Nursing Assistants in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,195
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$9,395
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,418
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
$48,590
Kept after tax
$39,195
Worth in national money
$36,418
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for nursing assistants is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $48,590, putting the state 3 of 51 — about 14.98% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 493 occupations New York publishes, nursing assistants lands at 377. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $48,590 the take-home is $39,195; in national-average money that behaves like $36,418. The average comes to $48,800, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For nursing assistants, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,590, ranking 3 of 51 and running about 14.98% 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.
- Within New York, this work ranks 377 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.
- Take-home for nursing assistants in New York, on $48,590, is $39,195; deflated by the state's price level, $36,418. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $48,800 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Nursing Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,890 |
| This salary | $48,590 |
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 | $39,195 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,222 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,002 |
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 | $46,067 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,259 |
| 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 nursing assistants in New York earn under $48,590 and half over. The published range runs $38,450 at the tenth percentile to $59,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $39,195, worked from $48,590. 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 377 of 493.
- Two cautions on $36,418, the adjusted value of that $48,590 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 377 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for nursing assistants in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,450 to $59,890; 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.
- The New York take-home of $39,195, on $48,590 for work ranking 377 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 377 of 493 in the state.
- This $36,418 adjusted figure, worked from $48,590, 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 377 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 377 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $38,450 at the tenth percentile, $59,890 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,418 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 $39,195 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,450 to $59,890) 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 $36,418 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 $39,195 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.