The median income of Rensselaer County residents was $36,310 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 64,906 households with a population of 159,185.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was New York County with $50,985 per year after adjusting for inflation – $14,675 more than Rensselaer County. It had 759,460 households with a population of 1,631,993.
The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Bronx County with $22,232 per year after adjusting for inflation – $14,078 less than Rensselaer County. It had 503,829 households with a population of 1,435,068.
New York counties by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York County | $50,985 |
| 2 | Nassau County | $45,285 |
| 3 | Westchester County | $42,615 |
| 4 | Putnam County | $42,440 |
| 5 | Saratoga County | $41,391 |
| 6 | Suffolk County | $41,227 |
| 7 | Richmond County | $39,777 |
| 8 | Rockland County | $39,095 |
| 9 | Rensselaer County | $36,310 |
| 10 | Dutchess County | $35,996 |
| 11 | Orange County | $35,300 |
| 12 | Albany County | $34,723 |
| 13 | Ontario County | $33,098 |
| 14 | Columbia County | $33,048 |
| 15 | Onondaga County | $32,772 |
| 16 | Warren County | $32,238 |
| 17 | Schenectady County | $31,997 |
| 18 | Queens County | $31,992 |
| 19 | Erie County | $31,856 |
| 20 | Ulster County | $31,547 |
| 21 | Tioga County | $31,430 |
| 22 | Monroe County | $31,426 |
| 23 | Wyoming County | $31,415 |
| 24 | Kings County | $31,406 |
| 25 | Genesee County | $30,771 |
| 26 | Cayuga County | $30,756 |
| 27 | Niagara County | $30,704 |
| 28 | Wayne County | $30,575 |
| 29 | Madison County | $30,568 |
| 30 | Oneida County | $30,286 |
| 31 | Essex County | $30,096 |
| 32 | Schoharie County | $30,092 |
| 33 | Livingston County | $29,939 |
| 34 | Sullivan County | $29,887 |
| 35 | Seneca County | $29,451 |
| 36 | Lewis County | $29,392 |
| 37 | Washington County | $29,231 |
| 38 | Clinton County | $29,129 |
| 39 | Chemung County | $28,854 |
| 40 | Franklin County | $28,799 |
| 41 | Steuben County | $28,431 |
| 42 | Orleans County | $28,415 |
| 43 | Greene County | $28,253 |
| 44 | Herkimer County | $28,005 |
| 45 | Fulton County | $27,934 |
| 46 | Oswego County | $27,878 |
| 47 | Jefferson County | $27,607 |
| 48 | Tompkins County | $27,572 |
| 49 | Chenango County | $27,495 |
| 50 | Montgomery County | $26,952 |
| 51 | Broome County | $26,593 |
| 52 | Cattaraugus County | $26,389 |
| 53 | Cortland County | $26,380 |
| 54 | Yates County | $26,361 |
| 55 | Delaware County | $26,032 |
| 56 | St. Lawrence County | $25,915 |
| 57 | Otsego County | $25,415 |
| 58 | Schuyler County | $25,365 |
| 59 | Chautauqua County | $25,114 |
| 60 | Allegany County | $23,709 |
| 61 | Hamilton County | $23,364 |
| 62 | Bronx County | $22,232 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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