Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$70,498
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$23,572
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$65,503
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
$94,070
Kept after tax
$70,498
Worth in national money
$65,503
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $94,070, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 19.65% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 137 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $94,070 the take-home is $70,498; in national-average money that behaves like $65,503. The average comes to $101,070, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for stationary engineers and boiler operators, at $94,070 — about 19.65% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 137 of 493 in New York places stationary engineers and boiler operators in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for stationary engineers and boiler operators in New York, on $94,070, is $70,498; deflated by the state's price level, $65,503. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $101,070 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $151,730 |
| This salary | $94,070 |
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 | $70,498 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,008 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,686 |
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 | $87,659 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,142 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $94,070 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,290 and the ninetieth is $151,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New York the take-home figure of $70,498, from $94,070, 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 137 of 493 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $65,503, the adjusted value of that $94,070 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 137 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $94,070 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,290 to $151,730. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New York is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $70,498 from $94,070. 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 137 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $65,503 — the adjusted value of that $94,070 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 137 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 $101,070 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $61,290 and the top tenth $151,730 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $65,503 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, $70,498 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 $101,070. 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 ($61,290) and the ninetieth ($151,730) 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 $65,503 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 $70,498 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.