The annual salary statistics of firefighters in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of firefighters 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 | $51,850 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $55,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,040 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,800 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $90,380 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for firefighters 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 $90,380. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,040. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,850.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of firefighters from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $64,040 | -0.80% | 16.90% |
| 2021 | $64,550 | -4.29% | - |
| 2020 | $67,320 | 0.16% | - |
| 2019 | $67,210 | 3.97% | - |
| 2018 | $64,540 | -8.06% | - |
| 2017 | $69,740 | 2.72% | - |
| 2016 | $67,840 | 2.74% | - |
| 2015 | $65,980 | 17.54% | - |
| 2014 | $54,410 | 2.50% | - |
| 2013 | $53,050 | -0.32% | - |
| 2012 | $53,220 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,040 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for firefighters in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of firefighters in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 25.6 percent (25.6%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 9.9 percent (9.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area.