The annual salary statistics of civil engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of civil 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 | $61,560 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $70,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,130 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $104,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $125,690 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil 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 $125,690. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,130. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $61,560.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $81,130 | 2.45% | 7.42% |
| 2021 | $79,140 | -7.34% | - |
| 2020 | $84,950 | 0.46% | - |
| 2019 | $84,560 | -1.61% | - |
| 2018 | $85,920 | 4.34% | - |
| 2017 | $82,190 | 1.69% | - |
| 2016 | $80,800 | 2.19% | - |
| 2015 | $79,030 | -0.58% | - |
| 2014 | $79,490 | 5.43% | - |
| 2013 | $75,170 | 0.08% | - |
| 2012 | $75,110 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,130 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for civil engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 20.5 percent (20.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy and 16.1 percent (16.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.