The annual salary statistics of sales engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of sales engineers 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 | $58,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,950 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $86,350 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $106,360 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $130,780 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sales engineers 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 $130,780. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $86,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $58,720.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sales engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $86,350 | 5.45% | 15.80% |
| 2021 | $81,640 | -0.53% | - |
| 2020 | $82,070 | -1.02% | - |
| 2019 | $82,910 | -4.73% | - |
| 2018 | $86,830 | 4.88% | - |
| 2017 | $82,590 | 7.97% | - |
| 2016 | $76,010 | 1.71% | - |
| 2015 | $74,710 | 0.92% | - |
| 2014 | $74,020 | -8.54% | - |
| 2013 | $80,340 | 9.50% | - |
| 2012 | $72,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $86,350 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for sales engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of sales engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 33.8 percent (33.8%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 19.4 percent (19.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area.