Speech-Language Pathologists in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,713
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$25,897
25.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,419
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
$100,610
Kept after tax
$74,713
Worth in national money
$69,419
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays speech-language pathologists a middle wage of $100,610, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 2.8% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New York. It ranks 108 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $100,610, tax leaves $74,713 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $69,419 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $107,700, since top earners drag the number up.
- New York's median for speech-language pathologists is $100,610, about 2.8% above the national figure and 12 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.
- Within New York, speech-language pathologists ranks 108 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.
- After tax, $74,713 remains from the New York median of $100,610 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $69,419 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $107,700 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Speech-Language Pathologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $157,920 |
| This salary | $100,610 |
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 | $74,713 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,609 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,504 |
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 | $93,651 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,272 |
| 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 $100,610. The published range is $64,980 up to $157,920, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $74,713, worked from $100,610. 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 108 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $69,419 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 108.
- Reported values are medians; for speech-language pathologists in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $64,980 to $157,920. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New York take-home of $74,713, on $100,610 for work ranking 108 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 108 of 493 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $69,419, worked from $100,610, 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 108 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 $107,700 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 $64,980, the highest tenth $157,920, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New York costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $69,419 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New York then takes its own share, leaving $74,713.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $107,700. 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 ($64,980) and the ninetieth ($157,920) 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 $69,419 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 $74,713 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.