Museum Technicians and Conservators in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,847
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$16,703
22.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,748
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
$74,550
Kept after tax
$57,847
Worth in national money
$53,748
State rank
3
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $74,550, which ranks 3 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 44.93% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations New York reports figures for, this is number 219.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $74,550 the take-home is $57,847; in national-average money that behaves like $53,748. The average lands at $73,780, below the middle of the range.
- New York ranks 3 of 45 states publishing a median for museum technicians and conservators, at $74,550 — about 44.93% 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.
- In New York's occupational distribution, museum technicians and conservators sits at 219 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.
- Take-home for museum technicians and conservators in New York, on $74,550, is $57,847; deflated by the state's price level, $53,748. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $73,780 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Museum Technicians and Conservators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,000 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,800 |
| This salary | $74,550 |
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 | $57,847 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,276 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,309 |
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 | $69,676 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,260 |
| 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 museum technicians and conservators in New York earn under $74,550 and half over. The published range runs $46,000 at the tenth percentile to $103,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $57,847 take-home in New York comes from $74,550. 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 219 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,748 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 219.
- Figures are distribution medians for museum technicians and conservators in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,000 to $103,800; 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 $57,847, from $74,550, 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 219 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 3 of 45 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,748, worked from $74,550, 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 219 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,000, the highest tenth $103,800, 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 $53,748 rather than its face figure.
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 $57,847.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,000) and the ninetieth ($103,800) 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 $53,748 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 $57,847 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.