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Fish and Game Wardens Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of fish and game wardens in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of fish and game wardens in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 Fish and Game Wardens in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$55,860
25th Percentile Wage	$58,250
50th Percentile Wage	$59,500
75th Percentile Wage	$74,060
90th Percentile Wage	$89,120

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fish and game wardens in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $89,120. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $55,860.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$59,500	-3.53%	-18.64%
2021	$61,600	-5.93%	-
2020	$65,250	5.73%	-
2019	$61,510	-0.62%	-
2018	$61,890	0.13%	-
2017	$61,810	-2.25%	-
2016	$63,200	4.30%	-
2015	$60,480	4.76%	-
2014	$57,600	-7.29%	-
2013	$61,800	-14.22%	-
2012	$70,590	-	-

Table 2. Compare Fish and Game Wardens Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,500 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for fish and game wardens in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of fish and game wardens in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 17.8 percent (17.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area and 10.0 percent (10.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Nassau-Suffolk.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$72,350
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$71,540
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$70,960
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$70,320
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$59,500
Nassau-Suffolk	$53,560