Automotive Body and Related Repairers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,506
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$9,164
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,777
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
$47,670
Kept after tax
$38,506
Worth in national money
$35,777
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $47,670, ranking 47 of 51 states — about 13.15% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in New York, this one sits low: 392 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $47,670, tax leaves $38,506 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $35,777 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $55,500, since top earners drag the number up.
- New York ranks 47 of 51 for automotive body and related repairers, with a median of $47,670 — about 13.15% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Automotive body and related repairers occupies position 392 of 493 in New York's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $38,506 remains from the New York median of $47,670 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $35,777 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $55,500 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Automotive Body and Related Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,670 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,970 |
| This salary | $47,670 |
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 | $38,506 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,483 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,882 |
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 | $45,209 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,114 |
| 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 automotive body and related repairers in New York earn under $47,670 and half over. The published range runs $37,580 at the tenth percentile to $81,970 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,506 take-home in New York comes from $47,670. 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 392 of 493.
- Two cautions on $35,777, the adjusted value of that $47,670 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New York. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 392 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for automotive body and related repairers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,580 to $81,970; 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 $38,506, from $47,670, 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 392 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 47 of 51 for it.
- This $35,777 adjusted figure, worked from $47,670, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 392 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 392 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $55,500 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,580 and the top tenth $81,970 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $35,777 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New York's own levy, $38,506 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $55,500. 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 ($37,580) and the ninetieth ($81,970) 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 $35,777 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 $38,506 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.