The annual salary statistics of biomedical engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of biomedical engineers 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 | $45,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $73,700 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $101,780 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $114,690 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $173,770 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for biomedical engineers 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 $173,770. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $101,780. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $45,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of biomedical engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $101,780 | 21.75% | 26.86% |
| 2021 | $79,640 | -0.63% | - |
| 2020 | $80,140 | 4.09% | - |
| 2016 | $76,860 | -12.63% | - |
| 2015 | $86,570 | -2.73% | - |
| 2014 | $88,930 | 0.56% | - |
| 2013 | $88,430 | 15.82% | - |
| 2012 | $74,440 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $101,780 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for biomedical engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of biomedical engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 4.2 percent (4.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy and 12.6 percent (12.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Syracuse | |
| Rochester | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne |