City of Buffalo / Bsa Industrial Waste / Principal Clerk
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Bsa Industrial Waste. Median total compensation for the role is $74,944, above the department median of $66,256.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 6,230 people — is $46,040. Bsa Industrial Waste pays a median base salary of $54,924 for this role, 19% above that figure — about the 81st percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Bsa Industrial Waste’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Bsa Industrial Waste’s median base salary is 22% above that national figure, about the 76th 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 Bsa Industrial Waste is $74,944, 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
Principal Clerk is held in 3 City of Buffalo departments. In Bsa Industrial Waste, the median of $74,944 ranks #1 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Principal Clerk role in other City of Buffalodepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In City of Buffalo, the median of $70,710 ranks #3 of 6. See Principal Clerk across all of City of Buffalo →
Median total compensation for comparable Principal Clerkroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Principal Clerk/Bsa Industrial Waste
Source-specific fields
Patricia Pinelli is a Principal Clerk at Bsa Industrial Waste within Bsa Industrial Waste Division. 2026 total compensation came to $74,944.