First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,386
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$15,374
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,461
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
$70,760
Kept after tax
$55,386
Worth in national money
$51,461
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $70,760, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 21.1% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 233 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $70,760, tax leaves $55,386 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $51,461 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $70,780, since top earners drag the number up.
- For first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $70,760, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 21.1% 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.
- Position 233 of 493 in New York places first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 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.
- After tax, $55,386 remains from the New York median of $70,760 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $51,461 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $70,780 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,760 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,780 |
| This salary | $70,760 |
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 | $55,386 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,610 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,852 |
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 | $66,217 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,236 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in New York earn under $70,760 and half over. The published range runs $49,920 at the tenth percentile to $99,780 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $55,386 take-home in New York comes from $70,760. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 233 of 493.
- Two cautions on $51,461, the adjusted value of that $70,760 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 233 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,920 to $99,780; 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.
- Retained pay of $55,386, from $70,760, assumes a single New York filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 233 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 51 for it.
- This $51,461 adjusted figure, worked from $70,760, 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 233 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 233 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,920 at the bottom tenth to $99,780 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $51,461 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, $55,386 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,920 to $99,780) 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 $51,461 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 $55,386 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.