First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,182
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$12,398
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,768
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
$60,580
Kept after tax
$48,182
Worth in national money
$44,768
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $60,580, putting the state 4 of 51 — about 23.38% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 293.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $60,580, tax leaves $48,182 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $44,768 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $62,120, since top earners drag the number up.
- For first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $60,580, ranking 4 of 51 and running about 23.38% 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.
- In New York's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers sits at 293 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.
- After tax, $48,182 remains from the New York median of $60,580 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $44,768 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $62,120 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,930 |
| This salary | $60,580 |
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 | $48,182 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,856 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,567 |
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 | $57,252 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,151 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,580 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,160 and the ninetieth is $84,930 — 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 $48,182, worked from $60,580. 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 293 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 $44,768, the adjusted value of that $60,580 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 293 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $60,580 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,160 to $84,930. 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 $48,182, on $60,580 for work ranking 293 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 293 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $44,768 — the adjusted value of that $60,580 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 293 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $39,160 at the bottom tenth to $84,930 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $44,768 of national purchasing power.
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 $48,182 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($39,160) and the ninetieth ($84,930) 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 $44,768 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 $48,182 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.