Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY are those of emergency medicine physician, with an average annual salary of $233,000. The second highest-paying jobs are those of nurse anesthetists, with an average salary of $215,370.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$233,000	$84,970	160
2	Nurse Anesthetists	$215,370	$179,080	210
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$207,700	$106,350	230
4	Psychiatrists	$188,570	$80,220	100
5	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$175,530	$67,820	210
6	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$172,220	$86,000	120
7	General Dentists	$171,890	$85,540	200
8	Chief Executives	$171,400	$98,080	530
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$170,370	$123,930	480
10	Sales Managers	$165,860	$79,190	850
11	Natural Sciences Managers	$156,790	$99,170	240
12	Physicists	$154,020	$99,310	100
13	Optometrists	$151,870	$70,970	70
14	Marketing Managers	$147,880	$83,770	700
15	Fundraising Managers	$145,910	$95,470	110
16	General Pediatricians	$137,940	$83,540	140
17	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$136,190	$105,190	1,540
18	Materials Scientists	$136,000	$104,510	120
19	Financial Managers	$133,160	$83,580	2,090
20	Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators	$131,490	$57,720	30
21	Computer Hardware Engineers	$130,620	$101,470	290
22	Industrial Production Managers	$128,860	$79,470	420
23	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$128,070	$81,070	430
24	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$127,870	$91,660	70
25	Training and Development Managers	$127,080	$99,510	130
26	Pharmacists	$127,080	$80,160	1,010
27	Construction Managers	$126,460	$72,420	330
28	Veterinarians	$125,460	$78,260	270
29	Nurse Midwives	$124,790	$107,700	40
30	Chemical Engineers	$123,780	$78,110	130
31	Physician Assistants	$123,050	$85,290	840
32	Database Architects	$122,530	$53,680	150
33	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$121,240	$82,720	110
34	Other Education Administrators	$116,940	$57,710	80
35	Lawyers	$116,180	$72,980	3,140
36	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$116,140	$74,290	620
37	Nurse Practitioners	$116,030	$76,080	800
38	Personal Financial Advisors	$115,520	$63,120	810
39	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$114,210	$75,060	200
40	All Other Special Education Teachers	$111,690	$47,370	130
41	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$111,650	$66,490	90
42	Art Directors	$111,440	$64,600	130
43	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$110,480	$67,240	200
44	Human Resources Managers	$110,420	$81,530	790
45	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$109,700	$76,970	710
46	Administrative Services Managers	$107,590	$63,290	560
47	Information Security Analysts	$107,500	$68,940	320
48	Engineers, All Other	$106,950	$73,880	590
49	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$106,860	$65,810	320
50	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$106,830	$80,410	220
51	Judicial Law Clerks	$106,510	$43,370	90
52	Computer Network Architects	$106,320	$67,890	470
53	Biomedical Engineers	$106,280	$83,220	100
54	Medical and Health Services Managers	$105,640	$74,440	1,480
55	Materials Engineers	$105,640	$64,270	90
56	Software Developers	$105,390	$65,840	2,910
57	Mechanical Engineers	$104,620	$61,980	970
58	Power Plant Operators	$104,190	$53,560	120
59	Database Administrators	$104,120	$62,450	350
60	Electrical Engineers	$104,050	$65,860	690
61	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$103,430	$49,810	160
62	Survey Researchers	$103,230	$63,270	170
63	Purchasing Managers	$102,960	$79,990	460
64	Actuaries	$102,890	$66,600	100
65	Facilities Managers	$102,850	$62,250	380
66	All Other Managers	$102,570	$62,610	970
67	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$102,250	$53,050	320
68	Civil Engineers	$102,010	$64,960	1,360
69	Industrial Engineers	$101,940	$63,220	1,410
70	General and Operations Managers	$101,670	$48,420	8,670
71	Legislators	$100,760	$46,840	600
72	Other Physical Scientists	$100,330	$63,490	660
73	Public Relations Managers	$100,160	$49,470	310
74	Crane and Tower Operators	$99,580	$50,210	90
75	Environmental Engineers	$99,370	$62,340	390
76	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$99,370	$55,310	150
77	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$98,940	$62,770	130
78	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$98,800	$75,420	110
79	Project Management Specialists	$98,760	$61,380	2,730
80	Financial Risk Specialists	$98,030	$64,730	110
81	Other Psychologists	$96,370	$47,090	60
82	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$96,340	$78,190	40
83	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$95,740	$64,660	1,200
84	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$95,080	$58,510	840
85	Statisticians	$94,890	$60,030	120
86	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$94,790	$49,700	50
87	Air Traffic Controllers	$94,200	$70,620	40
88	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$93,600	$63,700	540
89	Data Scientists	$93,140	$55,310	420
90	Sales Engineers	$92,640	$58,120	200
91	Other Biological Scientists	$91,200	$58,250	90
92	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$89,320	$58,340	680
93	Radiation Therapists	$89,210	$66,530	40
94	Credit Analysts	$89,190	$53,800	70
95	Technical Writers	$88,280	$53,160	130
96	Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$87,630	$45,670	630
97	Social and Community Service Managers	$86,970	$55,620	700
98	Labor Relations Specialists	$85,770	$52,270	470
99	Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers	$84,770	$45,920	30
100	Web and Digital Interface Designers	$84,760	$46,860	220

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$195,730
2	Psychiatrists	$195,000
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$169,130
4	Family Medicine Physicians	$168,120
5	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$168,020
6	Chief Executives	$167,930
7	Natural Sciences Managers	$164,780
8	General Dentists	$164,060
9	Physicists	$157,720
10	Marketing Managers	$152,350

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	General Dentists	$196,750
2	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$188,890
3	General Pediatricians	$175,900
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$168,640
5	Podiatrists	$156,640
6	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$154,310
7	Chief Executives	$144,340
8	Optometrists	$139,250
9	Physicists	$139,140
10	Sales Managers	$137,210

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	All Other Physicians; and Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$173,110
2	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$157,560
3	General Dentists	$156,920
4	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$152,060
5	Podiatrists	$148,310
6	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$147,130
7	Optometrists	$140,220
8	Sales Managers	$138,610
9	Natural Sciences Managers	$134,420
10	Chief Executives	$133,780

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