Salaries in Albany.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 0.96x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$329,000

Senior VP of Product

Median of All Roles

$133,000

Telecom Solutions Architect

Entry Level

$32,000

Hotel Clerk / Front Desk

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Albany, NY has a cost-of-living index of 0.96x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Product at $329,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $133,000. Albany is New York's capital and a growing semiconductor hub, with GlobalFoundries and the SUNY Polytechnic Institute driving chip manufacturing employment.

About the Albany market

Albany is New York's capital and a growing semiconductor hub, with GlobalFoundries and the SUNY Polytechnic Institute driving chip manufacturing employment. State government is the largest employer. The cost of living is dramatically lower than NYC while still offering strong tech salaries.

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Top 50 salaries in Albany

#	Role	Median	Range
1	Senior VP of Product	$329,000	$257,000 – $428,000
2	Chief Security Officer	$326,000	$254,000 – $424,000
3	SVP of Technology	$323,000	$275,000 – $420,000
4	SVP of Engineering	$317,000	$269,000 – $412,000
5	Senior VP of Security	$307,000	$261,000 – $399,000
6	Chief Strategy Officer	$307,000	$239,000 – $398,000
7	SVP of Product	$305,000	$259,000 – $396,000
8	Chief Science Officer	$304,000	$237,000 – $395,000
9	VP of Infrastructure	$303,000	$258,000 – $393,000
10	VP of Developer Experience	$303,000	$258,000 – $393,000
11	VP of Information Security	$303,000	$258,000 – $393,000
12	VP of Database Engineering	$303,000	$258,000 – $393,000
13	VP of Application Engineering	$303,000	$258,000 – $393,000
14	SVP of AI Innovation	$302,000	$256,000 – $392,000
15	VP of Analytics	$300,000	$255,000 – $390,000
16	VP of Reliability Engineering	$300,000	$255,000 – $390,000
17	VP of Cybersecurity	$300,000	$255,000 – $390,000
18	SVP of Data	$299,000	$253,000 – $388,000
19	SVP of Finance	$299,000	$254,000 – $388,000
20	Chief AI Officer	$298,000	$221,000 – $384,000
21	Senior Head of Security	$298,000	$253,000 – $387,000
22	VP of AI Product	$297,000	$253,000 – $386,000
23	VP of IT	$297,000	$253,000 – $386,000
24	VP of Privacy	$297,000	$253,000 – $386,000
25	VP of Field Engineering	$297,000	$253,000 – $386,000
26	Chief Data & AI Officer	$295,000	$220,000 – $384,000
27	Chief Design Officer	$295,000	$230,000 – $383,000
28	VP of Mobile	$294,000	$250,000 – $382,000
29	VP of Risk	$294,000	$250,000 – $382,000
30	VP of Data	$294,000	$250,000 – $382,000
31	VP of Information Technology	$294,000	$250,000 – $382,000
32	Senior VP of Design	$292,000	$228,000 – $379,000
33	Chief Machine Learning Officer	$291,000	$227,000 – $378,000
34	CTO	$291,000	$227,000 – $378,000
35	Chief Architect	$291,000	$247,000 – $378,000
36	VP of Technical Support	$291,000	$248,000 – $378,000
37	VP of Security Engineering	$291,000	$248,000 – $378,000
38	VP of Site Reliability Engineering	$291,000	$248,000 – $378,000
39	Chief Technology Officer	$290,000	$215,000 – $379,000
40	VP of Engineering	$288,000	$245,000 – $374,000
41	VP of AI	$288,000	$245,000 – $374,000
42	VP of Finance	$288,000	$245,000 – $374,000
43	Chief Risk Officer	$287,000	$223,000 – $373,000
44	VP of AI Engineering	$285,000	$243,000 – $371,000
45	VP of Data Science	$285,000	$243,000 – $371,000
46	VP of AI Research	$285,000	$243,000 – $371,000
47	VP of Partner Engineering	$285,000	$243,000 – $371,000
48	VP of Support Engineering	$285,000	$243,000 – $371,000
49	VP of Quality	$285,000	$243,000 – $371,000
50	VP of Data Engineering	$282,000	$240,000 – $367,000

Tax considerations

New York State income tax rates reach 10.9%. Albany has no additional city income tax (unlike NYC). The lower cost of living and absence of city tax makes take home pay more competitive than downstate.

Negotiating in Albany

Reference the semiconductor investment corridor. GlobalFoundries and related suppliers are paying nationally competitive rates to attract engineering talent to the Capital Region.

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