Glens Falls, NY

Across all occupations in the Glens Falls, NY metropolitan area, the median wage is $49,090 a year ($23.60 an hour) and the mean $62,240, May 2025. That median is −4% against the US median of $50,980 and −18% against New York's $59,670. BLS counts 50,130 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Glens Falls, NY vs New York and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Glens Falls, NY area, New York and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Glens Falls, NY	Hourly	$16.07	$18.08	$23.60	$34.16	$49.65	$29.92	50,130
Glens Falls, NY	Annual	$33,420	$37,600	$49,090	$71,050	$103,260	$62,240	50,130
New York	Hourly	$17.19	$19.79	$28.69	$47.51	$75.72	$39.65	9,688,000
New York	Annual	$35,760	$41,160	$59,670	$98,810	$157,500	$82,460	9,688,000
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

253 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: New York. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Glens Falls, NY

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$228,480	$109.85	50
2	Chief Executives	$192,520	$92.56	50
3	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$177,840	$85.50	30
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers in New York	$164,530	$79.10	100
5	Dentists, General	$162,780	$78.26	30
6	Financial Managers in New York	$161,300	$77.55	180
7	Sales Managers in New York	$160,660	$77.24	130
8	Marketing Managers	$154,960	$74.50	100
9	Managers, All Other in New York	$142,070	$68.30	50
10	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$140,720	$67.65	40
11	Nurse Practitioners	$133,810	$64.33	120
12	Physician Assistants	$132,700	$63.80	100
13	Pharmacists	$132,150	$63.53	120
14	Software Developers in New York	$132,040	$63.48	150
15	Medical and Health Services Managers	$130,350	$62.67	150
16	Industrial Production Managers	$128,350	$61.71	60
17	Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers	$124,580	$59.89	**
18	Human Resources Managers	$123,570	$59.41	60
19	Administrative Services Managers	$123,000	$59.14	50
20	Construction Managers	$117,930	$56.70	50

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Glens Falls, NY

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in New York	1,780	35.45	1.41	$35,070
2	Cashiers in New York	1,350	26.96	1.36	$33,470
3	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in New York	1,090	21.67	0.78	$38,650
4	General and Operations Managers in New York	1,070	21.40	0.95	$98,650
5	Registered Nurses in New York	1,030	20.54	0.95	$104,000
6	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in New York	1,010	20.08	2.22	$40,000
7	Waiters and Waitresses in New York	990	19.72	1.35	$43,900
8	Fast Food and Counter Workers in New York	980	19.61	0.79	$33,890
9	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in New York	960	19.10	2.09	$36,250
9	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in New York	960	19.11	1.34	$37,550
11	Stockers and Order Fillers in New York	850	16.87	0.93	$39,930
12	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in New York	740	14.84	1.51	$48,940
13	Office Clerks, General in New York	680	13.50	0.85	$42,020
14	Customer Service Representatives in New York	650	12.96	0.78	$45,830
15	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in New York	640	12.80	1.17	$46,530
16	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in New York	620	12.32	1.38	$78,470
17	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in New York	600	11.92	0.63	$39,170
18	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in New York	500	9.95	1.13	$49,300
19	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in New York	490	9.76	1.35	$50,650
20	Cooks, Restaurant in New York	480	9.48	1.05	$38,730

Most concentrated occupations in Glens Falls, NY

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	11.08	340	6.85	$61,830
2	Word Processors and Typists	10.61	120	2.39	$37,650
3	Highway Maintenance Workers	5.76	290	5.74	$50,310
4	School Bus Monitors	4.30	110	2.17	$35,750
5	Paramedics	3.46	110	2.24	$54,480
6	Emergency Medical Technicians	3.22	190	3.74	$42,790
7	Cooks, Short Order	3.01	130	2.69	$35,950
8	Correctional Officers and Jailers	2.99	370	7.32	$69,840
9	Producers and Directors	2.78	130	2.56	*
10	Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.77	110	2.22	$44,830

Occupation groups in Glens Falls, NY

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$109,910	$130,140	2,690	53.69	0.75
Legal	$87,930	$122,090	310	6.16	0.73
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$83,040	$97,500	3,470	69.19	1.10
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$81,710	$89,020	270	5.31	0.56
Architecture and Engineering	$81,680	$89,470	510	10.14	0.60
Business and Financial Operations	$76,960	$85,280	2,000	39.86	0.59
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$64,740	$85,440	790	15.68	1.19
Educational Instruction and Library	$59,240	$61,480	3,690	73.69	1.26
Protective Service	$59,210	$61,930	1,280	25.47	1.05
Construction and Extraction	$59,000	$65,410	2,390	47.61	1.15
Community and Social Service	$58,460	$61,070	1,270	25.26	1.47
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$57,680	$61,330	2,460	49.07	1.25
Production	$47,520	$51,780	3,710	74.09	1.34
Office and Administrative Support	$47,090	$50,110	5,980	119.30	1.04
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$43,730	$47,690	70	1.33	0.47
Transportation and Material Moving	$42,550	$45,770	3,540	70.70	0.80
Healthcare Support	$39,880	$43,040	2,230	44.50	0.88
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$38,480	$42,600	2,080	41.46	1.42
Sales and Related	$36,550	$50,050	5,040	100.62	1.17
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$36,090	$42,230	4,590	91.57	1.04
Personal Care and Service	$35,330	$40,580	1,140	22.81	1.09
Computer and Mathematical	*	*	630	12.49	0.37

Every occupation in New York, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 253 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Glens Falls, NY estimates (area 24020).

*: Wage estimate not available.
**: Employment estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Glens Falls, NY area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.