Environmental Engineers Salary — Buffalo, New York

The average Environmental Engineers in Buffalo, New York earns $100,530 a year.

$100,530 / year, mean
↓ 12.0% below national average 50th percentile in New York

Buffalo sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within New York — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for environmental engineers, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within New York

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
260
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.3%
Cost of living 96 #92 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2005 #101 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $288,316 #110 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $70,572 #104 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Buffalo ranks #92 for cost of living and #110 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Kennewick $140,210 Vallejo $140,040 Santa Rosa $138,740 Beaumont $135,550 Midland $135,520 San Francisco $135,420 Redding $134,930 Houston $130,850 Sacramento $130,750 San Jose $130,260 Seattle $129,200 Corpus Christi $126,630 Santa Cruz $126,480 Portland $125,470 Dallas $125,330 San Antonio $125,080 Stockton $124,800 Los Angeles $124,760 Salinas $122,350 San Luis Obispo $121,700 Fort Myers $121,630 Santa Maria $120,570 Riverside $118,700 Chicago $118,370 Bremerton $118,210 Oxnard $118,210 New York $117,950 Bakersfield $117,700 Fresno $117,250 San Diego $116,740 Lexington $115,690 Jacksonville $115,610 Detroit $114,290 Philadelphia $114,220 Louisville $113,580 Austin $113,460 Tallahassee $113,090 Gainesville $110,140 Palm Bay $109,520 York $109,330 Ann Arbor $109,060 Olympia $108,680 Sarasota $108,630 Miami $108,490 Spokane $108,330 Richmond $107,910 Virginia Beach $107,910 Pittsburgh $107,410 Grand Rapids $106,040 Evansville $105,620 Allentown $105,160 Kiryas Joel $103,940 Albany $102,620 Rochester $102,430 Pensacola $102,320 Baltimore $100,710 Buffalo $100,530 Binghamton $99,870 Syracuse $98,730 Springfield $98,040 Trenton $97,520 Utica $97,340 Lansing $95,930 Indianapolis $95,610 Orlando $95,580 Harrisburg $94,890 Dover $94,840 Scranton $83,610
CityMean salaryvs. Buffalo
Albany, New York$102,620+2.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$105,160+4.6%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$109,060+8.5%
Austin, Texas$113,460+12.9%
Bakersfield, California$117,700+17.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$100,710+0.2%
Beaumont, Texas$135,550+34.8%
Binghamton, New York$99,870-0.7%
Bremerton, Washington$118,210+17.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$121,630+21.0%
Chicago, Illinois$118,370+17.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$126,630+26.0%
Dallas, Texas$125,330+24.7%
Detroit, Michigan$114,290+13.7%
Dover, Delaware$94,840-5.7%
Evansville, Indiana$105,620+5.1%
Fresno, California$117,250+16.6%
Gainesville, Florida$110,140+9.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$106,040+5.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$94,890-5.6%
Houston, Texas$130,850+30.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$95,610-4.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$115,610+15.0%
Kennewick, Washington$140,210+39.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$103,940+3.4%
Lansing, Michigan$95,930-4.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$115,690+15.1%
Los Angeles, California$124,760+24.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$113,580+13.0%
Miami, Florida$108,490+7.9%
Midland, Texas$135,520+34.8%
New York, New York$117,950+17.3%
Sarasota, Florida$108,630+8.1%
Olympia, Washington$108,680+8.1%
Orlando, Florida$95,580-4.9%
Oxnard, California$118,210+17.6%
Palm Bay, Florida$109,520+8.9%
Pensacola, Florida$102,320+1.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$114,220+13.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$107,410+6.8%
Portland, Oregon$125,470+24.8%
Redding, California$134,930+34.2%
Richmond, Virginia$107,910+7.3%
Riverside, California$118,700+18.1%
Rochester, New York$102,430+1.9%
Sacramento, California$130,750+30.1%
Salinas, California$122,350+21.7%
San Antonio, Texas$125,080+24.4%
San Diego, California$116,740+16.1%
San Francisco, California$135,420+34.7%
San Jose, California$130,260+29.6%
San Luis Obispo, California$121,700+21.1%
Santa Cruz, California$126,480+25.8%
Santa Maria, California$120,570+19.9%
Santa Rosa, California$138,740+38.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$83,610-16.8%
Seattle, Washington$129,200+28.5%
Spokane, Washington$108,330+7.8%
Springfield, Illinois$98,040-2.5%
Stockton, California$124,800+24.1%
Syracuse, New York$98,730-1.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$113,090+12.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$97,520-3.0%
Utica, New York$97,340-3.2%
Vallejo, California$140,040+39.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$107,910+7.3%
York, Pennsylvania$109,330+8.8%
Gross salary
100,530/yr
Estimated take-home
74,569/yr
Est. total withheld
25.8%

Single filer, federal + New York state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 17-2081 SOC code
Official area Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 15380 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ny_dtf_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Cheektowaga
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,161,385