Pay distribution $56,550 10th $66,290 25th $104,160 75th $135,370 90th
Half of Accountants and Auditors in the Buffalo metro area earn more than $82,120 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $66,290 and $104,160.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $56,550 $66,290 $82,120 $104,160 $135,370 Hourly $27.19 $31.87 $39.48 $50.08 $65.08
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Buffalo metro areathis metro area
$82,120 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $66,290 to $104,160
$102,640 median for New York; middle half earns $79,760 to $134,820
$83,680 median for United States; middle half earns $67,020 to $109,810
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −20% vs New York overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $36,030 $64,587 $93,143 $121,700 Guayama, PR — $36,030 Arecibo, PR — $36,680 Aguadilla, PR — $36,880 Ponce, PR — $37,980 Mayaguez, PR — $38,490 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $44,470 Hot Springs, AR — $59,770 Tallahassee, FL — $61,840 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $62,990 Terre Haute, IN — $63,170 Gadsden, AL — $63,250 Laredo, TX — $63,410 Twin Falls, ID — $63,460 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $64,010 Jefferson City, MO — $64,040 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $64,470 Alexandria, LA — $64,530 Johnson City, TN — $64,710 Lincoln, NE — $65,170 Hattiesburg, MS — $65,320 Pocatello, ID — $65,330 Altoona, PA — $65,690 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $65,810 Eagle Pass, TX — $65,900 Manhattan, KS — $65,900 El Paso, TX — $65,990 Jonesboro, AR — $66,000 Hammond, LA — $66,090 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $66,260 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $66,440 Charleston, WV — $66,560 Mansfield, OH — $67,280 Dothan, AL — $67,330 Las Cruces, NM — $67,470 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $67,480 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $67,600 Lafayette, LA — $67,630 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $67,780 Hinesville, GA — $67,800 Grand Island, NE — $68,090 Enid, OK — $68,710 Columbia, SC — $69,210 Texarkana, TX-AR — $69,440 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $69,670 Johnstown, PA — $69,870 Williamsport, PA — $69,880 Erie, PA — $70,000 Lake Charles, LA — $70,050 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $70,420 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $70,480 Chambersburg, PA — $70,490 St. George, UT — $70,530 Jackson, MS — $70,720 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $70,840 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $71,230 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $71,230 Springfield, OH — $71,420 Sebring, FL — $71,490 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $71,490 Lawton, OK — $71,520 Bowling Green, KY — $71,540 Kankakee, IL — $71,610 Tuscaloosa, AL — $71,690 Morgantown, WV — $71,740 College Station-Bryan, TX — $71,810 Muncie, IN — $71,820 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $71,820 Cleveland, TN — $71,840 San Angelo, TX — $71,950 Jackson, TN — $71,980 Logan, UT-ID — $71,990 Decatur, AL — $72,030 Florence, SC — $72,040 Gettysburg, PA — $72,080 Wheeling, WV-OH — $72,110 Beckley, WV — $72,120 Mobile, AL — $72,130 Canton-Massillon, OH — $72,170 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $72,490 Great Falls, MT — $72,510 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $72,550 Joplin, MO-KS — $72,560 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $72,570 Homosassa Springs, FL — $72,600 Dover, DE — $72,730 Clarksville, TN-KY — $72,760 Santa Fe, NM — $72,780 Morristown, TN — $72,810 Tyler, TX — $72,900 Missoula, MT — $72,920 Lima, OH — $72,980 Springfield, MO — $73,020 State College, PA — $73,040 Baton Rouge, LA — $73,070 Columbia, MO — $73,070 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $73,080 Killeen-Temple, TX — $73,270 Bay City, MI — $73,320 Valdosta, GA — $73,420 Minot, ND — $73,510 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $73,530 Columbus, GA-AL — $73,640 Paducah, KY-IL — $73,650 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $73,730 Jacksonville, NC — $73,740 Monroe, LA — $73,840 Albany, GA — $73,980 Elizabethtown, KY — $74,020 Cheyenne, WY — $74,050 Dubuque, IA — $74,140 Lebanon, PA — $74,190 Victoria, TX — $74,270 Sandusky, OH — $74,360 Ocala, FL — $74,370 Lubbock, TX — $74,390 Idaho Falls, ID — $74,410 Flint, MI — $74,500 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $74,520 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $74,620 Rome, GA — $74,640 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $74,740 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $74,800 Punta Gorda, FL — $74,800 Traverse City, MI — $74,820 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $74,870 Urban Honolulu, HI — $74,990 Goldsboro, NC — $75,000 Montgomery, AL — $75,040 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $75,060 Longview, TX — $75,060 Iowa City, IA — $75,100 Greenville, NC — $75,140 Niles, MI — $75,140 York-Hanover, PA — $75,160 Gainesville, GA — $75,200 Fort Wayne, IN — $75,250 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $75,250 Rockford, IL — $75,260 Knoxville, TN — $75,380 Abilene, TX — $75,410 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $75,480 Reading, PA — $75,550 Corpus Christi, TX — $75,580 Bangor, ME — $75,640 Sherman-Denison, TX — $75,650 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $75,700 