The annual salary statistics of travel agents in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of travel agents 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $37,220 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $41,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $47,590 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $58,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for travel agents 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 $58,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $41,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,220.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of travel agents from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $41,070 | 7.60% | 29.10% |
| 2021 | $37,950 | 0.95% | - |
| 2020 | $37,590 | 6.30% | - |
| 2019 | $35,220 | 1.05% | - |
| 2018 | $34,850 | 4.22% | - |
| 2017 | $33,380 | 0.93% | - |
| 2016 | $33,070 | 1.03% | - |
| 2015 | $32,730 | 2.47% | - |
| 2014 | $31,920 | 4.45% | - |
| 2013 | $30,500 | 4.52% | - |
| 2012 | $29,120 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $41,070, Albany-Schenectady-Troy is the second highest paying city for travel agents in state of New York, following the highest paying city New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (median annual salary of $48,280). Compared with New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, the median annual salary of travel agents in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is 14.9 percent (14.9%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Rochester | |
| Syracuse | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Ithaca | |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area |