The annual salary statistics of physician assistants in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of physician assistants 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 | $96,150 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $103,740 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $107,940 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $129,550 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $141,450 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physician assistants 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 $141,450. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $107,940. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $96,150.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physician assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $107,940 | 5.02% | 20.33% |
| 2021 | $102,520 | -5.04% | - |
| 2020 | $107,690 | 4.90% | - |
| 2019 | $102,410 | 4.03% | - |
| 2018 | $98,280 | 3.09% | - |
| 2017 | $95,240 | -0.88% | - |
| 2016 | $96,080 | 2.89% | - |
| 2015 | $93,300 | 1.71% | - |
| 2014 | $91,700 | 3.73% | - |
| 2013 | $88,280 | 2.58% | - |
| 2012 | $86,000 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $107,940 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for physician assistants in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of physician assistants in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 20.0 percent (20.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 8.8 percent (8.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.