Ithaca, NY

240 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 27060.

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	1,170
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	1,140
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	940
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	900
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	870
Office Clerks, General	860
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	840
Cashiers	810
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	780
General and Operations Managers	770
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	690
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	670
Stockers and Order Fillers	670
Customer Service Representatives	650
Waiters and Waitresses	620
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	600
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	590
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	550
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	490
Nursing Assistants	470

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
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	23.26	670
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	16.69	1,140
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	14.80	380
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	12.00	110
Education Teachers, Postsecondary	10.18	190
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	9.51	170
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	9.07	140
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	8.34	110
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	7.20	160
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	6.64	100
General Internal Medicine Physicians	5.71	120
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	4.62	230
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	4.22	230
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	4.13	590
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	3.92	130
Instructional Coordinators	3.61	250
Fundraisers	3.13	110
Cooks, Short Order	2.99	130
Nurse Practitioners	2.75	270
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	2.59	110

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$370,320
Psychiatrists	$280,210
Family Medicine Physicians	$268,170
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$168,410
Marketing Managers	$167,480
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$166,530
Human Resources Managers	$164,420
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$159,720
Sales Managers	$156,140
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$152,410
Pharmacists	$151,780
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$146,500
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$138,920
Nurse Practitioners	$136,980
Lawyers	$135,610
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$132,470
Veterinarians	$131,870
Personal Financial Advisors	$130,940
Public Relations Managers	$128,400
Medical and Health Services Managers	$128,050

BLS didn't publish the median for 2 occupations here because it is very high: Cardiologists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric. They aren't ranked, and we don't estimate them.

