The annual salary statistics of curators in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of curators 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 | $38,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $42,810 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $50,720 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $65,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $101,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for curators 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 $101,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,720. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,620.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of curators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $50,720 | 1.01% | 23.60% |
| 2021 | $50,210 | 26.25% | - |
| 2016 | $37,030 | 18.34% | - |
| 2015 | $30,240 | -7.90% | - |
| 2014 | $32,630 | -10.21% | - |
| 2013 | $35,960 | -7.76% | - |
| 2012 | $38,750 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $50,720 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for curators in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of curators in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 38.8 percent (38.8%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 35.2 percent (35.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.