Job opportunities vary greatly by location. As the tables below clearly show, individual cities and towns offer employment opportunities which differ from those you'll find in other places. Some places feature jobs in technology, some in manufacturing, others in education, etc. Whether choosing a career path or seeking a new job, it pays to consider which careers are favored in the area in which you live or to which are willing to move.
Select the city you want or just browse down this page to see the analysis for each city:
| Albany, NY
Elmira, NY
Kingston, NY
Poughkeepsie, NY
Utica, NY
| Binghamton, NY
Glens Falls, NY
Nassau, NY
Rochester, NY
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Buffalo, NY
Ithaca, NY
New York City, NY
Syracuse |
NOTE: A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Albany, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Albany and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Graduate teaching assistants | $27,600 | 890 | 15.2 | | Physical scientists, all other | $69,230 | 600 | 12.7 | | Survey researchers | $54,110 | 380 | 9.1 | | Microbiologists | $50,980 | 280 | 8.5 | | Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers | $0 | 120 | 8.4 | | Legislators | $78,880 | 840 | 8 | | Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents | $47,050 | 1,410 | 6.5 | | Word processors and typists | $29,150 | 2,720 | 6.5 | | Highway maintenance workers | $31,180 | 1,580 | 6.4 | | Animal control workers | $27,400 | 130 | 6.4 | | (Click for the full list of Albany careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Binghamton, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Binghamton and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | $18,370 | 510 | 76.2 | | Electromechanical equipment assemblers | $0 | 570 | 16.6 | | Bus drivers, transit and intercity | $28,370 | 830 | 9.9 | | Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | $96,050 | 100 | 9.5 | | Psychiatric aides | $31,700 | 220 | 8.1 | | Highway maintenance workers | $29,290 | 470 | 7.6 | | Postsecondary teachers, all other | $59,080 | 930 | 7.1 | | Legislators | $88,710 | 170 | 6.5 | | Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $25,450 | 150 | 6.5 | | Clergy | $0 | 150 | 6.4 | | (Click for the full list of Binghamton careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Buffalo, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Buffalo and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Music directors and composers | $0 | 200 | 12.2 | | Medical appliance technicians | $26,550 | 130 | 8.8 | | Biochemists and biophysicists | $73,660 | 300 | 7.9 | | Graduate teaching assistants | $27,270 | 590 | 7.8 | | Automotive glass installers and repairers | $32,410 | 120 | 7.3 | | Clergy | $42,970 | 740 | 6.1 | | Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders | $37,150 | 520 | 5.8 | | Insulation workers, mechanical | $0 | 150 | 5 | | Electromechanical equipment assemblers | $28,860 | 830 | 4.7 | | Eligibility interviewers, government programs | $37,130 | 720 | 4.2 | | (Click for the full list of Buffalo careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Elmira, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Elmira and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Legislators | $71,980 | 100 | 16.4 | | Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $34,640 | 110 | 7.4 | | Word processors and typists | $26,430 | 140 | 5.7 | | Home health aides | $19,640 | 490 | 4.4 | | Industrial machinery mechanics | $47,270 | 130 | 3.7 | | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | $46,490 | 110 | 3.7 | | Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | $27,200 | 410 | 3.5 | | Machinists | $36,300 | 200 | 3.4 | | Medical and health services managers | $69,340 | 120 | 3 | | Parts salespersons | $30,520 | 110 | 2.9 | | (Click for the full list of Elmira careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Glens Falls, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Glens Falls and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders | $29,280 | 620 | 22.8 | | Legislators | $78,600 | 190 | 15.3 | | Correctional officers and jailers | $48,520 | 860 | 10.9 | | Highway maintenance workers | $29,620 | 300 | 10.2 | | Machine feeders and offbearers | $21,840 | 290 | 7.9 | | Physician assistants | $71,080 | 140 | 7.3 | | Special education teachers, secondary school | $51,250 | 170 | 5 | | Bus drivers, school | $29,120 | 520 | 3.7 | | Printing machine operators | $29,360 | 250 | 3.7 | | Telecommunications line installers and repairers | $51,440 | 150 | 3.7 | | (Click for the full list of Glens Falls careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Ithaca, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Ithaca and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Chemical technicians | $30,960 | 140 | 14.3 | | Highway maintenance workers | $33,470 | 170 | 11.1 | | Social and human service assistants | $29,200 | 430 | 7.8 | | Library assistants, clerical | $25,550 | 100 | 6.4 | | Nonfarm animal caretakers | $21,660 | 100 | 5.7 | | Self-enrichment education teachers | $39,140 | 110 | 4.5 | | Real estate sales agents | $0 | 110 | 4.3 | | Kindergarten teachers, except special education | $47,390 | 100 | 4.3 | | Librarians | $0 | 110 | 4.2 | | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | $49,670 | 130 | 4.1 | | (Click for the full list of Ithaca careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Kingston, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Kingston and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | $64,720 | 1,010 | 15.5 | | Highway maintenance workers | $37,340 | 340 | 11 | | Graders and sorters, agricultural products | $19,420 | 100 | 10.4 | | Bus drivers, school | $28,790 | 970 | 6.6 | | Vocational education teachers, secondary school | $58,300 | 100 | 4.5 | | Special education teachers, middle school | $65,480 | 120 | 4.5 | | Special education teachers, secondary school | $66,850 | 160 | 4.5 | | Postal service clerks | $44,880 | 120 | 4.2 | | Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school | $52,890 | 250 | 3.9 | | Social and human service assistants | $28,030 | 390 | 3.5 | | (Click for the full list of Kingston careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Nassau, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Nassau and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Air traffic controllers | $141,420 | 690 | 8.9 | | Fence erectors | $27,690 | 310 | 8.5 | | Postsecondary teachers, all other | $66,240 | 10,660 | 6.6 | | Motorboat mechanics | $43,520 | 450 | 6.5 | | Religious workers, all other | $18,230 | 150 | 6.3 | | Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers | $41,510 | 100 | 5.9 | | Shoe and leather workers and repairers | $19,010 | 130 | 5.8 | | Athletes and sports competitors | $163,610 | 320 | 5.6 | | Sewers, hand | $21,610 | 230 | 5.1 | | Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians | $21,900 | 400 | 4.5 | | (Click for the full list of Nassau careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
New York City, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in New York and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Watch repairers | $43,550 | 220 | 15.8 | | Shoe and leather workers and repairers | $20,320 | 1,220 | 13 | | Travel guides | $32,620 | 120 | 12.9 | | Fashion designers | $72,720 | 6,060 | 12.2 | | Bailiffs | $49,900 | 2,180 | 9.4 | | Sewers, hand | $29,340 | 1,670 | 8.8 | | Etchers and engravers | $30,240 | 740 | 8.3 | | Telephone operators | $34,770 | 1,470 | 8.3 | | Religious workers, all other | $28,990 | 780 | 7.8 | | Music directors and composers | $46,080 | 1,210 | 7.4 | | (Click for the full list of New York careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Poughkeepsie, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Poughkeepsie and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Bailiffs | $39,640 | 120 | 11 | | Correctional officers and jailers | $44,100 | 3,040 | 7.5 | | Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals | $0 | 200 | 5.9 | | Social workers, all other | $52,430 | 510 | 5.5 | | Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | $95,220 | 130 | 5.1 | | Bus drivers, transit and intercity | $32,890 | 960 | 4.7 | | Psychiatric aides | $31,580 | 300 | 4.6 | | Psychiatrists | $143,500 | 100 | 4.5 | | Rehabilitation counselors | $25,460 | 770 | 4.4 | | Clergy | $45,350 | 240 | 4.2 | | (Click for the full list of Poughkeepsie careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Rochester, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Rochester and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Model makers, metal and plastic | $36,820 | 100 | 13 | | Highway maintenance workers | $33,970 | 1,760 | 5.8 | | Graders and sorters, agricultural products | $20,450 | 510 | 5.4 | | Physics teachers, postsecondary | $74,390 | 130 | 5.2 | | Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | $132,190 | 250 | 4.9 | | Postsecondary teachers, all other | $75,960 | 3,070 | 4.8 | | Legislators | $101,590 | 600 | 4.7 | | Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $28,640 | 300 | 4.4 | | Clergy | $41,260 | 500 | 4.4 | | Social workers, all other | $47,310 | 800 | 4.3 | | (Click for the full list of Rochester careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Syracuse, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Syracuse and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Postsecondary teachers, all other | $68,540 | 4,960 | 12.2 | | Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay | $56,220 | 150 | 10.9 | | Coil winders, tapers, and finishers | $21,770 | 210 | 10.1 | | Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | $40,500 | 170 | 9.1 | | Directors, religious activities and education | $29,850 | 150 | 7.3 | | Power plant operators | $61,310 | 180 | 6.1 | | Clergy | $45,540 | 440 | 6 | | Highway maintenance workers | $28,070 | 1,010 | 5.3 | | Social workers, all other | $45,460 | 600 | 5.1 | | Hazardous materials removal workers | $38,330 | 390 | 4.9 | | (Click for the full list of Syracuse careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
Utica, New York Employment and Careers
Ten careers significantly more common in Utica and surrounding towns than in most metro areas nationwide. | Job Title | Mean Local Salary | Local Jobs | Popularity*
vs. Avg. |
|---|
| Highway maintenance workers | $29,520 | 990 | 13.2 | | Legislators | $57,450 | 320 | 10 | | Correctional officers and jailers | $46,880 | 1,890 | 9.3 | | Social workers, all other | $46,030 | 390 | 8.4 | | Eligibility interviewers, government programs | $33,490 | 320 | 7.9 | | Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates | $116,230 | 100 | 7.8 | | Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic | $28,860 | 120 | 7.7 | | Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing | $21,180 | 260 | 5.1 | | Psychiatric aides | $25,400 | 160 | 4.8 | | Home health aides | $0 | 2,790 | 4.8 | | (Click for the full list of Utica careers, including educational requirements, salaries, more) |
* A Career Popularity level of 1.0 indicates the national average; a popularity rating of 3.5, for example, indicates that the career is 3.5 times as prevalent locally than it is nationally.
Analysis (above) provided by CityTownInfo.com, based on data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Census.
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