Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$92,875
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$36,535
28.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$86,295
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
$129,410
Kept after tax
$92,875
Worth in national money
$86,295
State rank
4
of 49 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 $129,410, ranking 4 of 49 states and sitting about 23.34% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New York. It ranks 49 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $129,410 the take-home is $92,875; in national-average money that behaves like $86,295. The average comes to $134,010, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York's median for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products is $129,410, about 23.34% above the national figure and 4 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within New York, sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products ranks 49 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in New York, on $129,410, is $92,875; deflated by the state's price level, $86,295. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $134,010 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $201,070 |
| This salary | $129,410 |
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 | $92,875 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,718 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,322 |
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 | $119,468 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$22,762 |
| 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, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in New York earn under $129,410 and half over. The published range runs $73,440 at the tenth percentile to $201,070 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $92,875, from $129,410, 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 49 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 $86,295 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 49.
- Figures are distribution medians for sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $73,440 to $201,070; 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.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $92,875 from $129,410. 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 49 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $86,295, worked from $129,410, 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 49 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 $134,010 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 $73,440, the highest tenth $201,070, 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 $86,295 — 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, $92,875 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 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 $134,010. 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 ($73,440) and the ninetieth ($201,070) 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 $86,295 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 $92,875 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.