The annual salary statistics of tapers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of tapers 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 | $40,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,300 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,230 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $89,740 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for tapers 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 $89,740. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,230. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,000.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of tapers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $64,230 | 26.76% | 41.73% |
| 2021 | $47,040 | -16.18% | - |
| 2017 | $54,650 | 31.51% | - |
| 2016 | $37,430 | 2.46% | - |
| 2015 | $36,510 | 5.61% | - |
| 2014 | $34,460 | -8.62% | - |
| 2012 | $37,430 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $64,230 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for tapers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of tapers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 36.3 percent (36.3%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 20.9 percent (20.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Syracuse | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Rochester | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown |