Advertising Sales Agents in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,263
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$25,097
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,072
New York costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New York — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$98,360
Kept after tax
$73,263
Worth in national money
$68,072
State rank
2
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for advertising sales agents is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $98,360, putting the state 2 of 48 — about 51.74% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New York this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, advertising sales agents ranks 118 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $98,360, tax leaves $73,263 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $68,072 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $111,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- For advertising sales agents, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $98,360, ranking 2 of 48 and running about 51.74% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation New York publishes a median for, advertising sales agents sits 118 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After tax, $73,263 remains from the New York median of $98,360 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $68,072 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $111,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Advertising Sales Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,360 |
| Top tenth earn over | $178,600 |
| This salary | $98,360 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in New York | $73,263 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,026 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,222 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $91,590 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,883 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,360 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,560 and the ninetieth is $178,600 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $73,263, worked from $98,360. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 118 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,072 uses one figure for the whole of New York. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 118.
- The New York median of $98,360 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,560 to $178,600. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New York take-home of $73,263, on $98,360 for work ranking 118 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 118 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,072, worked from $98,360, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New York address, on work sitting at 118 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $111,380, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $49,560 and the top tenth $178,600 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $68,072 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and New York adds its own income tax on top — which is why $73,263 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New York is $111,380. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($49,560) and the ninetieth ($178,600) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New York's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $68,072 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $73,263 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New York income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.