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Industrial Engineer Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of industrial engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of industrial engineers 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 Industrial Engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$62,650
25th Percentile Wage
$77,230
50th Percentile Wage
$86,260
75th Percentile Wage
$104,460
90th Percentile Wage
$129,600

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial engineers 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 $129,600. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $86,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,650.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of industrial engineers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$86,260
-10.48% 16.75%
2021
$95,300
7.22% -
2020
$88,420
3.22% -
2019
$85,570
3.75% -
2018
$82,360
-0.47% -
2017
$82,750
2.21% -
2016
$80,920
5.03% -
2015
$76,850
1.11% -
2014
$76,000
4.91% -
2013
$72,270
0.64% -
2012
$71,810
- -

Table 2. Compare Industrial Engineer Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $86,260 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for industrial engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of industrial engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 18.8 percent (18.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Ithaca and 13.1 percent (13.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Elmira.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Ithaca
$106,240
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$101,940
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$100,440
Syracuse
$96,640
Rochester
$91,690
Nassau-Suffolk
$91,670
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$86,660
Glens Falls
$86,600
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$86,260
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$85,600
Binghamton
$84,890
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$83,800
Watertown-Fort Drum
$83,150
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$81,800
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$79,890
Kingston
$79,680
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$79,060
Utica-Rome
$78,050
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$77,710
Elmira
$74,950

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