Parts Salespersons in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,639
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$8,541
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,043
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
$45,180
Kept after tax
$36,639
Worth in national money
$34,043
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays parts salespersons a middle wage of $45,180, ranking 15 of 50 states and sitting about 16.96% above the national middle.
- Against 493 occupations New York publishes, parts salespersons lands at 415. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $45,180 the take-home is $36,639. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $34,043 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $47,850, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New York's median for parts salespersons is $45,180, about 16.96% above the national figure and 15 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within New York, this work ranks 415 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $36,639 for parts salespersons, from $45,180. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $34,043. ⚠️ 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 $47,850 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Parts Salespersons
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $65,140 |
| This salary | $45,180 |
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 | $36,639 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,482 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,558 |
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 | $42,887 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,721 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,180 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,750 and the ninetieth is $65,140 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New York the take-home figure of $36,639, from $45,180, 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 415 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $34,043, the adjusted value of that $45,180 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 415 of 493 locally.
- The New York median of $45,180 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,750 to $65,140. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $36,639 from $45,180. 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 415 of 493 locally.
- This $34,043 adjusted figure, worked from $45,180, 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 415 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 415 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 $47,850 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $34,750 and the top tenth $65,140, so most people doing this work in New York sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $34,043 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 $36,639 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $47,850. 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 ($34,750 to $65,140) 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 $34,043 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 $36,639 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.