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Residential Advisors pay in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Barnstable Town, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Residential Advisors is $48,890 per year in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. It is $59,140 per year in Barnstable Town, MA. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 17.3% below Barnstable Town, MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-9041 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 370 wage and salary jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and 100 in Barnstable Town, MA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings