146 Jobs That Pay Over $100K in New York (2024)

There are 146 occupations in New York with a median salary above $100K per year. The highest-paying is Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers at $231,830/year. Based on 2024 Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024

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146
Jobs Over $100K

$231,830

#1: Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

$131,848

Avg of Qualifying Jobs

1,882,200

Workers in These Jobs

All 146 Jobs Paying Over $100K in New York

Ranked by median annual salary. Click any job to see the full salary breakdown.

#	Occupation	Median Salary	Mean Salary	Workers
1	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$231,830	$238,630	7,240
2	Psychiatrists	$230,870	$225,650	4,480
3	Physicians, Pathologists	$222,740	$246,520	900
4	Dentists, All Other Specialists	$222,190	$252,630	350
5	Financial Managers	$215,430	$241,150	62,800
6	Sales Managers	$214,010	$246,790	32,870
7	Chief Executives	$212,960	$324,150	7,630
8	Physicians, All Other	$210,610	$227,910	13,090
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$207,000	$213,930	39,190
10	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$206,090	$216,080	3,830
11	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$196,190	$185,160	2,500
12	Lawyers	$179,650	$208,480	86,000
13	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$179,110	$201,320	1,880
14	Public Relations Managers	$178,440	$214,080	6,960
15	Physicists	$178,140	$168,430	970
16	Human Resources Managers	$175,620	$198,830	14,260
17	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$175,050	$200,320	12,950
18	Marketing Managers	$173,290	$192,670	45,000
19	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$170,730	$182,150	6,600
20	Orthodontists	$170,710	$228,010	300
21	Fundraising Managers	$166,070	$177,580	3,730
22	Purchasing Managers	$165,930	$176,350	4,680
23	Training and Development Managers	$164,780	$179,210	2,730
24	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$163,640	$197,490	62,110
25	Commercial Pilots	$162,450	$199,690	1,190
26	Commercial Divers	$162,440	$155,630	N/A
27	Personal Financial Advisors	$161,760	$205,870	27,440
28	Medical Dosimetrists	$161,450	$158,340	240
29	Pediatricians, General	$160,410	$172,860	4,560
30	Dentists, General	$157,910	$158,130	6,890
31	Optometrists	$157,480	$152,450	2,010
32	Managers, All Other	$154,170	$168,990	14,560
33	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$151,470	$158,440	740
34	Art Directors	$150,830	$161,490	8,680
35	Software Developers	$145,470	$150,020	105,460
36	Medical and Health Services Managers	$144,230	$179,160	25,910
37	Database Architects	$142,230	$144,140	3,780
38	Natural Sciences Managers	$142,150	$170,570	3,350
39	Actuaries	$140,760	$160,770	2,890
40	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$139,900	$166,500	6,770
41	Financial Risk Specialists	$139,670	$159,350	10,990
42	Construction Managers	$139,370	$156,760	7,240
43	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$139,050	$145,530	18,860
44	Nurse Practitioners	$137,630	$142,830	16,670
45	Physician Assistants	$137,490	$138,410	16,690
46	Computer Hardware Engineers	$136,170	$143,530	2,640
47	Air Traffic Controllers	$135,590	$139,290	1,250
48	Special Education Teachers, Preschool	$134,810	$116,500	4,150
49	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$134,690	$146,190	1,560
50	Computer Network Architects	$134,550	$142,420	9,500
51	Pharmacists	$134,360	$133,040	20,310
52	Sales Engineers	$134,050	$148,040	3,310
53	Political Scientists	$133,830	$137,060	100
54	Materials Scientists	$132,310	$138,070	660
55	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$131,800	$140,910	3,290
56	Veterinarians	$130,490	$151,100	3,420
57	Surgeons, All Other	$130,430	$267,930	4,030
58	Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	$130,280	$148,620	1,740
59	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$130,280	$149,090	22,180
60	Information Security Analysts	$129,790	$140,770	8,710
61	Nurse Midwives	$129,790	$135,120	740
62	Credit Analysts	$129,670	$142,370	8,550
63	Law Teachers, Postsecondary	$129,320	$151,470	2,040
64	Data Scientists	$128,890	$134,830	16,390
65	Nuclear Engineers	$128,200	$138,360	290
66	Nuclear Power Reactor Operators	$128,110	$136,800	250
67	Industrial Production Managers	$127,800	$140,680	6,680
68	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$127,500	$129,140	11,270
69	First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	$127,490	$119,720	2,670
70	General and Operations Managers	$126,330	$165,000	212,770
71	Facilities Managers	$125,720	$135,490	8,960
72	Administrative Services Managers	$125,340	$137,020	N/A
73	Financial and Investment Analysts	$125,110	$143,330	49,220
74	Judicial Law Clerks	$124,070	$113,720	850
75	Mathematicians	$123,700	$139,500	90
76	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$123,320	$135,960	5,590
77	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$122,760	$134,220	8,270
78	Radiation Therapists	$119,000	$127,390	1,110
79	Statisticians	$118,950	$140,860	1,110
80	Psychologists, All Other	$118,810	$106,150	660
81	Ship Engineers	$118,550	$118,430	450
82	Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$118,090	$115,190	170
83	Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$117,870	$135,010	1,590
84	Web and Digital Interface Designers	$117,090	$125,100	15,180
85	Power Plant Operators	$115,460	$108,590	1,630
86	Hoist and Winch Operators	$114,880	$94,530	160
87	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$112,090	$126,160	15,170
88	Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers	$112,050	$110,590	4,530
89	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$111,750	$123,920	11,750
90	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$111,680	$138,990	8,550
91	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$111,640	$108,670	4,400
92	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$111,630	$118,350	9,030
93	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$111,090	$117,680	1,060
94	Nuclear Technicians	$110,650	$104,400	240
95	Financial Examiners	$109,550	$128,270	10,900
96	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	$109,340	$116,010	860
97	Engineers, All Other	$109,170	$111,250	5,570
98	Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	$108,020	$144,860	19,400
99	Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary	$107,640	$122,710	610
100	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	$107,590	$121,540	1,170
101	Computer Systems Analysts	$107,510	$116,560	19,760
102	Electrical Engineers	$107,000	$114,880	7,270
103	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$106,990	$125,330	3,970
104	Project Management Specialists	$106,800	$118,800	64,440
105	Chemical Engineers	$106,720	$110,060	590
106	Biological Scientists, All Other	$106,390	$117,770	1,970
107	Management Analysts	$106,100	$126,450	59,640
108	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other	$106,040	$117,310	N/A
109	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$105,630	$108,370	1,540
110	Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$105,060	$100,900	1,050
111	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$104,850	$105,950	930
112	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$104,720	$120,340	2,500
113	Choreographers	$104,670	$105,790	280
114	Registered Nurses	$104,570	$106,620	188,060
115	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$104,160	$109,510	2,060
116	Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	$104,070	$119,620	1,300
117	Real Estate Sales Agents	$104,000	$112,080	6,030
118	Physical Scientists, All Other	$103,900	$112,250	1,420
119	Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$103,730	$120,480	4,170
120	Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$103,560	$122,360	3,640
121	Podiatrists	$103,480	$126,090	1,420
122	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	$103,410	$111,350	460
123	Producers and Directors	$103,260	$139,060	29,180
124	Civil Engineers	$103,170	$113,610	16,450
125	Education Administrators, All Other	$103,150	$113,620	2,300
126	Gambling Managers	$103,120	$104,620	100
127	Locomotive Engineers	$103,000	$93,880	1,200
128	Aerospace Engineers	$102,930	$119,590	460
129	Computer Occupations, All Other	$102,910	$112,650	9,320
130	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$102,900	$109,340	20,020
131	Plasterers and Stucco Masons	$102,630	$98,790	550
132	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$102,550	$112,640	3,770
133	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$102,460	$96,900	2,770
134	Computer Programmers	$102,370	$116,230	8,430
135	Labor Relations Specialists	$102,330	$107,770	7,580
136	Occupational Therapists	$101,840	$107,530	10,460
137	History Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,730	$111,210	1,660
138	Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,270	$110,380	600
139	Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,260	$112,650	3,730
140	Accountants and Auditors	$101,090	$113,310	119,150
141	English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	$101,000	$110,590	6,460
142	Special Effects Artists and Animators	$100,980	$115,670	1,950
143	Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	$100,760	$114,210	1,800
144	Financial Specialists, All Other	$100,690	$136,480	6,450
145	Media and Communication Workers, All Other	$100,430	$92,070	1,360
146	Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$100,090	$87,380	9,200

