City of Buffalo / Bsa Treatment Plant Administrative / Principal Clerk
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
3 employees hold this title in Bsa Treatment Plant Administrative. Median total compensation for the role is $70,710, below the department median of $84,539.
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 Treatment Plant Administrative pays a median base salary of $56,124 for this role, 22% above that figure — about the 83rd 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 Treatment Plant Administrative’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 Treatment Plant Administrative’s median base salary is 25% above that national figure, about the 78th 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.
Computed over the 2 of 3 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Bsa Treatment Plant Administrative is $70,710, 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 Treatment Plant Administrative, the median of $70,710 ranks #2 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 Treatment Plant Administrative
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Paulette Lee works as a Principal Clerk for Bsa Treatment Plant Administrative within Bsa Wastewater Treatment Plant. Paulette earned $72,820 in 2026.
Principal Clerk/Bsa Treatment Plant Administrative
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At Bsa Treatment Plant Administrative, Morgan Maynard serves as a Principal Clerk within Bsa Wastewater Treatment Plant. Their 2026 pay totaled $70,710.
Principal Clerk/Bsa Treatment Plant Administrative
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Debra Kaczmarek holds the role of Principal Clerk at Bsa Treatment Plant Administrative within Bsa Wastewater Treatment Plant. In 2024, their total compensation was $4,000.