City of Buffalo / Human Resources - Employee Re / Assistant Accountant
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employees hold this title in Human Resources - Employee Re. Median total compensation for the role is $50,254, below the department median of $51,193.
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. Human Resources - Employee Re pays a median base salary of $39,610 for this role, 52% 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 Human Resources - Employee Re’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. Human Resources - Employee Re’s median base salary is 53% 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 Human Resources - Employee Re is $50,254, 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.
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Assistant Accountant/Human Resources - Employee Re
Source-specific fields
Rebecca Collazo-Quiles works as a Assistant Accountant for Human Resources - Employee Re within General Government Support. Rebecca earned $50,254 in 2026.