What wages are trending? Which jobs are seeing higher salaries, and which ones are trending downward across the Buffalo-Niagara region?
Hiring 716 has analyzed 2017 wage data from Invest Buffalo Niagara, a regional development and marketing agency. In partnership with the UB Regional Institute, the agency looked at hundreds of occupations and compared the degree of wage changes between 2009-2015.
Below is a breakdown of the 11 occupations with the largest wage trends in either direction.
Top 11 jobs with the greatest positive wage change % in the Buffalo-Niagara region:
| Industry | Occupation | Average Wage | Change % between 2009-2015 |
Architecture & Engineering |
Electro-Mechanical Technicians | $63,100 | 77% |
Arts & Entertainment |
Set & Exhibit Designers |
$49,090 |
66% |
Installation & Maintenance |
Installers & Repairers, Motor Vehicles |
$45,400 |
64% |
Installation & Maintenance |
Motorboat Mechanics & Technicians |
$45, 710 |
56% |
Transportation & Material Moving |
Crane & Tower Operators |
$78,290 |
51% |
Sales |
Demonstrators & Promoters |
$34,260 |
46% |
Healthcare Support |
Massage Therapists |
$41,010 |
42% |
Architecture & Engineering |
Biomedical Engineers |
$98,400 |
37% |
Personal Care & Service |
Concierges |
$35,350 |
36% |
Administrative Support |
Reservation Ticket Agents & Travel Clerks |
$32,280 |
36% |
Installation & Maintenance |
Security Alarm Systems Installers |
$56,870 |
35% |
Top 11 jobs with the largest negative wage change % in the Buffalo-Niagara region:
| Industry | Occupation | Average Wage | Change % between 2009-2015 |
Production
|
Assemblers & Fabricators
|
$22,330 |
-55% |
Education |
Post-secondary Teachers |
$45,790 |
-48% |
Education |
Self-Enrichment Teachers |
$35,490 |
-46% |
Production |
Textile, Apparel & Furnishings Workers |
$29,430 |
-41% |
Education |
Education, Training, & Library Workers |
$25,310 |
-41% |
Arts & Entertainment |
Sound Engineering Technicians |
$37,850 |
-34% |
Production |
Forging Machine Setters, Operators & Tenders |
$27,470 |
-33% |
Construction & Extraction |
Insulation Workers, Mechanical |
$46,820 |
-32% |
Arts & Entertainment |
Broadcast Technicians |
$35,320 |
-31% |
Installation & Maintenance |
Home Appliance Repairers |
$32,370 |
-30% |
Life, Physical & Social Science |
Biochemists & Biophysicists |
$60,390 |
-30% |
