Industrial Machinery Mechanics in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,723
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$15,017
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,846
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
$69,740
Kept after tax
$54,723
Worth in national money
$50,846
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New York pays this job around $69,740 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 237.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $69,740, tax leaves $54,723 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $50,846 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $72,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- For industrial machinery mechanics the New York median is $69,740, ranking 19 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In New York's occupational distribution, industrial machinery mechanics sits at 237 of 493 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $54,723 remains from the New York median of $69,740 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $50,846 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $72,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $69,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,360 |
| This salary | $69,740 |
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 | $54,723 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,892 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,729 |
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 | $65,393 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,961 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New York earn less than $69,740. The published range is $47,820 up to $101,360, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New York the take-home figure of $54,723, from $69,740, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 237 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,846 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 237.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial machinery mechanics in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $47,820 to $101,360. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $54,723 from $69,740. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 237 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,846, worked from $69,740, 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 237 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 $72,990, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $47,820 at the bottom tenth to $101,360 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $50,846 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New York's own levy, $54,723 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $72,990. 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 ($47,820) and the ninetieth ($101,360) 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 $50,846 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 $54,723 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.