Butchers and Meat Cutters in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,063
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$9,017
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,366
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
$47,080
Kept after tax
$38,063
Worth in national money
$35,366
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for butchers and meat cutters is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $47,080, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 17.29% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New York, this one sits low: 400 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $47,080 the take-home is $38,063; in national-average money that behaves like $35,366. The average comes to $49,210, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For butchers and meat cutters, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $47,080, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 17.29% 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.
- Butchers and meat cutters occupies position 400 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.
- Take-home for butchers and meat cutters in New York, on $47,080, is $38,063; deflated by the state's price level, $35,366. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $49,210 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Butchers and Meat Cutters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,580 |
| This salary | $47,080 |
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 | $38,063 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,009 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,805 |
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 | $44,659 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,021 |
| 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 butchers and meat cutters in New York earn under $47,080 and half over. The published range runs $35,980 at the tenth percentile to $66,580 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,063 take-home in New York comes from $47,080. 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 400 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,366 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 400.
- Figures are distribution medians for butchers and meat cutters in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,980 to $66,580; 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 $38,063, from $47,080, 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 400 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,366, worked from $47,080, 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 400 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 $49,210, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,980 at the tenth percentile, $66,580 at the ninetieth.
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 $35,366 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, $38,063 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 $49,210. 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 ($35,980 to $66,580) 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 $35,366 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 $38,063 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.