Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Buffalo, NY

706 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Buffalo, NY for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Meter Readers, Utilities	$56,860	50	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$56,800	100	View salary detail
Physical Therapist Assistants	$56,630	340	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$56,420	150	View salary detail
Athletic Trainers	$56,410	120	View salary detail
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	$56,160	130	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$55,990	360	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$55,700	400	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	$55,690	330	View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$55,650	630	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$55,420	970	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$55,290	2,110	View salary detail
Curators	$55,290	60	View salary detail
Clergy	$55,070	600	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$55,060	560	View salary detail
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators	$55,020	60	View salary detail
Library Technicians	$54,360	70	View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	$54,340	920	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$54,330	60	View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers	$54,070	50	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$53,980	120	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$53,670	130	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$53,340	750	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$52,900	280	View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$52,730	100	View salary detail
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	$52,680	110	View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	$52,680	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$52,560	3,290	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$52,340	320	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$52,000	350	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$52,000	350	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$52,000	350	View salary detail
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$51,940	70	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$51,610	5,890	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$51,500	2,940	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$51,310	130	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$51,210	1,260	View salary detail
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$51,170	70	View salary detail
Occupational Therapy Assistants	$51,140	200	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$50,620	5,980	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,620	450	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$50,620	2,790	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$50,610	210	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$50,560	60	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$50,540	80	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$50,400	820	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$50,290	540	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$50,220	150	View salary detail
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	$50,160	40	View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides	$50,140	260	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.