Our 59,000-strong workforce is one of the most skilled labor forces in the nation. County and state agencies provide employers with custom training services as needed, plus other services such as on-the-job training opportunities, skills assessment, and apprenticeship development, as well as information on tax credits, labor laws, and workplace safety.
View/download the Oswego County Industrial Directory for detailed information about industrial or industrial support firms in Oswego County.
- Unemployment rates
- Population Trends
- Population Forecast
- Distribution of employment by sector
- Sample of average annual wages
*Source: NYS DOL Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
*Source: 1940-2010 Decennial Census and projections by Cornell Program on Applied Demographics
*Source: 2010 U.S. Census and NYS Department of Labor
Sample Average Annual Wages in Oswego County
Occupation |
Annual Average Wage |
Accountants and Auditors |
$68,480 |
Administrative Assistant/Executive Secretaries |
$36,760 |
Assembler, production |
$31,000 |
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks |
$38,790 |
Construction laboror |
$39,650 |
General and Operations Managers |
$91,890 |
Human Resources Managers |
$64,030 |
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office |
$58,260 |
Receptionist |
$29,820 |
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing |
$61,990 |
Welder, Cutter, Solderer, Brazer |
$42,080 |
Electricians |
$54,250 |
Computer Programmers |
$77,530 |
Elementary School Teachers |
$64,220 |
Janitors and Cleaners |
$27,940 |
Sheet Metal Workers |
$43,820 |
Machine Feeders and Offbearers |
$30,190 |
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer |
$44,570 |
*Source: NYS Department of Labor. These are median wages. Estimates are based on responses from six semi-annual panels collected between November 2014 and May 2017. Wages were then updated to the first quarter of 2018 by making cost-of-living adjustments.