Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY moved from $56,460 in May 2024 to $58,460 in May 2025 (+3.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY sits +0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Waiters and Waitresses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Waiters and Waitresses publishes $48,980 here versus $35,230 nationally (+39.0%; 6,310metro-area jobs). Next is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $79,240 locally versus $63,970 nationally (+23.9%).
- Waiters and Waitresses$48,980 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY sits 39.0% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (6,310 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$79,240 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY sits 23.9% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (3,550 published local jobs).
- Computer Systems Analysts$86,890 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY sits 17.9% below the national Computer Systems Analysts median of $105,850 (3,290 published local jobs).
- Management Analysts$83,690 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY sits 17.8% below the national Management Analysts median of $101,860 (3,560 published local jobs).
Waiters and Waitresses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 10580 · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $71K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #37/528
- RPP-MID 99.6
- OCC-MOST 556 occs
- TOP-LEAD Anesthesiologi… · $472K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Huntsville, AL
- BOOK-FULL 551 rows · May 2025
Read with Huntsville, AL ($1 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Employment scale inside Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 2,680 jobs · $150,590
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,180 jobs · $158,250
- 3. Marketing Managers 1,050 jobs · $153,580
- 4. Pharmacists 1,050 jobs · $136,720
- 5. Sales Managers 940 jobs · $163,510
- 6. Physician Assistants 770 jobs · $137,850
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 700 jobs · $181,000
- 8. Physicians, All Other 660 jobs · $314,460
- 9. Chief Executives 660 jobs · $180,240
- 10. Industrial Production Managers 560 jobs · $141,300
- 11. Anesthesiologists 410 jobs · $471,720
- 12. Natural Sciences Managers 410 jobs · $139,830
- 13. Dentists, General 320 jobs · $193,780
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 220 jobs · $236,090
- 15. Computer and Information Research Scientists 200 jobs · $181,990
- 16. Psychiatrists 160 jobs · $260,000
- 17. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 150 jobs · $172,410
- 18. Optometrists 130 jobs · $164,020
Occupations Tracked
556
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$71,156
employment-weighted, 551 complete rows
Top Salary
$471,720
Anesthesiologists
Cost of Living
99.6
0% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anesthesiologists | $471,720 |
| 2 | Physicians, All Other | $314,460 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $260,000 |
| 4 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $253,580 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $236,090 |
| 6 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $218,380 |
| 7 | Dentists, General | $193,780 |
| 8 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $183,970 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $181,990 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $181,000 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $180,240 |
| 12 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $172,410 |
| 13 | Optometrists | $164,020 |
| 14 | Sales Managers | $163,510 |
| 15 | Physicists | $159,240 |
| 16 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $158,250 |
| 17 | Marketing Managers | $153,580 |
| 18 | Financial Managers | $150,590 |
| 19 | Industrial Production Managers | $141,300 |
| 20 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $140,870 |
| 21 | Physicians, Pathologists | $140,230 |
| 22 | Natural Sciences Managers | $139,830 |
| 23 | Physician Assistants | $137,850 |
| 24 | Judicial Law Clerks | $136,950 |
| 25 | Pharmacists | $136,720 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $32,240 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $32,240 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $32,240 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $32,240 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $32,940 |
| Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | $32,980 |
| Parking Attendants | $33,180 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $33,610 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $34,060 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $34,200 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in NY
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside NY. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($71,156 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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