Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,018
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$21,112
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,340
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
$87,130
Kept after tax
$66,018
Worth in national money
$61,340
State rank
7
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 $87,130, ranking 7 of 51 states and sitting about 11.71% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 155.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $87,130 the take-home is $66,018; in national-average money that behaves like $61,340. The average comes to $89,860, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York's median for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators is $87,130, about 11.71% above the national figure and 7 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.
- In New York's occupational distribution, claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators sits at 155 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.
- Take-home for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators in New York, on $87,130, is $66,018; deflated by the state's price level, $61,340. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $89,860 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $87,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,370 |
| This salary | $87,130 |
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 | $66,018 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $70,126 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,824 |
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 | $81,291 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,952 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New York earn less than $87,130. The published range is $51,560 up to $130,370, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $66,018, worked from $87,130. 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 155 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,340 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 155.
- Reported values are medians; for claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,560 to $130,370. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New York take-home of $66,018, on $87,130 for work ranking 155 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 155 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,340, worked from $87,130, 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 155 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 $89,860, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,560 at the bottom tenth to $130,370 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $61,340 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 $66,018.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $89,860. 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 ($51,560) and the ninetieth ($130,370) 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 $61,340 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 $66,018 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.