The annual salary statistics of pipelayers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of pipelayers 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 | $52,180 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,690 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $61,490 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $61,490 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $63,750 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pipelayers 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 $63,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $61,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $52,180.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pipelayers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $61,490 | 39.55% | 23.52% |
| 2020 | $37,170 | 3.34% | - |
| 2019 | $35,930 | -0.19% | - |
| 2018 | $36,000 | -56.44% | - |
| 2017 | $56,320 | 3.71% | - |
| 2016 | $54,230 | 13.94% | - |
| 2015 | $46,670 | -9.11% | - |
| 2014 | $50,920 | 8.21% | - |
| 2013 | $46,740 | -0.62% | - |
| 2012 | $47,030 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $61,490 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for pipelayers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of pipelayers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 23.5 percent (23.5%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 40.7 percent (40.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Binghamton | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Rochester | |
| Syracuse | |
| Central New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne |