Respiratory Therapists in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,352
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$28,458
26.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,729
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
$107,810
Kept after tax
$79,352
Worth in national money
$73,729
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for respiratory therapists is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $107,810, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 31.03% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New York this is well-paid work. Of 493 occupations with published figures in the state, respiratory therapists ranks 73 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $107,810, tax leaves $79,352 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $73,729 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $110,200, since top earners drag the number up.
- For respiratory therapists, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $107,810, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 31.03% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New York publishes a median for, respiratory therapists sits 73 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, $79,352 remains from the New York median of $107,810 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $73,729 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $110,200 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Respiratory Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $131,500 |
| This salary | $107,810 |
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 | $79,352 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,674 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,407 |
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 | $100,244 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,519 |
| 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 $107,810. The published range is $81,270 up to $131,500, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New York the take-home figure of $79,352, from $107,810, 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 73 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $73,729, the adjusted value of that $107,810 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 73 of 493 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for respiratory therapists in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $81,270 to $131,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $79,352 from $107,810. 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 73 of 493 locally.
- This $73,729 adjusted figure, worked from $107,810, 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 73 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 73 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $81,270 at the bottom tenth to $131,500 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $73,729 of national purchasing power.
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, $79,352 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($81,270 to $131,500) 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 $73,729 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 $79,352 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.