The annual salary statistics of computer hardware engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of computer hardware 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 | $62,260 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $78,530 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $102,180 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $129,190 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $153,550 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for computer hardware 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 $153,550. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $102,180. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,260.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of computer hardware engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $102,180 | 2.61% | 8.92% |
| 2021 | $99,510 | -29.75% | - |
| 2017 | $129,110 | 0.38% | - |
| 2016 | $128,620 | 21.00% | - |
| 2014 | $101,610 | 4.02% | - |
| 2013 | $97,530 | 4.57% | - |
| 2012 | $93,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $102,180 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for computer hardware engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of computer hardware engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 23.1 percent (23.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Binghamton and 7.2 percent (7.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Binghamton | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Syracuse | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| Rochester | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne |