Metro area · NY
Buffalo, NY
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 94 employers in the Buffalo, NY metro.
- 94
- Employers
- $123,000
- Median H-1B wage
- 898
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Buffalo, NY, NY aggregates 94 tracked employers at a $123,000 median H-1B wage and 898 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Finance & Insurance and Professional & Technical Services.
- 94
- employers
- $123,000
- median H-1B wage
- 898
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
What the data says about this metro
Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.
Buffalo, NY, NY aggregates 94 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $123,000, with hiring concentrated in Finance & Insurance, Professional & Technical Services, Other Services. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: VIRTUSA CORPORATION, PwC US Consulting LLP, and M&T Bank, together 436 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.
Employer mix in Buffalo, NY
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
25 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist…
Healthcare & Social Assistance
24 employers
- Finance & Insurance 8
Finance & Insurance
8 employers
- Manufacturing 6
Manufacturing
6 employers
- Educational Services 5
Educational Services
5 employers
- Other Services 2
Other Services
2 employers
- Public Administration 2
Public Administration
2 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Buffalo, NY, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Buffalo, NY
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VIRTUSA CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services | 316 | $122,761 |
| 2 | PwC US Consulting LLP Professional & Technical Services | 61 | $226,041 |
| 3 | M&T Bank Finance & Insurance | 59 | $126,927 |
| 4 | HM Health Solutions, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 41 | $123,478 |
| 5 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services | 32 | $100,469 |
| 6 | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Professional & Technical Services | 27 | $98,559 |
| 7 | MediaTek USA Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 26 | $164,797 |
| 8 | STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO Educational Services | 26 | $88,498 |
| 9 | RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SUNY AT BUFFALO Educational Services | 19 | $65,282 |
| 10 | HSBC Technology & Services (USA) Inc. Finance & Insurance | 18 | $175,657 |
| 11 | London Stock Exchange Group Holdings, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 14 | $121,396 |
| 12 | Curia Global, Inc. Manufacturing | 13 | $110,354 |
| 13 | New York Power Authority Public Administration | 13 | $133,604 |
| 14 | THE PRINCIPAL CONSULTING, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 12 | $96,755 |
| 15 | General Physician P.C. Healthcare & Social Assistance | 12 | $279,581 |
| 16 | ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC Finance & Insurance | 11 | $139,393 |
| 17 | Solstice Advanced Materials US, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 9 | $166,534 |
| 18 | CARFAX, Inc. Information & Media | 9 | $116,933 |
| 19 | Roswell Park Cancer Institute Healthcare & Social Assistance | 9 | $228,661 |
| 20 | Odoo, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 8 | $107,573 |
| 21 | Health Research Inc. - Roswell Park Division Professional & Technical Services | 8 | $75,734 |
| 22 | HSBC Bank USA, N.A Finance & Insurance | 7 | $199,233 |
| 23 | CLOUDSCAPE, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 7 | $88,209 |
| 24 | Excellus Health Plan, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 7 | $96,977 |
| 25 | GM Personnel Service, Inc Manufacturing | 6 | $135,112 |
What this means if you work in Buffalo, NY
Use Buffalo, NY's $123,000 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.
- A same-role H-1B offer well below $123,000 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 94 tracked employers.
- VIRTUSA CORPORATION leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
- Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs
Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.