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Historians Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of historians in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of historians 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 Historians in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$37,440
25th Percentile Wage	$41,600
50th Percentile Wage	$57,630
75th Percentile Wage	$84,340
90th Percentile Wage	$102,230

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for historians 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 $102,230. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,630. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,440.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$57,630	-29.60%	-6.16%
2021	$74,690	26.22%	-
2019	$55,110	-8.46%	-
2018	$59,770	-13.87%	-
2017	$68,060	6.73%	-
2016	$63,480	0.77%	-
2015	$62,990	-1.49%	-
2014	$63,930	2.30%	-
2013	$62,460	2.05%	-
2012	$61,180	-	-

Table 2. Compare Historians Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $57,630, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for historians in state of New York, following the highest paying city New York-White Plains-Wayne (median annual salary of $64,810). Compared with New York-White Plains-Wayne, the median annual salary of historians in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 11.1 percent (11.1%) lower.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$64,810
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$57,630
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$52,000
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$40,080
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$39,090
Rochester	$39,050
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$31,210
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$29,290
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$28,410