State labor market
New York labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for New York. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
New York hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in New York.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where New York workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Home health and personal care aides
663,140estimated employmentGeneral and operations managers
206,740estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the New York figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$109,440/yr New York median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$166,180/yr New York median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$78,750/yr New York median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$102,640/yr New York median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$85,760/yr New York median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$181,200/yr New York median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How New York occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated New York workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents$168,340/yr state median · 55,630 workers+114.0%vs. U.S. $78,660/yr
- Flight attendants$126,650/yr state median · 12,060 workers+99.2%vs. U.S. $63,580/yr
- Real estate sales agents$102,990/yr state median · 8,660 workers+94.9%vs. U.S. $52,830/yr
- Bartenders$61,210/yr state median · 43,130 workers+78.2%vs. U.S. $34,340/yr
- Broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys$81,310/yr state median · 1,460 workers+71.8%vs. U.S. $47,340/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Neurologists$155,990/yr state median · 2,810 workers-37.2%vs. U.S. $248,560/yr
- Podiatrists$108,460/yr state median · 1,520 workers-32.3%vs. U.S. $160,300/yr
- General internal medicine physicians$183,460/yr state median · 10,000 workers-28.5%vs. U.S. $256,560/yr
- Airfield operations specialists$42,000/yr state median · 2,190 workers-26.1%vs. U.S. $56,850/yr
- Natural sciences managers$134,680/yr state median · 5,690 workers-19.5%vs. U.S. $167,220/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in New York
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for New York. Links marked “New York report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no New York report is available.
723 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.