Buyers and Purchasing Agents in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,036
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$18,424
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,711
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
$79,460
Kept after tax
$61,036
Worth in national money
$56,711
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for buyers and purchasing agents. The middle earner takes $79,460, which ranks 14 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.25% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 188.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $79,460, tax leaves $61,036 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $56,711 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $87,150, since top earners drag the number up.
- New York ranks 14 of 51 states publishing a median for buyers and purchasing agents, at $79,460 — about 2.25% 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.
- In New York's occupational distribution, buyers and purchasing agents sits at 188 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $61,036 remains from the New York median of $79,460 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $56,711 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $87,150 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Buyers and Purchasing Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,080 |
| This salary | $79,460 |
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 | $61,036 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,730 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,900 |
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 | $74,209 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,586 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,460 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,820 and the ninetieth is $132,080 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $61,036 take-home in New York comes from $79,460. 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 188 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 $56,711, the adjusted value of that $79,460 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 188 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $79,460 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,820 to $132,080. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $61,036, from $79,460, 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 188 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $56,711 — the adjusted value of that $79,460 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 188 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $87,150, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,820 at the bottom tenth to $132,080 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New York run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $56,711 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $61,036 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $87,150. 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 ($51,820) and the ninetieth ($132,080) 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 $56,711 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 $61,036 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.