Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary Salary — Buffalo, New York

The average Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary in Buffalo, New York earns $95,650 a year.

$95,650 / year, mean
↓ 3.7% below national average 50th percentile in New York

Buffalo sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within New York — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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)
450
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.9%
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 $152,090 Trenton $140,890 San Francisco $139,080 New York $135,980 Fresno $135,810 Eugene $132,860 Visalia $131,310 Sacramento $126,560 Peoria $125,160 Ithaca $116,500 San Diego $115,630 Baltimore $113,690 Abilene $110,340 San Jose $108,240 College Station $106,780 Los Angeles $105,260 Syracuse $103,030 Kiryas Joel $101,490 McAllen $100,920 Portland $100,760 Charlottesville $100,400 Houston $98,120 Indianapolis $96,540 Buffalo $95,650 Albany $93,170 Harrisburg $93,130 Detroit $92,250 Binghamton $90,490 Austin $89,700 Salem $89,090 South Bend $87,290 Seattle $85,710 Santa Maria $85,550 San Antonio $83,800 Miami $83,790 Utica $83,780 Virginia Beach $82,690 Killeen $81,980 Philadelphia $81,880 Harrisonburg $81,460 Bloomington $81,250 Jacksonville $81,220 Dallas $81,080 Terre Haute $80,760 Fort Wayne $80,400 Richmond $79,690 Tampa $79,350 Deltona $79,040 Lancaster $78,620 Pittsburgh $78,220 Louisville $77,070 Amarillo $76,920 Spokane $76,160 Allentown $75,400 Lexington $74,180 Grand Rapids $73,990 Orlando $73,980 Walla Walla $73,620 Reading $73,250 Erie $73,060 Bloomington $72,320 Huntington $69,300 El Paso $69,110 Chicago $68,840 Laredo $68,310 Lakeland $68,190 Tyler $67,350 Sarasota $66,750 Tallahassee $61,690 Roanoke $58,340
CityMean salaryvs. Buffalo
Abilene, Texas$110,340+15.4%
Albany, New York$93,170-2.6%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$75,400-21.2%
Amarillo, Texas$76,920-19.6%
Austin, Texas$89,700-6.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$113,690+18.9%
Binghamton, New York$90,490-5.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$72,320-24.4%
Bloomington, Indiana$81,250-15.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$100,400+5.0%
Chicago, Illinois$68,840-28.0%
College Station, Texas$106,780+11.6%
Dallas, Texas$81,080-15.2%
Deltona, Florida$79,040-17.4%
Detroit, Michigan$92,250-3.6%
El Paso, Texas$69,110-27.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$73,060-23.6%
Eugene, Oregon$132,860+38.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$80,400-15.9%
Fresno, California$135,810+42.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$73,990-22.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$93,130-2.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$81,460-14.8%
Houston, Texas$98,120+2.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$69,300-27.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$96,540+0.9%
Ithaca, New York$116,500+21.8%
Jacksonville, Florida$81,220-15.1%
Killeen, Texas$81,980-14.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$101,490+6.1%
Lakeland, Florida$68,190-28.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$78,620-17.8%
Laredo, Texas$68,310-28.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$74,180-22.4%
Los Angeles, California$105,260+10.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$77,070-19.4%
McAllen, Texas$100,920+5.5%
Miami, Florida$83,790-12.4%
New York, New York$135,980+42.2%
Sarasota, Florida$66,750-30.2%
Orlando, Florida$73,980-22.7%
Peoria, Illinois$125,160+30.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$81,880-14.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$78,220-18.2%
Portland, Oregon$100,760+5.3%
Reading, Pennsylvania$73,250-23.4%
Richmond, Virginia$79,690-16.7%
Riverside, California$152,090+59.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$58,340-39.0%
Sacramento, California$126,560+32.3%
Salem, Oregon$89,090-6.9%
San Antonio, Texas$83,800-12.4%
San Diego, California$115,630+20.9%
San Francisco, California$139,080+45.4%
San Jose, California$108,240+13.2%
Santa Maria, California$85,550-10.6%
Seattle, Washington$85,710-10.4%
South Bend, Indiana$87,290-8.7%
Spokane, Washington$76,160-20.4%
Syracuse, New York$103,030+7.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$61,690-35.5%
Tampa, Florida$79,350-17.0%
Terre Haute, Indiana$80,760-15.6%
Trenton, New Jersey$140,890+47.3%
Tyler, Texas$67,350-29.6%
Utica, New York$83,780-12.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$82,690-13.5%
Visalia, California$131,310+37.3%
Walla Walla, Washington$73,620-23.0%
Gross salary
95,650/yr
Estimated take-home
71,429/yr
Est. total withheld
25.3%

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 25-1121 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