The annual salary statistics of traffic technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of traffic technicians 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 | $30,970 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,970 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $51,120 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,280 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $78,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for traffic technicians 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 $78,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,120. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,970.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of traffic technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $51,120 | -35.35% | -25.51% |
| 2019 | $69,190 | 6.08% | - |
| 2018 | $64,980 | 1.26% | - |
| 2017 | $64,160 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $64,160 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $51,120 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for traffic technicians in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of traffic technicians in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 25.4 percent (25.4%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 20.1 percent (20.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Rochester.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Rochester |