How much do Financial Risk Specialists make in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY?

Percentile spread

For Financial Risk Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $68,810 and the 90th percentile is $186,800. The difference is $117,990, which is 97.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $86,730 to the 75th at $148,150, covers $61,420.

The mean annual wage is $124,440, which sits above the median of $120,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY median is 2.8% higher than the national median of $117,330 for Financial Risk Specialists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $121,096, which is 3.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.9% lower than the New York median of $136,830.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 99.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $120,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Financial Risk Specialists at $121,096 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Financial Risk Specialists. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ranks 7th of 14 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY is 84 miles away, with a median of $106,400 and employment of 40. That median is 11.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $97,238, against $121,096 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 104 miles away, with a median of $100,950 and employment of 300. That median is 16.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,252, against $121,096 here.
• Worcester, MA is 107 miles away, with a median of $92,670 and employment of 50. That median is 23.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,389, against $121,096 here.

Employment share

Financial Risk Specialists accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (200 of 449,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.04% of employment (63,850 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.08 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.