Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,036
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$12,684
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,562
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
$61,720
Kept after tax
$49,036
Worth in national money
$45,562
State rank
3
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $61,720, putting the state 3 of 47 — about 17.47% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 280 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $61,720, tax leaves $49,036 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $45,562 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $68,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- For jewelers and precious stone and metal workers, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,720, ranking 3 of 47 and running about 17.47% 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.
- Position 280 of 493 in New York places jewelers and precious stone and metal workers 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.
- After tax, $49,036 remains from the New York median of $61,720 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $45,562 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $68,730 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,040 |
| This salary | $61,720 |
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 | $49,036 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,772 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,715 |
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 | $58,315 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,331 |
| 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 $61,720. The published range is $37,160 up to $102,040, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $49,036 take-home in New York comes from $61,720. 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 280 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 $45,562, the adjusted value of that $61,720 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 280 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for jewelers and precious stone and metal workers in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,160 to $102,040. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $49,036, from $61,720, 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 280 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $45,562 — the adjusted value of that $61,720 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 280 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $68,730 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $37,160 and the top tenth $102,040 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $45,562 — 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 $49,036.
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 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $68,730. 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 ($37,160) and the ninetieth ($102,040) 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 $45,562 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 $49,036 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.