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Lawyer Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of lawyers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy 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 Lawyers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$72,980
25th Percentile Wage
$100,400
50th Percentile Wage
$116,180
75th Percentile Wage
$159,330
90th Percentile Wage
$214,410

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $214,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $116,180. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $72,980.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$116,180
9.84% 17.09%
2021
$104,750
0.70% -
2020
$104,020
-1.37% -
2019
$105,450
4.34% -
2018
$100,870
3.44% -
2017
$97,400
0.04% -
2016
$97,360
0.71% -
2015
$96,670
-2.22% -
2014
$98,820
0.14% -
2013
$98,680
2.38% -
2012
$96,330
- -

Table 2. Compare Lawyer Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $116,180 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is 34.1 percent (34.1%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 30.0 percent (30.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$176,170
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$157,020
Syracuse
$129,540
Ithaca
$125,490
Utica-Rome
$119,680
Rochester
$117,200
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$116,180
Nassau-Suffolk
$113,700
Watertown-Fort Drum
$109,290
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$107,600
Kingston
$106,290
Binghamton
$103,540
Elmira
$100,560
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$99,300
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$98,450
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$95,010
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$94,500
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$86,910
Glens Falls
$85,980
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$81,380

See also: Top paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York.