Millwrights in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,101
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$18,459
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,772
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
$79,560
Kept after tax
$61,101
Worth in national money
$56,772
State rank
7
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for millwrights is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $79,560, putting the state 7 of 48 — about 21.1% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 185.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $79,560, tax leaves $61,101 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $56,772 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $78,510.
- For millwrights, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $79,560, ranking 7 of 48 and running about 21.1% 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, millwrights sits at 185 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, $61,101 remains from the New York median of $79,560 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $56,772 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $78,510 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Millwrights
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,200 |
| This salary | $79,560 |
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 | $61,101 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,800 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,912 |
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 | $74,302 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,614 |
| 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 $79,560. The published range is $58,750 up to $97,200, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New York the take-home figure of $61,101, from $79,560, 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 185 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,772 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 185.
- Reported values are medians; for millwrights in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $58,750 to $97,200. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,101 from $79,560. 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 185 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,772, worked from $79,560, 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 185 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $58,750 at the bottom tenth to $97,200 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $56,772 of national purchasing power.
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, $61,101 remains.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($58,750 to $97,200) 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 $56,772 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 $61,101 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.