Registered Nurses in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,384
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$29,056
26.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,688
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
$109,440
Kept after tax
$80,384
Worth in national money
$74,688
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for registered nurses. The middle earner takes $109,440, which ranks 6 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 12.19% above the national middle.
- Within New York this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, registered nurses ranks 71 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $109,440, tax leaves $80,384 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $74,688 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $113,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- New York ranks 6 of 51 states publishing a median for registered nurses, at $109,440 — about 12.19% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New York publishes a median for, registered nurses sits 71 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.
- After tax, $80,384 remains from the New York median of $109,440 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $74,688 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $113,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Registered Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $109,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $157,090 |
| This salary | $109,440 |
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 | $80,384 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,821 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,628 |
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 | $101,711 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,824 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New York earn less than $109,440. The published range is $79,760 up to $157,090, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $80,384 take-home in New York comes from $109,440. 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 71 of 493.
- Two cautions on $74,688, the adjusted value of that $109,440 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 71 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for registered nurses in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $79,760 to $157,090. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $80,384, from $109,440, 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 71 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- This $74,688 adjusted figure, worked from $109,440, 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 71 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 71 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 $113,440 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $79,760 at the tenth percentile, $157,090 at the ninetieth.
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 $74,688 of national purchasing power.
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 $80,384 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.
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 $113,440. 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 ($79,760 to $157,090) 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 $74,688 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 $80,384 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.