City of Buffalo / Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi / Cement Finisher
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
2 employees hold this title in Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi. Median total compensation for the role is $62,089, above the department median of $48,728.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, the median wage for Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers — about 470 people — is $62,640. Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi pays a median base salary of $39,861 for this role, 36% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers across every employer in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers — about 206,170 people — is $57,020. Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi’s median base salary is 30% below that national figure, about the 11th 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 Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi is $62,089, 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 jurisdictions
This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. See Cement Finisher across all of City of Buffalo →
Median total compensation for comparable Cement Finisherroles 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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Cement Finisher/Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi
Source-specific fields
William Pacheco works as a Cement Finisher for Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi within Public Safety. William earned $63,309 in 2026.
Cement Finisher/Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi
Source-specific fields
Fabian Rivera works as a Cement Finisher for Pub Wks, Pks & St - Constructi within Public Safety. Fabian earned $60,868 in 2026.