Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors Salary — Buffalo, New York

The average Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors in Buffalo, New York earns $54,840 a year.

$54,840 / year, mean
↓ 19.8% below national average 14th percentile in New York

Buffalo is among the lowest-paying cities in New York for this specific role. That's noticeably below the national average for adult basic education, adult secondary education, and english as a second language instructors, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within New York

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
100
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.4%
Cost of living 96 #92 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2005 #101 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $288,316 #110 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $70,572 #104 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Buffalo ranks #92 for cost of living and #110 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Riverside $109,520 Bakersfield $108,790 Modesto $108,070 San Diego $101,690 San Francisco $100,800 San Jose $97,620 Los Angeles $94,990 New York $91,360 Oxnard $86,030 Virginia Beach $85,490 Vineland $83,420 Portland $79,270 Bremerton $78,160 Trenton $77,930 Bellingham $76,430 Albany $76,240 Seattle $73,820 Kennewick $73,460 Kiryas Joel $71,470 Springfield $70,740 Atlantic City $69,470 Chicago $68,670 Kingston $68,340 Philadelphia $67,190 Charleston $64,360 Syracuse $63,860 Roanoke $63,850 Houston $63,700 Allentown $63,260 Spokane $63,080 Olympia $62,980 Tallahassee $62,470 Miami $61,900 Yakima $60,430 Rochester $60,360 Detroit $59,940 Baltimore $59,720 Jacksonville $59,300 Indianapolis $59,290 Reading $57,590 Tampa $57,210 Pittsburgh $57,130 Austin $56,610 Orlando $56,560 Lancaster $56,520 Grand Rapids $56,370 South Bend $56,030 Lafayette $55,310 Richmond $55,260 Buffalo $54,840 Lakeland $54,810 Lexington $53,370 Corpus Christi $53,330 Laredo $51,360 Lubbock $50,510 Peoria $49,920 San Antonio $49,800 Dallas $49,220 Louisville $49,140 El Paso $49,090 Killeen $47,210 Port St. Lucie $46,870 McAllen $36,680
CityMean salaryvs. Buffalo
Albany, New York$76,240+39.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$63,260+15.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$69,470+26.7%
Austin, Texas$56,610+3.2%
Bakersfield, California$108,790+98.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$59,720+8.9%
Bellingham, Washington$76,430+39.4%
Bremerton, Washington$78,160+42.5%
Charleston, West Virginia$64,360+17.4%
Chicago, Illinois$68,670+25.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$53,330-2.8%
Dallas, Texas$49,220-10.2%
Detroit, Michigan$59,940+9.3%
El Paso, Texas$49,090-10.5%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$56,370+2.8%
Houston, Texas$63,700+16.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$59,290+8.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$59,300+8.1%
Kennewick, Washington$73,460+34.0%
Killeen, Texas$47,210-13.9%
Kingston, New York$68,340+24.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$71,470+30.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$55,310+0.9%
Lakeland, Florida$54,810-0.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$56,520+3.1%
Laredo, Texas$51,360-6.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$53,370-2.7%
Los Angeles, California$94,990+73.2%
Louisville, Kentucky$49,140-10.4%
Lubbock, Texas$50,510-7.9%
McAllen, Texas$36,680-33.1%
Miami, Florida$61,900+12.9%
Modesto, California$108,070+97.1%
New York, New York$91,360+66.6%
Olympia, Washington$62,980+14.8%
Orlando, Florida$56,560+3.1%
Oxnard, California$86,030+56.9%
Peoria, Illinois$49,920-9.0%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$67,190+22.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$57,130+4.2%
Portland, Oregon$79,270+44.5%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$46,870-14.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$57,590+5.0%
Richmond, Virginia$55,260+0.8%
Riverside, California$109,520+99.7%
Roanoke, Virginia$63,850+16.4%
Rochester, New York$60,360+10.1%
San Antonio, Texas$49,800-9.2%
San Diego, California$101,690+85.4%
San Francisco, California$100,800+83.8%
San Jose, California$97,620+78.0%
Seattle, Washington$73,820+34.6%
South Bend, Indiana$56,030+2.2%
Spokane, Washington$63,080+15.0%
Springfield, Illinois$70,740+29.0%
Syracuse, New York$63,860+16.4%
Tallahassee, Florida$62,470+13.9%
Tampa, Florida$57,210+4.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$77,930+42.1%
Vineland, New Jersey$83,420+52.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$85,490+55.9%
Yakima, Washington$60,430+10.2%
Gross salary
54,840/yr
Estimated take-home
43,833/yr
Est. total withheld
20.1%

Single filer, federal + New York state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 25-3011 SOC code
Official area Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 15380 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ny_dtf_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Cheektowaga
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: New York

Population (metro area)
1,161,385