Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,706
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$12,574
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,255
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
$61,280
Kept after tax
$48,706
Worth in national money
$45,255
State rank
14
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for drywall and ceiling tile installers. The middle earner takes $61,280, which ranks 14 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 3.99% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Drywall and ceiling tile installers ranks 283 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $61,280 the take-home is $48,706; in national-average money that behaves like $45,255. The average comes to $68,930, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York ranks 14 of 49 states publishing a median for drywall and ceiling tile installers, at $61,280 — about 3.99% 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.
- Position 283 of 493 in New York places drywall and ceiling tile installers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for drywall and ceiling tile installers in New York, on $61,280, is $48,706; deflated by the state's price level, $45,255. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $68,930 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,450 |
| This salary | $61,280 |
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 | $48,706 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,418 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,658 |
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 | $57,905 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,262 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,280 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,860 and the ninetieth is $118,450 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New York the take-home figure of $48,706, from $61,280, 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 283 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $45,255, the adjusted value of that $61,280 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 283 of 493 locally.
- The New York median of $61,280 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,860 to $118,450. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,706 from $61,280. 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 283 of 493 locally.
- This $45,255 adjusted figure, worked from $61,280, 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 283 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 283 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 $68,930 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $46,860 and the top tenth $118,450 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $45,255 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 $48,706.
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 $68,930. 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 ($46,860) and the ninetieth ($118,450) 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 $45,255 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 $48,706 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.