Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Watertown Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area

Figures describe the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Watertown 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.

Top 25 of 199 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$148,540	$71.42	40
2	Sales Managers	$143,280	$68.89	70
3	Pharmacists	$143,250	$68.87	80
4	Lawyers	$136,970	$65.85	70
5	Nurse Practitioners	$133,900	$64.38	70
6	Physician Assistants	$128,870	$61.96	60
7	Managers, All Other	$126,440	$60.79	80
8	Financial Managers	$123,800	$59.52	90
9	Physicians, All Other	$121,040	$58.19	50
10	Software Developers	$119,350	$57.38	80
11	Medical and Health Services Managers	$117,750	$56.61	110
12	Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$108,670	$52.24	30
13	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$106,750	$51.32	70
14	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$106,110	$51.01	70
15	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$105,050	Not published	100
16	Administrative Services Managers	$104,990	$50.48	40
17	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$104,410	$50.20	50
18	Project Management Specialists	$104,110	$50.05	140
19	Construction Managers	$103,760	$49.89	40
20	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$102,490	$49.27	30
21	Mechanical Engineers	$97,400	$46.83	50
22	School Psychologists	$96,490	$46.39	40
23	Registered Nurses	$96,070	$46.19	900
24	Computer Occupations, All Other	$94,740	$45.55	120
25	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$94,520	$45.44	50

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