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New York High-Salary Insights

The $100K+ jobs in New York are concentrated in Management, Healthcare Practitioners, and Legal fields.

19.1% of all tracked occupations in NY earn a median salary above $100K. The entry point for this group is $100,090/year (Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers), while the top earner makes $231,830/year.

New York ranks #2 among all 50 states for the number of $100K+ jobs.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many jobs pay over $100K a year in New York?

According to 2024 BLS data, there are 146 occupations in New York with a median annual salary above $100K. This represents 19.1% of all tracked occupations in NY.

What is the highest paying job in New York?

The highest paying occupation in New York is Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers with a median salary of $231,830 per year based on 2024 BLS OEWS data.

What is the minimum salary to be on the $100K+ list in New York?

The entry point for the $100K+ list in New York is $100,090/year (Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers). Any occupation with a median salary above $100K qualifies for this list.

What is the average salary of $100K+ jobs in New York?

The average median salary among all 146 occupations that pay over $100K in New York is $131,848 per year (2024 data).

How can I get a job that pays over $100K in New York?

High-paying jobs in New York typically require specialized education, certifications, or significant experience. Common fields include healthcare, technology, management, and engineering. Investing in relevant skills through certifications and advanced degrees can help you reach the $100K+ salary range. Check individual job pages for specific requirements.

Jobs Over $100K in Other States

These are gross salaries. After federal, state, and FICA taxes, take-home pay is lower.

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Data Source & Methodology

This list includes all occupations with BLS-published state-level median salary data above $100K per year. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 estimates. See our Methodology page for details.

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics