Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,905
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$5,955
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,856
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
$34,860
Kept after tax
$28,905
Worth in national money
$26,856
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in New York. The middle earner gets $34,860. That is 36 of 49 states, and about 4.94% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations New York publishes, this job lands at 491. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $34,860, tax leaves $28,905 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $26,856 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $38,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- For farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals, New York sits in the lower band at $34,860, ranking 36 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 4.94%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within New York, this work ranks 491 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $28,905 remains from the New York median of $34,860 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $26,856 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $38,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $50,770 |
| This salary | $34,860 |
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 | $28,905 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,190 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,211 |
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 | $33,260 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,093 |
| 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 farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in New York earn under $34,860 and half over. The published range runs $32,240 at the tenth percentile to $50,770 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 $28,905, worked from $34,860. 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 491 of 493.
- Two cautions on $26,856, the adjusted value of that $34,860 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 491 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,240 to $50,770; 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 $28,905, on $34,860 for work ranking 491 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 491 of 493 in the state.
- This $26,856 adjusted figure, worked from $34,860, 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 491 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 491 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 $38,810, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,240 at the bottom tenth to $50,770 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $26,856 of national purchasing power.
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, $28,905 remains.
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 $38,810. 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 ($32,240 to $50,770) 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 $26,856 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 $28,905 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.