Elmira Employment

Employment and Industries in the Elmira, New York Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Elmira than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Elmira.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Elmira.
A list of any large public companies in Elmira.

Most Popular Jobs in Elmira, New York Metro Area (2006 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	940	46,500	$37,660 - 58,380	24%	56%
2	Elementary school teachers, except special education	530	46,870	$22,740 - 72,290	14%	95%
3	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	470	48,930	$25,610 - 80,440	8%	51%
4	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	360	44,070	$16,140 - 68,370	6%	96%
5	Teachers and instructors, all other	310		$0 - 0	9%	54%
6	Accountants and auditors	250	49,790	$33,410 - 72,680	18%	79%
7	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	250	43,410	$15,430 - 70,080	11%	95%
8	Industrial engineers	120	56,580	$48,180 - 71,230	20%	74%
9	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	120	50,250	$37,360 - 72,380	20%	87%
10	Medical and health services managers	120	72,550	$39,550 - 110,730	16%	57%
11	Mechanical engineers	100	61,160	$47,750 - 81,980	4%	78%
12	Legislators	90	77,820	$61,080 - 106,050	1%	65%
13	Lawyers	90		$0 - 0	11%	99%
14	Child, family, and school social workers	90		$0 - 0	19%	77%
15	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	80	56,070	$33,890 - 84,570	12%	51%
16	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	70	62,810	$48,050 - 95,870	16%	99%
17	Chief executives	70	122,160	$68,820 - 0	2%	65%
18	Floral designers	60	21,040	$14,420 - 40,460	0%	55%
19	Community and social service specialists, all other	60	33,870	$26,010 - 43,480	25%	58%
20	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	60	68,230	$25,190 - 103,940	8%	78%
21	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	50		$0 - 0	17%	56%
22	Social workers, all other	50	47,870	$28,030 - 60,970	18%	77%
23	Computer programmers	50	58,330	$30,460 - 97,430	0%	73%
24	Training and development specialists	40	41,020	$29,300 - 55,990	18%	56%
25	Advertising sales agents	40	51,000	$26,920 - 93,790	20%	56%
26	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians	40	35,130	$22,250 - 46,700	15%	51%
27	Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates	40	117,040	$92,880 - 0	5%	99%
28	Clergy	40	38,070	$16,700 - 71,590	19%	75%
29	Graphic designers	40	40,220	$24,680 - 58,040	10%	55%
30	Engineering managers	40	93,860	$59,990 - 131,390	7%	84%
31	Management analysts	40	67,220	$38,290 - 94,820	22%	78%
32	Tax preparers	40	29,990	$19,450 - 44,520	0%	54%
33	Librarians	30	48,970	$37,240 - 65,670	4%	85%
34	Sales managers	30	100,870	$48,180 - 0	10%	69%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Retail salespersons	1,800	25,910	$14,340 - 52,070	12%	25%
2	Cashiers	1,340	15,630	$14,160 - 18,450	-2%	10%
3	Office clerks, general	860	21,250	$14,310 - 31,850	13%	19%
4	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	720	21,980	$14,810 - 30,010	15%	4%
5	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	720	27,420	$18,110 - 35,680	1%	18%
6	Waiters and waitresses	690	17,320	$14,150 - 25,480	11%	14%
7	Team assemblers	580	28,350	$17,590 - 38,880	0%	5%
8	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	570	22,210	$15,110 - 32,050	2%	5%
9	Customer service representatives	560	26,420	$15,080 - 42,910	25%	22%
10	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	560	14,810	$14,100 - 16,000	18%	5%
11	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	550	28,350	$16,170 - 42,760	13%	16%
12	Food preparation workers	530	18,540	$14,330 - 25,330	15%	7%
13	Stock clerks and order fillers	510	21,630	$14,520 - 32,110	-7%	8%
14	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	470	22,070	$16,110 - 30,440	18%	7%
15	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	430	28,950	$24,020 - 36,780	14%	7%
16	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	410	31,680	$21,510 - 50,440	10%	4%
17	Maintenance and repair workers, general	410	31,840	$16,490 - 50,320	10%	6%
18	Home health aides	390	20,540	$15,330 - 31,450	49%	7%
19	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	390	29,630	$14,950 - 53,860	8%	4%
20	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	350	40,580	$25,760 - 59,810	6%	29%
21	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	330	29,970	$16,930 - 43,980	4%	25%
22	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	320	35,480	$29,910 - 44,770	-6%	14%
23	General and operations managers	300	78,750	$34,020 - [?]	2%	48%
24	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	280	32,010	$20,670 - 45,280	15%	18%
25	Bus drivers, school	280	24,190	$19,180 - 30,160	9%	4%
26	Construction laborers	260	30,860	$19,810 - 46,320	11%	5%
27	Carpenters	250	35,860	$23,180 - 59,360	10%	6%
28	Helpers--production workers	250	24,360	$17,590 - 30,900	0%	4%
29	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	250	47,910	$30,670 - 68,740	-4%	15%
30	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	240	26,550	$16,030 - 45,110	11%	14%
31	Bartenders	240	16,950	$14,160 - 21,360	11%	17%
32	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	240	26,280	$18,970 - 38,910	4%	15%
33	Packers and packagers, hand	210	19,060	$14,270 - 28,790	-11%	3%
34	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	200	22,880	$14,510 - 33,110	4%	6%
35	Cooks, restaurant	200	19,980	$14,240 - 27,790	12%	5%
36	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	190	28,990	$15,840 - 46,510	14%	4%
37	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	190	48,090	$27,810 - 68,290	11%	4%
38	Electricians	180	52,930	$33,290 - 82,780	7%	7%
39	Dishwashers	180	15,830	$14,130 - 20,230	10%	3%
40	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	180	17,420	$14,160 - 25,780	18%	6%
41	Machinists	170	32,350	$17,920 - 45,100	-2%	3%
42	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	160	32,730	$18,670 - 45,580	12%	3%
43	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	160	56,730	$38,160 - 76,210	9%	10%
44	Industrial truck and tractor operators	140	31,450	$20,870 - 43,740	-1%	2%
45	Counter and rental clerks	140	21,530	$14,240 - 34,620	23%	16%
46	Industrial machinery mechanics	130	48,420	$32,450 - 66,940	9%	5%
47	Sales representatives, services, all other	120	46,910	$31,190 - 58,530	28%	48%
48	Word processors and typists	120	27,120	$19,340 - 36,230	-11%	19%
49	Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	120	32,530	$17,760 - 49,910	-15%	0%
50	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	120	31,820	$16,210 - 44,970	5%	2%
51	Postal service mail carriers	110	43,580	$33,820 - 52,310	1%	11%
52	Security guards	110	24,970	$14,620 - 40,490	17%	13%
53	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	110	20,010	$14,700 - 28,090	12%	6%
54	Highway maintenance workers	100		$[?] - [?]	9%	5%
55	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators	90	42,500	$31,040 - 49,710	-7%	12%
56	Driver/sales workers	90	17,830	$14,140 - 26,850	-4%	4%
57	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	90	45,910	$32,660 - 65,910	8%	3%
58	Data entry keyers	90	24,320	$18,860 - 31,490	-4%	18%
59	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	90	14,930	$14,100 - 17,090	12%	6%
60	Computer support specialists	80	44,620	$30,910 - 62,050	13%	43%
61	Radiologic technologists and technicians	80	44,280	$30,780 - 66,270	15%	25%
62	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	80	22,670	$14,640 - 35,350	11%	5%
63	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	80	47,660	$31,490 - 66,890	4%	30%
64	Roofers	80	33,110	$24,820 - 45,690	14%	3%
65	Parts salespersons	80	34,500	$20,960 - 58,300	-1%	6%
66	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	80	25,760	$14,730 - 38,430	27%	47%
67	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	80	16,240	$14,180 - 19,210	10%	17%
68	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	80	84,610	$49,690 - 126,850	4%	38%
69	Dental hygienists	70	45,510	$40,230 - 51,640	30%	33%
70	Kindergarten teachers, except special education	70	45,620	$20,600 - 71,920	16%	43%
71	Sheet metal workers	70	43,500	$25,720 - 58,050	7%	4%
72	Preschool teachers, except special education	70	26,310	$16,130 - 60,870	26%	43%
73	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	70	46,560	$30,490 - 62,600	0%	42%
74	Switchboard operators, including answering service	70	21,100	$14,860 - 29,300	-7%	10%
75	Structural metal fabricators and fitters	70	34,470	$23,270 - 52,620	0%	0%
76	Medical transcriptionists	70	28,450	$20,450 - 37,890	14%	10%
77	Administrative services managers	70	71,100	$42,260 - 107,520	12%	40%
78	Food servers, nonrestaurant	70		$[?] - [?]	16%	9%
79	Personal and home care aides	60		$[?] - [?]	51%	10%
80	Dental assistants	60	28,690	$25,590 - 32,100	29%	9%
81	Insurance sales agents	60	45,780	$21,630 - 75,960	13%	45%
82	Medical secretaries	60	25,540	$17,240 - 36,680	17%	18%
83	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	60	38,110	$20,510 - 57,570	10%	17%
84	All other information and record clerks	60	24,610	$15,890 - 35,600	-12%	21%
