Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,899
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$16,191
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,867
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
$73,090
Kept after tax
$56,899
Worth in national money
$52,867
State rank
1
of 51 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 $73,090, which ranks 1 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 47.81% above the national middle.
- Against other work in New York, this sits in the middle: 224 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $73,090, tax leaves $56,899 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $52,867 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $71,910.
- New York ranks 1 of 51 states publishing a median for hazardous materials removal workers, at $73,090 — about 47.81% 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.
- Hazardous materials removal workers ranks 224 of 493 occupations in New York by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $56,899 remains from the New York median of $73,090 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $52,867 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $71,910 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,320 |
| This salary | $73,090 |
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 | $56,899 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,249 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,133 |
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 | $68,328 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,866 |
| 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 hazardous materials removal workers in New York earn under $73,090 and half over. The published range runs $47,600 at the tenth percentile to $99,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $56,899 take-home in New York comes from $73,090. 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 224 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 $52,867, the adjusted value of that $73,090 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 224 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for hazardous materials removal workers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,600 to $99,320; 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 $56,899, from $73,090, 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 224 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $52,867 — the adjusted value of that $73,090 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 224 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,600 at the tenth percentile, $99,320 at the ninetieth.
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 $52,867 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 $56,899 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,600 to $99,320) 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 $52,867 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 $56,899 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.