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
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,420	320	View salary detail
Order Clerks	$47,410	90	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$47,370	690	View salary detail
Social and Human Service Assistants	$47,330	2,390	View salary detail
Correspondence Clerks	$47,280	40	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$47,250	60	View salary detail
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders	$47,240	30	View salary detail
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$47,170	160	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$47,010	40	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,970	430	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$46,880	580	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$46,780	60	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$46,770	200	View salary detail
Bartenders	$46,710	1,540	View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$46,610	100	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$46,250	80	View salary detail
Word Processors and Typists	$46,220	580	View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	$46,080	140	View salary detail
Cooks, All Other	$45,970	30	View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors	$45,870	160	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$45,790	280	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$45,690	70	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$45,670	100	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$45,380	1,390	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$45,360	4,710	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$45,280	880	View salary detail
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$45,270	160	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$45,200	510	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$45,110	230	View salary detail
Office Clerks, General	$45,060	4,020	View salary detail
Security Guards	$45,050	1,770	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,010	320	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$44,870	1,870	View salary detail
Parts Salespersons	$44,850	470	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$44,660	6,390	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$44,660	6,390	View salary detail
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$44,510	90	View salary detail
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys	$44,460	40	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$44,410	80	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$44,250	1,230	View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers	$44,200	2,710	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$44,090	490	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$44,080	540	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$43,810	170	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,610	130	View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$43,490	40	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$43,480	110	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$43,370	230	View salary detail
Skincare Specialists	$43,250	40	View salary detail
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	$43,070	1,880	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.