View salary detail
Medical Dosimetrists	$166,540	300	View salary detail
Personal Financial Advisors	$166,400	21,550	View salary detail
Purchasing Managers	$166,300	6,930	View salary detail
Software Developers	$166,180	113,510	View salary detail
Medical and Health Services Managers	$164,120	33,200	View salary detail
Computer Hardware Engineers	$163,470	3,020	View salary detail
Optometrists	$161,140	2,390	View salary detail
Anesthesiologist Assistants	$160,880	19,140	View salary detail
Physician Assistants	$160,880	19,140	View salary detail
Commercial Divers	$157,800	170	View salary detail
Actuaries	$156,480	2,630	View salary detail
Neurologists	$155,990	2,810	View salary detail
Construction Managers	$155,360	10,280	View salary detail
Nurse Practitioners	$153,510	22,890	View salary detail
Air Traffic Controllers	$144,960	1,150	View salary detail
Nurse Midwives	$144,510	360	View salary detail
Administrative Services Managers	$142,280	15,010	View salary detail
Pharmacists	$142,090	19,760	View salary detail
Data Warehousing Specialists	$141,350	3,850	View salary detail
Database Architects	$141,350	3,850	View salary detail
Nuclear Engineers	$141,200	150	View salary detail
Computer Network Architects	$140,390	9,800	View salary detail
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists	$140,390	9,800	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$139,640	7,280	View salary detail
Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$139,390	150	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$138,830	19,210	View salary detail
Sales Engineers	$137,480	3,150	View salary detail
Art Directors	$137,320	8,720	View salary detail
Financial Risk Specialists	$136,830	12,060	View salary detail
Environmental Economists	$136,660	910	View salary detail
Economists	$136,660	910	View salary detail
Statisticians	$136,020	1,220	View salary detail
Biostatisticians	$136,020	1,220	View salary detail
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers	$135,720	3,470	View salary detail
Natural Sciences Managers	$134,680	5,690	View salary detail
Clinical Research Coordinators	$134,680	5,690	View salary detail
Water Resource Specialists	$134,680	5,690	View salary detail
Information Security Analysts	$134,660	10,060	View salary detail
Ship Engineers	$133,640	550	View salary detail
Judicial Law Clerks	$133,320	850	View salary detail
Credit Analysts	$133,270	7,960	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$132,520	4,100	View salary detail
Law Teachers, Postsecondary	$132,180	2,190	View salary detail

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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.