The annual salary statistics of postal service clerks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of postal service clerks 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 | $39,770 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $56,200 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $68,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $68,310 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postal service clerks 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 $68,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,200. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,770.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postal service clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $56,200 | 6.96% | 5.52% |
| 2021 | $52,290 | 4.07% | - |
| 2020 | $50,160 | 4.01% | - |
| 2019 | $48,150 | 3.45% | - |
| 2018 | $46,490 | 6.73% | - |
| 2017 | $43,360 | -30.97% | - |
| 2016 | $56,790 | 0.00% | - |
| 2015 | $56,790 | 2.11% | - |
| 2014 | $55,590 | 3.15% | - |
| 2013 | $53,840 | 1.37% | - |
| 2012 | $53,100 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $56,200 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for postal service clerks in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of postal service clerks in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 4.0 percent (4.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Nassau-Suffolk and 23.3 percent (23.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.