The annual salary statistics of human resources specialists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of human resources specialists 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 | $38,540 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $82,980 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $106,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for human resources specialists 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 $106,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,540.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of human resources specialists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $64,070 | 2.73% | 12.55% |
| 2021 | $62,320 | -2.47% | - |
| 2020 | $63,860 | 3.01% | - |
| 2019 | $61,940 | 3.08% | - |
| 2018 | $60,030 | 2.27% | - |
| 2017 | $58,670 | 0.85% | - |
| 2016 | $58,170 | 0.93% | - |
| 2015 | $57,630 | 1.23% | - |
| 2014 | $56,920 | 2.60% | - |
| 2013 | $55,440 | -1.06% | - |
| 2012 | $56,030 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,070 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for human resources specialists in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of human resources specialists in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 20.1 percent (20.1%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 7.1 percent (7.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Utica-Rome.