Order Clerks in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,993
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$9,327
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,230
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
$48,320
Kept after tax
$38,993
Worth in national money
$36,230
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for order clerks is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $48,320, putting the state 11 of 48 — about 4.66% ahead of the national figure.
- Measured against other jobs in New York, this one sits low: 382 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $48,320, tax leaves $38,993 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $36,230 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $50,380, since top earners drag the number up.
- For order clerks, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,320, ranking 11 of 48 and running about 4.66% 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.
- Order clerks occupies position 382 of 493 in New York's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After tax, $38,993 remains from the New York median of $48,320 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $36,230 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $50,380 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,360 |
| This salary | $48,320 |
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 | $38,993 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,005 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,967 |
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 | $45,816 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,217 |
| 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 order clerks in New York earn under $48,320 and half over. The published range runs $34,570 at the tenth percentile to $65,360 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $38,993, from $48,320, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 382 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $36,230, the adjusted value of that $48,320 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 382 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for order clerks in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,570 to $65,360; 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.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,993 from $48,320. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 382 of 493 locally.
- This $36,230 adjusted figure, worked from $48,320, 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 382 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 382 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 $50,380 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,570 at the bottom tenth to $65,360 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $36,230 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 $38,993.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 $50,380. 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 ($34,570 to $65,360) 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 $36,230 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 $38,993 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.