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
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$42,970	80	View salary detail
Nursing Assistants	$42,940	3,120	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$42,840	230	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$42,830	2,050	View salary detail
Tire Repairers and Changers	$42,820	110	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$42,540	850	View salary detail
Broadcast Technicians	$42,330	40	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$42,150	170	View salary detail
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	$41,560	40	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$41,430	890	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$40,540	50	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$40,450	670	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$40,010	1,670	View salary detail
File Clerks	$39,990	140	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$39,900	2,340	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$39,690	80	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$39,690	300	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$39,630	310	View salary detail
Tellers	$39,600	580	View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$39,150	120	View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	$39,020	220	View salary detail
Print Binding and Finishing Workers	$38,950	60	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$38,950	6,640	View salary detail
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	$38,830	50	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$38,800	730	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$38,740	1,890	View salary detail
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers	$38,600	70	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$38,570	90	View salary detail
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$38,350	510	View salary detail
Orderlies	$38,280	270	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$38,230	6,010	View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants	$38,180	50	View salary detail
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	$38,170	50	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$37,850	80	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$37,790	110	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$37,720	50	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$37,720	50	View salary detail
Parking Attendants	$37,710	260	View salary detail
Bakers	$37,500	390	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$37,040	270	View salary detail
Floral Designers	$36,900	50	View salary detail
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	$36,890	160	View salary detail
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$36,770	540	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$36,720	60	View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	$36,660	90	View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	$36,460	110	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$36,400	540	View salary detail
Cooks, Short Order	$36,190	680	View salary detail
School Bus Monitors	$35,950	600	View salary detail
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$35,870	340	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.