A Comparison of the Salaries of New York Employees and Their Private Sector Counterparts

 November 2002

Private Sector Salaries

 

Civil Engineer I

Senior Accountant

Associate Auditor

Client/Server Programmer I

Nurse Practitioner

Physician Assistant

Albany

        55,969

        53,939

        73,505

            76,673

        67,323

        72,203

Binghamton

        55,321

        53,315

        72,655

            75,786

        66,544

        71,371

Buffalo

        54,943

        52,950

        72,159

            75,268

        66,090

        70,883

New York City

        62,338

        60,076

        81,870

            85,398

        74,984

        80,423

Average

        57,143

        55,070

        75,047

            78,281

        68,735

        73,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State Salary

        50,770

        45,846

        59,246

            45,846

        45,846

        45,846

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Difference From State Salary to Private Sector Salary in Dollars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albany

        (5,199)

        (8,093)

       (14,259)

           (30,827)

       (21,477)

       (26,357)

Binghamton

        (4,551)

        (7,469)

       (13,409)

           (29,940)

       (20,698)

       (25,525)

Buffalo

        (4,173)

        (7,104)

       (12,913)

           (29,422)

       (20,244)

       (25,037)

New York City

       (11,568)

       (14,230)

       (22,624)

           (39,552)

       (29,138)

       (34,577)

Average

        (6,373)

        (9,224)

       (15,801)

           (32,435)

       (22,889)

       (27,874)