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Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys · SOC 27-3011

Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys Salary in the Rochester Metro Area

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

Figures describe the Rochester, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Rochester city limits.

Median annual wage$54,690
Median hourly wage$26.29

Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys in the Rochester, NY metro area earned a median of $54,690 per year ($26.29 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $33,170 at the 10th percentile to $109,380 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys in the Rochester metro area earn more than $54,690 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $42,770 and $96,850.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$33,170$42,770$54,690$96,850$109,380
Hourly$15.95$20.56$26.29$46.56$52.59

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Rochester metro areathis metro area
    $54,690
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $81,310
  • United Statesnational
    $47,340

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −33% vs New York overall and +16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$23,460$57,243$91,027$124,810San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,460Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,600Chattanooga, TN-GA — $35,720Oklahoma City, OK — $36,570Jacksonville, FL — $37,410Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $37,770Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,850Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,000Huntsville, AL — $38,380Duluth, MN-WI — $38,590Fargo, ND-MN — $38,640Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,760Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $39,470Columbia, MO — $40,300Albuquerque, NM — $40,400Rapid City, SD — $40,690Bangor, ME — $40,710Wichita, KS — $40,750Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $41,690Toledo, OH — $42,030Mankato, MN — $42,550Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $43,100Cleveland, OH — $43,930Lincoln, NE — $44,440Syracuse, NY — $44,460Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $44,580Columbus, OH — $44,810Kansas City, MO-KS — $44,830Springfield, MO — $45,090Birmingham, AL — $45,110Roanoke, VA — $45,260Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $45,380Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,400Evansville, IN — $45,490Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,570State College, PA — $45,900Portland-South Portland, ME — $45,910Tulsa, OK — $46,220Green Bay, WI — $46,600Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $46,710Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $46,820Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,090Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $47,320Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,500Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $47,610Madison, WI — $47,670South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,720Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $47,820Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $47,930Fort Wayne, IN — $48,340Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $48,340Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $48,370Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,740Lexington-Fayette, KY — $48,820Fresno, CA — $49,010Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $49,470Pittsburgh, PA — $49,930Omaha, NE-IA — $49,990Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $50,020Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $50,040Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $50,280Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $51,000Urban Honolulu, HI — $51,060Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $51,480St. Louis, MO-IL — $52,460Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $52,500Rochester, NY — $54,690Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $55,110Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $55,290Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $55,390Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $56,360Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $57,600Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $60,430Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $61,770Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $63,090Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $63,710Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $64,990Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $65,890Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $66,140Bloomington, IN — $67,450Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $69,310Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $70,110Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $71,350Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $75,710Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $79,310Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $83,680San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $88,030New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $124,810

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Rochester metro area has the 22nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 88 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeys, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Rochester metro areathis page
    $54,690
  • New York metro area
    $124,810
  • Buffalo metro area
    $61,770
  • Albany metro area
    $52,500
  • Syracuse metro area
    $44,460

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Coaches and Scouts$50,850Public Relations Specialists$71,740Graphic Designers$63,530Interpreters and Translators$77,770Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$40,700Producers and Directors$83,030

Highest-paying metro areas for broadcast announcers and radio disc jockeyss · Highest-paying occupations in Rochester Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.