The annual salary statistics of mechanical engineers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of mechanical engineers 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 | $62,310 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $73,490 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $105,280 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $119,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for mechanical engineers 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 $119,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,310.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of mechanical engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $81,850 | 3.02% | 5.35% |
| 2021 | $79,380 | -2.48% | - |
| 2020 | $81,350 | 2.40% | - |
| 2019 | $79,400 | 2.43% | - |
| 2018 | $77,470 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,850 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for mechanical engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of mechanical engineers in Watertown-Fort Drum is 21.8 percent (21.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy and 4.6 percent (4.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.