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Respiratory Therapists Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of respiratory therapists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of respiratory therapists 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 Respiratory Therapists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$78,580
25th Percentile Wage	$82,540
50th Percentile Wage	$96,780
75th Percentile Wage	$102,100
90th Percentile Wage	$107,660

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for respiratory therapists 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 $107,660. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,780. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $78,580.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$96,780	18.43%	28.72%
2021	$78,940	-1.82%	-
2020	$80,380	2.23%	-
2019	$78,590	0.84%	-
2018	$77,930	1.09%	-
2017	$77,080	2.54%	-
2016	$75,120	2.06%	-
2015	$73,570	2.92%	-
2014	$71,420	1.40%	-
2013	$70,420	2.04%	-
2012	$68,980	-	-

Table 2. Compare Respiratory Therapists 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 $96,780, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for respiratory therapists in state of New York, followed by Rochester (median annual salary $80,300). In comparison, the median annual salary of respiratory therapists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 17.0 percent (17.0%) higher than that in Rochester.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$96,780
Rochester	$80,300
Utica-Rome	$78,930
Syracuse	$78,490
Nassau-Suffolk	$77,890
Binghamton	$77,180
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$76,470
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$73,950
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$73,890
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$72,140
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$71,430
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$70,330
Kingston	$66,600
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	$66,580
Ithaca	$65,190
Elmira	$63,290
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$59,440