Pharmacists in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$100,650
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$41,440
29.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,518
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
$142,090
Kept after tax
$100,650
Worth in national money
$93,518
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New York is 19 of 51 states for pharmacists, with a middle wage of $142,090. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations New York reports, pharmacists comes in at 30 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $142,090 the take-home is $100,650; in national-average money that behaves like $93,518. The average lands at $140,260, below the middle of the range.
- New York ranks 19 of 51 for pharmacists at $142,090. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Pharmacists ranks 30 of 493 occupations by median in New York, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for pharmacists in New York, on $142,090, is $100,650; deflated by the state's price level, $93,518. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $140,260 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Pharmacists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $92,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $142,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,550 |
| This salary | $142,090 |
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 | $100,650 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $108,385 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$18,017 |
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 | $130,774 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$25,464 |
| 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 $142,090. The published range is $92,910 up to $174,550, 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 $100,650, worked from $142,090. 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 30 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 $93,518, the adjusted value of that $142,090 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 30 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for pharmacists in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $92,910 to $174,550. 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 $100,650, on $142,090 for work ranking 30 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 30 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $93,518 — the adjusted value of that $142,090 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 30 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $92,910 at the tenth percentile, $174,550 at the ninetieth.
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 $93,518 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 $100,650 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($92,910 to $174,550) 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 $93,518 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 $100,650 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.