Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Salary — Buffalo, New York

The average Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in Buffalo, New York earns $89,390 a year.

$89,390 / year, mean
↓ 9.1% below national average 29th percentile in New York

Buffalo pays below most of New York for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for magnetic resonance imaging technologists, 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)
200
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.0%
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.

Vallejo $160,650 San Jose $155,780 San Francisco $140,480 Sacramento $138,000 Seattle $130,650 Modesto $129,850 Santa Maria $122,160 Portland $118,230 Olympia $117,310 New York $115,940 San Diego $115,550 Salem $114,840 Eugene $113,860 Los Angeles $112,510 Fresno $111,940 Stockton $111,660 Spokane $109,210 Riverside $108,900 Kiryas Joel $106,520 Bakersfield $103,270 Baltimore $103,050 Yakima $100,700 Trenton $99,690 Dallas $99,540 Vineland $98,280 Houston $98,190 Syracuse $97,820 Reading $97,800 Atlantic City $97,130 Chicago $96,640 Albany $96,300 Oxnard $95,720 Allentown $94,840 Philadelphia $94,440 Richmond $93,830 Austin $93,540 Utica $93,450 Louisville $93,070 Killeen $92,990 Michigan City $91,980 Miami $91,090 San Antonio $90,720 Virginia Beach $90,710 Fort Myers $90,270 Rockford $90,120 Sarasota $89,590 Buffalo $89,390 Springfield $88,950 Indianapolis $88,880 Lafayette $88,580 Fort Wayne $88,110 Huntington $87,180 Jacksonville $87,080 Tyler $86,920 Lexington $86,690 Evansville $86,630 Rochester $85,990 Detroit $85,770 Orlando $85,430 Elkhart $84,970 Ocala $84,960 South Bend $84,940 Naples $84,650 York $84,270 Peoria $84,240 Port St. Lucie $83,920 Bloomington $83,810 Palm Bay $83,630 Grand Rapids $83,450 Tampa $82,900 Lakeland $82,800 Pensacola $82,360 Harrisburg $82,010 Corpus Christi $81,680 Lubbock $81,590 Deltona $81,210 El Paso $81,140 Lancaster $80,410 McAllen $79,260 Bloomington $79,150 Pittsburgh $79,040 Crestview $78,380 Flint $76,930 Winchester $74,240
CityMean salaryvs. Buffalo
Albany, New York$96,300+7.7%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$94,840+6.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$97,130+8.7%
Austin, Texas$93,540+4.6%
Bakersfield, California$103,270+15.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$103,050+15.3%
Bloomington, Illinois$83,810-6.2%
Bloomington, Indiana$79,150-11.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$90,270+1.0%
Chicago, Illinois$96,640+8.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$81,680-8.6%
Crestview, Florida$78,380-12.3%
Dallas, Texas$99,540+11.4%
Deltona, Florida$81,210-9.2%
Detroit, Michigan$85,770-4.0%
Elkhart, Indiana$84,970-4.9%
El Paso, Texas$81,140-9.2%
Eugene, Oregon$113,860+27.4%
Evansville, Indiana$86,630-3.1%
Flint, Michigan$76,930-13.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$88,110-1.4%
Fresno, California$111,940+25.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$83,450-6.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$82,010-8.3%
Houston, Texas$98,190+9.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$87,180-2.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$88,880-0.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$87,080-2.6%
Killeen, Texas$92,990+4.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$106,520+19.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$88,580-0.9%
Lakeland, Florida$82,800-7.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$80,410-10.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$86,690-3.0%
Los Angeles, California$112,510+25.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$93,070+4.1%
Lubbock, Texas$81,590-8.7%
McAllen, Texas$79,260-11.3%
Miami, Florida$91,090+1.9%
Michigan City, Indiana$91,980+2.9%
Modesto, California$129,850+45.3%
Naples, Florida$84,650-5.3%
New York, New York$115,940+29.7%
Sarasota, Florida$89,590+0.2%
Ocala, Florida$84,960-5.0%
Olympia, Washington$117,310+31.2%
Orlando, Florida$85,430-4.4%
Oxnard, California$95,720+7.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$83,630-6.4%
Pensacola, Florida$82,360-7.9%
Peoria, Illinois$84,240-5.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$94,440+5.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$79,040-11.6%
Portland, Oregon$118,230+32.3%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$83,920-6.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$97,800+9.4%
Richmond, Virginia$93,830+5.0%
Riverside, California$108,900+21.8%
Rochester, New York$85,990-3.8%
Rockford, Illinois$90,120+0.8%
Sacramento, California$138,000+54.4%
Salem, Oregon$114,840+28.5%
San Antonio, Texas$90,720+1.5%
San Diego, California$115,550+29.3%
San Francisco, California$140,480+57.2%
San Jose, California$155,780+74.3%
Santa Maria, California$122,160+36.7%
Seattle, Washington$130,650+46.2%
South Bend, Indiana$84,940-5.0%
Spokane, Washington$109,210+22.2%
Springfield, Illinois$88,950-0.5%
Stockton, California$111,660+24.9%
Syracuse, New York$97,820+9.4%
Tampa, Florida$82,900-7.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$99,690+11.5%
Tyler, Texas$86,920-2.8%
Utica, New York$93,450+4.5%
Vallejo, California$160,650+79.7%
Vineland, New Jersey$98,280+9.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$90,710+1.5%
Winchester, Virginia$74,240-16.9%
Yakima, Washington$100,700+12.7%
York, Pennsylvania$84,270-5.7%
Gross salary
89,390/yr
Estimated take-home
67,401/yr
Est. total withheld
24.6%

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 29-2035 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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Where this is

AK HI

Highlighted: New York

Population (metro area)
1,161,385