The annual salary statistics of environmental engineering technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of environmental engineering technicians 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 | $35,440 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,320 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $50,440 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $60,910 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,360 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for environmental engineering technicians 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 $82,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,440.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of environmental engineering technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $50,440 | -20.90% | 17.49% |
| 2021 | $60,980 | 15.89% | - |
| 2020 | $51,290 | 9.94% | - |
| 2019 | $46,190 | -2.77% | - |
| 2018 | $47,470 | 6.78% | - |
| 2017 | $44,250 | 11.39% | - |
| 2016 | $39,210 | -3.90% | - |
| 2015 | $40,740 | 0.83% | - |
| 2014 | $40,400 | -3.99% | - |
| 2013 | $42,010 | 0.93% | - |
| 2012 | $41,620 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $50,440 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for environmental engineering technicians in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of environmental engineering technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 30.4 percent (30.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Nassau-Suffolk and 43.5 percent (43.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Syracuse | |
| Rochester | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Binghamton | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area |