Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY metropolitan area. Estimated employment 190.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Kiryas Joel earn more.
$58,320 in Kiryas Joel buys what $53,300 buys across the country as a whole.
Kiryas Joel's regional price parity is 109.4 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in New York
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Kiryas Joel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $65,310 | $58,000 | 112.6 | +8.9% |
| Kiryas Joel This page | $58,320 | $53,300 | 109.4 | — |
| Rochester | $56,080 | $57,800 | 97.0 | +8.4% |
| Buffalo | $52,340 | $54,600 | 95.8 | +2.5% |
| Watertown | $51,490 | $58,700 | 87.7 | +10.2% |
| Ithaca | $51,320 | $49,700 | 103.3 | −6.8% |
| Syracuse | $49,810 | $52,000 | 95.7 | −2.4% |
| Albany | $49,580 | $49,800 | 99.6 | −6.6% |
Price parity and difference against Kiryas Joel are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 190 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-7081, Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors. Mapped to our taxonomy as refuse-and-recyclable-material-collectors.
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