85	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	60	30,890	$19,490 - 39,640	-12%	4%
86	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	60	15,460	$14,110 - 18,610	10%	8%
87	Bakers	50	22,040	$14,680 - 38,240	10%	8%
88	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	50	31,090	$15,580 - 41,850	12%	0%
89	Mechanical drafters	50	44,080	$31,440 - 59,420	5%	25%
90	Court, municipal, and license clerks	50	29,630	$17,840 - 52,010	9%	24%
91	Cooks, short order	50		$[?] - [?]	5%	5%
92	Bill and account collectors	50	26,660	$16,390 - 41,530	23%	13%
93	Loan interviewers and clerks	50	26,000	$16,600 - 38,270	0%	24%
94	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	50	19,650	$14,280 - 27,960	14%	3%
95	Tool and die makers	50	36,210	$23,850 - 45,990	-9%	5%
96	Legal secretaries	40		$[?] - [?]	12%	18%
97	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers	40	17,010	$14,140 - 19,970	10%	5%
98	Cost estimators	40	39,850	$25,320 - 56,060	19%	32%
99	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	40	15,830	$14,130 - 19,780	17%	14%
100	Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders	40	40,920	$37,840 - 46,030	-8%	0%

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Jobs More Common Near Elmira Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	32,530	120	6.3
Highway maintenance workers		100	5.4
Word processors and typists	27,120	120	4
Bus drivers, school	24,190	280	3.5
Teachers and instructors, all other		310	3.3
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	35,480	320	3.2
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	50,250	120	3
Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	32,730	160	3
Industrial engineers	56,580	120	2.9
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	28,950	430	2.9
Food preparation workers	18,540	530	2.8
Industrial machinery mechanics	48,420	130	2.7
Home health aides	20,540	390	2.5
Helpers--production workers	24,360	250	2.4
Team assemblers	28,350	580	2.4
Medical and health services managers	72,550	120	2.3
Bartenders	16,950	240	2.3
Machinists	32,350	170	2.1
Mechanical engineers	61,160	100	2.1
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	26,280	240	2
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	43,410	250	2
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	48,090	190	1.9
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	27,420	720	1.9
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	29,630	390	1.8
Retail salespersons	25,910	1,800	1.8
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	44,070	360	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	47,910	250	1.8
Registered nurses	46,500	940	1.8
Cashiers	15,630	1,340	1.8
Elementary school teachers, except special education	46,870	530	1.8
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	22,070	470	1.7
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	31,820	120	1.7
Dishwashers	15,830	180	1.6
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	21,980	720	1.5
Postal service mail carriers	43,580	110	1.4
Maintenance and repair workers, general	31,840	410	1.4
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	26,550	240	1.4
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	20,010	110	1.4
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	48,930	470	1.3
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	29,970	330	1.3
Counter and rental clerks	21,530	140	1.3
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	28,990	190	1.3
Waiters and waitresses	17,320	690	1.3
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	28,350	550	1.3
Stock clerks and order fillers	21,630	510	1.3
Electricians	52,930	180	1.3
Office clerks, general	21,250	860	1.3
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	56,730	160	1.2
Packers and packagers, hand	19,060	210	1.2
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	31,680	410	1.2

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Elmira, New York Metro Area (2006 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Electricians	52,930	1.21	180
Industrial machinery mechanics	48,420	1.15	130
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	29,630	1.12	390
Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	32,530	1.12	120
Team assemblers	28,350	1.11	580
Industrial truck and tractor operators	31,450	1.11	140
Retail salespersons	25,910	1.11	1,800
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	48,090	1.1	190
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	35,480	1.09	320
Security guards	24,970	1.09	110
