The annual salary statistics of travel agents in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of travel agents 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 | $28,210 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,000 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $39,480 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $47,160 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $57,780 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for travel agents 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 $57,780. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,480. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,210.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of travel agents from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $39,480 | 7.90% | 21.71% |
| 2021 | $36,360 | 24.78% | - |
| 2020 | $27,350 | 5.01% | - |
| 2019 | $25,980 | -20.82% | - |
| 2018 | $31,390 | 0.32% | - |
| 2017 | $31,290 | 0.83% | - |
| 2016 | $31,030 | 3.51% | - |
| 2015 | $29,940 | -3.81% | - |
| 2014 | $31,080 | -2.77% | - |
| 2013 | $31,940 | 3.22% | - |
| 2012 | $30,910 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,480 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for travel agents in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of travel agents in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 18.2 percent (18.2%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 34.7 percent (34.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Rochester | |
| Syracuse | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Ithaca | |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area |