Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (8 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 371 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$440,580	$211.82	40
2	Physicians, All Other	$357,280	$171.77	130
3	Nurse Anesthetists	$323,470	$155.51	40
4	Psychiatrists	$308,350	$148.25	30
5	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$305,040	$146.65	110
6	Family Medicine Physicians	$291,690	$140.24	50
7	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$264,070	$126.96	50
8	Dentists, General	$182,020	$87.51	100
9	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$176,770	$84.98	90
10	Chief Executives	$174,260	$83.78	170
11	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$161,030	$77.42	30
12	Physician Assistants	$154,810	$74.43	330
13	Sales Managers	$154,730	$74.39	170
14	Marketing Managers	$151,160	$72.67	130
15	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$144,570	$69.51	130
16	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$137,200	$65.96	40
17	Pharmacists	$136,400	$65.58	340
18	Nurse Practitioners	$134,730	$64.78	340
19	Human Resources Managers	$129,380	$62.20	100
20	Medical and Health Services Managers	$127,820	$61.45	370
21	Construction Managers	$123,150	$59.21	160
22	Managers, All Other	$122,930	$59.10	270
23	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$122,900	$59.09	100
24	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$122,660	$58.97	210
25	Industrial Production Managers	$122,450	$58.87	190

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.