Procurement Clerks in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,310
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$10,770
19.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,241
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
$54,080
Kept after tax
$43,310
Worth in national money
$40,241
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for procurement clerks. The middle earner takes $54,080, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 6.92% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Procurement clerks ranks 346 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $54,080 the take-home is $43,310. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $40,241 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $55,910, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New York ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for procurement clerks, at $54,080 — about 6.92% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 346 of 493 in New York places procurement 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $43,310 for procurement clerks, from $54,080. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $40,241. ⚠️ 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 $55,910 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,030 |
| This salary | $54,080 |
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 | $43,310 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,633 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,719 |
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 | $51,189 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,126 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $54,080 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,630 and the ninetieth is $74,030 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New York the take-home figure of $43,310, from $54,080, 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 346 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $40,241, the adjusted value of that $54,080 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 346 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $54,080 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,630 to $74,030. 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 $43,310 from $54,080. 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 346 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $40,241 — the adjusted value of that $54,080 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 346 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 $55,910 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 $40,630 and the top tenth $74,030, 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?
Not on its own. Prices in New York run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $40,241 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New York's own levy, $43,310 remains.
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.
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 $55,910. 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 ($40,630 to $74,030) 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 $40,241 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 $43,310 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.