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Power Plant Operator Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of power plant operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of power plant operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 Power Plant Operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$76,170
25th Percentile Wage	$95,900
50th Percentile Wage	$120,630
75th Percentile Wage	$127,370
90th Percentile Wage	$142,360

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for power plant operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $142,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $120,630. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $76,170.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$120,630	17.42%	38.94%
2021	$99,620	0.89%	-
2020	$98,730	5.24%	-
2019	$93,560	2.97%	-
2018	$90,780	7.94%	-
2017	$83,570	-1.35%	-
2016	$84,700	4.25%	-
2015	$81,100	3.82%	-
2014	$78,000	1.05%	-
2013	$77,180	4.56%	-
2012	$73,660	-	-

Table 2. Compare Power Plant Operator Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $120,630, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for power plant operators in state of New York, followed by Albany-Schenectady-Troy (median annual salary $104,190). In comparison, the median annual salary of power plant operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 13.6 percent (13.6%) higher than that in Albany-Schenectady-Troy.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$120,630
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$104,190
Syracuse	$95,650
Nassau-Suffolk	$93,070
Rochester	$82,480
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$79,280
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$78,710
Utica-Rome	$77,010
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$70,720
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$63,830
Glens Falls	$58,520
Binghamton	$54,170
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	$37,000