Home Appliance Repairers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,637
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$13,553
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,978
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
$65,190
Kept after tax
$51,637
Worth in national money
$47,978
State rank
2
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays home appliance repairers a middle wage of $65,190, ranking 2 of 50 states and sitting about 27.85% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Home appliance repairers ranks 256 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $65,190 the take-home is $51,637. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $47,978 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $62,360, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- New York's median for home appliance repairers is $65,190, about 27.85% above the national figure and 2 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 256 of 493 in New York places home appliance repairers 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 $51,637 for home appliance repairers, from $65,190. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,978. ⚠️ 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 $62,360 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Home Appliance Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,300 |
| This salary | $65,190 |
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 | $51,637 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,560 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,168 |
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 | $61,552 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,879 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $65,190 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,970 and the ninetieth is $81,300 — 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 $51,637, worked from $65,190. 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 256 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 $47,978, the adjusted value of that $65,190 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 256 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $65,190 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,970 to $81,300. 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 $51,637, on $65,190 for work ranking 256 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 256 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $47,978 — the adjusted value of that $65,190 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 256 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $62,360, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,970 and the top tenth $81,300, 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 $47,978 rather than its face figure.
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 $51,637 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $62,360. 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 ($37,970 to $81,300) 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 $47,978 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 $51,637 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.