Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Syracuse, NY

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$50,790	170	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$50,730	40	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$50,600	140	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$50,500	130	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$50,480	490	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$50,210	280	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,170	130	View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians	$50,120	30	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,920	40	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$49,840	80	View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides	$49,820	140	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$49,810	130	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$49,570	50	View salary detail
Photographers	$49,560	80	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$49,440	100	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$49,410	1,650	View salary detail
Financial Clerks, All Other	$49,400	60	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$49,310	70	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$49,180	1,660	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$49,120	110	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$48,970	860	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$48,940	330	View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$48,780	100	View salary detail
Clergy	$48,770	280	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$48,760	1,300	View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers	$48,730	50	View salary detail
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	$48,660	160	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$48,600	310	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$48,510	360	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$48,500	4,950	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$48,500	90	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,440	40	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$48,370	40	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$48,370	40	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$48,370	40	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$48,370	40	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$48,270	240	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$48,260	70	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$48,230	1,250	View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks	$48,220	210	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$48,200	90	View salary detail
Animal Control Workers	$48,150	40	View salary detail
Tutors	$48,030	200	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,020	160	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$47,910	480	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$47,860	110	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$47,840	100	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$47,830	250	View salary detail
Waiters and Waitresses	$47,640	3,430	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$47,510	220	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.