How much do Registered Nurses make in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY?

Percentile spread

For Registered Nurses, the published 10th percentile is $68,050 and the 90th percentile is $125,280. The difference is $57,230, which is 59.6% 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 $82,630 to the 75th at $108,340, covers $25,710.

The mean annual wage is $96,070, which sits above the median of $96,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Watertown-Fort Drum, NY median is 1.5% lower than the national median of $97,550 for Registered Nurses. In 2024 national prices the local median is $109,556, which is 12.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 12.2% lower than the New York median of $109,440.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Watertown-Fort Drum, NY is 87.690, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $96,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Registered Nurses at $109,556 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Registered Nurses. Watertown-Fort Drum, NY ranks 10th of 16 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 64 miles away, with a median of $94,300 and employment of 2,600. That median is 1.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $101,750, against $109,556 here.
• Syracuse, NY is 69 miles away, with a median of $86,960 and employment of 8,180. That median is 9.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $90,827, against $109,556 here.
• Rochester, NY is 94 miles away, with a median of $86,570 and employment of 12,340. That median is 9.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $89,215, against $109,556 here.

Employment share

Registered Nurses accounts for 2.3% of wage-and-salary employment in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY (900 of 39,330). Nationally the occupation is 2.2% of employment (3,379,720 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.05 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.