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Binghamton, NY

327 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 13780.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Surgeons, All Other$443,420
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$328,150
Psychiatrists$273,380
Family Medicine Physicians$223,440
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$184,360
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$179,230
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$177,830
Dentists, General$176,190
Computer and Information Systems Managers$174,740
Education Administrators, Postsecondary$166,660
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$165,900
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$160,780
Sales Managers$160,440
Human Resources Managers$156,640
Purchasing Managers$154,610
Marketing Managers$150,020
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$146,120
Business Teachers, Postsecondary$139,510
Nurse Practitioners$139,030
Pharmacists$138,120

BLS didn't publish the median for 1 occupation here because it is very high: Obstetricians and Gynecologists. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 327 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011670$82,5000.74
Administrative Services Managers 11-301280$118,9700.50
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301140$54,4000.75
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091120$32,2400.50
Anesthesiologists 29-121130Not available1.44
Animal Caretakers 39-2021130$33,8800.78
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101140$105,6000.63
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-9041160$179,2301.16
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1121140$95,1602.47
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302190$46,7800.92
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023520$47,8701.18
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603150$37,5300.72
Bailiffs 33-301130$72,5003.18
Bakers 51-3011110$36,5700.75
Bartenders 35-3011640$47,9501.36
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301170$43,7700.66
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021320$46,2201.27
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031950$48,8301.11
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051540$46,2702.14
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031230$59,7601.25
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199240$83,3300.36
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101190$139,5101.83
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302180$42,9500.91
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020300$77,3800.98
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 25-202350$72,7504.36
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032150$66,4802.16
Carpenters 47-2031400$62,0000.96
Cashiers 41-20112,210$32,9201.15
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-205190$62,3500.73
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-1011110$63,0100.87
Chemical Technicians 19-403160$51,5301.70
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101160$184,3600.49
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021380$62,1601.54
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011640$35,8901.98
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051240$106,1401.06
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031300$87,3201.47
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061270$35,3001.12
Clergy 21-2011110$51,9903.20
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-2010130$102,0400.63
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 19-303380$108,6801.77
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022120$60,2400.75
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-912470$45,5600.75
Community Health Workers 21-109450$49,0101.36
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-1099110$58,5701.63
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-114170$74,6000.94
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041160$75,7500.60
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124190$129,3500.78
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-1231140$52,3001.54
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161170$51,3301.59
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129960$71,5200.22
Computer Programmers 15-1251130$80,5102.20
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211150$106,0600.46
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232320$53,5400.72
Computer and Information Research Scientists 15-122130$129,4201.50
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021220$174,7400.53
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 49-201130$45,6000.76
Construction Laborers 47-2061650$50,7400.94
Construction Managers 11-902180$114,9400.35
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-4011100$69,0501.08
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 49-9012Not available$80,550
Cooks, Fast Food 35-201170$34,2900.17
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012270$40,5100.96
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014750$37,5300.86
Cooks, Short Order 35-2015270$35,2403.08
Cost Estimators 13-1051150$75,7301.07
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021300$41,2201.21
Couriers and Messengers 43-502160$36,4601.51
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031130$46,9101.14
Crossing Guards and Flaggers 33-909140$38,3800.66
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,490$45,2800.92
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403170$44,4400.62
Data Entry Keyers 43-902160$38,9400.72
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-2051110$103,1300.66
Database Administrators 15-124240$87,2700.87
Dental Assistants 31-9091270$44,8401.12
Dental Hygienists 29-1292190$81,6401.38
Dentists, General 29-102190$176,1901.16
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-3021100$91,4701.46
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203260$97,3901.02
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103170$76,9901.43
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011610$32,9801.79
Directors, Religious Activities and Education 21-202150$37,7103.40
Dishwashers 35-9021310$33,5301.03
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032130$44,9801.05
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031260$38,0101.02
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032210$109,0301.04
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-903360$166,6600.56
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012290$62,0101.32
Electrical Engineers 17-2071270$126,0102.17
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051100$127,1701.22
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-3023210$79,6803.50
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2028790$45,6205.13
Electricians 47-2111390$76,6700.83
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (2 O*NET occupations) 17-2072150$112,8502.51
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021980$76,5401.13
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406170$55,1600.77
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042160$42,7201.45
