Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,227
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$8,403
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,660
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
$44,630
Kept after tax
$36,227
Worth in national money
$33,660
State rank
9
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 $44,630, which ranks 9 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 10.91% above the national middle.
- Within New York this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 421. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $44,630 the take-home is $36,227. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $33,660 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $46,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New York ranks 9 of 51 states publishing a median for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, at $44,630 — about 10.91% 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.
- Against every occupation New York reports, laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand ranks 421 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $36,227 for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand, from $44,630. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,660. ⚠️ 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 $46,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,330 |
| This salary | $44,630 |
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 | $36,227 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,040 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,486 |
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 | $42,374 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,635 |
| 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 $44,630. The published range is $35,360 up to $59,330, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $36,227 take-home in New York comes from $44,630. 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 421 of 493.
- Two cautions on $33,660, the adjusted value of that $44,630 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 421 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,360 to $59,330. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $36,227, from $44,630, 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 421 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- This $33,660 adjusted figure, worked from $44,630, 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 421 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 421 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 $46,200, 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 $35,360 and the top tenth $59,330, 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 $33,660 rather than its face figure.
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, $36,227 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 $46,200. 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 ($35,360 to $59,330) 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 $33,660 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 $36,227 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.