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File Clerk Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of file clerks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of file clerks 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of File Clerks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$27,460
25th Percentile Wage
$30,780
50th Percentile Wage
$38,350
75th Percentile Wage
$46,920
90th Percentile Wage
$49,750

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for file clerks 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 $49,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $38,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,460.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of file clerks from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$38,350
4.75% 35.49%
2021
$36,530
-3.09% -
2020
$37,660
8.90% -
2019
$34,310
3.00% -
2018
$33,280
11.09% -
2017
$29,590
9.94% -
2016
$26,650
6.45% -
2015
$24,930
4.45% -
2014
$23,820
-3.53% -
2013
$24,660
-0.32% -
2012
$24,740
- -

Table 2. Compare File Clerk Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $38,350 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for file clerks in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of file clerks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 12.4 percent (12.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Kingston and 45.4 percent (45.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Ithaca.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Kingston
$43,760
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$40,460
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$38,690
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$38,350
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$38,090
Syracuse
$37,720
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$37,090
Rochester
$36,830
Utica-Rome
$34,320
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$32,740
Binghamton
$30,160
Nassau-Suffolk
$29,220
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$28,200
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$27,020
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$26,520
Glens Falls
$25,080
Elmira
$23,990
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$23,330
Ithaca
$20,930

See also: Top paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York.