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Insulation Workers, Mechanical · SOC 47-2132

Insulation Workers, Mechanical Salary in the Buffalo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area

Figures describe the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Buffalo city limits.

Median annual wage$58,310
Median hourly wage$28.04

Insulation Workers, Mechanical in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area earned a median of $58,310 per year ($28.04 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $39,400 at the 10th percentile to $79,180 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Insulation Workers, Mechanical in the Buffalo metro area earn more than $58,310 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,560 and $76,070.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$39,400$48,560$58,310$76,070$79,180
Hourly$18.94$23.35$28.04$36.57$38.07

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.

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How this area compares

  • Buffalo metro areathis metro area
    $58,310
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $59,120
  • United Statesnational
    $58,340

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −1% vs New York overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$45,730$75,973$106,217$136,460Wilmington, NC — $45,730Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,900Casper, WY — $46,190Knoxville, TN — $46,330Columbia, SC — $46,970Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $47,540Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $47,680Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $47,770Lafayette, LA — $47,820Corpus Christi, TX — $47,830Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,960Longview, TX — $47,980Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $48,540Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $48,910San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,920Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,050Florence, SC — $49,070Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,450Richmond, VA — $49,460Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $49,570Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,660Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,800Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,050Jackson, MS — $50,180Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $51,080Baton Rouge, LA — $51,230Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $51,230Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $51,350Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $52,200Odessa, TX — $52,760York-Hanover, PA — $55,380Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $56,080Savannah, GA — $56,350Albuquerque, NM — $56,990Rochester, NY — $57,160Fargo, ND-MN — $57,600Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $58,100Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $58,310Bismarck, ND — $58,480Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $59,740Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $61,660Portland-South Portland, ME — $63,580Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $63,630Akron, OH — $63,660Cleveland, OH — $69,690Kansas City, MO-KS — $69,730New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $70,690Oklahoma City, OK — $74,490Toledo, OH — $74,580Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $74,840Tulsa, OK — $75,030Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $75,490Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $75,910Columbus, OH — $76,590Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $78,350Omaha, NE-IA — $79,060St. Louis, MO-IL — $79,240Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $79,470Pittsburgh, PA — $80,050Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $80,410Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $81,340Syracuse, NY — $82,950Anchorage, AK — $84,410Appleton, WI — $85,580Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $86,310Urban Honolulu, HI — $87,570Reno, NV — $89,600Madison, WI — $91,470Kennewick-Richland, WA — $92,680Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $93,960St. Cloud, MN — $100,520Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $103,690Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $109,360San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $112,280Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $121,870Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $124,090Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $126,750San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $136,460

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 41st-highest published median for this occupation among the 78 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 insulation workers, mechanical, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Buffalo metro areathis page
    $58,310
  • Syracuse metro area
    $82,950
  • New York metro area
    $70,690
  • Albany metro area
    $59,740
  • Rochester metro area
    $57,160

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Construction Laborers$50,620Carpenters$63,500Electricians$77,930First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$82,190Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$72,230Highway Maintenance Workers$51,210

Highest-paying metro areas for insulation workers, mechanicals · Highest-paying occupations in Buffalo Metro

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.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.