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Writers and Authors Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of writers and authors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of writers and authors 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 Writers and Authors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$46,480
25th Percentile Wage	$63,750
50th Percentile Wage	$85,020
75th Percentile Wage	$127,730
90th Percentile Wage	$181,990

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for writers and authors 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 $181,990. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $85,020. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,480.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$85,020	6.87%	22.03%
2021	$79,180	2.18%	-
2020	$77,450	2.17%	-
2019	$75,770	2.39%	-
2018	$73,960	-1.54%	-
2017	$75,100	3.26%	-
2016	$72,650	-1.93%	-
2015	$74,050	3.51%	-
2014	$71,450	2.25%	-
2013	$69,840	5.08%	-
2012	$66,290	-	-

Table 2. Compare Writers and Authors 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 $85,020, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for writers and authors in state of New York, following the highest paying city Ithaca (median annual salary of $87,350). Compared with Ithaca, the median annual salary of writers and authors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 2.7 percent (2.7%) lower.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Ithaca	$87,350
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$85,020
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$73,040
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$71,270
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$71,020
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$65,900
Syracuse	$64,070
Rochester	$63,520
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$62,820
Nassau-Suffolk	$60,480
Kingston	$51,020
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	$48,320