Legal Support Workers, All Other in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,127
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$17,393
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,937
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
$76,520
Kept after tax
$59,127
Worth in national money
$54,937
State rank
13
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for legal support workers, all other is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $76,520, putting the state 13 of 45 — about 6.12% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 211.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $76,520 the take-home is $59,127. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $54,937 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $88,650, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For legal support workers, all other, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $76,520, ranking 13 of 45 and running about 6.12% 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.
- In New York's occupational distribution, legal support workers, all other sits at 211 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $59,127 for legal support workers, all other, from $76,520. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $54,937. ⚠️ 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 $88,650 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Legal Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,520 |
| Top tenth earn over | $154,290 |
| This salary | $76,520 |
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 | $59,127 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,662 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,546 |
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 | $71,495 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,792 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of legal support workers, all other in New York earn under $76,520 and half over. The published range runs $49,940 at the tenth percentile to $154,290 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $59,127, from $76,520, 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 211 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $54,937, the adjusted value of that $76,520 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 211 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for legal support workers, all other in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,940 to $154,290; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $59,127 from $76,520. 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 211 of 493 locally.
- This $54,937 adjusted figure, worked from $76,520, 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 211 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 211 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 $88,650, 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 $49,940, the highest tenth $154,290, 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 $54,937 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $59,127 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 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 $88,650. 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 ($49,940) and the ninetieth ($154,290) 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 $54,937 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 $59,127 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.