Highest Paying Jobs In Syracuse, NY For 2024

The highest-paying jobs in Syracuse include a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, and finance. If you’re looking for a high-paying career in the Syracuse area, this list will help you narrow down your search to the best-paid professions available.

We cover the 31 highest-paying jobs in Syracuse in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in Syracuse require extensive experience, but there are also some well-paid entry-level roles for job seekers with the right educational background.

Overall, the highest-paying job in Syracuse is Anesthesiologist, with an average annual salary of $396,035 and an entry-level salary of $189,000.

Whether you’re considering a career change, thinking about moving to Syracuse, or a recent graduate planning for your future, this guide to the highest-paying jobs and best-paid industries in Syracuse can help you figure out your next move.

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 highest-paying jobs in Syracuse, New York:

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in Syracuse

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Anesthesiologist	$396,035	$189,000
2	Radiologist	$274,995	$134,000
3	Vascular Surgeon	$273,004	$147,000
4	Hematologist	$272,643	$131,000
5	Urologist	$270,719	$147,000
6	Neurosurgeon	$263,880	$142,000
7	Operator And Truck Driver	$259,374	$134,000
8	Hospitalist Physician	$240,116	$170,000
9	Neurologist	$225,448	$128,000
10	Medical Director	$224,294	$148,000
11	Internist	$221,755	$124,000
12	Cardiologist	$219,708	$115,000
13	Staff Physician	$219,310	$143,000
14	Pulmonary Physician	$218,895	$119,000
15	Hospitalist	$218,492	$151,000
16	General Surgeon	$217,426	$119,000
17	Obstetrician/Gynecologist	$216,196	$132,000
18	Psychiatrist	$215,422	$139,000
19	Internal Medicine Physician	$211,402	$140,000
20	Child Psychiatrist	$206,631	$133,000
21	General Internist	$205,724	$130,000
22	Professor	$202,127	$116,000
23	Family Practice Physician	$200,304	$131,000
24	Family Medicine Physician	$198,223	$131,000
25	Physician	$196,902	$109,000
26	Acute Care Physician	$192,394	$126,000
27	Primary Care Physician	$192,012	$124,000
28	Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist	$188,186	$119,000
29	Optometrist	$185,830	$98,000
30	Gastroenterologist	$185,635	$115,000
31	Economics Teacher	$182,824	$113,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Syracuse for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in Syracuse, we looked at the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and others.

Zippia’s data science team then supplements that data by continuously scanning through millions of job postings each day to find published salaries. We match these published salaries to the companies, locations, and job titles in other datasets.

Finally, we calculate a weighted average of these inputs to produce an estimated salary for the particular job title in Syracuse.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in Syracuse to identify the jobs that get paid the most.

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2024. This is our eighth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Syracuse.

Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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