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City of Buffalo Living Wage Commission


The Living Wage Commission is a volunteer commission created by the City in 2003 to monitor and enforce the City’s Living Wage Ordinance.
 
Buffalo’s Living Wage Ordinance was passed unanimously in 1999 and amended in 2002 and 2007. It provides that certain workers must be paid a living wage: currently $9.03 with health benefits, or $10.15 without. On March 24, 2007, the living wage rate will rise to$9.59 with health benefits and $10.77 without health benefits. 
 
Beginning in 2008, the rate will rise every year based on the inflation rate for the year preceding the prior year. For example, on January 1, 2008, the rate will rise, based on 2006 inflation, to $9.90 with health benefits and $11.11 without health benefits. 
 
The Ordinance applies to all City employees. It also applies to employees working under service contracts with the City when the contract is for more than $50,000 and the employer has more than ten employees.
 
You can reach the Living Wage Commission at:
 
Phone: 716-852-4191 
Address: Cornell University ILR School, 237 Main St., Suite 1200, Buffalo, NY 14203

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