Medical Equipment Preparers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,738
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$11,582
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,497
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
$57,320
Kept after tax
$45,738
Worth in national money
$42,497
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for medical equipment preparers. The middle earner takes $57,320, which ranks 4 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 20.17% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment preparers ranks 328 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $57,320, tax leaves $45,738 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $42,497 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $55,630.
- New York ranks 4 of 51 states publishing a median for medical equipment preparers, at $57,320 — about 20.17% 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.
- Position 328 of 493 in New York places medical equipment preparers 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, $45,738 remains from the New York median of $57,320 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $42,497 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $55,630 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,000 |
| This salary | $57,320 |
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 | $45,738 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,237 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,141 |
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 | $54,211 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,637 |
| 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 $57,320. The published range is $39,140 up to $71,000, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $45,738, worked from $57,320. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 328 of 493.
- Two cautions on $42,497, the adjusted value of that $57,320 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 328 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for medical equipment preparers in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,140 to $71,000. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New York take-home of $45,738, on $57,320 for work ranking 328 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 328 of 493 in the state.
- This $42,497 adjusted figure, worked from $57,320, 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 328 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 328 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,140 at the bottom tenth to $71,000 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $42,497 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $45,738 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,140 to $71,000) 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 $42,497 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 $45,738 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.