Jobs in the Syracuse, NY area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Syracuse, NY metro area has 372 open job postings from 67 employers in our data. 36.4% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $91,000 a year, 0.5% are remote and 26.5% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $91,000 posted salary in the Syracuse area buys about what $95,000 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 4% below the national average.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($53,000) is worth $55,500 in average-US dollars, 17th of 99 metro areas.
0.5% of postings are remote, 95th highest of 99 metro areas.
36.4% of open job postings list a pay range, 21st of 99 metro areas.
Housing costs run 19% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
Syracuse compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
372open postings from 67 employers
36.4%list a pay range
$91,000median posted pay (middle half: $70,000 to $125,000)
0.5%remote
4.1%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$53,000official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
16.1%entry-level postings
The metro area's unemployment rate was 4.1% in 2026-08 (4% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across New York, employers had 431,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 4.1% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 2% above its February 2020 level and 0.9% lower than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Syracuse, NY
247
50
38.8%
$91,000
East Syracuse, NY
51
8
n/a
–
Oneida, NY
19
5
42.1%
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
Posted pay by kind of job
Kind of job
Median posted pay
Postings with pay
Nursing and clinical care
$175,000
17
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Healthcare & Life Sciences
154
Other
46
Manufacturing & Industrial
43
Retail & E-commerce
42
Consulting & Professional Services
31
Financial Services
18
Media & Entertainment
15
Employers with the most openings
Careers Heliohealth: 35 postings
Baxter: 31 postings
Careers Loretto2: 28 postings
Careers Macny: 22 postings
INFICON2: 21 postings
Federal government hiring
82 federal job announcements open to the public list Syracuse, NY, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $106,500. Agencies hiring most: Veterans Health Administration (33), Indian Health Service (19), Federal Aviation Administration (17), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2), Drug Enforcement Administration (1). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Syracuse, NY area run 4% below the national average, and housing runs 19% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $53,000, which is worth $55,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $91,000 is worth $95,000.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
