Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY are those of emergency medicine physician, with an average annual salary of $226,360. The second highest-paying jobs are those of chief executive, with an average salary of $224,910.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Emergency Medicine Physicians	$226,360	$98,560	310
2	Chief Executives	$224,910	$78,860	220
3	Psychiatrists	$219,210	$75,240	110
4	Nurse Anesthetists	$206,400	$177,950	140
5	Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$204,040	$204,040	250
6	Family Medicine Physicians	$203,640	$130,520	210
7	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$199,260	$175,480	70
8	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$184,350	$96,800	240
9	Neurologists	$174,350	$79,530	90
10	General Dentists	$171,320	$82,220	330
11	General Pediatricians	$170,480	$101,870	130
12	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$168,620	$62,910	420
13	Sales Managers	$161,990	$76,940	1,040
14	Financial Managers	$150,680	$81,370	1,900
15	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$147,950	$101,780	430
16	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$144,560	$97,250	1,130
17	Purchasing Managers	$136,960	$86,270	190
18	Marketing Managers	$135,560	$80,090	760
19	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$134,510	$81,210	190
20	Public Relations Managers	$134,420	$81,760	60
21	Human Resources Managers	$133,440	$81,880	410
22	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$132,840	$73,360	70
23	Training and Development Managers	$132,250	$78,780	70
24	Fundraising Managers	$132,090	$67,130	70
25	Optometrists	$130,630	$78,120	130
26	Podiatrists	$130,590	$72,370	40
27	Nurse Midwives	$130,470	$93,860	30
28	Natural Sciences Managers	$129,990	$80,910	100
29	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$127,010	$84,200	50
30	Industrial Production Managers	$126,150	$73,470	770
31	Pharmacists	$125,770	$36,610	1,430
32	Veterinarians	$125,310	$78,820	480
33	Epidemiologists	$123,430	$49,140	30
34	Medical and Health Services Managers	$122,980	$77,390	1,150
35	Nurse Practitioners	$122,810	$85,690	1,140
36	All Other Managers	$117,710	$62,800	680
37	Database Architects	$112,720	$56,540	140
38	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$109,470	$85,280	60
39	Art Directors	$107,970	$59,870	110
40	Computer Network Architects	$107,960	$71,950	500
41	Physician Assistants	$107,940	$96,150	710
42	Lawyers	$107,600	$59,300	3,280
43	Software Developers	$106,360	$62,910	2,810
44	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$105,550	$80,340	370
45	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$104,980	$56,400	970
46	Information Security Analysts	$104,690	$64,210	350
47	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$104,530	$62,410	310
48	Administrative Services Managers	$103,430	$60,200	510
49	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$103,050	$64,270	310
50	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$102,990	$61,310	130
51	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$102,870	$63,740	190
52	Commercial Pilots	$102,260	$62,520	60
53	Computer Hardware Engineers	$102,180	$62,260	100
54	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$102,090	$46,010	270
55	Biomedical Engineers	$101,780	$45,050	60
56	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$101,360	$64,320	60
57	Facilities Managers	$101,090	$62,890	410
58	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$101,010	$66,890	90
59	Construction Managers	$100,570	$68,230	210
60	Chemical Engineers	$100,210	$68,140	50
61	Materials Engineers	$100,210	$63,580	60
62	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$100,160	$65,210	180
63	Postsecondary Chemistry Teachers	$100,160	$47,730	110
64	Engineers, All Other	$99,860	$62,020	320
65	Actuaries	$99,190	$63,980	70
66	Postsecondary Physics Teachers	$99,040	$40,250	70
67	Project Management Specialists	$99,010	$59,400	2,640
68	Electrical Engineers	$98,930	$65,240	480
69	Elevator Installers and Repairers	$97,830	$45,330	210
70	Air Traffic Controllers	$97,410	$71,030	50
71	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$97,240	$31,620	420
72	Other Postsecondary Social Sciences Teachers	$96,620	$30,730	180
73	Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representatives	$96,600	$46,250	500
74	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$95,710	$59,170	670
75	Labor Relations Specialists	$95,590	$49,650	540
76	Data Scientists	$94,690	$48,610	390
77	Other Psychologists	$94,400	$24,580	50
78	General and Operations Managers	$94,270	$45,130	11,670
79	Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$90,730	$50,910	110
80	Other Biological Scientists	$89,460	$60,560	130
81	Crane and Tower Operators	$89,070	$48,270	110
82	Computer Systems Analysts	$87,250	$52,000	1,040
83	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$87,110	$77,810	40
84	Social Scientists and Related Workers	$87,110	$58,460	90
85	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$86,940	$59,550	970
86	Credit Analysts	$86,470	$61,280	400
87	Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	$86,440	$38,240	50
88	Sales Engineers	$86,350	$58,720	160
89	Industrial Engineers	$86,260	$62,650	1,790
90	Legislators	$85,890	$38,280	220
91	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$85,420	$72,840	60
92	Audiologists	$85,320	$59,370	120
93	Computer Programmers	$85,280	$63,310	610
94	Compliance Officers	$85,240	$47,180	1,910
95	Aerospace Engineers	$85,050	$62,800	50
96	Commercial and Industrial Designers	$84,750	$46,690	130
97	Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers	$84,720	$31,530	210
98	Statisticians	$84,590	$64,210	80
99	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$83,920	$61,290	320
100	Mechanical Engineers	$83,660	$59,790	750

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$207,230
2	Family Medicine Physicians	$203,640
3	Podiatrists	$194,000
4	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$171,060
5	Neurologists	$166,590
6	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$154,730
7	Marketing Managers	$151,730
8	Financial Managers	$146,720
9	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$142,960
10	Fundraising Managers	$141,460

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$199,260
2	General Dentists	$198,720
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$194,670
4	Chief Executives	$182,590
5	Nurse Anesthetists	$174,020
6	Podiatrists	$169,590
7	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$163,960
8	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$163,700
9	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	$162,960
10	General Pediatricians	$153,000

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$199,550
2	General Dentists	$197,720
3	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$193,040
4	Physicists	$181,670
5	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$166,100
6	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$164,270
7	Podiatrists	$162,870
8	Nurse Anesthetists	$159,080
9	Chief Executives	$158,550
10	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons	$157,630

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