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Peer support specialist salary in New York

Open peer support specialist jobs in New York post a median of $21.25 an hour, the middle half $19.75–$24 (about $44,200 a year full time), $0.75 below the national posted median. From 30 jobs at 21 employers that state their pay.

$21.25
Median posted /hr
$20–$24
Middle half /hr
$44,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$22.69
BLS median in NY
May 2025

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What peer support specialists 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 30 open jobs in New York. Lowest posted $16, highest $37.97.

Posted on open jobs in New York

$19.75–$24/hr

Middle half of 28 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $21.25. 75% of the 40 open peer support specialist jobs in New York state an hourly rate.

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Peer support specialist 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)
New York$25.25$18.65–$37.974 (4)
Syracuse$22$20–$27.454 (2)
Rochester$19.75$17.25–$20.754 (3)

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.

Peer support specialist pay by employer in New York

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Helio Health$21.50$17–$234
New Directions Youth & Family Services$27.25$19–$352
New View Alliance$27.25$19–$352
Samaritan Daytop Village$25$18.65–$30.222
Children's Home of Wyoming Conference$22$21–$232
East House$19.75$17.25–$20.752
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Rochester$19$18–$20.502
Mount Sinai Health System$31.50$25–$37.971
VNS Health$26.25$26.231
Richmond University Medical Center$25.75$25.13–$26.461
Trinity Health$24$20.49–$27.451
United Health Services (New York)$23.75$19.37–$28.091
ACMH$23.50$23.40–$23.651
NewYork-Presbyterian$23$21–$251
Unity House of Cayuga County$20.75$20–$21.501
Mercy Haven$20.50$20–$211
Ellis Medicine$20.25$16.24–$24.111
Catholic Charities Family and Community Services$19.75$19–$20.501
Arms Acres$19.50$18–$211
Rochester Regional Health$18.50$17.50–$19.651
Whitney M Young Jr Health Center$17$16–$181

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 peer support specialists nationwide when it has such a page.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

7 open jobs in New York state a yearly salary: a median of $45,700, the middle half $45,000 to $48,100.

Best-paid open peer support specialist 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
Social and Human Service Assistants (21-1093)$17.30 (source: BLS OEWS, Social and Human Service Assistants, opens in a new tab)$19.13 (source: BLS OEWS, Social and Human Service Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.69 (source: BLS OEWS, Social and Human Service Assistants, opens in a new tab)$26.99 (source: BLS OEWS, Social and Human Service Assistants, opens in a new tab)$30.98 (source: BLS OEWS, Social and Human Service Assistants, opens in a new tab)40,970 (source: BLS OEWS, Social and Human Service Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Peer support specialist salary in New York: common questions

How much does a peer support specialist make in New York?

Open peer support specialist jobs in New York that state an hourly rate post a median of $21.25, the middle half $19.75–$24 (30 jobs from 21 employers). Full time that is about $44,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $22.69/hr ($47,190 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New York (May 2025).

Where in New York do peer support specialists earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: New York ($25.25), Syracuse ($22) and Rochester ($19.75). The town table lists 3.

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

The posted median in New York ($21.25) is $0.75 below the national posted median of $22. In the BLS survey New York ranks 14 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: 30 of 40 open peer support specialist jobs in New York (75%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Peer support specialist 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: Social and Human Service Assistants (SOC 21-1093), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Social and Human Service Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Social and Human Service Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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

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