The annual salary statistics of psychiatric aides in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of psychiatric aides 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 | $31,030 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $42,370 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $47,160 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for psychiatric aides 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 $50,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,030.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of psychiatric aides from 2012 to 2016.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $42,370 | 1.77% | 3.42% |
| 2015 | $41,620 | 0.67% | - |
| 2014 | $41,340 | -0.46% | - |
| 2013 | $41,530 | 1.47% | - |
| 2012 | $40,920 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,370 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for psychiatric aides in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of psychiatric aides in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 21.3 percent (21.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown and 14.7 percent (14.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Nassau-Suffolk.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Rochester | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Binghamton | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Syracuse | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Nassau-Suffolk |