Orderlies in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,704
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$8,896
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,032
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
$46,600
Kept after tax
$37,704
Worth in national money
$35,032
State rank
5
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for orderlies is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $46,600, putting the state 5 of 47 — about 21.7% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 493 occupations New York publishes, orderlies lands at 404. 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 $46,600 the take-home is $37,704; in national-average money that behaves like $35,032. The average lands at $46,390, below the middle of the range.
- For orderlies, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,600, ranking 5 of 47 and running about 21.7% 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 404 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 orderlies in New York, on $46,600, is $37,704; deflated by the state's price level, $35,032. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $46,390 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Orderlies
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,790 |
| This salary | $46,600 |
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 | $37,704 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,623 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,743 |
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 | $44,211 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,945 |
| 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 orderlies in New York earn under $46,600 and half over. The published range runs $36,150 at the tenth percentile to $55,790 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,704 take-home in New York comes from $46,600. 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 404 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,032 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 404.
- Figures are distribution medians for orderlies in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,150 to $55,790; 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 $37,704, from $46,600, 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 404 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 5 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,032, worked from $46,600, 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 404 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,150 at the tenth percentile, $55,790 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 $35,032 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New York's own levy, $37,704 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 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 ($36,150 to $55,790) 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 $35,032 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 $37,704 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.