Food Processing Workers, All Other in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,946
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$7,974
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,469
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
$42,920
Kept after tax
$34,946
Worth in national money
$32,469
State rank
12
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for food processing workers, all other. The middle earner takes $42,920, which ranks 12 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 8.17% above the national middle.
- Within New York this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, food processing workers, all other ranks 443. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $42,920 the take-home is $34,946; in national-average money that behaves like $32,469. The average comes to $44,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York ranks 12 of 46 states publishing a median for food processing workers, all other, at $42,920 — about 8.17% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Against every occupation New York reports, food processing workers, all other ranks 443 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Take-home for food processing workers, all other in New York, on $42,920, is $34,946; deflated by the state's price level, $32,469. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $44,180 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Food Processing Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,010 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,640 |
| This salary | $42,920 |
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 | $34,946 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,666 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,263 |
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 | $40,779 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,365 |
| 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 food processing workers, all other in New York earn under $42,920 and half over. The published range runs $39,010 at the tenth percentile to $53,640 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $34,946, from $42,920, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 443 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $32,469, the adjusted value of that $42,920 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 443 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for food processing workers, all other in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,010 to $53,640; 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.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $34,946 from $42,920. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 443 of 493 locally.
- This $32,469 adjusted figure, worked from $42,920, 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 443 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 443 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,010 at the tenth percentile, $53,640 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New York run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $32,469 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $34,946 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,010 to $53,640) 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 $32,469 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 $34,946 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.