The annual salary statistics of art directors in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of art directors 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $59,870 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $73,630 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $107,970 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $143,250 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $161,860 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for art directors 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 $161,860. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $107,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $59,870.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of art directors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $107,970 | 22.11% | 22.13% |
| 2021 | $84,100 | 30.10% | - |
| 2020 | $58,790 | -3.66% | - |
| 2019 | $60,940 | -0.07% | - |
| 2018 | $60,980 | 19.25% | - |
| 2016 | $49,240 | -11.49% | - |
| 2015 | $54,900 | -10.42% | - |
| 2014 | $60,620 | -42.96% | - |
| 2013 | $86,660 | 2.98% | - |
| 2012 | $84,080 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $107,970 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for art directors in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of art directors in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 24.2 percent (24.2%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 38.1 percent (38.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Utica-Rome.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Syracuse | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Rochester | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Utica-Rome |