New York · 2026 pay

How much do Buffalo Sewer Authority employees make?

Name: Buffalo Sewer Authority employee pay 2026
Creator: PublicPayData

$68,541typical pay for full-year employees in 2026

$55,257 – $82,937what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2026, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $62,866.

Open Data Buffalo publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Laborer I - 9621 Wastewater Operator II Laborer II - 9622

✓ Official data from Open Data BuffaloMatches the agency's latest releasebuffalony.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$48,962

$62,887

$79,383

$181,339

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay for full-year employees went from $58,319 in 2023 to $68,541 in 2026 (+18%).

Typical full-year payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2025

+7.4%Typical pay for full-year employees went up from $63,820 to $68,541.
+4.8%Typical raise for the 236 people paid in both 2025 and 2026. About 33% got a raise of 10% or more.
26 new26 people were paid for the first time in 2026, and 18 people paid in 2025 were no longer on the payroll.
+18%Since 2023, typical pay for full-year employees has gone from $58,319 to $68,541, while the number of people paid went down from 272 to 262.

The agency updates it every pay period.

Pay slip · 2026

A typical worker's year

Buffalo Sewer Authority

4years of
official data
2023–2026

Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay	$43,881
Overtime	$1,874
Extra pay	$17,132
Total for the year	$62,887

Average of the 13 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: City of Buffalo (Comptroller / Open Data Buffalo), buffalony.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Worth knowing about pay at Buffalo Sewer Authority

What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.

8¢
Of every dollar Buffalo Sewer Authority paid in 2026, about 8 cents was overtime.
Usual among the 57 other special districts and authorities of a similar size in our data: about 4 cents. 7th highest of 58.
The data shows what was paid, not why. Overtime is pay for hours beyond the regular schedule.
+16%
Since 2023, total pay at Buffalo Sewer Authority went up 16% while the number of people paid went down 4%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2026. "Full-year" is typical pay for people employed all year (shown when 5 or more); "Everyone" includes part-year and seasonal workers.

Job	People	Full-year	Everyone	Most earn	Since 2025
Laborer I - 9621	59	$52,908	$46,866	$34k – $55k	▼ 2.2%
Wastewater Operator II	19	$69,776	$69,776	$63k – $79k	▲ 12.6%
Laborer II - 9622	11	$55,102	$55,102	$52k – $58k	▲ 3.4%
Senior 1st Class Statistical Eng-8320	10	$72,496	$71,519	$51k – $82k	▲ 4.1%
Sewer Construction Worker	10	$66,913	$66,913	$62k – $74k	▲ 16.0%
Sewer Construction Inspector	9	$91,668	$91,668	$79k – $93k	▲ 18.8%
Sewer Maintenance Supervisor I	9	$71,142	$70,930	$70k – $73k	▲ 1.9%
Millwright	9	$69,396	$69,396	$66k – $70k	▲ 3.1%
Millwright Help	8	$57,726	$56,288	$54k – $59k	▲ 4.0%
Clerk - 0010	7	$47,611	$47,611	$47k – $53k	▲ 22.1%
Equipment Operator-6040	6	$69,993	$69,993	$63k – $72k	▲ 15.9%
Shift Superintendent Swr Trtmt	5	$133,444	$133,444	$118k – $143k	▲ 1.4%
Wastewater Operator	5	$56,803	$56,803	$56k – $58k	▲ 9.3%
Labor Supervisor 1	5	–	$54,586	$48k – $82k	▼ 15.5%

How many people earn what

Under $10k22
$10k – $30k12
$30k – $50k34
$50k – $70k91
$70k – $90k60
$90k – $110k23
$110k – $150k18
$150k or more2

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Pay by department

Department	People	Typical pay
Bsa Treatment Plant Admin	42	$87,805
Bsa Treatment Plant I	32	$55,798
Bsa Treatment Plant II	32	$55,258
Bsa Maintenance I	31	$52,314
Bsa Treatment Plant III	30	$60,666
Bsa Admin City Hall	24	$70,167
Bsa Maintenance II	21	$55,700
Bsa Engineering	17	$86,853
Bsa Maintenance Admin	17	$71,355
Bsa Industrial Waste	10	$68,926

Common questions

How much does a Buffalo Sewer Authority employee make?

Full-year employees were typically paid $68,541 in 2026; most earned between $55,257 and $82,937. Counting all 262 people paid during the year, typical pay was $62,866.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 22 people (8.4%) were paid under $10,000.

Who counts as a full-year employee?

"Employed all year" means the city's payroll shows a service start date on or before July 1 and no service end date before June 30 of the fiscal year.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (69.5% of all pay), overtime (8.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (22.5%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From City of Buffalo (Comptroller / Open Data Buffalo) (buffalony.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every pay period.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the city's payroll shows a service start date on or before July 1 and no service end date before June 30 of the fiscal year. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals