Natural Sciences Managers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,107
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$38,573
28.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,297
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
$134,680
Kept after tax
$96,107
Worth in national money
$89,297
State rank
19
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New York pays natural sciences managers around $134,680 at the midpoint, 19 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations New York reports, natural sciences managers comes in at 38 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $134,680 the take-home is $96,107. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $89,297 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $153,570, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For natural sciences managers the New York median is $134,680, ranking 19 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.
- Natural sciences managers ranks 38 of 493 occupations by median in New York, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $96,107 for natural sciences managers, from $134,680. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $89,297. ⚠️ 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 $153,570 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $134,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $291,780 |
| This salary | $134,680 |
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 | $96,107 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,320 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,026 |
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 | $124,127 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,885 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $134,680 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,440 and the ninetieth is $291,780 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $96,107 take-home in New York comes from $134,680. 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 38 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 $89,297, the adjusted value of that $134,680 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 38 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $134,680 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,440 to $291,780. 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 $96,107, from $134,680, 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 38 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $89,297 — the adjusted value of that $134,680 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 38 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $153,570 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $65,440 at the bottom tenth to $291,780 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $89,297 rather than its face figure.
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 $96,107 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $153,570. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($65,440) and the ninetieth ($291,780) 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 $89,297 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 $96,107 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.