The Central East New York nonmetropolitan area all-occupations median was 5.3% below the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Home Health and Personal Care Aides had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 9,080.
Among those high-employment rows, Highway Maintenance Workers had the highest published location quotient at 8.02. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Home Health and Perso...: 9,080 jobs. Retail Salespersons: 4,210 jobs. Cashiers: 4,160 jobs. Teaching Assistants,...: 4,000 jobs. Fast Food and Counter...: 3,630 jobs. Janitors and Cleaners...: 3,090 jobs.
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area wage guide
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 3600006.
Questions, answered
Wage data for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $48,280 per year in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 159,160 jobs for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area?
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 9,080 estimated jobs and a published median of $39,070 per year.
Does the Central East New York nonmetropolitan area wage data adjust for local prices?
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What the all-jobs median says about Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area at $48,280 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 159,160 covered jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. The all-occupations mean is $60,410 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area's $48,280 all-occupations median is 5.3% below the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Where Central East New York nonmetropolitan area sits among nonmetro areas
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area ranks 29 of 137 among nonmetro areas with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. Central East New York nonmetropolitan area has 159,160 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
26. Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $48,770 per year and 67,750 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Central East New York nonmetropolitan area is $490.
27. Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $48,570 per year and 73,720 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Central East New York nonmetropolitan area is $290.
28. Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $48,390 per year and 154,300 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Central East New York nonmetropolitan area is $110.
30. Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $48,280 per year and 177,340 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Central East New York nonmetropolitan area is $0.
31. Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $48,140 per year and 193,040 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Central East New York nonmetropolitan area is $140.
32. Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area has an all-occupations median of $48,050 per year and 50,170 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Central East New York nonmetropolitan area is $230.
The largest detailed occupations shown for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. The first row, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, has 9,080 estimated jobs. Its median is $39,070 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 9,080 estimated jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $39,070 per year. Its location quotient is 2.06.
2. Retail Salespersons has 4,210 estimated jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $35,170 per year. Its location quotient is 1.06.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
The detailed roles shown for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area do not share one pay level. Registered Nurses has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $98,900 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $48,280 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. Registered Nurses has a published median of $98,900 per year in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,800 jobs. Its local share is 0.81 times the national share.
2. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $97,010 per year in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 3,050 jobs. Its local share is 0.85 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Highway Maintenance Workers has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 8.02. The same row has 1,270 jobs and a median of $51,460 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Highway Maintenance Workers has a location quotient of 8.02 in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,270 jobs and a median of $51,460 per year.
2. Correctional Officers and Jailers has a location quotient of 5.59 in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,180 jobs and a median of $72,890 per year.
3. Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders has a location quotient of 2.99 in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,160 jobs and a median of $38,280 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
WageScope has no exact approved 2024 BEA price row for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. It does not use a nearby place. It does not copy a state value into a local row. The May 2025 BLS wage page stays useful without that extra source.
A missing BEA row means the page cannot show the national-price-dollar proxy. It does not mean local prices equal the U.S. level. It does not mean the area has low or high prices. The source is absent for this exact map key, so the answer stays absent.
You can still compare the same BLS wage metric with the U.S. row or with like area rows. Keep that as a nominal wage comparison. Add price context only when an exact, current, reviewed source row is available.
How to read survey care marks for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
The all-occupations employment RSE for Central East New York nonmetropolitan area is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.3%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 159,160 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Use Central East New York nonmetropolitan area as a map, then choose one occupation
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the Central East New York nonmetropolitan area row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
Move from Central East New York nonmetropolitan area wage data to one checked job
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change Central East New York nonmetropolitan area's $48,280 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.
What this Central East New York nonmetropolitan area page does not say
The page does not say what one person in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 29 of 137 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
No. Eligible live listings remain separate from BLS statistics. Their locations and posted pay do not change the official area or occupation rows.
3. Cashiers has 4,160 estimated jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $34,130 per year. Its location quotient is 1.32.
4. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has 4,000 estimated jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $35,790 per year. Its location quotient is 2.75.
5. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 3,630 estimated jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $33,420 per year. Its location quotient is 0.92.
6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 3,090 estimated jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $37,530 per year. Its location quotient is 1.37.
7. General and Operations Managers has 3,050 estimated jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $97,010 per year. Its location quotient is 0.85.
8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 2,930 estimated jobs in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. Its published median is $39,200 per year. Its location quotient is 1.01.
3. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a published median of $77,580 per year in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,540 jobs. Its local share is 1.78 times the national share.
4. Correctional Officers and Jailers has a published median of $72,890 per year in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,180 jobs. Its local share is 5.59 times the national share.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a published median of $65,790 per year in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,170 jobs. Its local share is 0.8 times the national share.
6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a published median of $64,710 per year in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,180 jobs. Its local share is 1.08 times the national share.
7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a published median of $58,920 per year in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,150 jobs. Its local share is 1.02 times the national share.
8. Highway Maintenance Workers has a published median of $51,460 per year in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,270 jobs. Its local share is 8.02 times the national share.
4. Substitute Teachers, Short-Term has a location quotient of 2.83 in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,520 jobs and a median of $36,830 per year.
5. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 2.75 in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 4,000 jobs and a median of $35,790 per year.
6. Bus Drivers, School has a location quotient of 2.74 in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 1,130 jobs and a median of $48,780 per year.
7. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has a location quotient of 2.06 in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 9,080 jobs and a median of $39,070 per year.
8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a location quotient of 1.78 in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area. BLS lists 2,540 jobs and a median of $77,580 per year.
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