High paying medical jobs in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY

Every medical occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single medical 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 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY run 12.3% below the national average (2024), so a Watertown-Fort Drum, NY salary is worth about 1.14× 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, Watertown-Fort Drum, NY · Employed

1Pharmacists$143,250
Doctoral or professional degree
$111,520 – $174,86080
2Nurse Practitioners$133,900
Master's degree
$107,590 – $158,10070
3Physician Assistants$128,870
Master's degree
$102,500 – $160,29060
4Physicians, All Other$121,040
Doctoral or professional degree
$65,670 – $413,78050
5Registered Nurses$96,070
Bachelor's degree
$68,050 – $125,280900
6Speech-Language Pathologists$90,180
Master's degree
$64,250 – $124,15080
7Occupational Therapists$89,720
Master's degree
$63,210 – $122,61080
8Physical Therapists$87,200
Doctoral or professional degree
$75,390 – $115,21090
9Radiologic Technologists and Technicians$82,180
Associate's degree
$66,160 – $97,24080
10Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$81,330
Bachelor's degree
$59,950 – $105,76060
11Dental Hygienists$81,170
Associate's degree
$61,320 – $104,68070
12General Internal Medicine Physicians$74,680
Doctoral or professional degree
$74,680 – $428,86030
13Opticians, Dispensing$65,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,160 – $81,35030
14Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$60,320
Postsecondary nondegree award
$48,150 – $72,420360
15Paramedics$55,230
Postsecondary nondegree award
$50,940 – $72,23070
16Medical Records Specialists$50,890
Postsecondary nondegree award
$43,490 – $75,77070
17Veterinary Technologists and Technicians$46,300
Associate's degree
$39,570 – $49,54040
18Emergency Medical Technicians$41,190
Postsecondary nondegree award
$32,690 – $44,940110
19Pharmacy Technicians$36,610
High school diploma or equivalent
$32,240 – $51,080120

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

#	Occupation	MedianWatertown-Fort Drum, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	PharmacistsDoctoral or professional degree	$143,250	$111,520 – $174,860	80
2	Nurse PractitionersMaster's degree	$133,900	$107,590 – $158,100	70
3	Physician AssistantsMaster's degree	$128,870	$102,500 – $160,290	60
4	Physicians, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$121,040	$65,670 – $413,780	50
5	Registered NursesBachelor's degree	$96,070	$68,050 – $125,280	900
6	Speech-Language PathologistsMaster's degree	$90,180	$64,250 – $124,150	80
7	Occupational TherapistsMaster's degree	$89,720	$63,210 – $122,610	80
8	Physical TherapistsDoctoral or professional degree	$87,200	$75,390 – $115,210	90
9	Radiologic Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$82,180	$66,160 – $97,240	80
10	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and TechniciansBachelor's degree	$81,330	$59,950 – $105,760	60
11	Dental HygienistsAssociate's degree	$81,170	$61,320 – $104,680	70
12	General Internal Medicine PhysiciansDoctoral or professional degree	$74,680	$74,680 – $428,860	30
13	Opticians, DispensingHigh school diploma or equivalent	$65,870	$45,160 – $81,350	30
14	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational NursesPostsecondary nondegree award	$60,320	$48,150 – $72,420	360
15	ParamedicsPostsecondary nondegree award	$55,230	$50,940 – $72,230	70
16	Medical Records SpecialistsPostsecondary nondegree award	$50,890	$43,490 – $75,770	70
17	Veterinary Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$46,300	$39,570 – $49,540	40
18	Emergency Medical TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$41,190	$32,690 – $44,940	110
19	Pharmacy TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$36,610	$32,240 – $51,080	120

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Watertown-Fort Drum, 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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