City of Buffalo / Accounting / Junior Auditor
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employees hold this title in Accounting. Median total compensation for the role is $53,258, below the department median of $64,176.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 4,870 people — is $82,120. Accounting pays a median base salary of $40,291 for this role, 51% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Accountants and Auditors across every employer in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Accounting’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 1,449,500 people — is $83,680. Accounting’s median base salary is 52% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Accounting is $53,258, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Junior Auditor is held in 2 City of Buffalo departments. In Accounting, the median of $53,258 ranks #1 of 2.
Median total compensation for the Junior Auditor role in other City of Buffalodepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Record list
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Junior Auditor/Accounting
Source-specific fields
Rosa Suarez holds the role of Junior Auditor at Accounting within General Government Support. In 2026, their total compensation was $53,258.