How much do Proofreaders and Copy Markers make in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY?

Percentile spread

For Proofreaders and Copy Markers, the published 10th percentile is $32,240 and the 90th percentile is $60,710. The difference is $28,470, which is 67.6% 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 $40,130 to the 75th at $52,520, covers $12,390.

The mean annual wage is $47,050, which sits above the median of $42,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY median is 17.6% lower than the national median of $51,120 for Proofreaders and Copy Markers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,324, which is 17.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 29.5% lower than the New York median of $59,740.

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 $42,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Proofreaders and Copy Markers at $42,324 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 Proofreaders and Copy Markers. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY ranks 3rd 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).).

• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 142 miles away, with a median of $59,740 and employment of 970. That median is 41.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,073, against $42,324 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 150 miles away, with a median of $57,840 and employment of 170. That median is 37.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,424, against $42,324 here.

Employment share

Proofreaders and Copy Markers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY (50 of 449,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (4,580 of 155,495,730). The local share is 3.78 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.