Audiologists in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,875
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$25,985
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,569
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
$100,860
Kept after tax
$74,875
Worth in national money
$69,569
State rank
19
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New York pays audiologists around $100,860 at the midpoint, 19 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New York. It ranks 104 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $100,860, tax leaves $74,875 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $69,569 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $104,390, since top earners drag the number up.
- For audiologists the New York median is $100,860, ranking 19 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within New York, audiologists ranks 104 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $74,875 remains from the New York median of $100,860 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $69,569 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $104,390 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,530 |
| This salary | $100,860 |
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 | $74,875 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,785 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,535 |
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 | $93,880 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,315 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of audiologists in New York earn under $100,860 and half over. The published range runs $76,940 at the tenth percentile to $129,530 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $74,875 take-home in New York comes from $100,860. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 104 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $69,569, the adjusted value of that $100,860 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 104 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for audiologists in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $76,940 to $129,530; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $74,875, from $100,860, assumes a single New York filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 104 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $69,569 — the adjusted value of that $100,860 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 104 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $104,390, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $76,940 at the bottom tenth to $129,530 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New York costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $69,569 rather than its face figure.
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 $74,875 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $104,390. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,940 to $129,530) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New York rather than a national figure.
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 $69,569 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 $74,875 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.