How much do Fish and Game Wardens make in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY?

Percentile spread

For Fish and Game Wardens, the published 10th percentile is $75,880 and the 90th percentile is $108,590. The difference is $32,710, which is 36.7% 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 $80,060 to the 75th at $92,280, covers $12,220.

The mean annual wage is $89,510, which sits above the median of $89,110. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY median is 20.3% higher than the national median of $74,060 for Fish and Game Wardens. In 2024 national prices the local median is $89,498, which is 20.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.3% higher than the New York median of $80,060.

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 $89,110 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Fish and Game Wardens at $89,498 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Fish and Game Wardens. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ranks 1st of 3 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).).

• Syracuse, NY is 115 miles away, with a median of $56,730 and employment of 50. That median is 36.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,253, against $89,498 here.
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 142 miles away, with a median of $73,130 and employment of 90. That median is 17.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $64,968, against $89,498 here.

Employment share

Fish and Game Wardens accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (30 of 449,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (5,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.80 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.