Forest and Conservation Technicians in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,270
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$11,760
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,992
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
$58,030
Kept after tax
$46,270
Worth in national money
$42,992
State rank
8
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,030, which ranks 8 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 6.36% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 320 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $58,030 the take-home is $46,270. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $42,992 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $59,980, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New York ranks 8 of 45 states publishing a median for forest and conservation technicians, at $58,030 — about 6.36% 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.
- Position 320 of 493 in New York places forest and conservation technicians 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $46,270 for forest and conservation technicians, from $58,030. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,992. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $59,980 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Forest and Conservation Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,040 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,370 |
| This salary | $58,030 |
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 | $46,270 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,807 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,234 |
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 | $54,873 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,749 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,030 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,040 and the ninetieth is $78,370 — 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 $46,270, worked from $58,030. 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 320 of 493.
- Two cautions on $42,992, the adjusted value of that $58,030 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 320 of 493 locally.
- The New York median of $58,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,040 to $78,370. 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 $46,270, on $58,030 for work ranking 320 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 320 of 493 in the state.
- This $42,992 adjusted figure, worked from $58,030, 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 320 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 320 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $59,980 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $39,040 and the top tenth $78,370, so most people doing this work in New York sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,992 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New York then takes its own share, leaving $46,270.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $59,980. 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 ($39,040 to $78,370) 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 $42,992 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 $46,270 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.