How much do Interpreters and Translators make in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY?

Percentile spread

For Interpreters and Translators, the published 10th percentile is $47,930 and the 90th percentile is $86,160. The difference is $38,230, which is 79.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $47,940 to the 75th at $53,180, covers $5,240.

The mean annual wage is $54,910, which sits above the median of $47,940. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY median is 20.3% lower than the national median of $60,170 for Interpreters and Translators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,019, which is 16.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 43% lower than the New York median of $84,090.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY is 95.844, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,940 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Interpreters and Translators at $50,019 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Interpreters and Translators. Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ranks 6th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Rochester, NY is 62 miles away, with a median of $77,770 and employment of 450. That median is 62.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,146, against $50,019 here.
• Youngstown-Warren, OH is 163 miles away, with a median of $58,530 and employment of 30. That median is 22.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $66,973, against $50,019 here.
• Cleveland, OH is 166 miles away, with a median of $65,410 and employment of 160. That median is 36.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $69,642, against $50,019 here.

Employment share

Interpreters and Translators accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY (150 of 534,550). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (52,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.84 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.