The annual salary statistics of court reporters in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of court reporters 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 | $27,100 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,970 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,520 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $86,090 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $107,510 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for court reporters 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 $107,510. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,520. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,100.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of court reporters from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $58,520 | -5.52% | -16.95% |
| 2017 | $61,750 | 5.05% | - |
| 2016 | $58,630 | -41.09% | - |
| 2015 | $82,720 | -5.21% | - |
| 2014 | $87,030 | -1.78% | - |
| 2013 | $88,580 | 22.74% | - |
| 2012 | $68,440 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,520 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for court reporters in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of court reporters in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 41.9 percent (41.9%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 49.6 percent (49.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Albany-Schenectady-Troy.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Rochester | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy |