Producers and Directors
Syracuse, NY metropolitan area. Estimated employment 230.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of producers and directors in Syracuse earn more.
$79,680 in Syracuse buys what $83,200 buys across the country as a whole.
Syracuse's regional price parity is 95.7 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in New York
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Syracuse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $108,460 | $96,400 | 112.6 | +15.8% |
| Rochester | $83,030 | $85,600 | 97.0 | +2.8% |
| Kiryas Joel | $82,440 | $75,300 | 109.4 | −9.5% |
| Syracuse This page | $79,680 | $83,200 | 95.7 | — |
| Buffalo | $79,450 | $82,900 | 95.8 | −0.4% |
| Albany | $78,810 | $79,200 | 99.6 | −4.9% |
| Kingston | $74,520 | $74,000 | 100.7 | −11.1% |
| Ithaca | $65,410 | $63,300 | 103.3 | −23.9% |
Price parity and difference against Syracuse are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 37.8% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 16.0% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 230 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 27-2012, Producers and Directors. Mapped to our taxonomy as producers-and-directors.
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.