Highest salary at Tompkins County in year 2016 was $198,606. Number of employees at Tompkins County in year 2016 was 918. Average annual salary was $49,914 and median salary was $50,287. Tompkins County average salary is 6 percent higher than USA average and median salary is 16 percent higher than USA median salary. From 2015 to 2016, the average salary of employees at this employer increased 5.7 percent, the median salary increased 5.6 percent.