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Insurance Underwriter Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of insurance underwriters in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of insurance underwriters in Nassau-Suffolk 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 Insurance Underwriters in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$43,560
25th Percentile Wage
$54,840
50th Percentile Wage
$68,090
75th Percentile Wage
$88,630
90th Percentile Wage
$114,080

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for insurance underwriters in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $114,080. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $68,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,560.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of insurance underwriters from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$68,090
1.75% -6.45%
2016
$66,900
4.74% -
2015
$63,730
-11.20% -
2014
$70,870
-0.23% -
2013
$71,030
-2.04% -
2012
$72,480
- -

Table 2. Compare Insurance Underwriter Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $68,090 in Nassau-Suffolk is in the middle of salary range for insurance underwriters in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of insurance underwriters in Nassau-Suffolk is 31.3 percent (31.3%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 30.3 percent (30.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$99,130
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$89,270
Utica-Rome
$81,600
Syracuse
$81,370
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$81,240
Rochester
$80,050
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$79,570
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$73,880
Nassau-Suffolk
$68,090
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$67,080
Binghamton
$63,640
Ithaca
$61,070
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$47,460