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-2199140$110,9301.50
Environmental Engineers 17-208130$103,1501.29
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204130$76,4600.60
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 47-502230$47,8101.60
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011730$72,2302.56
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031150$46,9100.75
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301390$118,6300.88
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121550$223,4400.77
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209250$34,7300.27
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,440$33,2801.01
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031300$160,7800.56
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 13-209930$59,7500.41
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-2051130$98,4600.56
Firefighters 33-2011120$81,8100.57
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011400$79,4900.78
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 33-102150$95,4400.76
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012820$42,0701.08
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011120$54,0401.05
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101250$60,5700.62
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011360$75,1300.93
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-1012100$96,1200.72
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011770$72,4300.86
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102270$48,2901.03
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101290$118,5400.98
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011330$74,5400.79
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011650$47,5700.93
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-109130$65,1400.67
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047410$59,6201.04
Food Batchmakers 51-309280$60,6700.78
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021550$35,3700.98
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041260$36,0601.43
Food Service Managers 11-905170$64,8700.49
Fundraisers 13-113180$76,2501.13
General Internal Medicine Physicians 29-1216100$129,6602.27
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,790$96,4200.82
Graphic Designers 27-1024100$53,4600.81
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403350$46,7201.26
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012160$33,6200.84
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 47-404150$62,0901.40
Health Education Specialists 21-109140$50,9500.98
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209980$46,9400.70
Healthcare Social Workers 21-1022240$51,2902.03
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909960$48,8700.91
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021380$62,0201.47
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,380$58,7301.07
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909890$38,0101.50
Helpers--Production Workers 51-919860$39,7700.60
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051320$50,4203.27
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11202,690$38,2101.00
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031240$32,6900.91
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081120$34,8800.71
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416190$51,8401.57
Human Resources Managers 11-312170$156,6400.54
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071330$76,1400.58
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-3026100$60,8102.01
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112270$100,8801.19
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041270$63,3200.99
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051100$131,1600.66
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051350$44,9700.72
Information Security Analysts 15-121250$108,6300.46
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419990$46,8101.01
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061420$48,1601.12
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909980$45,1500.77
Instructional Coordinators 25-9031140$69,9100.99
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904130$57,5000.26
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021130Not available0.44
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-4111110$45,5401.21
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20112,160$37,1601.57
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 23-102340$165,9002.61
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201290$65,6801.35
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,590$38,7400.86
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011570$38,1400.96
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011130$35,0901.06
Lawyers 23-1011300$129,4800.63
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601270$49,2800.72
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022110$74,7201.35
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-4121Not available$32,240
Library Technicians 25-403170$61,7201.59
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061530$62,4901.31
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-4099Not available$50,500
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-909270$32,2400.67
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033810$41,0101.32
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413150$51,3800.49
Loan Officers 13-207280$68,6800.46
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108170$91,0500.46
Machinists 51-4041170$55,5800.93
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012370$34,3300.69
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 43-905160$37,5201.83
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-90711,130$49,2201.19
Management Analysts 13-1111410$82,0200.73
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199170$177,8300.45
Manicurists and Pedicurists 39-5092120$32,2401.28
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161340$66,3300.61
Marketing Managers 11-2021150$150,0200.61
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-302240$34,4700.43
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141140$98,5600.76
Medical Assistants 31-9092290$41,1100.57
Medical Equipment Preparers 31-909370$46,5501.54
Medical Equipment Repairers 49-906260$66,4101.34
Medical Records Specialists 29-207280$50,2900.65
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013620$43,2901.03
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111280$131,9000.74
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112150$62,0300.61
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-1023160$68,9401.88
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-1026130$37,3401.21
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022700$76,2901.81
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090540$41,3100.61
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902360$49,0501.04
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042100$60,7400.88
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072100$37,4101.09
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other 53-309970$32,2402.35
