Statisticians in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,928
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$39,092
28.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,060
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
$136,020
Kept after tax
$96,928
Worth in national money
$90,060
State rank
2
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New York is one of the better-paying states for statisticians. The middle earner takes $136,020, which ranks 2 of 45 states with published figures. That is about 28.75% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations New York reports, statisticians comes in at 37 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $136,020 the take-home is $96,928. But New York costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $90,060 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $146,430, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New York ranks 2 of 45 states publishing a median for statisticians, at $136,020 — about 28.75% 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.
- Statisticians ranks 37 of 493 occupations by median in New York, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New York income tax is $96,928 for statisticians, from $136,020. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $90,060. ⚠️ 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 $146,430 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Statisticians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $136,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $208,700 |
| This salary | $136,020 |
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 | $96,928 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $104,236 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,206 |
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 | $125,329 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$24,171 |
| 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 statisticians in New York earn under $136,020 and half over. The published range runs $76,250 at the tenth percentile to $208,700 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New York the take-home figure of $96,928, from $136,020, 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 37 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $90,060, the adjusted value of that $136,020 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 37 of 493 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for statisticians in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $76,250 to $208,700; 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 $96,928 from $136,020. 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 37 of 493 locally.
- This $90,060 adjusted figure, worked from $136,020, 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 37 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 37 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 $146,430 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $76,250 at the bottom tenth to $208,700 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 $90,060 of national purchasing power.
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 $96,928.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 45 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $146,430. 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 ($76,250) and the ninetieth ($208,700) 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 $90,060 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 $96,928 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.