All 240 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	370	$83,800	0.82
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	90	$127,610	1.05
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	100	$36,930	1.18
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval `17-1011`	50	$96,920	1.37
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	40	$66,690	1.36
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$166,530	0.70
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1121`	670	$102,910	23.26
Audio and Video Technicians `27-4011`	50	$62,510	2.28
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	190	$48,820	0.88
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	30	$36,590	1.04
Bakers `51-3011`	120	$35,970	1.59
Bartenders `35-3011`	280	$44,040	1.21
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	180	$48,060	1.42
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1042`	140	$100,880	9.07
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `19-1029`	50	$88,610	2.80
Biological Technicians `19-4021`	80	$60,900	3.91
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	490	$51,610	1.16
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	30	$77,550	2.16
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	220	$54,620	1.76
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	70	$61,500	0.81
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	90	$77,830	0.27
Business Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1011`	380	$91,400	14.80
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	120	$65,520	0.78
Cardiologists `29-1212`	60	Not published (very high)	10.63
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	30	$70,160	0.98
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	70	$79,080	2.06
Carpenters `47-2031`	190	$60,680	0.92
Cashiers `41-2011`	810	$35,470	0.85
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	80	$64,010	1.28
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1052`	60	$97,550	9.73
Chemists `19-2031`	30	$91,330	1.17
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	Not available	0.73
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	120	$60,120	0.98
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	290	$37,410	1.82
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	50	$97,550	0.43
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$72,030	0.31
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	170	$35,690	1.48
Clergy `21-2011`	40	$58,750	2.33
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	50	$117,860	1.93
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	180	$51,140	2.34
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1122`	110	$83,890	12.00
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	130	$75,860	3.92
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	50	$77,960	1.48
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	100	$67,530	0.81
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	50	$105,990	0.88
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$74,420	0.88
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1021`	50	$95,850	4.20
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	90	$93,740	0.55
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	230	$62,160	1.03
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	190	$168,410	0.91
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	130	$46,790	0.39
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	50	$64,070	1.05
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	190	$46,870	1.39
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	350	$39,280	0.80
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	130	$36,200	2.99
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	100	$42,590	0.84
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	50	$56,740	0.91
Credit Counselors `13-2071`	40	$62,750	4.48
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	650	$45,390	0.81
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4031`	70	$50,980	1.35
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	140	$74,170	1.69
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	100	$48,170	0.86
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	60	$96,620	0.91
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	50	$102,660	1.85
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	30	$77,220	1.33
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	320	$35,700	1.90
Dishwashers `35-9021`	210	$35,170	1.41
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$43,890	0.66
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	80	$36,010	0.64
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	70	$121,910	0.73
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	230	$132,470	4.22
Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1081`	190	$92,870	10.18
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	230	$62,100	2.13
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	60	$105,840	0.98
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	60	$45,390	0.79
Electricians `47-2111`	100	$70,720	0.42
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	460	$63,610	1.07
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	50	$63,650	0.99
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	50	$41,710	0.94
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	30	$103,890	0.67
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1123`	170	$78,440	9.51
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) `19-2041`	50	$78,790	1.98
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	590	$69,310	4.13
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	150	$47,670	1.48
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	50	$115,260	1.12
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	40	$268,170	1.17
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	870	$34,800	0.73
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	210	$152,410	0.82
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	90	$85,430	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	90	$77,860	0.37
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	350	$46,780	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$60,840	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	160	$78,280	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$80,030	0.62
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	550	$73,640	1.24
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	60	$61,140	1.78
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$105,980	0.89
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	100	$78,260	0.50
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	260	$50,110	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	110	$56,780	0.58
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	280	$36,140	1.00
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	120	$40,240	1.29
Fundraisers `13-1131`	110	$73,590	3.13
Fundraising Managers `11-2033`	50	$127,610	3.98
General Internal Medicine Physicians `29-1216`	120	$370,320	5.71
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	770	$103,220	0.71
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$61,250	0.59
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	40	$60,420	1.99
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	1,140	$159,720	16.69
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	90	$62,570	1.63
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	80	$55,460	2.37
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	120	$64,690	0.95
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	190	$56,130	0.30
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	100	$56,770	2.08
History Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1125`	40	$99,940	6.98
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	780	$39,220	0.59
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	70	$34,690	0.52
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	100	$35,990	1.26
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	70	$52,140	2.42
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	50	$164,420	0.67
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	200	$75,270	0.71
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	60	$106,830	0.51
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	40	$63,650	0.27
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	30	$146,500	0.43
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	30	$106,360	0.51
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	110	$47,880	0.58
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	250	$70,940	3.61
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	50	$59,840	0.30
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	50	$49,660	1.11
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	840	$38,060	1.23
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	280	$40,590	0.30
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	270	$42,720	0.92
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	40	$35,960	0.58
Lawyers `23-1011`	130	$135,610	0.55
Legal Support Workers, All Other `23-2099`	40	$92,000	2.74
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	110	$78,460	2.59
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$37,800	1.79
Library Technicians `25-4031`	50	$62,960	2.50
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	220	$64,730	1.09
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-4099`	160	$46,640	7.20
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers `33-9092`	70	$34,430	1.34
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	200	$39,520	0.67
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$75,060	0.76
Machinists `51-4041`	120	$62,810	1.32
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	240	$36,010	0.92
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	600	$48,870	1.27
Management Analysts `13-1111`	130	$89,630	0.45
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	60	$115,290	0.30
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	240	$78,810	0.86
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	70	$167,480	0.61
Massage Therapists `31-9011`	40	$80,340	1.35
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1022`	100	$93,970	6.64
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	70	$99,990	0.73
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	390	$53,760	1.54
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	110	$56,830	1.81
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	Not available	$128,050
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	70	$64,150	1.65
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	70	$78,220	1.62
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	180	$79,520	0.97
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	150	$89,440	1.54
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	270	$136,980	2.75
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	470	$45,640	1.05
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	40	$83,020	0.94
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	60	$102,910	1.13
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	860	$37,380	1.14
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	50	$54,820	0.37
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians `29-2057`	60	$55,570	2.84
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric `29-1242`	40	Not published (very high)	8.48
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	40	$37,520	0.35
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	40	$59,110	0.61
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	80	$60,550	0.70
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	50	$37,110	0.60
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$51,030	0.79
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$130,940	0.53
Pharmacists `29-1051`	40	$151,780	0.44
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	60	$45,090	0.41
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1126`	50	$101,260	8.16
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	30	$47,680	0.77
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	110	$101,290	1.28
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	230	$138,920	4.62
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	70	$64,460	0.46
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	200	$84,320	0.95
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1065`	60	$97,240	12.10
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	110	$61,540	1.04
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	130	$45,980	0.87
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) `27-2012`	50	$65,410	1.23
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	160	$59,990	1.36
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	240	$96,870	0.73
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	30	$69,320	0.36
Psychiatrists `29-1223`	40	$280,210	4.84
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1066`	110	$93,500	8.34
Public Relations Managers `11-2032`	30	$128,400	1.42
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	170	$67,260	1.94
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	30	$66,250	1.05
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	100	$95,460	1.47
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	300	$39,400	1.06
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	170	$34,770	1.68
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1193`	40	$84,820	9.72
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	50	$51,320	1.16
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	940	$100,320	0.90
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	90	$53,760	3.62
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,170	$35,510	0.97
Sales Managers `11-2022`	70	$156,140	0.35
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	200	$61,930	0.52
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	120	$68,240	0.32
School Psychologists `19-3034`	40	$78,930	1.80
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	240	$73,960	0.72
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	900	$47,990	1.70
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	60	$82,510	0.38
Security Guards `33-9032`	240	$49,540	0.60
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	160	$50,860	1.57
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	110	$44,810	0.42
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	70	$37,550	0.96
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `19-3099`	40	$69,660	3.47
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	80	$79,940	3.96
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	140	$81,810	2.14
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	310	$53,550	2.30
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1067`	40	$86,150	9.79
Software Developers `15-1252`	310	$122,730	0.60
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers `15-1253`	40	$94,990	0.74
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	80	$61,910	1.04
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	40	$75,860	1.50
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	90	$70,510	1.78
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$81,450	1.04
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	670	$38,810	0.77
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	200	$65,010	1.32
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	240	$37,820	1.46
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	30	$77,760	0.84
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	690	$37,420	1.57
Tellers `43-3071`	120	$40,020	1.16
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	140	$66,690	0.99
Tutors `25-3041`	100	$44,900	1.92
Veterinarians `29-1131`	60	$131,870	2.24
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	90	$43,900	2.18
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	80	$56,420	1.94
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	620	$46,090	0.89
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$61,360	0.90
Web and Digital Interface Designers (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1255`	40	$125,810	1.11
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	30	$54,170	0.23
Word Processors and Typists `43-9022`	40	$46,810	3.65