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Insurance Underwriter Salary in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

The annual salary statistics of insurance underwriters in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of insurance underwriters 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 Insurance Underwriters in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$29,990
25th Percentile Wage	$42,210
50th Percentile Wage	$47,460
75th Percentile Wage	$86,480
90th Percentile Wage	$105,510

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for insurance underwriters 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 $105,510. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,990.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of insurance underwriters from 2012 to 2013. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	1-Year Growth
2013	$47,460	-29.41%	-29.41%
2012	$61,420	-	-

Table 2. Compare Insurance Underwriter Salary in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $47,460, Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area is the lowest paying city for insurance underwriters in state of New York, following city of New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (median annual salary of $99,130). In comparison, the median annual salary of insurance underwriters in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area is 52.1 percent (52.1%) lower than that in the highest paying city New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island.

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