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Direct support professional salary in New York

Open direct support professional jobs in New York post a median of $19.50 an hour, the middle half $19–$21 (about $40,600 a year full time), $0.50 above the national posted median. From 168 jobs at 26 employers that state their pay.

$19.50
Median posted /hr
$19–$21
Middle half /hr
$40,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$19.05
BLS median in NY
May 2025

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What direct support professionals are paid in New York

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 168 open jobs in New York. Lowest posted $16.75, highest $34.41.

Posted on open jobs in New York

$19–$21/hr

Middle half of 68 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $19.50. 88% of the 190 open direct support professional jobs in New York state an hourly rate.

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Direct support professional pay by town in New York

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Brooklyn$19.50$17.50–$27.2534 (5)
Bronx$19.50$18.43–$27.2519 (4)
New York$19.75$17.46–$27.2515 (4)
Schenectady$22$17.75–$25.508 (3)
Poughkeepsie$19.50$18.12–$20.837 (2)
Staten Island$20.50$19.54–$27.256 (3)
Albany$19.50$17.75–$24.146 (3)
Newark$19$17.57–$22.256 (1)
Penn Yan$18.50$16.75–$19.756 (3)
Queens$19.50$17.50–$205 (4)
Middletown$19$17.25–$225 (2)
Auburn$18.50$17.92–$20.505 (2)
Rochester$20.50$19.25–$21.504 (2)
Syracuse$20.50$19.50–$214 (1)
Canandaigua$19.50$18.54–$20.544 (1)
Norwood$19$18.904 (2)
Utica$18.50$17.50–$204 (1)
Guilderland$21$18.88–$24.143 (1)
Cohoes$19$17.75–$24.143 (2)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Direct support professional pay by employer in New York

What each employer posts for direct support professionals here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
The New York Foundling$19.50$18.23–$21.5451
Mozaic$18.25$16.75–$18.9610
ADAPT Community Network$21.50$17.46–$27.259
The Arc Ontario$19.50$18.54–$20.549
Cardinal McCloskey Community Services$17.75$17.46–$20.968
The Center for Family Support$20$18.43–$217
Abilities First$19.50$18.12–$20.837
The Arc Oneida-Lewis$18.50$17.50–$207
Liberty ARC$22.75$19.50–$31.326
Arc of Onondaga$20.25$19.50–$216
The Arc Wayne (Previously Wayne ARC)$18$17.57–$22.256
Center for Disability Services$19.50$18.50–$24.145
ADAPT of Hudson Valley$17.75$17.25–$225
Mercy Home for Children$17.50$17.505
Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country$19$18.904
Living Resources$19$17.75–$20.754
United Cerebral Palsy Assoc. of the North Country$19$18.904
Services for the Underserved$19.50$19–$203
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health$20.75$20–$21.402
Catholic Charities Family and Community Services$20.50$19.25–$21.502
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester$20.50$19.25–$21.502
Unity House of Cayuga County$19.75$19–$20.502
Catholic Health (Long Island)$34.50$34.411
Achieve Ny$21$20–$21.751
Lexington ARC$20$19.35–$20.501
Mental Health Association$20$201

Median of each employer's jobs in New York (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for direct support professionals nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift direct support professional pay in New York

Where one employer posts both night and other direct support professional jobs in the same state (6 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
The Arc Ontario, NY$19.50 (2)$19.25 (7)
The Arc Wayne (Previously Wayne ARC), NY$20 (1)$18 (5)
Mercy Home for Children, NY$17.50 (1)$17.50 (4)
Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country, NY$19 (1)$19 (3)
United Cerebral Palsy Assoc. of the North Country, NY$19 (1)$19 (3)
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, NY$20.75 (1)$20.75 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open direct support professional jobs in New York

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in New York

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, New York. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120)$17.77 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$18.59 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$19.05 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$21.05 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$22.45 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)663,140 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Direct support professional salary in New York: common questions

How much does a direct support professional make in New York?

Open direct support professional jobs in New York that state an hourly rate post a median of $19.50, the middle half $19–$21 (168 jobs from 26 employers). Full time that is about $40,600 a year. BLS measured a median of $19.05/hr ($39,620 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New York (May 2025).

Where in New York do direct support professionals earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Brooklyn ($19.50), Bronx ($19.50), New York ($19.75) and Schenectady ($22). The town table lists 19.

Which employers in New York pay direct support professionals the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Liberty ARC ($22.75), ADAPT Community Network ($21.50) and Arc of Onondaga ($20.25).

How does New York compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in New York ($19.50) is $0.50 above the national posted median of $19. In the BLS survey New York ranks 8 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 168 of 190 open direct support professional jobs in New York (88%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Direct support professional pay in other states

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional salary in New York. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/direct-support-professional/new-york

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