Biological Technicians in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,654
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$12,556
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,206
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
$61,210
Kept after tax
$48,654
Worth in national money
$45,206
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for biological technicians. The middle earner takes $61,210, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.43% above the national middle.
- Against other work in New York, this sits in the middle: 285 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $61,210 the take-home is $48,654; in national-average money that behaves like $45,206. The average lands at $60,960, below the middle of the range.
- New York ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for biological technicians, at $61,210 — about 6.43% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Biological technicians ranks 285 of 493 occupations in New York by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for biological technicians in New York, on $61,210, is $48,654; deflated by the state's price level, $45,206. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $60,960 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Biological Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,630 |
| This salary | $61,210 |
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 | $48,654 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,362 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,649 |
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 | $57,839 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,251 |
| 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 biological technicians in New York earn under $61,210 and half over. The published range runs $39,040 at the tenth percentile to $79,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $48,654 take-home in New York comes from $61,210. 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 285 of 493.
- Two cautions on $45,206, the adjusted value of that $61,210 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 285 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for biological technicians in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,040 to $79,630; 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 $48,654, from $61,210, 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 285 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- This $45,206 adjusted figure, worked from $61,210, 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 285 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 285 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,040 and the top tenth $79,630, 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 $45,206 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New York then takes its own share, leaving $48,654.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,040 to $79,630) 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 $45,206 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 $48,654 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.