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $75,750 Billings, MT — $75,780 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $75,780 Gainesville, FL — $75,820 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $75,860 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $75,900 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $75,940 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $75,980 Battle Creek, MI — $76,030 Wichita Falls, TX — $76,050 Monroe, MI — $76,080 Farmington, NM — $76,100 Lancaster, PA — $76,110 Waco, TX — $76,140 Amarillo, TX — $76,200 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $76,270 El Centro, CA — $76,280 Topeka, KS — $76,280 Salisbury, MD — $76,300 Yuma, AZ — $76,300 Saginaw, MI — $76,310 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $76,320 Tucson, AZ — $76,320 Eau Claire, WI — $76,380 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $76,380 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $76,410 Fargo, ND-MN — $76,420 Bloomington, IL — $76,510 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $76,510 Harrisonburg, VA — $76,530 Bloomington, IN — $76,640 Mankato, MN — $76,660 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $76,680 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $76,680 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $76,680 Boise City, ID — $76,700 Helena, MT — $76,700 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $76,710 Decatur, IL — $76,720 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $76,820 Fond du Lac, WI — $76,860 Grand Junction, CO — $76,870 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $76,870 Bismarck, ND — $76,910 Pittsburgh, PA — $76,940 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $76,960 Rocky Mount, NC — $76,960 Omaha, NE-IA — $77,030 Spartanburg, SC — $77,080 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $77,100 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $77,140 Cedar Rapids, IA — $77,180 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $77,190 Corvallis, OR — $77,200 Roanoke, VA — $77,240 Oklahoma City, OK — $77,280 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $77,300 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $77,300 Bozeman, MT — $77,400 Duluth, MN-WI — $77,400 Toledo, OH — $77,400 Dalton, GA — $77,410 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $77,420 Evansville, IN — $77,440 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $77,470 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $77,490 Kokomo, IN — $77,520 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $77,520 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $77,580 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $77,600 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $77,610 Winchester, VA-WV — $77,660 Chico, CA — $77,680 Wausau, WI — $77,680 Green Bay, WI — $77,720 St. Cloud, MN — $77,720 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $77,740 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $77,770 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $77,780 Lewiston, ID-WA — $77,790 Owensboro, KY — $77,800 Wilmington, NC — $77,920 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $77,940 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $77,940 Flagstaff, AZ — $77,980 Grants Pass, OR — $78,070 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $78,080 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $78,130 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $78,300 Pueblo, CO — $78,340 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $78,430 Sumter, SC — $78,460 Yuba City, CA — $78,530 Akron, OH — $78,540 Fayetteville, NC — $78,560 Warner Robins, GA — $78,560 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $78,630 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $78,630 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $78,650 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $78,650 Birmingham, AL — $78,660 Fresno, CA — $78,690 Columbus, IN — $78,740 Kenosha, WI — $78,840 St. Louis, MO-IL — $78,880 Winston-Salem, NC — $78,950 Lynchburg, VA — $78,990 Redding, CA — $78,990 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $78,990 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $79,030 Lawrence, KS — $79,050 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $79,210 Huntsville, AL — $79,220 Rapid City, SD — $79,270 Wichita, KS — $79,270 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $79,290 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $79,290 Ames, IA — $79,320 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $79,350 Visalia, CA — $79,400 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $79,420 Port St. Lucie, FL — $79,430 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $79,450 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $79,510 Elmira, NY — $79,540 Peoria, IL — $79,540 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $79,620 Portland-South Portland, ME — $79,790 Savannah, GA — $79,790 Utica-Rome, NY — $79,830 Albuquerque, NM — $79,880 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $79,930 Jacksonville, FL — $79,960 Cleveland, OH — $80,000 Ann Arbor, MI — $80,040 Kansas City, MO-KS — $80,040 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $80,170 Odessa, TX — $80,260 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $80,290 Burlington, NC — $80,320 Sheboygan, WI — $80,330 Glens Falls, NY — $80,340 Appleton, WI — $80,360 Asheville, NC — $80,400 Merced, CA — $80,420 