Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officer Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$85,280
25th Percentile Wage
$99,730
50th Percentile Wage
$109,470
75th Percentile Wage
$112,790
90th Percentile Wage
$143,760

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $143,760. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $109,470. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $85,280.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$109,470
6.32% 20.23%
2021
$102,550
1.13% -
2020
$101,390
-4.38% -
2019
$105,830
7.71% -
2018
$97,670
6.37% -
2017
$91,450
1.68% -
2016
$89,910
-1.88% -
2015
$91,600
1.34% -
2014
$90,370
2.67% -
2013
$87,960
0.73% -
2012
$87,320
- -

Table 2. Compare Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officer Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $109,470 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is .9 percent (.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy and 18.7 percent (18.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$110,480
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$109,680
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$109,470
Syracuse
$102,550
Nassau-Suffolk
$89,260
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$88,960

See also: Top paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York.