Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,209
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$8,731
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,573
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
$45,940
Kept after tax
$37,209
Worth in national money
$34,573
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New York pays this job around $45,940 at the midpoint, 30 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 493 occupations New York publishes, this job lands at 408. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $45,940 the take-home is $37,209. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $34,573 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $49,240, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic the New York median is $45,940, ranking 30 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within New York, this work ranks 408 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $37,209 for molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic, from $45,940. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,573. ⚠️ 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 $49,240 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,850 |
| This salary | $45,940 |
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 | $37,209 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,093 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,657 |
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 | $43,596 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,841 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,940 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,850 and the ninetieth is $64,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $37,209 take-home in New York comes from $45,940. 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 408 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $34,573, the adjusted value of that $45,940 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 408 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $45,940 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,850 to $64,850. 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 $37,209, from $45,940, 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 408 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $34,573 — the adjusted value of that $45,940 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 408 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 $49,240, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,850 and the top tenth $64,850, so most people doing this work in New York sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $34,573 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New York then takes its own share, leaving $37,209.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $49,240. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,850 to $64,850) 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 $34,573 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 $37,209 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.