Postal Service Clerks in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,763
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$12,927
20.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,237
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
$62,690
Kept after tax
$49,763
Worth in national money
$46,237
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for postal service clerks is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $62,690, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 0.9% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Postal service clerks ranks 269 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $62,690 the take-home is $49,763; in national-average money that behaves like $46,237. The average comes to $63,160, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For postal service clerks, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,690, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 0.9% 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.
- Position 269 of 493 in New York places postal service clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for postal service clerks in New York, on $62,690, is $49,763; deflated by the state's price level, $46,237. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $63,160 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Postal Service Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,030 |
| This salary | $62,690 |
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 | $49,763 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,551 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,842 |
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 | $59,220 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,484 |
| 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 postal service clerks in New York earn under $62,690 and half over. The published range runs $53,290 at the tenth percentile to $75,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $49,763, from $62,690, 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 269 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,237 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 269.
- Figures are distribution medians for postal service clerks in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,290 to $75,030; 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.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $49,763 from $62,690. 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 269 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,237, worked from $62,690, 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 269 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $53,290 at the tenth percentile, $75,030 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 $46,237 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 $49,763 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($53,290 to $75,030) 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 $46,237 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 $49,763 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.