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $80,530 Kingston, NY — $80,560 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $80,640 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $80,650 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $80,820 Rochester, NY — $80,890 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $80,920 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $80,920 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $81,090 Madison, WI — $81,130 Medford, OR — $81,210 Tulsa, OK — $81,320 Jackson, MI — $81,470 Charlottesville, VA — $81,530 Columbus, OH — $81,700 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $81,950 Albany, OR — $81,970 Ogden, UT — $82,010 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $82,100 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $82,120 Anchorage, AK — $82,150 Syracuse, NY — $82,230 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $82,360 Reno, NV — $82,370 Yakima, WA — $82,380 Binghamton, NY — $82,500 Fairbanks-College, AK — $82,500 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $82,510 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $82,530 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $82,620 Vineland, NJ — $82,960 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $83,040 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $83,120 Modesto, CA — $83,560 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $83,570 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $83,660 Ithaca, NY — $83,800 Salinas, CA — $83,810 Casper, WY — $83,890 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $83,920 Rochester, MN — $83,960 Richmond, VA — $84,220 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $84,390 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $84,570 Pittsfield, MA — $84,640 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $84,660 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $84,920 Colorado Springs, CO — $85,000 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $85,090 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $85,090 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $85,160 Bellingham, WA — $85,450 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $85,820 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $85,990 Bend, OR — $86,030 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $86,350 Springfield, IL — $86,440 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $86,500 Greeley, CO — $87,240 Salem, OR — $87,480 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $87,770 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $88,160 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $88,250 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $88,900 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $89,340 Walla Walla, WA — $89,630 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $90,340 Lexington Park, MD — $91,240 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $91,610 Midland, MI — $91,790 Springfield, MA — $92,010 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $92,110 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $92,200 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $92,910 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $92,920 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $93,010 Longview-Kelso, WA — $93,130 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $93,280 Carson City, NV — $93,560 Worcester, MA — $94,070 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $94,360 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $94,470 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $94,690 New Haven, CT — $94,960 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $95,020 Vallejo, CA — $95,800 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $95,940 Barnstable Town, MA — $96,110 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $96,340 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $99,370 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $99,550 Napa, CA — $99,640 Boulder, CO — $99,990 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $100,020 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $100,150 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $100,420 Midland, TX — $100,890 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $102,020 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $102,140 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $105,650 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $110,730 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $121,700 Buffalo metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Buffalo metro area has the 83rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 393 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in New York Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for accountants and auditors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Buffalo metro areathis page
$82,120 median for Buffalo metro area; middle half earns $66,290 to $104,160
$105,650 median for New York metro area; middle half earns $82,830 to $137,490
$88,900 median for Kiryas Joel metro area; middle half earns $73,690 to $114,880
$84,660 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $69,790 to $107,030
$83,800 median for Ithaca metro area; middle half earns $72,720 to $100,520
$82,500 median for Binghamton metro area; middle half earns $64,990 to $101,740
$82,230 median for Syracuse metro area; middle half earns $67,920 to $106,100
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .