Tile and Stone Setters in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,691
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$12,569
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,241
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
$61,260
Kept after tax
$48,691
Worth in national money
$45,241
State rank
11
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays tile and stone setters a middle wage of $61,260, ranking 11 of 47 states and sitting about 10% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tile and stone setters ranks 284 among 493 occupations New York publishes pay for.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $61,260 the take-home is $48,691; in national-average money that behaves like $45,241. The average comes to $66,010, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York's median for tile and stone setters is $61,260, about 10% above the national figure and 11 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 284 of 493 in New York places tile and stone setters 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 tile and stone setters in New York, on $61,260, is $48,691; deflated by the state's price level, $45,241. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $66,010 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,520 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,700 |
| This salary | $61,260 |
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 | $48,691 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,402 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,655 |
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 | $57,886 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,259 |
| 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 $61,260. The published range is $39,520 up to $96,700, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,691 take-home in New York comes from $61,260. 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 284 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,241 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 284.
- Reported values are medians; for tile and stone setters in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,520 to $96,700. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,691, from $61,260, 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 284 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,241, worked from $61,260, 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 284 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 $66,010 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 $39,520 and the top tenth $96,700 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New York run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $45,241 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $48,691 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $66,010. 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 ($39,520) and the ninetieth ($96,700) 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 $45,241 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 $48,691 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.