Funeral Attendants in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,413
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$7,797
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,975
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
$42,210
Kept after tax
$34,413
Worth in national money
$31,975
State rank
8
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for funeral attendants is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $42,210, putting the state 8 of 48 — about 18.3% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 493 occupations New York publishes, funeral attendants lands at 447. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $42,210, tax leaves $34,413 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $31,975 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $43,300, since top earners drag the number up.
- For funeral attendants, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $42,210, ranking 8 of 48 and running about 18.3% 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.
- Within New York, this work ranks 447 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, $34,413 remains from the New York median of $42,210 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $31,975 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $43,300 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Funeral Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,130 |
| This salary | $42,210 |
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 | $34,413 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,096 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,170 |
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 | $40,116 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,253 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $42,210 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,210 and the ninetieth is $55,130 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $34,413 take-home in New York comes from $42,210. 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 447 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,975 uses one figure for the whole of New York. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 447.
- The New York median of $42,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,210 to $55,130. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $34,413, from $42,210, 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 447 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,975, worked from $42,210, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New York address, on work sitting at 447 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $35,210 at the bottom tenth to $55,130 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 $31,975 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 $34,413.
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 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,210 to $55,130) 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 $31,975 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 $34,413 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.