Occupational Therapy Assistants in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$53,937
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$14,593
21.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,115
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
$68,530
Kept after tax
$53,937
Worth in national money
$50,115
State rank
23
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $68,530, ranking 23 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in New York, this sits in the middle: 239 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $68,530, tax leaves $53,937 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $50,115 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $67,620.
- New York occupies the middle band for occupational therapy assistants: a median of $68,530, ranking 23 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Occupational therapy assistants ranks 239 of 493 occupations in New York by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $53,937 remains from the New York median of $68,530 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $50,115 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $67,620 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,530 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,200 |
| This salary | $68,530 |
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 | $53,937 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $57,041 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,584 |
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 | $64,415 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,634 |
| 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 $68,530. The published range is $49,050 up to $83,200, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $53,937, worked from $68,530. 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 239 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 $50,115, the adjusted value of that $68,530 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 239 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapy assistants in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $49,050 to $83,200. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New York take-home of $53,937, on $68,530 for work ranking 239 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 239 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $50,115 — the adjusted value of that $68,530 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 239 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $49,050 at the tenth percentile, $83,200 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New York run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $50,115 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $53,937.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 ($49,050 to $83,200) 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 $50,115 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 $53,937 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.