The annual salary statistics of highway maintenance workers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of highway maintenance workers 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 | $38,680 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,500 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,730 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $65,440 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for highway maintenance workers 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 $65,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,680.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of highway maintenance workers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $49,500 | 3.11% | 13.94% |
| 2021 | $47,960 | -0.90% | - |
| 2020 | $48,390 | 1.80% | - |
| 2019 | $47,520 | 2.67% | - |
| 2018 | $46,250 | 0.67% | - |
| 2017 | $45,940 | 0.87% | - |
| 2016 | $45,540 | 4.35% | - |
| 2015 | $43,560 | 0.71% | - |
| 2014 | $43,250 | 1.83% | - |
| 2013 | $42,460 | -0.33% | - |
| 2012 | $42,600 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,500 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for highway maintenance workers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of highway maintenance workers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 15.4 percent (15.4%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 21.4 percent (21.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.