Elmira, NY metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Elmira Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Elmira, NY metro area

Figures describe the Elmira, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Elmira city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (5 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 176 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Elmira, NY metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Chief Executives	$192,530	$92.56	40
2	Financial Managers	$150,120	$72.17	110
3	Pharmacists	$142,640	$68.58	70
4	Marketing Managers	$141,720	$68.13	40
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$141,700	$68.13	60
6	Nurse Practitioners	$138,700	$66.68	130
7	Physician Assistants	$137,550	$66.13	60
8	Sales Managers	$130,660	$62.82	60
9	Lawyers	$126,900	$61.01	80
10	Medical and Health Services Managers	$124,810	$60.01	80
11	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$116,910	$56.21	50
12	Administrative Services Managers	$113,640	$54.64	40
13	Facilities Managers	$113,180	$54.41	30
14	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$109,980	$52.87	30
15	Industrial Production Managers	$108,990	$52.40	70
16	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$106,800	Not published	90
17	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$101,350	$48.73	40
18	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$97,950	$47.09	70
19	Project Management Specialists	$96,250	$46.27	150
20	Loan Officers	$95,050	$45.70	40
21	General and Operations Managers	$94,830	$45.59	640
22	Civil Engineers	$91,370	$43.93	40
23	Management Analysts	$90,190	$43.36	60
24	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$89,180	$42.88	40
25	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$87,670	$42.15	50

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Elmira metro 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.