New York · SOC 21-0000 · Annual, 2025
Community and social service occupations in New York
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 21-0000 in New York, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 208,600 people in New York worked in community and social service occupations (SOC 21-0000), with an average annual wage of $81,330.
Employment in community and social service occupations in New York grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is 1.3× as concentrated in New York as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.25). Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 208,600. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for New York are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 208,600Employment, 2025
- $81,330Mean annual wage
- 2.1%Share of New York jobs
- 1.25Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 149,800; 2005 150,800; 2006 152,100; 2007 154,900; 2008 158,200; 2009 159,000; 2010 160,100; 2011 159,600; 2012 159,200; 2013 160,400; 2014 163,200; 2015 166,400; 2016 170,700; 2017 178,900; 2018 189,200; 2019 199,900; 2020 188,700; 2021 187,100; 2022 188,700; 2023 195,700; 2024 203,400; 2025 208,600.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 208,581 | $81,333 | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 203,394 | $78,938 | 3.9% |
| 2023 | 195,699 | $76,640 | 3.7% |
| 2022 | 188,723 | $74,494 | 0.9% |
| 2021 | 187,053 | $71,429 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 188,657 | $67,379 | 5.6% |
| 2019 | 199,935 | $62,446 | 5.7% |
| 2018 | 189,194 | $61,022 | 5.7% |
| 2017 | 178,942 | $58,981 | 4.8% |
| 2016 | 170,705 | $57,547 | 2.6% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Community and social service occupations in New York, quarterly, at full depth
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