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Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerk Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of hotel, motel, and resort desk 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 Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$27,560
25th Percentile Wage
$29,010
50th Percentile Wage
$30,200
75th Percentile Wage
$34,670
90th Percentile Wage
$37,040

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for hotel, motel, and resort desk 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 $37,040. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,200. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,560.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$30,200
5.00% 33.54%
2021
$28,690
10.21% -
2020
$25,760
2.72% -
2019
$25,060
1.88% -
2018
$24,590
2.28% -
2017
$24,030
5.24% -
2016
$22,770
14.45% -
2015
$19,480
4.11% -
2014
$18,680
-1.28% -
2013
$18,920
-6.08% -
2012
$20,070
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Table 2. Compare Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerk Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,200 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 17.3 percent (17.3%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 27.3 percent (27.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$36,500
Kingston
$34,250
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$31,670
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$31,590
Ithaca
$31,130
Syracuse
$30,740
Utica-Rome
$30,350
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$30,200
Glens Falls
$30,160
Watertown-Fort Drum
$30,160
Rochester
$30,100
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,870
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,840
Binghamton
$29,720
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,480
Nassau-Suffolk
$26,200
Elmira
$25,460
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$23,790
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$22,530
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$21,970

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