How much do Materials Engineers make in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY?

Percentile spread

For Materials Engineers, the published 10th percentile is $76,150 and the 90th percentile is $168,720. The difference is $92,570, which is 68.8% 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 $106,440 to the 75th at $161,820, covers $55,380.

The mean annual wage is $132,170, which sits below the median of $134,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY median is 19.3% higher than the national median of $112,860 for Materials Engineers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $135,217, which is 19.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.9% higher than the New York median of $125,900.

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 $134,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Materials Engineers at $135,217 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Materials Engineers. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ranks 2nd of 11 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).).

• Utica-Rome, NY is 73 miles away, with a median of $71,820 and employment of 40. That median is 46.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,494, against $135,217 here.
• Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 98 miles away, with a median of $98,460 and employment of 40. That median is 26.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $98,679, against $135,217 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 104 miles away, with a median of $108,840 and employment of 60. That median is 19.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $105,931, against $135,217 here.

Employment share

Materials Engineers accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (130 of 449,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (22,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.98 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.