The annual salary statistics of transportation security screeners in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of transportation security screeners 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 | $36,650 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,500 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,680 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $47,240 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,400 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for transportation security screeners 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 $50,400. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,680. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,650.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of transportation security screeners from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $44,680 | 4.05% | 20.57% |
| 2021 | $42,870 | 2.92% | - |
| 2020 | $41,620 | 5.17% | - |
| 2019 | $39,470 | 0.99% | - |
| 2018 | $39,080 | 1.66% | - |
| 2017 | $38,430 | 1.14% | - |
| 2016 | $37,990 | 1.40% | - |
| 2015 | $37,460 | 2.14% | - |
| 2014 | $36,660 | 2.73% | - |
| 2013 | $35,660 | 0.48% | - |
| 2012 | $35,490 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,680 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for transportation security screeners in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of transportation security screeners in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 8.8 percent (8.8%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 11.5 percent (11.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Syracuse | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne |