Oswego County, NY - Workforce

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: Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program

*Source: 2010 U.S. Census

*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.