Word Processors and Typists Salary — Buffalo, New York

The average Word Processors and Typists in Buffalo, New York earns $47,360 a year.

$47,360 / year, mean
↓ 8.3% below national average 62th 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 word processors and typists, 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)
1,300
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.7%
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.

San Francisco $69,920 San Jose $69,060 Sacramento $57,350 Chicago $57,320 Santa Maria $57,150 Vallejo $57,030 Salinas $56,580 New York $56,350 San Diego $56,050 Ann Arbor $55,680 Houston $55,370 Fresno $54,660 Seattle $54,550 Visalia $54,110 Los Angeles $53,250 Atlantic City $52,920 Dallas $52,800 Merced $52,630 Riverside $52,090 Stockton $51,010 Modesto $50,620 Detroit $50,050 Kingston $49,920 Kiryas Joel $49,820 Trenton $49,250 Philadelphia $48,450 San Antonio $48,400 Ithaca $48,380 Lansing $48,240 Albany $47,960 Virginia Beach $47,880 Richmond $47,720 Baltimore $47,380 Buffalo $47,360 Vineland $47,320 Watertown $46,310 Miami $46,120 Rochester $45,960 Reading $45,530 Syracuse $45,270 Bakersfield $45,150 Grand Rapids $44,790 Utica $43,480 Pittsburgh $43,000 Binghamton $42,690 Orlando $42,550 Elmira $42,420 Tampa $41,900 Allentown $41,850 Glens Falls $41,320 Jacksonville $39,200 Indianapolis $38,560 Scranton $37,270 Fort Myers $36,590
CityMean salaryvs. Buffalo
Albany, New York$47,960+1.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$41,850-11.6%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$55,680+17.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$52,920+11.7%
Bakersfield, California$45,150-4.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$47,380+0.0%
Binghamton, New York$42,690-9.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$36,590-22.7%
Chicago, Illinois$57,320+21.0%
Dallas, Texas$52,800+11.5%
Detroit, Michigan$50,050+5.7%
Elmira, New York$42,420-10.4%
Fresno, California$54,660+15.4%
Glens Falls, New York$41,320-12.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$44,790-5.4%
Houston, Texas$55,370+16.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$38,560-18.6%
Ithaca, New York$48,380+2.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$39,200-17.2%
Kingston, New York$49,920+5.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$49,820+5.2%
Lansing, Michigan$48,240+1.9%
Los Angeles, California$53,250+12.4%
Merced, California$52,630+11.1%
Miami, Florida$46,120-2.6%
Modesto, California$50,620+6.9%
New York, New York$56,350+19.0%
Orlando, Florida$42,550-10.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$48,450+2.3%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$43,000-9.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$45,530-3.9%
Richmond, Virginia$47,720+0.8%
Riverside, California$52,090+10.0%
Rochester, New York$45,960-3.0%
Sacramento, California$57,350+21.1%
Salinas, California$56,580+19.5%
San Antonio, Texas$48,400+2.2%
San Diego, California$56,050+18.3%
San Francisco, California$69,920+47.6%
San Jose, California$69,060+45.8%
Santa Maria, California$57,150+20.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$37,270-21.3%
Seattle, Washington$54,550+15.2%
Stockton, California$51,010+7.7%
Syracuse, New York$45,270-4.4%
Tampa, Florida$41,900-11.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$49,250+4.0%
Utica, New York$43,480-8.2%
Vallejo, California$57,030+20.4%
Vineland, New Jersey$47,320-0.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$47,880+1.1%
Visalia, California$54,110+14.3%
Watertown, New York$46,310-2.2%
Gross salary
47,360/yr
Estimated take-home
38,234/yr
Est. total withheld
19.3%

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 43-9022 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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Highlighted: New York

Population (metro area)
1,161,385