Buffalo Sewer Authority water operator salary, 2024
Buffalo Sewer Authority is a local public authority in Erie County.1 34 people worked as water operators for Buffalo Sewer Authority in fiscal year 2024. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $72,897, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Buffalo Sewer Authority?
Based on the 29 of 34 water operators who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $65,503
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $12,130
- average per full-year water operator
- Highest-paid title
- $71,434
- Wastewater Operator II, average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 8th
- of 11 New York employers
What does each water operator title at Buffalo Sewer Authority pay?
Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 This employer's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Wastewater Operator$61,284
- Wastewater Operator with Licensefewer than 5
- Wastewater Operator II$71,434
- Wastewater Operator II with Licensefewer than 5
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Buffalo Sewer Authority pay water operators more than other employers in Erie County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Buffalo Sewer Authority next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Buffalo Sewer Authority$72,897
- All employers in Erie County$81,147
- All employers in New York$128,464
Full-year water operators at Buffalo Sewer Authority earned $8,250 less than the Erie County average and $55,567 less than the New York average.
Where does Buffalo Sewer Authority rank among New York employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 11 New York employers
Buffalo Sewer Authority ranks 8th of 11, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $80,235
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Questions about water operator pay at Buffalo Sewer Authority
What is the average water operator salary at Buffalo Sewer Authority?
Water operators at Buffalo Sewer Authority who worked the full year earned an average of $72,897 in fiscal year 2024, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $65,503: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do water operators at Buffalo Sewer Authority earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $12,130 in overtime in fiscal year 2024. The middle one was paid $5,776: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
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Sources for the Buffalo Sewer Authority figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Buffalo Sewer Authority at any point in fiscal year 2024 (July 2023 to June 2024) counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only full-time staff whose salary paid in the year reached at least 90% of their own annual salary. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with a lot of overtime. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- New York State Authorities Budget Office, Salary Information for Local Authorities (Open NY): title, annual salary, salary paid, overtime and total pay of every employee, as reported by each local authority for its fiscal year.