Electrical Engineers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$86,443
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$32,567
27.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,318
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
$119,010
Kept after tax
$86,443
Worth in national money
$80,318
State rank
18
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New York is 18 of 49 states for electrical engineers, with a middle wage of $119,010. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New York. It ranks 62 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $119,010, tax leaves $86,443 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $80,318 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $122,140, since top earners drag the number up.
- New York ranks 18 of 49 for electrical engineers at $119,010. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within New York, electrical engineers ranks 62 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $86,443 remains from the New York median of $119,010 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $80,318 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $122,140 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $119,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $168,820 |
| This salary | $119,010 |
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 | $86,443 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $92,554 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,926 |
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 | $110,324 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,618 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $119,010 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $74,870 and the ninetieth is $168,820 — 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 $86,443, worked from $119,010. 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 62 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $80,318, the adjusted value of that $119,010 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 62 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $119,010 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $74,870 to $168,820. 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 $86,443, on $119,010 for work ranking 62 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 62 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $80,318 — the adjusted value of that $119,010 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 62 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $74,870, the highest tenth $168,820, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $80,318 rather than its face figure.
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, $86,443 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($74,870) and the ninetieth ($168,820) 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 $80,318 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 $86,443 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.