New York · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in New York

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in New York, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in New York had about 9,792,700 people on their payrolls across roughly 714,949 establishments, with average annual pay of $99,950.

Total employment in New York grew 14.1% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 9,792,700. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for New York are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

9,792,700Employment, 2025
714,949Establishments
$99,950Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of New York	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	29,583	0.3%	0.38	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	4,792	0.1%	0.13	pub.
23	Construction	385,939	3.9%	0.73	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	401,328	4.1%	0.51	pub.
22	Utilities	44,359	0.4%	0.80	est. · 1.00
42	Wholesale Trade	305,781	3.1%	0.81	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	832,506	8.5%	0.86	est. · 1.00
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	484,971	5.0%	1.02	est. · 1.00
51	Information	278,715	2.9%	1.48	est. · 1.00
52	Finance and Insurance	545,364	5.6%	1.37	est. · 1.00
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	204,836	2.1%	1.33	est. · 1.00
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	718,069	7.3%	1.05	est. · 1.00
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	154,243	1.6%	0.94	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	531,883	5.4%	0.93	est. · 1.00
61	Educational Services	978,388	10.0%	1.17	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	2,018,562	20.6%	1.28	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	183,424	1.9%	0.96	est. · 1.00
72	Accommodation and Food Services	757,935	7.7%	0.85	est. · 1.00
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	343,965	3.5%	1.16	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	523,294	5.3%	1.06	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	9,792,700	714,949	$99,949	0.9%	pub.
2024	9,705,821	707,640	$95,082	2.5%	pub.
2023	9,471,806	697,833	$91,428	2.2%	pub.
2022	9,264,611	685,875	$89,552	5.1%	pub.
2021	8,817,105	661,848	$88,035	2.7%	pub.
2020	8,585,182	651,911	$83,122	10.0%	pub.
2019	9,542,899	643,213	$75,365	1.2%	pub.
2018	9,432,830	638,891	$72,900	1.7%	pub.
2017	9,276,868	637,802	$70,682	1.3%	pub.
2016	9,154,025	632,558	$67,940	1.6%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of New York	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	662,885	6.8%	0.96
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	712,108	7.3%	1.09
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	319,492	3.3%	0.98
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	107,795	1.1%	0.66
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	82,137	0.8%	0.89
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	208,581	2.1%	1.25
23-0000	Legal occupations	129,966	1.3%	1.59
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	723,744	7.4%	1.26
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	199,934	2.0%	1.54
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	617,263	6.3%	1.00
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	865,012	8.8%	1.75
33-0000	Protective service occupations	316,835	3.2%	1.35
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	734,119	7.5%	0.85
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	305,006	3.1%	1.06
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	213,044	2.2%	1.05
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	770,868	7.9%	0.92
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	1,191,311	12.2%	1.03
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5,130	0.1%	0.19
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	321,605	3.3%	0.79
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	326,634	3.3%	0.85
51-0000	Production occupations	298,940	3.0%	0.55
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	680,290	7.0%	0.79

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

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