Commercial and Industrial Designers · SOC 27-1021

Commercial and Industrial Designers Salary in the New York

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025New York

Figures describe the state of New York as a whole.

Median annual wage$89,640
Median hourly wage$43.10

Commercial and Industrial Designers in the New York earned a median of $89,640 per year ($43.10 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $59,160 at the 10th percentile to $160,380 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,400 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Commercial and Industrial Designers in the New York earn more than $89,640 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $71,790 and $124,150.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$59,160$71,790$89,640$124,150$160,380
Hourly$28.44$34.51$43.10$59.69$77.11

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

  • New York
    $89,640 median for New York; middle half earns $71,790 to $124,150
  • $83,910 median for United States; middle half earns $66,450 to $109,050

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

The median here is +7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for commercial and industrial designers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • New Yorkthis page
    $89,640 median for New York; middle half earns $71,790 to $124,150
  • $119,490 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $72,600 to $178,840
  • $94,890 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $75,400 to $120,960
  • $87,570 median for Rochester metro area; middle half earns $59,480 to $108,530
  • $84,080 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $63,580 to $104,910
  • $81,650 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $62,540 to $108,470
  • $78,360 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $63,060 to $106,080

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

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

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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.