The annual salary statistics of athletic trainers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of athletic trainers 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 | $47,660 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $51,460 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $61,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $82,120 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $104,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for athletic trainers 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 $104,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $61,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,660.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of athletic trainers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $61,110 | 20.54% | 43.38% |
| 2021 | $48,560 | 0.06% | - |
| 2020 | $48,530 | 7.07% | - |
| 2019 | $45,100 | 1.09% | - |
| 2018 | $44,610 | 5.38% | - |
| 2017 | $42,210 | 5.12% | - |
| 2016 | $40,050 | 5.74% | - |
| 2015 | $37,750 | 13.06% | - |
| 2014 | $32,820 | -8.71% | - |
| 2013 | $35,680 | 3.03% | - |
| 2012 | $34,600 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $61,110, Buffalo-Niagara Falls is the second highest paying city for athletic trainers in state of New York, following the highest paying city New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (median annual salary of $64,700). Compared with New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, the median annual salary of athletic trainers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 5.5 percent (5.5%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Syracuse | |
| Rochester | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown |