The annual salary statistics of graduate teaching assistants in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of graduate teaching assistants 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 | $23,420 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $47,980 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,900 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $78,440 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for graduate teaching assistants 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 $78,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $47,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,420.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of graduate teaching assistants from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $47,980 | 55.02% | 60.69% |
| 2017 | $21,580 | 2.69% | - |
| 2016 | $21,000 | 2.57% | - |
| 2015 | $20,460 | 0.54% | - |
| 2014 | $20,350 | 5.41% | - |
| 2013 | $19,250 | 2.03% | - |
| 2012 | $18,860 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $47,980, Buffalo-Niagara Falls is the second highest paying city for graduate teaching assistants in state of New York, following the highest paying city Rochester (median annual salary of $48,710). Compared with Rochester, the median annual salary of graduate teaching assistants in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 1.5 percent (1.5%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Rochester | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Syracuse | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy |