How many sign shops are in the Rochester area?

Name: Sign shops in the Rochester, NY metro area, 2024
Creator: Sign Trade Data
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22 sign shops

in the Rochester, NY metro area in 2024. The BLS withheld employment and pay for this area to protect individual employers. Sign shops make up a 28% larger share of local private employers than they do nationally. The area holds 5.8% of New York's sign shops.

Shops vs 2023-4.3%1 fewer shops than 2023

Concentration1.28×the national share of employers

Employees—withheld by BLS

Average pay—withheld by BLS

The Rochester area among U.S. metro areas

#	Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
59	Deltona areaFL	22	—	—	1.73×
59	Greensboro areaNC	22	390	$57,832	1.56×
59	Memphis areaTN-MS-AR	22	168	$45,112	1.08×
59	Rochester areaNY	22	—	—	1.28×
59	Tulsa areaOK	22	—	—	1.05×
68	Toledo areaOH	21	—	—	2.15×
68	Tucson areaAZ	21	256	$48,159	1.41×

All 383 metro areas are ranked on the metro list. For New York as a whole, with 2025 figures and the trend since 2014, see the New York page.

Other metro areas in New York

Metro area	Sign shops	Employees	Avg pay	Concentration
New York area	382	—	—	0.91×
Buffalo area	22	293	$60,507	1.16×
Albany area	16	—	—	1.00×
Kiryas Joel area	16	—	—	1.22×
Syracuse area	15	—	—	1.42×
Utica area	6	—	—	1.43×
Elmira area	4	64	$47,966	3.32×
Binghamton area	2	—	—	0.60×

Questions

How many sign shops are in the Rochester area?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 22 sign manufacturing establishments in the Rochester, NY metro area in 2024 (annual average, private employers), rank 59 of 383 U.S. metro areas.

What do sign shops pay in the Rochester area?

The BLS withheld employment and pay for sign shops in the Rochester area in 2024, to protect individual employers. Statewide, New York's sign shops paid an average of $68,081 that year.

Does the Rochester area have more sign shops than average?

Relative to its size, yes: sign shops make up a 28% larger share of the Rochester area's private employers than they do across the U.S. (a location quotient of 1.28, where 1.00 is the national share).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), annual averages, private ownership, NAICS 339950 Sign Manufacturing, Rochester, NY metropolitan statistical area, 2024 and 2023 annual averages, read September 24, 2026. 2024 is the latest year the BLS has published for metro areas. Concentration is the BLS location quotient for establishments. Ranks computed from the 383 metro areas with a published count; tied areas share a rank.