The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of lawyers in Watertown-Fort Drum is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $51,310 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,240 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $109,290 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $143,170 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $171,440 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $171,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $109,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,310.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lawyers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $109,290 | -0.93% | 25.89% |
| 2021 | $110,310 | 23.23% | - |
| 2020 | $84,690 | -5.59% | - |
| 2019 | $89,420 | 1.41% | - |
| 2018 | $88,160 | -1.95% | - |
| 2017 | $89,880 | 9.89% | - |
| 2016 | $80,990 | 5.73% | - |
| 2015 | $76,350 | -6.08% | - |
| 2012 | $80,990 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $109,290 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Watertown-Fort Drum is 38.0 percent (38.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 25.5 percent (25.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.