Helpers--production workers	24,360	1.09	250
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	50,250	1.08	120
Construction laborers	30,860	1.07	260
Waiters and waitresses	17,320	1.05	690
Home health aides	20,540	1.04	390
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	56,730	1.04	160
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	21,980	1.03	720
Food preparation workers	18,540	1.03	530
Dishwashers	15,830	1.01	180
Elementary school teachers, except special education	46,870	1	530
Packers and packagers, hand	19,060	1	210
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	27,420	1	720
Postal service mail carriers	43,580	1	110
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	22,070	0.99	470
Cooks, restaurant	19,980	0.99	200
Stock clerks and order fillers	21,630	0.98	510
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	22,210	0.98	570
Counter and rental clerks	21,530	0.98	140
Carpenters	35,860	0.98	250
Maintenance and repair workers, general	31,840	0.98	410
Bus drivers, school	24,190	0.97	280
Bartenders	16,950	0.97	240
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	31,820	0.96	120
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	47,910	0.96	250
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	28,350	0.94	550
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,810	0.94	560
Sales representatives, services, all other	46,910	0.94	120
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	40,580	0.94	350
Medical and health services managers	72,550	0.93	120
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	26,280	0.93	240
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	26,550	0.93	240
Customer service representatives	26,420	0.93	560
Word processors and typists	27,120	0.93	120
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	44,070	0.91	360
Machinists	32,350	0.91	170
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	43,410	0.91	250
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	48,930	0.91	470
Accountants and auditors	49,790	0.91	250
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	31,680	0.9	410
Office clerks, general	21,250	0.89	860

Highest Paying Jobs in Elmira, New York Metro Area (2006 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Physicians and surgeons, all other	161,770	50
Chief executives	122,160	70
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates	117,040	40
Sales managers	100,870	30
Pharmacists	99,520
Engineering managers	93,860	40
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	84,610	80
General and operations managers	78,750	300
Industrial production managers	78,640
Legislators	77,820	90
Financial managers	75,410
Construction managers	74,010
Medical and health services managers	72,550	120
Administrative services managers	71,100	70
Physician assistants	70,920
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	68,230	60
Management analysts	67,220	40
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	62,810	70
Mechanical engineers	61,160	100
Business operations specialists, all other	58,670	30
Computer programmers	58,330	50
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	56,730	160
Industrial engineers	56,580	120
Loan officers	56,210	40
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	56,070	80
First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	54,410
Electricians	52,930	180
Advertising sales agents	51,000	40
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	50,250	120
Accountants and auditors	49,790	250
Brickmasons and blockmasons	49,050	40
Librarians	48,970	30
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	48,930	470
Industrial machinery mechanics	48,420	130
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	48,090	190
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	47,910	250
Social workers, all other	47,870	50
Production, planning, and expediting clerks	47,660	80
Sales representatives, services, all other	46,910	120
Elementary school teachers, except special education	46,870	530
Medical and public health social workers	46,590
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	46,560	70
Registered nurses	46,500	940
Mental health and substance abuse social workers	46,330
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	45,910	90
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	45,890
Insurance sales agents	45,780	60
Kindergarten teachers, except special education	45,620	70
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	45,610
Dental hygienists	45,510	70

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