Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$69,287
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$22,903
24.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,377
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
$92,190
Kept after tax
$69,287
Worth in national money
$64,377
State rank
1
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 $92,190, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 31.72% above the national middle.
- Against other work in New York, this sits in the middle: 144 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $92,190 the take-home is $69,287. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $64,377 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $105,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New York's median for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel is $92,190, about 31.72% above the national figure and 1 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.
- Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel ranks 144 of 493 occupations in New York by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $69,287 for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel, from $92,190. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $64,377. ⚠️ 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 $105,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $92,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,820 |
| This salary | $92,190 |
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 | $69,287 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,686 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,451 |
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 | $85,937 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,817 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in New York earn under $92,190 and half over. The published range runs $45,750 at the tenth percentile to $174,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $69,287 take-home in New York comes from $92,190. 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 144 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $64,377, the adjusted value of that $92,190 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 144 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $45,750 to $174,820; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $69,287, from $92,190, 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 144 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $64,377 — the adjusted value of that $92,190 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 144 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 $105,330 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $45,750, the highest tenth $174,820, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $64,377 — 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, $69,287 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.
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 $105,330. 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 ($45,750) and the ninetieth ($174,820) 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 $64,377 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 $69,287 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.