Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,297
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$7,423
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,937
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
$40,720
Kept after tax
$33,297
Worth in national money
$30,937
State rank
11
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $40,720, putting the state 11 of 46 — about 2.12% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New York this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 453. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $40,720, tax leaves $33,297 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $30,937 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $49,250, since top earners drag the number up.
- For personal care and service workers, all other, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $40,720, ranking 11 of 46 and running about 2.12% 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.
- Against every occupation New York reports, personal care and service workers, all other ranks 453 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $33,297 remains from the New York median of $40,720 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $30,937 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $49,250 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,210 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,320 |
| This salary | $40,720 |
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 | $33,297 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,899 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,976 |
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 | $38,726 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,018 |
| 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 $40,720. The published range is $34,210 up to $71,320, 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 $33,297, worked from $40,720. 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 453 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,937 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 453.
- Reported values are medians; for personal care and service workers, all other in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,210 to $71,320. 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 $33,297, on $40,720 for work ranking 453 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 453 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,937, worked from $40,720, 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 453 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $49,250, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $34,210 and the top tenth $71,320 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $30,937 of national purchasing power.
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 $33,297.
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 46 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 $49,250. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,210) and the ninetieth ($71,320) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $30,937 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 $33,297 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.