Registered Nurses salary in Albany, NY

Median pay for registered nurses in Albany, NY: $85,120/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $68,210 – $109,910 · about 10,280 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($80,810) by +$4,310 (+5%).

What it's really worth in Albany

With Albany's cost of living at 98 (US=100), that $85,120 has the buying power of about $86,701 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $83,360 · median home $370,533 · median rent $1,681/mo.

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How Albany ranks for this job

On raw pay, Albany, NY is 60th of the 187 metros we hold registered nurses wages for. Once Albany's cost of living is applied, it ranks 91st.

The headline number flatters Albany. Once housing and everyday costs are taken into account, registered nurses here keep less of what they earn than the raw salary implies.

What that salary buys in Albany

A median home in Albany, NY costs $370,533 — about 4.4× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,681/mo works out at 24% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where registered nurses earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Albany.

Metro	Median pay	vs Albany	Rent vs Albany
Vallejo, CA	$187,080	+120%	1.4×
San Francisco, CA	$181,240	+113%	1.9×
San Jose, CA	$179,210	+111%	2.2×
Sacramento, CA	$157,810	+85%	1.4×

Same job elsewhere in NY

Metro	Median pay	vs Albany	Rent vs Albany
New York, NY	$108,540	+28%	2.1×
Buffalo, NY	$87,200	+2%	0.9×
Rochester, NY	$87,010	+2%	1×
Binghamton, NY	$84,680	−1%	0.8×

Staying in NY keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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