Data Entry Keyers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,400
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$8,460
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,820
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
$44,860
Kept after tax
$36,400
Worth in national money
$33,820
State rank
12
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for data entry keyers is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $44,860, putting the state 12 of 49 — about 8.51% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New York, this one sits low: 416 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $44,860 the take-home is $36,400; in national-average money that behaves like $33,820. The average comes to $46,550, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For data entry keyers, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,860, ranking 12 of 49 and running about 8.51% 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.
- Data entry keyers occupies position 416 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 data entry keyers in New York, on $44,860, is $36,400; deflated by the state's price level, $33,820. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $46,550 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Data Entry Keyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,200 |
| This salary | $44,860 |
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 | $36,400 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,225 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,516 |
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 | $42,588 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,671 |
| 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 data entry keyers in New York earn under $44,860 and half over. The published range runs $34,130 at the tenth percentile to $61,200 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $36,400, from $44,860, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 416 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $33,820 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 416.
- Figures are distribution medians for data entry keyers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,130 to $61,200; 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.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,400 from $44,860. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 416 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $33,820, worked from $44,860, 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 416 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 $46,550, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $34,130 at the tenth percentile, $61,200 at the ninetieth.
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 $33,820 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and New York adds its own income tax on top — which is why $36,400 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $46,550. 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 ($34,130 to $61,200) 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 $33,820 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 $36,400 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.