High paying management jobs in Ithaca, NY

Every management occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Ithaca, NY. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single management job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Ithaca, NY run 3.3% above the national average (2024), so a Ithaca, NY salary is worth about 0.97× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Ithaca, NY · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$168,410
Bachelor's degree
$106,730 – $294,240190
2Marketing Managers$167,480
Bachelor's degree
$104,000 – $280,65070
3Architectural and Engineering Managers$166,530
Bachelor's degree
$124,130 – $210,37050
4Human Resources Managers$164,420
Bachelor's degree
$99,680 – $233,05050
5Sales Managers$156,140
Bachelor's degree
$76,410 – $280,00070
6Financial Managers$152,410
Bachelor's degree
$86,320 – $308,250210
7Industrial Production Managers$146,500
Bachelor's degree
$90,550 – $237,15030
8Education Administrators, Postsecondary$132,470
Master's degree
$81,520 – $323,550230
9Public Relations Managers$128,400
Bachelor's degree
$107,650 – $248,17030
10Administrative Services Managers$127,610
Bachelor's degree
$85,400 – $199,38090
11Fundraising Managers$127,610
Bachelor's degree
$100,500 – $207,80050
12Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$121,910
Master's degree
$86,110 – $153,82070
13Managers, All Other$115,290
Bachelor's degree
$70,480 – $195,80060
14Facilities Managers$115,260
Bachelor's degree
$79,720 – $174,29050
15General and Operations Managers$103,220
Bachelor's degree
$52,080 – $228,260770
16Social and Community Service Managers$81,810
Bachelor's degree
$62,140 – $118,580140
17Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$69,320
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,010 – $132,90030

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianIthaca, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$168,410	$106,730 – $294,240	190
2	Marketing ManagersBachelor's degree	$167,480	$104,000 – $280,650	70
3	Architectural and Engineering ManagersBachelor's degree	$166,530	$124,130 – $210,370	50
4	Human Resources ManagersBachelor's degree	$164,420	$99,680 – $233,050	50
5	Sales ManagersBachelor's degree	$156,140	$76,410 – $280,000	70
6	Financial ManagersBachelor's degree	$152,410	$86,320 – $308,250	210
7	Industrial Production ManagersBachelor's degree	$146,500	$90,550 – $237,150	30
8	Education Administrators, PostsecondaryMaster's degree	$132,470	$81,520 – $323,550	230
9	Public Relations ManagersBachelor's degree	$128,400	$107,650 – $248,170	30
10	Administrative Services ManagersBachelor's degree	$127,610	$85,400 – $199,380	90
11	Fundraising ManagersBachelor's degree	$127,610	$100,500 – $207,800	50
12	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through SecondaryMaster's degree	$121,910	$86,110 – $153,820	70
13	Managers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$115,290	$70,480 – $195,800	60
14	Facilities ManagersBachelor's degree	$115,260	$79,720 – $174,290	50
15	General and Operations ManagersBachelor's degree	$103,220	$52,080 – $228,260	770
16	Social and Community Service ManagersBachelor's degree	$81,810	$62,140 – $118,580	140
17	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association ManagersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$69,320	$52,010 – $132,900	30

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Ithaca, NY. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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