Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,464
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$17,576
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,251
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
$77,040
Kept after tax
$59,464
Worth in national money
$55,251
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New York pays this job around $77,040 at the midpoint, 29 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 208.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $77,040 the take-home is $59,464; in national-average money that behaves like $55,251. The average comes to $77,540, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians the New York median is $77,040, ranking 29 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In New York's occupational distribution, electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians sits at 208 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 electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in New York, on $77,040, is $59,464; deflated by the state's price level, $55,251. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $77,540 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,820 |
| This salary | $77,040 |
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 | $59,464 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,028 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,609 |
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 | $71,975 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,933 |
| 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 electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in New York earn under $77,040 and half over. The published range runs $48,760 at the tenth percentile to $111,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $59,464, worked from $77,040. 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 208 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,251 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 208.
- Figures are distribution medians for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,760 to $111,820; 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.
- The New York take-home of $59,464, on $77,040 for work ranking 208 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 208 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,251, worked from $77,040, 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 208 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,760 at the bottom tenth to $111,820 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New York costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $55,251 rather than its face figure.
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 $59,464.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,760) and the ninetieth ($111,820) 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 $55,251 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 $59,464 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.