Top 100 highest-paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA are those of physicians, pathologist, with an average annual salary of $238,160. The second highest-paying jobs are those of neurologist, with an average salary of $233,350.

All of the shown salary and employment information for New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Physicians, Pathologists	$238,160	$81,060	1,010
2	Neurologists	$233,350	$79,270	980
3	Nurse Anesthetists	$226,540	$196,760	2,040
4	All Other Physicians	$225,580	$66,070	17,790
5	All Other Surgeons	$224,450	$77,990	3,450
6	Orthodontists	$224,430	$112,210	300
7	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$222,890	$107,380	11,380
8	Petroleum Engineers	$215,240	$107,620	110
9	Financial Managers	$212,290	$124,380	68,500
10	Psychiatrists	$211,580	$78,100	3,850
11	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$208,040	$131,740	42,790
12	Sales Managers	$206,920	$100,570	35,160
13	Athletes and Sports Competitors	$199,990	$65,580	460
14	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$196,230	$50,600	1,670
15	General Pediatricians	$179,980	$78,140	5,140
16	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$177,600	$123,080	1,610
17	Family Medicine Physicians	$177,210	$73,170	4,380
18	Lawyers	$176,170	$81,350	89,700
19	Physicists	$175,360	$78,900	900
20	Air Traffic Controllers	$174,510	$83,720	930
21	Marketing Managers	$174,120	$105,640	38,890
22	General Dentists	$174,060	$77,010	6,750
23	Human Resources Managers	$173,620	$104,610	12,520
24	Natural Sciences Managers	$173,080	$122,510	7,490
25	Training and Development Managers	$172,450	$108,350	3,150
26	Other Specialists Dentists	$172,390	$66,560	190
27	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$172,110	$75,790	12,040
28	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$171,960	$102,690	4,960
29	Public Relations Managers	$171,150	$101,940	6,120
30	Commercial Pilots	$170,300	$81,020	1,040
31	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$170,110	$123,420	7,770
32	Fundraising Managers	$167,940	$99,880	2,830
33	Personal Financial Advisors	$167,850	$72,040	29,000
34	Purchasing Managers	$167,100	$112,660	4,690
35	All Other Managers	$164,960	$94,760	23,420
36	Commercial Divers	$154,760	$56,710	140
37	Optometrists	$148,630	$80,850	2,220
38	Construction Managers	$146,290	$88,380	12,160
39	Nurse Practitioners	$146,020	$120,430	16,910
40	Medical Dosimetrists	$146,000	$128,730	180
41	Art Directors	$142,390	$64,740	10,570
42	Computer Network Architects	$141,850	$93,140	12,010
43	Database Architects	$141,200	$82,850	3,980
44	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$137,810	$100,070	21,910
45	Actuaries	$137,090	$82,050	2,940
46	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$136,810	$54,120	61,780
47	Software Developers	$136,630	$82,100	108,650
48	Information Security Analysts	$136,010	$83,080	10,270
49	Medical and Health Services Managers	$135,950	$88,490	30,540
50	Industrial Production Managers	$135,730	$86,990	6,660
51	Financial Risk Specialists	$135,310	$82,830	11,660
52	Physician Assistants	$135,000	$102,010	14,580
53	General and Operations Managers	$134,310	$61,520	190,690
54	Nurse Midwives	$134,210	$106,200	680
55	Economists	$134,140	$31,280	840
56	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$133,940	$99,150	8,990
57	Administrative Services Managers	$133,890	$88,680	15,830
58	Pharmacists	$133,850	$106,510	20,410
59	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$133,320	$103,130	10,980
60	Veterinarians	$132,280	$81,790	3,320
61	Computer Hardware Engineers	$132,150	$92,980	2,480
62	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$131,430	$78,550	1,800
63	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$130,440	$99,370	3,140
64	Sales Engineers	$130,400	$75,200	2,580
65	Postsecondary Home Economics Teachers	$130,160	$86,750	60
66	Data Scientists	$130,070	$71,540	13,860
67	Political Scientists	$129,600	$92,230	70
68	Chemical Engineers	$129,540	$80,190	830
69	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$129,520	$63,390	16,550
70	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$129,210	$82,420	7,100
71	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$129,150	$49,680	7,740
72	Postsecondary Architecture Teachers	$128,980	$62,220	1,170
73	Crane and Tower Operators	$128,980	$57,150	1,160
74	Hoist and Winch Operators	$128,980	$40,370	310
75	Credit Analysts	$128,750	$71,970	7,760
76	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$128,740	$62,590	1,260
77	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$128,300	$78,150	3,240
78	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$128,080	$60,380	3,540
79	Postsecondary Law Teachers	$127,990	$38,850	2,310
80	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$127,770	$50,220	8,760
81	Financial Examiners	$127,560	$74,680	11,030
82	Postsecondary Art, Drama, and Music Teachers	$127,510	$61,140	13,400
83	Facilities Managers	$127,190	$78,190	8,520
84	Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance	$126,670	$63,250	220
85	Postsecondary Political Science Teachers	$126,130	$64,990	1,260
86	Other Postsecondary Teachers	$124,940	$49,080	3,580
87	Postsecondary Chemistry Teachers	$124,850	$65,260	1,610
88	Postsecondary Mathematical Science Teachers	$124,750	$60,980	3,640
89	Postsecondary Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers	$124,030	$61,550	1,740
90	Podiatrists	$123,710	$66,190	1,250
91	Computer Systems Analysts	$123,610	$76,640	21,640
92	Financial Analysts	$123,230	$78,820	50,010
93	All Other Special Education Teachers	$122,470	$59,780	3,560
94	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$121,700	$61,530	1,250
95	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$121,330	$91,990	2,440
96	Radiation Therapists	$121,200	$86,960	1,190
97	Aerospace Engineers	$121,080	$90,120	350
98	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$120,950	$80,160	1,440
99	Engineers, All Other	$120,640	$67,610	4,510
100	Other Physical Scientists	$120,640	$81,310	590

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Financial Managers	$206,300
2	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$201,900
3	Psychiatrists	$195,000
4	Sales Managers	$190,940
5	Other Specialists Dentists	$169,000
6	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$168,490
7	Natural Sciences Managers	$168,490
8	Physicists	$168,370
9	Marketing Managers	$168,000
10	General Pediatricians	$167,680

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$202,660
2	Financial Managers	$199,230
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$194,090
4	Psychiatrists	$189,610
5	Sales Managers	$189,000
6	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$187,240
7	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$185,670
8	Natural Sciences Managers	$184,740
9	Marketing Managers	$181,590
10	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$178,240

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Financial Managers	$194,330
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$191,870
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$183,580
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$180,670
5	Sales Managers	$180,510
6	Orthodontists	$179,140
7	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$175,930
8	Marketing Managers	$173,710
9	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$171,190
10	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$169,320

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