Helpers--Electricians in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,161
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$9,049
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,457
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
$47,210
Kept after tax
$38,161
Worth in national money
$35,457
State rank
12
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays helpers--electricians a middle wage of $47,210, ranking 12 of 47 states and sitting about 10.64% above the national middle.
- Within New York this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, helpers--electricians ranks 393. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $47,210, tax leaves $38,161 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $35,457 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $51,500, since top earners drag the number up.
- New York's median for helpers--electricians is $47,210, about 10.64% above the national figure and 12 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation New York reports, helpers--electricians ranks 393 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.
- After tax, $38,161 remains from the New York median of $47,210 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $35,457 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $51,500 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Helpers--Electricians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,190 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,410 |
| This salary | $47,210 |
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 | $38,161 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,113 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,822 |
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 | $44,780 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,042 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,210 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,190 and the ninetieth is $77,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,161 take-home in New York comes from $47,210. 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 393 of 493.
- Two cautions on $35,457, the adjusted value of that $47,210 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 393 of 493 locally.
- The New York median of $47,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,190 to $77,410. 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 $38,161, from $47,210, 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 393 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 47 for it.
- This $35,457 adjusted figure, worked from $47,210, 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 393 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 393 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $51,500, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $35,190, the highest tenth $77,410, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $35,457 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $38,161.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $51,500. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($35,190) and the ninetieth ($77,410) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $35,457 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 $38,161 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.