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Cashier Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of cashiers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of cashiers 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Cashiers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$27,600
25th Percentile Wage
$28,350
50th Percentile Wage
$29,240
75th Percentile Wage
$31,200
90th Percentile Wage
$34,130

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cashiers 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 $34,130. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,600.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cashiers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$29,240
4.14% 37.11%
2021
$28,030
8.56% -
2020
$25,630
4.25% -
2019
$24,540
4.97% -
2018
$23,320
9.39% -
2017
$21,130
6.06% -
2016
$19,850
2.77% -
2015
$19,300
3.26% -
2014
$18,670
1.87% -
2013
$18,320
-0.38% -
2012
$18,390
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Table 2. Compare Cashier Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,240 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for cashiers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of cashiers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 10.2 percent (10.2%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 34.4 percent (34.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$32,550
Ithaca
$30,530
Kingston
$30,360
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$29,970
Glens Falls
$29,550
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,500
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,380
Syracuse
$29,300
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$29,240
Rochester
$29,180
Utica-Rome
$29,160
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,140
Binghamton
$28,960
Watertown-Fort Drum
$28,790
Elmira
$28,750
Nassau-Suffolk
$22,250
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$22,070
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$20,930
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$19,220
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$19,190

See also: Top paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York.