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Food Scientist and Technologists Salary in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

The annual salary statistics of food scientists and technologists in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food scientists and technologists in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area 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 Food Scientists and Technologists in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$36,170
25th Percentile Wage	$44,280
50th Percentile Wage	$55,920
75th Percentile Wage	$64,210
90th Percentile Wage	$77,900

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food scientists and technologists in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,170.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food scientists and technologists from 2012 to 2017. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	5-Year Growth
2017	$55,920	-2.38%	13.93%
2016	$57,250	15.93%	-
2012	$48,130	-	-

Table 2. Compare Food Scientist and Technologists Salary in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,920 in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for food scientists and technologists in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of food scientists and technologists in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area is 42.6 percent (42.6%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 31.9 percent (31.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$97,440
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$80,860
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$78,090
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$73,130
Rochester	$69,730
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$55,920
Nassau-Suffolk	$52,570
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$49,050
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$38,940
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$38,090