Slaughterers and Meat Packers in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,170
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$5,710
16.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$26,174
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
$33,880
Kept after tax
$28,170
Worth in national money
$26,174
State rank
43
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New York pays slaughterers and meat packers a middle wage of $33,880, 43 of 47 states and about 15.57% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within New York this is lower-paid work. Of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 493. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $33,880 the take-home is $28,170. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $26,174 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $39,400, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New York's $33,880 median for slaughterers and meat packers places it 43 of 47 states, about 15.57% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation New York reports, slaughterers and meat packers ranks 493 of 493, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $28,170 for slaughterers and meat packers, from $33,880. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $26,174. ⚠️ 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 $39,400 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Slaughterers and Meat Packers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,880 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,110 |
| This salary | $33,880 |
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 | $28,170 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,403 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,083 |
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 | $32,346 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,938 |
| 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 slaughterers and meat packers in New York earn under $33,880 and half over. The published range runs $32,240 at the tenth percentile to $59,110 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $28,170, worked from $33,880. 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 493 of 493.
- Two cautions on $26,174, the adjusted value of that $33,880 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 493 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for slaughterers and meat packers in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,240 to $59,110; 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.
- The New York take-home of $28,170, on $33,880 for work ranking 493 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 493 of 493 in the state.
- This $26,174 adjusted figure, worked from $33,880, 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 493 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 493 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $39,400, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $32,240 at the bottom tenth to $59,110 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $26,174 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 $28,170 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $39,400. 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 ($32,240) and the ninetieth ($59,110) 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 $26,174 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 $28,170 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.