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Insurance Underwriter Salary in Syracuse, New York

The annual salary statistics of insurance underwriters in Syracuse, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of insurance underwriters in Syracuse 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 Syracuse, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$48,130
25th Percentile Wage
$62,900
50th Percentile Wage
$81,370
75th Percentile Wage
$108,060
90th Percentile Wage
$132,670

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for insurance underwriters in Syracuse, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $132,670. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,130.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$81,370
-0.05% 24.91%
2021
$81,410
-7.97% -
2020
$87,900
3.17% -
2019
$85,110
2.49% -
2018
$82,990
1.16% -
2017
$82,030
-2.52% -
2016
$84,100
2.12% -
2015
$82,320
7.11% -
2014
$76,470
2.47% -
2013
$74,580
18.07% -
2012
$61,100
- -

Table 2. Compare Insurance Underwriter Salary in Syracuse with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,370 in Syracuse is in the middle of salary range for insurance underwriters in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of insurance underwriters in Syracuse is 17.9 percent (17.9%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 41.7 percent (41.7%) 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

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