Compared with the local labor market
Assistant Mechanical Engineer pay vs. the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area
Across all employers in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, the median wage for Mechanical Engineers — about 6,960 people — is $109,990. New York City Housing Authority pays a median base salary of $82,823 for this role, 25% below that figure — about the 14th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where New York City Housing Authority sits in the local pay range
$79,520
$92,180
$109,990
$137,060
$165,010
New York City Housing Authority median · $82,823
The bar is the range of annual wages for Mechanical Engineers across every employer in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows New York City Housing Authority’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Mechanical Engineers — about 296,810 people — is $104,110. New York City Housing Authority’s median base salary is 20% below that national figure, about the 23rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$73,990
$84,130
$104,110
$132,590
$164,340
New York City Housing Authority median · $82,823
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at New York City Housing Authority is $83,341, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.