The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ all-occupations median was 20.5% above 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 644,700.
Among those high-employment rows, Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants had the highest published location quotient at 2.74. 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
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...: 644,700 jobs. Retail Salespersons: 202,080 jobs. Registered Nurses: 197,740 jobs. Janitors and Cleaners...: 183,030 jobs. General and Operation...: 177,850 jobs. Cashiers: 173,830 jobs.
$39,680/yearEmployment: 644,700 Jobs per 1,000: 67.92 Location quotient: 2.45
644,700
67.92
2.45
Price-level context
What the local median may buy
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ was 112.6, or 12.6% above the national price level. Its housing index was 148.6.
National-price-dollar proxy
$54,574
WageScope divides the published all occupations median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Wage period: BLS May 2025. Price period: BEA 2024. The releases describe different periods and are shown separately.
Price level in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ; U.S. = 100
U.S. baseline: 100.0. All items: 112.6. Housing: 148.6.
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 35620.
Questions, answered
Wage data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $61,430 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 9,492,000 jobs for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 644,700 estimated jobs and a published median of $39,680 per year.
Does the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ wage data adjust for local prices?
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What the all-jobs median says about New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ at $61,430 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 9,492,000 covered jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. The all-occupations mean is $86,310 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.
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ's $61,430 all-occupations median is 20.5% above 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ sits among metro areas
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 14 of 393 among metro 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. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 9,492,000 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.
11. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA has an all-occupations median of $61,960 per year and 130,300 covered jobs. Its wage gap from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $530.
12. Fairbanks-College, AK has an all-occupations median of $61,810 per year and 36,430 covered jobs. Its wage gap from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $380.
13. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT has an all-occupations median of $61,470 per year and 404,180 covered jobs. Its wage gap from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $40.
15. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC has an all-occupations median of $60,720 per year and 344,020 covered jobs. Its wage gap from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $710.
16. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA has an all-occupations median of $60,690 per year and 1,208,410 covered jobs. Its wage gap from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $740.
17. Rochester, MN has an all-occupations median of $60,620 per year and 122,980 covered jobs. Its wage gap from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $810.
The largest detailed occupations shown for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. The first row, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, has 644,700 estimated jobs. Its median is $39,680 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 644,700 estimated jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Its published median is $39,680 per year. Its location quotient is 2.45.
2. Retail Salespersons has 202,080 estimated jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Its published median is $38,280 per year. Its location quotient is 0.85.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The detailed roles shown for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ do not share one pay level. Financial Managers has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $221,010 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 $61,430 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. Financial Managers has a published median of $221,010 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 89,960 jobs. Its local share is 1.75 times the national share.
2. Lawyers has a published median of $208,880 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 94,610 jobs. Its local share is 2.05 times the national share.
3. Software Developers has a published median of $166,830 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 121,000 jobs. Its local share is 1.17 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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.
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 2.74. The same row has 76,950 jobs and a median of $83,840 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. Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 2.74 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 76,950 jobs and a median of $83,840 per year.
2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has a location quotient of 2.45 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 644,700 jobs and a median of $39,680 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.6. The U.S. level is 100. The local all-items level is 12.6% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
The housing index is 148.6. The goods index is 110.3. Utilities are 127.0. Other services are 105.8. These parts can move in different ways. The all-items number joins them with BEA's method; WageScope does not pick its own weights.
The BLS wage period is May 2025. The BEA price period is 2024. WageScope shows both dates because the clocks differ. It can divide a wage by the all-items index for a clear national-price-dollar proxy. It does not call that result take-home pay, spending power for one home, or a place score.
How to read survey care marks for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The all-occupations employment RSE for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.2%. 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 9,492,000 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ's $61,430 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ page does not say
The page does not say what one person in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 14 of 393 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. Registered Nurses has 197,740 estimated jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Its published median is $119,720 per year. Its location quotient is 0.96.
4. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 183,030 estimated jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Its published median is $42,840 per year. Its location quotient is 1.36.
5. General and Operations Managers has 177,850 estimated jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Its published median is $157,000 per year. Its location quotient is 0.83.
6. Cashiers has 173,830 estimated jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Its published median is $35,950 per year. Its location quotient is 0.92.
7. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 166,040 estimated jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Its published median is $35,420 per year. Its location quotient is 0.71.
8. Security Guards has 142,760 estimated jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Its published median is $43,980 per year. Its location quotient is 1.82.
4. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $157,000 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 177,850 jobs. Its local share is 0.83 times the national share.
5. Registered Nurses has a published median of $119,720 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 197,740 jobs. Its local share is 0.96 times the national share.
6. Accountants and Auditors has a published median of $105,650 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 111,930 jobs. Its local share is 1.27 times the national share.
7. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a published median of $100,800 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 75,780 jobs. Its local share is 1.17 times the national share.
8. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists has a published median of $100,520 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 79,290 jobs. Its local share is 1.44 times the national share.
3. Lawyers has a location quotient of 2.05 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 94,610 jobs and a median of $208,880 per year.
4. Security Guards has a location quotient of 1.82 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 142,760 jobs and a median of $43,980 per year.
5. Financial Managers has a location quotient of 1.75 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 89,960 jobs and a median of $221,010 per year.
6. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 1.46 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 126,920 jobs and a median of $38,890 per year.
7. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists has a location quotient of 1.44 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 79,290 jobs and a median of $100,520 per year.
8. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 1.36 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. BLS lists 183,030 jobs and a median of $42,840 per year.
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