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Bartenders Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

The annual salary statistics of bartenders in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of bartenders in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Bartenders in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$28,450
25th Percentile Wage
$29,240
50th Percentile Wage
$35,650
75th Percentile Wage
$55,960
90th Percentile Wage
$70,640

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bartenders in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $70,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,650. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,450.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of bartenders from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$35,650
11.30% 46.96%
2021
$31,620
2.85% -
2020
$30,720
10.77% -
2019
$27,410
7.81% -
2018
$25,270
1.54% -
2017
$24,880
9.36% -
2016
$22,550
13.22% -
2015
$19,570
3.83% -
2014
$18,820
1.38% -
2013
$18,560
-1.89% -
2012
$18,910
- -

Table 2. Compare Bartenders Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $35,650 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is in the middle of salary range for bartenders in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of bartenders in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is 18.1 percent (18.1%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 48.2 percent (48.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$43,510
Ithaca
$39,300
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$36,700
Kingston
$36,190
Rochester
$36,100
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$35,650
Glens Falls
$35,470
Binghamton
$34,500
Elmira
$34,480
Utica-Rome
$34,440
Syracuse
$34,040
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$33,910
Nassau-Suffolk
$31,240
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,880
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,350
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$28,870
Watertown-Fort Drum
$28,620
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$22,210
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$20,610
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$18,480

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