SOC 15-1244, wage year 2025-26

Network and Computer Systems Administrators prevailing wage in New York

Short answer

In New York, the median prevailing wage for network and computer systems administrators across its 16 areas is $29.92 an hour at Level 1 ($62,234 a year) and $50.09 an hour at Level 4 ($104,177 a year). The Level 2 median of $36.72 is 2% above the national median across areas ($35.86). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is the highest-paying area at $47.69 at Level 2, and Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area the lowest at $32.15.

Every New York area for network and computer systems administrators

Area	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$38.14	$47.69	$57.23	$66.78
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$34.13	$40.74	$47.35	$53.96
Elmira, NY	$32.69	$40.40	$48.12	$55.83
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$31.57	$39.07	$46.57	$54.07
Rochester, NY	$31.94	$38.83	$45.71	$52.60
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$31.35	$38.57	$45.79	$53.01
Ithaca, NY	$32.95	$38.40	$43.86	$49.31
Syracuse, NY	$30.65	$37.71	$44.77	$51.83
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$29.19	$35.73	$42.27	$48.81
Kingston, NY	$28.56	$35.53	$42.49	$49.46
Binghamton, NY	$27.27	$35.08	$42.90	$50.71
Glens Falls, NY	$29.08	$34.92	$40.76	$46.60
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$27.79	$34.70	$41.61	$48.52
Utica-Rome, NY	$27.47	$34.19	$40.92	$47.64
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	$27.51	$34.16	$40.80	$47.45
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$25.94	$32.15	$38.37	$44.58

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval or a job opening.

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