Network Technician apprenticeships in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is the 57th-most populous metro in the US. Here is what working as a network technician looks like locally.
KEY FACTS — ALBANY-SCHENECTADY-TROY, NY
Albany: ~65 of 340 (~19%) on the OEWS log-normal baseline · market pressure 4/100 — Very low pressure.
Source: Census ACS 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment).
Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance.
Source: BLS OEWS.
Confidence: low. Composite of projected annual openings, projected growth, and current $100K+ earnings rate. Not a direct vacancy count.
Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.
Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.
A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.
Numerator: OEWS six-figure log-normal estimate (ACS annual-earner count unavailable).
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is one of New York's largest labor markets for network technicians. It is the 57th-largest metro area in the United States by population. This page collects what adults switching into a career as a network technician inside the Albany metro need first: how local pay compares to the state, what the available labor-market data says about six-figure work, and which statewide programs and licensing rules apply locally.
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY network technicians earn a median of $75,290 (BLS OEWS Albany MSA, May 2024). For New York context, statewide pay runs from $25/hr at entry to $41/hr at the state median and $61/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $85K avg salary. The Albany metro is smaller than the state's largest; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.
In the Albany metro, estimated six-figure network technician jobs: ~65 of 340 (~19%). Confidence: high. Log-normal fit residual is within tolerance. Projections Central long-term pressure score: 4/100 (Very low, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 251K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: New York shows ~1.2K of 8.5K (~14%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Projections Central, Census ACS.
Statewide network technician programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the New York programs page; none are flagged as metro-exclusive. Metro program and association references are inherited from sourced state pages unless a metro-exclusive entity is explicitly sourced. Treat them as orientation, not a complete local inventory, and verify current intake details with the statewide source or sponsor before relying. Licensing is set at the state level: New York rules apply in the Albany metro unless a local authority says otherwise. Metro pages use state-level licensing and program context unless a city, county, or sponsor rule is explicitly sourced. Verify current licensing, local add-ons, and sponsor requirements with the official state or local authority before relying. Expect a 60-90 minute drive radius for network technician program sites that pull from the Albany metro; rural applicants commonly enroll through the nearest larger MSA when local employer-sponsored slots are scarce.
NETWORK TECHNICIAN PAY SNAPSHOT — ALBANY-SCHENECTADY-TROY, NY
$75,290 (OEWS MSA-level median)
Source: BLS OEWS MSA cross-industry estimates. Where MSA-level data is suppressed or unpublished we fall back to the state median and label it explicitly.
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