The annual salary statistics of food servers, nonrestaurant in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food servers, nonrestaurant 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 | $27,460 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $28,620 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $34,170 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $38,270 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food servers, nonrestaurant 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 $38,270. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,460.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food servers, nonrestaurant from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $30,110 | 4.65% | 27.40% |
| 2021 | $28,710 | 8.92% | - |
| 2020 | $26,150 | 0.61% | - |
| 2019 | $25,990 | 4.62% | - |
| 2018 | $24,790 | 4.68% | - |
| 2017 | $23,630 | 1.90% | - |
| 2016 | $23,180 | -1.12% | - |
| 2015 | $23,440 | -3.33% | - |
| 2014 | $24,220 | 7.60% | - |
| 2013 | $22,380 | 2.32% | - |
| 2012 | $21,860 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,110 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for food servers, nonrestaurant in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of food servers, nonrestaurant in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 19.7 percent (19.7%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 36.2 percent (36.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.