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-408180$48,7000.98
Music Directors and Composers 27-204140$40,5004.97
Musicians and Singers 27-204240$41.02 an hour (hourly only)1.85
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244220$86,3501.12
New Accounts Clerks 43-414160$49,4302.49
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171330$139,0301.65
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,310$44,4101.45
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1072110$97,1302.25
Obstetricians and Gynecologists 29-121840Not published (very high)3.23
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501170$87,7400.79
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1122180$86,3901.79
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,360$42,8300.88
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 43-907170$37,1704.78
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073330$61,0001.11
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205760$44,6101.36
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208130$60,2900.74
Order Clerks 43-415140$50,1800.77
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111180$43,8500.75
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064130$34,4100.36
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141100$53,1900.71
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-919680Not available1.41
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011240$60,4200.97
Parking Attendants 53-602140$35,8400.50
Parts Salespersons 41-2022130$38,2900.80
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 47-207170$52,0002.81
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-3051100$50,7701.00
Personal Financial Advisors 13-2052100$103,5900.63
Pharmacists 29-1051220$138,1201.08
Pharmacy Aides 31-909560$40,3902.35
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052260$44,7700.89
Phlebotomists 31-9097150$45,5001.62
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202180$60,2801.19
Physical Therapists 29-1123240$99,6701.43
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1071200$146,1201.95
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229150$328,1500.71
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152280$87,9900.95
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051420$84,3201.00
Postal Service Clerks 43-505160$63,1701.35
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052270$59,8801.33
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011200$43,0800.66
Printing Press Operators 51-5112100$38,9801.16
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109240$77,5400.78
Procurement Clerks 43-306130$46,0100.93
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201260$60,4900.63
Production Workers, All Other 51-919930$35,6200.21
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061400$59,7401.65
Project Management Specialists 13-1082540$106,5800.82
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914150$65,5200.28
Psychiatric Aides 31-1133110$49,3405.04
Psychiatrists 29-122330$273,3801.98
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031140$63,9300.80
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503140$54,4000.69
Purchasing Managers 11-306140$154,6100.76
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034150$95,8301.06
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171600$37,0101.06
Recreation Workers 39-9032260$36,1701.28
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11412,570$101,7201.22
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-1015100$43,5701.75
Religious Workers, All Other 21-209930$46,9103.35
Residential Advisors 39-904160$48,7501.13
Respiratory Therapists 29-1126100$103,2001.18
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,540$34,4601.04
Roofers 47-218180$59,8100.95
Sales Engineers 41-903140$102,1201.10
Sales Managers 11-2022120$160,4400.31
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091360$63,6700.46
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012550$68,7700.72
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401130$101,4800.20
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-704140$37,1901.66
School Bus Monitors 33-9094190$32,3703.82
School Psychologists 19-303470$79,0801.68
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031770$74,9701.16
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-60141,420$47,5601.33
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031130Not available0.41
Security Guards 33-9032640$42,0700.80
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 49-209870$47,8601.26
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021230$50,1101.12
Sewing Machine Operators 51-6031160$41,3302.50
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221190$63,6001.19
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071430$43,4300.84
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053190$33,8401.25
Social Workers, All Other 21-102940$91,3700.97
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151210$78,6301.60
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093540$43,5501.98
Software Developers 15-12521,070$128,4601.01
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-1253110$105,1700.97
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052330$66,3002.05
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-2057130$68,9102.24
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 25-205130$61,2601.84
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058160$77,5501.54
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127170$84,4601.47
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 51-802170$62,4203.78
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70652,230$38,3101.26
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018220$57,7200.72
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031650$39,8601.99
Surgeons, All Other 29-124930$443,4201.95
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 43-201140$41,4201.84
Tax Preparers 13-208240$54,8800.88
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-90452,000$35,1902.26
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary 25-9044160$46,9501.61
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202250$63,9200.60
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-9052160$74,4202.68
Tellers 43-3071210$39,3401.02
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309350$38,0600.75
Tool and Die Makers 51-411140$66,8801.20
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151350$68,2701.22
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307180$98,2700.57
Tree Trimmers and Pruners 37-301340$53,2301.03
Tutors 25-304150$62,2000.50
Urban and Regional Planners 19-305150$87,3401.83
Veterinarians 29-113130$126,2300.60
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-909650$36,4400.66
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205660$49,0000.78
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,390$46,6000.98
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-803180$55,3801.01
Web Developers 15-125430$94,0800.73
Web and Digital Interface Designers (2 O*NET occupations) 15-125550Not available0.66
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121110$50,5600.41
Word Processors and Typists 43-9022180$39,0808.20