American Express salaries in New York, NY

Based on 472 certified H-1B filings by American Express in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$151,699
Middle 50%$132.5k–$179.2k
vs. all employers here+15%comparison median $131,997
Filings472FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $93,685 and $293,347.
PercentileSalary
10th$119,890
25th$132,464
50th (median)$151,699
75th$179,224
90th$206,487

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $130k $160k FY2020: median $117,117 (195 filings) FY2021: median $122,400 (205 filings) FY2022: median $138,651 (234 filings) FY2023: median $136,081 (174 filings) FY2024: median $140,246 (175 filings) FY2025: median $152,379 (269 filings) FY2026: median $150,966 (203 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 195 filings FY20 FY2021: 205 filings FY21 FY2022: 234 filings FY22 FY2023: 174 filings FY23 FY2024: 175 filings FY24 FY2025: 269 filings FY25 FY2026: 203 filings FY26 269
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$117,117$109,809$135,371195
FY2021$122,400$110,000$132,400205
FY2022$138,651$119,610$159,126234
FY2023$136,081$122,930$159,315174
FY2024$140,246$125,800$166,018175
FY2025$152,379$133,120$180,000269
FY2026$150,966$132,275$177,049203

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Data Scientist$140,000135
Systems Engineer / Architect$154,81851
Software Engineer$168,54047
Financial Manager$186,00443
IT Manager$232,82636
Risk Analyst$141,72934
Statistician$147,15828
Financial Analyst$134,40023
Quantitative Analyst$120,00018
Market Research Analysttoo few7
QA Engineertoo few7
Operations Research Analysttoo few6
Management Consultanttoo few5
Accountanttoo few5
Supply Chain Managertoo few3
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JobMedian hereFilings
Project Managertoo few3
Economisttoo few3
Marketing Managertoo few2
Information Security Analysttoo few2
Data Engineertoo few2
UX Designertoo few2

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in New York, NY.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $169,691 32
Mid-level · Level II $133,386 152
Senior · Level III $153,325 136
Expert · Level IV $180,353 99

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.