Surgical Technologists in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,095
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$18,455
23.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,766
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
$79,550
Kept after tax
$61,095
Worth in national money
$56,766
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays surgical technologists a middle wage of $79,550, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 23.05% above the national middle.
- Against other work in New York, this sits in the middle: 186 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $79,550, tax leaves $61,095 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $56,766 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $81,990, since top earners drag the number up.
- New York's median for surgical technologists is $79,550, about 23.05% above the national figure and 8 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.
- Surgical technologists ranks 186 of 493 occupations in New York by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $61,095 remains from the New York median of $79,550 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $56,766 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $81,990 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Surgical Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,550 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,330 |
| This salary | $79,550 |
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 | $61,095 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,793 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,911 |
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 | $74,292 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,611 |
| 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 surgical technologists in New York earn under $79,550 and half over. The published range runs $53,680 at the tenth percentile to $105,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $61,095 take-home in New York comes from $79,550. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 186 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,766 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 186.
- Figures are distribution medians for surgical technologists in New York, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,680 to $105,330; 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.
- Retained pay of $61,095, from $79,550, assumes a single New York filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 186 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,766, worked from $79,550, 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 186 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 $81,990, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $53,680 at the bottom tenth to $105,330 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $56,766 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 $61,095.
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 $81,990. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($53,680 to $105,330) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New York rather than a national figure.
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 $56,766 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 $61,095 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.