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Office Clerk, General Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of office clerks, general in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of office clerks, general 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 Office Clerks, General in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$28,810
25th Percentile Wage
$31,670
50th Percentile Wage
$39,220
75th Percentile Wage
$47,170
90th Percentile Wage
$54,900

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for office clerks, general 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 $54,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,220. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,810.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of office clerks, general from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$39,220
5.23% 38.04%
2021
$37,170
9.17% -
2020
$33,760
2.43% -
2019
$32,940
4.68% -
2018
$31,400
4.81% -
2017
$29,890
3.68% -
2016
$28,790
3.82% -
2015
$27,690
6.14% -
2014
$25,990
5.66% -
2013
$24,520
0.90% -
2012
$24,300
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Table 2. Compare Office Clerk, General Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $39,220, Buffalo-Niagara Falls is the second highest paying city for office clerks, general in state of New York, following the highest paying city New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island (median annual salary of $42,450). Compared with New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, the median annual salary of office clerks, general in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 7.6 percent (7.6%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$42,450
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$39,220
Ithaca
$38,880
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$38,710
Rochester
$38,240
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,880
Kingston
$37,810
Glens Falls
$37,800
Utica-Rome
$37,570
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,280
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$36,860
Syracuse
$36,800
Elmira
$36,420
Binghamton
$36,380
Watertown-Fort Drum
$36,320
Nassau-Suffolk
$32,070
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$31,290
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$30,740
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$27,760
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$26,780

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