The annual salary statistics of bartenders in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of bartenders 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 | $27,680 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,190 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,910 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $52,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $68,660 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bartenders 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 $68,660. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,680.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of bartenders from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $33,910 | 16.10% | 46.98% |
| 2021 | $28,450 | 1.37% | - |
| 2020 | $28,060 | 9.80% | - |
| 2019 | $25,310 | 3.63% | - |
| 2018 | $24,390 | 14.06% | - |
| 2017 | $20,960 | 3.72% | - |
| 2016 | $20,180 | 4.41% | - |
| 2015 | $19,290 | 3.58% | - |
| 2014 | $18,600 | 2.74% | - |
| 2013 | $18,090 | 0.61% | - |
| 2012 | $17,980 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,910 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for bartenders in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of bartenders in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 22.1 percent (22.1%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 45.5 percent (45.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.