The annual salary statistics of interior designers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of interior designers 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 | $34,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,340 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $57,680 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,020 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $102,640 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for interior designers 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 $102,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,680. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of interior designers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $57,680 | 3.50% | 27.57% |
| 2021 | $55,660 | 11.68% | - |
| 2020 | $49,160 | -34.83% | - |
| 2019 | $66,280 | 39.59% | - |
| 2018 | $40,040 | 2.32% | - |
| 2017 | $39,110 | 1.84% | - |
| 2016 | $38,390 | 3.65% | - |
| 2015 | $36,990 | -5.70% | - |
| 2014 | $39,100 | -3.25% | - |
| 2013 | $40,370 | -3.49% | - |
| 2012 | $41,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $57,680 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for interior designers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of interior designers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 21.8 percent (21.8%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 27.8 percent (27.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Syracuse | |
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Rochester | |
| Binghamton | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown |