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.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
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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- Anesthesiologists leads published medians in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY at $471,720/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Anesthesiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $71,156 adjusts to about $71,466 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 99.6. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for NY before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.