The annual salary statistics of broadcast technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of broadcast technicians 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 | $27,730 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,210 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $68,920 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $113,150 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $113,150 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for broadcast technicians 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 $113,150. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $68,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,730.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of broadcast technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $68,920 | -6.96% | 65.29% |
| 2021 | $73,720 | 42.57% | - |
| 2020 | $42,340 | 21.16% | - |
| 2019 | $33,380 | -2.31% | - |
| 2017 | $34,150 | 3.92% | - |
| 2016 | $32,810 | 3.14% | - |
| 2015 | $31,780 | -14.16% | - |
| 2014 | $36,280 | 11.93% | - |
| 2013 | $31,950 | 25.13% | - |
| 2012 | $23,920 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $68,920, Buffalo-Niagara Falls is the second highest paying city for broadcast technicians in state of New York, following the highest paying city New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (median annual salary of $78,150). Compared with New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, the median annual salary of broadcast technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 11.8 percent (11.8%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Rochester | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Syracuse | |
| Binghamton | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area |