The annual salary statistics of ship engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of ship 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 | $36,350 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $74,370 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,780 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $92,930 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $138,260 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for ship 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 $138,260. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,780. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,350.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of ship engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $81,780 | -2.04% | 10.19% |
| 2021 | $83,450 | 20.12% | - |
| 2018 | $66,660 | -14.00% | - |
| 2017 | $75,990 | 3.34% | - |
| 2016 | $73,450 | -11.49% | - |
| 2015 | $81,890 | 10.31% | - |
| 2012 | $73,450 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,780 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for ship engineers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of ship engineers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 23.3 percent (23.3%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 18.4 percent (18.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Nassau-Suffolk.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Nassau-Suffolk |