Radiologic Technologists and Technicians in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,334
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$25,136
25.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,138
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
$98,470
Kept after tax
$73,334
Worth in national money
$68,138
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays this job a middle wage of $98,470, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 22.92% above the national middle.
- Within New York this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 116 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $98,470 the take-home is $73,334; in national-average money that behaves like $68,138. The average comes to $99,000, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York's median for radiologic technologists and technicians is $98,470, about 22.92% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation New York publishes a median for, radiologic technologists and technicians sits 116 of 493 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for radiologic technologists and technicians in New York, on $98,470, is $73,334; deflated by the state's price level, $68,138. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $99,000 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,310 |
| This salary | $98,470 |
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 | $73,334 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,104 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,236 |
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 | $91,690 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,902 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $98,470 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $67,540 and the ninetieth is $129,310 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $73,334, worked from $98,470. 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 116 of 493.
- Two cautions on $68,138, the adjusted value of that $98,470 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 116 of 493 locally.
- The New York median of $98,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $67,540 to $129,310. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New York take-home of $73,334, on $98,470 for work ranking 116 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 116 of 493 in the state.
- This $68,138 adjusted figure, worked from $98,470, 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 116 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 116 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $67,540 at the tenth percentile, $129,310 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 $68,138 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 $73,334 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 ($67,540 to $129,310) 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 $68,138 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 $73,334 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.