Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,775
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$13,265
20.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,177
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
$64,040
Kept after tax
$50,775
Worth in national money
$47,177
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays this job a middle wage of $64,040, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 12.31% above the national middle.
- Against other work in New York, this sits in the middle: 261 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $64,040 the take-home is $50,775. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $47,177 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $72,630, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New York's median for cement masons and concrete finishers is $64,040, about 12.31% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Cement masons and concrete finishers ranks 261 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $50,775 for cement masons and concrete finishers, from $64,040. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,177. ⚠️ 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 $72,630 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,970 |
| This salary | $64,040 |
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 | $50,775 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,636 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,018 |
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 | $60,479 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,697 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $64,040 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,540 and the ninetieth is $102,970 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $50,775, worked from $64,040. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 261 of 493.
- Two cautions on $47,177, the adjusted value of that $64,040 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 261 of 493 locally.
- The New York median of $64,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,540 to $102,970. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New York take-home of $50,775, on $64,040 for work ranking 261 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 261 of 493 in the state.
- This $47,177 adjusted figure, worked from $64,040, 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 261 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 261 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 $72,630 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $49,540, the highest tenth $102,970, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $47,177 — 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, $50,775 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 $72,630. 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 ($49,540) and the ninetieth ($102,970) 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 $47,177 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 $50,775 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.