Purchasing Managers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$115,592
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$50,708
30.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$107,402
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
$166,300
Kept after tax
$115,592
Worth in national money
$107,402
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays purchasing managers a middle wage of $166,300, ranking 5 of 50 states and sitting about 12.3% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations New York reports, purchasing managers comes in at 22 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $166,300, tax leaves $115,592 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $107,402 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $177,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- New York's median for purchasing managers is $166,300, about 12.3% above the national figure and 5 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Purchasing managers ranks 22 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.
- After tax, $115,592 remains from the New York median of $166,300 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $107,402 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $177,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $102,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $166,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $282,360 |
| This salary | $166,300 |
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 | $115,592 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $124,932 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$21,162 |
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 | $152,635 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$30,087 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $166,300 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $102,800 and the ninetieth is $282,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New York the take-home figure of $115,592, from $166,300, 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 22 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 $107,402 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 22.
- The New York median of $166,300 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $102,800 to $282,360. 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 $115,592 from $166,300. 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 22 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $107,402, worked from $166,300, 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 22 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 $177,260, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $102,800 at the bottom tenth to $282,360 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $107,402 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 $115,592.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $177,260. 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 ($102,800) and the ninetieth ($282,360) 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 $107,402 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 $115,592 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.