Baggage Porters and Bellhops in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,210
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$9,400
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,432
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
$48,610
Kept after tax
$39,210
Worth in national money
$36,432
State rank
1
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for baggage porters and bellhops is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $48,610, putting the state 1 of 48 — about 31.09% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New York, this one sits low: 376 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $48,610 the take-home is $39,210. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $36,432 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $50,220, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For baggage porters and bellhops, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,610, ranking 1 of 48 and running about 31.09% 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.
- Baggage porters and bellhops occupies position 376 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $39,210 for baggage porters and bellhops, from $48,610. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,432. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $50,220 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Baggage Porters and Bellhops
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,820 |
| This salary | $48,610 |
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 | $39,210 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,238 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,005 |
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 | $46,086 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,263 |
| 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 baggage porters and bellhops in New York earn under $48,610 and half over. The published range runs $37,680 at the tenth percentile to $61,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,210 take-home in New York comes from $48,610. 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 376 of 493.
- Two cautions on $36,432, the adjusted value of that $48,610 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 376 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for baggage porters and bellhops in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,680 to $61,820; 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 $39,210, from $48,610, 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 376 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 48 for it.
- This $36,432 adjusted figure, worked from $48,610, 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 376 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 376 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 $50,220 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,680 and the top tenth $61,820, so most people doing this work in New York sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,432 of national purchasing power.
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, $39,210 remains.
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 $50,220. 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 ($37,680 to $61,820) 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 $36,432 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 $39,210 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.