Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs Salary in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York

The annual salary statistics of eligibility interviewers, government programs in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of eligibility interviewers, government programs in Watertown-Fort Drum 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 Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$33,260
25th Percentile Wage
$37,950
50th Percentile Wage
$45,490
75th Percentile Wage
$51,460
90th Percentile Wage
$59,610

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for eligibility interviewers, government programs in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,610. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $45,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,260.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of eligibility interviewers, government programs from 2012 to 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$45,490
6.05% 7.52%
2017
$42,740
1.57% -
2016
$42,070
2.83% -
2015
$40,880
-2.91% -
2012
$42,070
- -

Table 2. Compare Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs Salary in Watertown-Fort Drum with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $45,490 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for eligibility interviewers, government programs in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of eligibility interviewers, government programs in Watertown-Fort Drum is 27.1 percent (27.1%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 13.7 percent (13.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$62,440
Kingston
$60,120
Nassau-Suffolk
$53,420
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$52,440
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$51,880
Ithaca
$51,590
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$51,500
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$51,160
Syracuse
$49,760
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$49,660
Rochester
$49,610
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$48,570
Elmira
$47,940
Glens Falls
$46,770
Binghamton
$46,640
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$45,950
Watertown-Fort Drum
$45,490
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$42,160
Utica-Rome
$40,230
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$39,260

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