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
Top industries Finance & InsuranceProfessional & Technical ServicesOther ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceManufacturingInformation & Media

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

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Buffalo, NY, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Buffalo, NY

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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.