The annual salary statistics of commercial pilots in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of commercial pilots 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 | $62,520 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $83,590 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $102,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $176,810 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $216,880 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial pilots 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 $216,880. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $102,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,520.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial pilots from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $102,260 | 3.15% | -5.47% |
| 2021 | $99,040 | 11.89% | - |
| 2020 | $87,260 | 14.49% | - |
| 2015 | $74,620 | -7.22% | - |
| 2014 | $80,010 | -44.31% | - |
| 2013 | $115,460 | 6.59% | - |
| 2012 | $107,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $102,260 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for commercial pilots in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of commercial pilots in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 40.0 percent (40.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 44.9 percent (44.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Rochester | |
| Syracuse | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Central New York nonmetropolitan area |