Machinists in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,437
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$12,483
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,004
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
$60,920
Kept after tax
$48,437
Worth in national money
$45,004
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New York is 20 of 51 states for machinists, with a middle wage of $60,920. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in New York, this sits in the middle: 290 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $60,920 the take-home is $48,437; in national-average money that behaves like $45,004. The average comes to $61,910, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York ranks 20 of 51 for machinists at $60,920. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Machinists ranks 290 of 493 occupations in New York by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for machinists in New York, on $60,920, is $48,437; deflated by the state's price level, $45,004. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $61,910 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Machinists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,560 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,440 |
| This salary | $60,920 |
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 | $48,437 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,129 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,611 |
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 | $57,569 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,205 |
| 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 machinists in New York earn under $60,920 and half over. The published range runs $40,560 at the tenth percentile to $84,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $48,437 take-home in New York comes from $60,920. 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 290 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,004 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 290.
- Figures are distribution medians for machinists in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,560 to $84,440; 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.
- Retained pay of $48,437, from $60,920, 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 290 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,004, worked from $60,920, 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 290 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $40,560, the highest tenth $84,440, 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 $45,004 — 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 $48,437 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($40,560) and the ninetieth ($84,440) 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 $45,004 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 $48,437 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.