Locksmiths and Safe Repairers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,119
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$12,711
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,638
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
$61,830
Kept after tax
$49,119
Worth in national money
$45,638
State rank
5
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for locksmiths and safe repairers is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $61,830, putting the state 5 of 48 — about 20.48% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 277.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $61,830, tax leaves $49,119 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $45,638 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $62,420, since top earners drag the number up.
- For locksmiths and safe repairers, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,830, ranking 5 of 48 and running about 20.48% 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, locksmiths and safe repairers sits at 277 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, $49,119 remains from the New York median of $61,830 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $45,638 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $62,420 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $88,890 |
| This salary | $61,830 |
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 | $49,119 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,860 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,730 |
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 | $58,418 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,348 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,830 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,950 and the ninetieth is $88,890 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $49,119 take-home in New York comes from $61,830. 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 277 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,638 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 277.
- The New York median of $61,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,950 to $88,890. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $49,119, from $61,830, 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 277 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,638, worked from $61,830, 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 277 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $36,950, the highest tenth $88,890, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $45,638 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 $49,119 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,950) and the ninetieth ($88,890) 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 $45,638 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 $49,119 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.