Elmira, NY

181 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 21300.

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

Occupation	Employment
Retail Salespersons	1,180
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	880
Cashiers	860
Stockers and Order Fillers	820
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	750
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	730
General and Operations Managers	640
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	630
Correctional Officers and Jailers	550
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	540
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	530
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	530
Customer Service Representatives	510
Waiters and Waitresses	480
Office Clerks, General	470
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	450
Nursing Assistants	440
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	440
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	390
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	370

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.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	9.16	250
Sheet Metal Workers	7.01	180
Correctional Officers and Jailers	6.72	550
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	4.99	120
Roofers	4.21	120
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	3.78	140
Machinists	2.90	180
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.53	350
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	2.30	270
Bus Drivers, School	2.23	190
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	2.06	630
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	2.00	170
Social and Human Service Assistants	1.90	180
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	1.89	240
Nurse Practitioners	1.87	130
Packers and Packagers, Hand	1.83	220
Postal Service Mail Carriers	1.77	130
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations)	1.74	530
Billing and Posting Clerks	1.72	150
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1.64	190

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$192,530
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$150,120
Pharmacists	$142,640
Marketing Managers	$141,720
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$141,700
Nurse Practitioners	$138,700
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$137,550
Sales Managers	$130,660
Lawyers	$126,900
Medical and Health Services Managers	$124,810
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$116,910
Administrative Services Managers	$113,640
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$113,180
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$109,980
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$108,990
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$106,800
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$101,350
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$97,950
Project Management Specialists	$96,250
Loan Officers	$95,050

