Pharmacy Technicians in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,703
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$8,227
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$33,173
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
$43,930
Kept after tax
$35,703
Worth in national money
$33,173
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for pharmacy technicians is on the low side in New York. The middle earner gets $43,930. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 3.98% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations New York publishes, pharmacy technicians lands at 431. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $43,930 the take-home is $35,703. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $33,173 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $46,800, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For pharmacy technicians, New York sits in the lower band at $43,930, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 3.98%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within New York, this work ranks 431 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 $35,703 for pharmacy technicians, from $43,930. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $33,173. ⚠️ 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 $46,800 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,690 |
| This salary | $43,930 |
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 | $35,703 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,478 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,395 |
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 | $41,721 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,524 |
| 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 pharmacy technicians in New York earn under $43,930 and half over. The published range runs $36,540 at the tenth percentile to $64,690 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $35,703 take-home in New York comes from $43,930. 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 431 of 493.
- Two cautions on $33,173, the adjusted value of that $43,930 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 431 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for pharmacy technicians in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,540 to $64,690; 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 $35,703, from $43,930, 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 431 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 51 for it.
- This $33,173 adjusted figure, worked from $43,930, 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 431 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 431 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 $46,800 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 $36,540 and the top tenth $64,690, 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 $33,173 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 $35,703.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $46,800. 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 ($36,540 to $64,690) 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 $33,173 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 $35,703 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.