All 181 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	190	$79,540	0.60
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	40	$113,640	0.67
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$34,280	0.83
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$46,380	1.37
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	210	$46,720	1.41
Bakers `51-3011`	40	$34,560	0.80
Bartenders `35-3011`	170	$41,110	1.04
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	40	$40,450	1.02
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	150	$39,730	1.72
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	350	$48,330	1.19
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	190	$50,370	2.23
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	70	$60,450	1.09
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	110	$46,400	0.45
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	110	$67,790	1.02
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	120	$62,770	4.99
Carpenters `47-2031`	90	$61,190	0.63
Cashiers `41-2011`	860	$32,790	1.29
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	40	$63,410	0.94
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	40	$192,530	0.84
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	170	$58,400	2.00
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	90	$34,170	0.84
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	40	$91,370	0.46
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	90	$35,860	1.06
Clergy `21-2011`	40	$62,780	2.83
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	30	$67,690	1.92
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	60	$45,960	1.60
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	40	$64,690	1.82
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	40	$65,480	0.43
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$59,940	1.16
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators `51-9161`	140	$60,260	3.78
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	130	$55,060	0.81
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	60	$141,700	0.38
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	130	$49,600	0.55
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	40	$65,790	1.22
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	90	$36,990	0.93
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	260	$36,970	0.84
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	550	$76,820	6.72
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	50	$77,400	1.04
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	90	$43,420	1.07
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$46,980	1.39
Crossing Guards and Flaggers `33-9091`	80	$37,490	3.86
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	510	$39,230	0.91
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	70	$44,190	1.77
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	40	$49,450	0.46
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	40	$73,210	0.83
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	270	$33,250	2.30
Dishwashers `35-9021`	120	$32,530	1.17
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	50	$39,640	1.25
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	110	$46,150	1.23
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	90	$106,800	1.21
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	100	$56,060	1.30
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	90	$52,460	1.71
Electricians `47-2111`	100	Not available	0.64
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	450	$61,220	1.51
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$44,700	1.58
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	150	$74,270	1.46
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	60	$42,240	0.79
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	30	$113,180	0.90
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	880	$32,950	1.05
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	110	$150,120	0.58
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	140	$78,720	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	290	$42,720	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	40	$51,500	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	140	$76,600	1.02
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$87,670	1.05
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	280	$64,120	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$101,350	1.14
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	210	$78,350	1.44
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	260	$48,570	1.06
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	110	$60,940	0.79
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	160	$34,010	0.81
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	640	$94,830	0.85
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4033`	40	$43,620	2.63
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	40	$48,040	1.02
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	60	$48,970	1.45
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	80	$62,400	0.92
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	390	$57,080	0.88
Helpers--Production Workers `51-9198`	40	$39,270	1.06
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	80	$62,440	2.48
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	750	$36,900	0.81
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	80	$34,090	0.81
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	50	$48,900	2.69
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	130	$72,160	0.68
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) `17-3026`	40	$63,890	2.60
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	130	$85,110	1.61
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	120	$64,750	1.31
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	70	$108,990	1.36
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	90	$41,820	0.56
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	240	$55,380	1.89
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	40	$79,450	0.86
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	60	$45,210	1.30
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	70	$60,270	0.70
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	540	$35,970	1.14
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	40	$62,150	1.62
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	370	$37,280	0.59
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	190	$35,080	0.91
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	40	$32,330	1.02
Lawyers `23-1011`	80	$126,900	0.49
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	30	$73,850	1.16
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	350	$63,390	2.53
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	300	$42,220	1.42
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	30	$48,160	0.85
Loan Officers `13-2072`	40	$95,050	0.61
Machinists `51-4041`	180	$59,330	2.90
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	110	$32,350	0.60
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	440	$49,560	1.34
Management Analysts `13-1111`	60	$90,190	0.31
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	120	$58,410	0.61
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	40	$141,720	0.50
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	50	$83,220	0.80
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	190	$40,010	1.08
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	80	Not available	1.81
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	220	$41,000	1.08
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	80	$124,810	0.64
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	50	$79,410	1.60
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	90	$48,770	2.48
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	530	$44,050	1.74
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	30	$65,390	0.83
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	250	$51,170	9.16
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	70	$97,950	1.03
New Accounts Clerks `43-4141`	30	$48,690	4.32
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	130	$138,700	1.87
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	440	$37,960	1.42
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$89,180	1.26
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$83,190	1.12
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	470	$40,930	0.88
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	70	$65,760	0.70
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	100	$45,590	1.25
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	220	$38,060	1.83
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	90	$59,490	1.76
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$56,230	0.56
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	70	$37,280	1.19
Pharmacists `29-1051`	70	$142,640	0.94
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	90	$39,630	0.88
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	60	$86,680	1.07
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	60	$137,550	1.84
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	70	Not available	0.96
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	140	$64,680	1.35
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	170	$65,180	1.14
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	130	$57,470	1.77
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	60	$46,320	0.60
Printing Press Operators `51-5112`	30	$39,460	1.09
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	60	$56,810	1.14
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	120	$59,010	1.46
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	150	$96,250	0.64
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	40	$72,630	0.60
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	200	$37,380	0.99
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	100	$34,560	1.45
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	730	$82,820	1.00
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	40	$37,140	1.94
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,180	$34,140	1.40
Roofers `47-2181`	120	$58,730	4.21
Sales Managers `11-2022`	60	$130,660	0.44
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	110	$59,760	0.40
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	250	$65,230	0.92
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	50	$33,700	2.70
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	220	$71,640	0.94
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	530	$44,450	1.44
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	50	$116,910	0.47
Security Guards `33-9032`	90	$40,130	0.33
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$35,470	0.89
Sheet Metal Workers `47-2211`	180	Not available	7.01
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	240	$44,670	1.34
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	40	$32,970	0.82
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	70	$77,870	1.45
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	180	$47,850	1.90
Software Developers `15-1252`	80	Not available	0.23
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	70	$63,370	1.31
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	60	$78,170	1.63
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	820	$37,520	1.34
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	90	$49,210	0.86
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	190	$37,810	1.64
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	630	$36,250	2.06
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	60	$72,390	2.66
Tellers `43-3071`	80	$38,840	1.17
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	70	$71,990	0.76
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$109,980	0.71
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	480	$46,160	0.98
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$61,050	1.56
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	90	$48,820	1.03
Word Processors and Typists `43-9022`	70	$39,200	8.66