Tutors in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,078
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$9,022
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,380
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
$47,100
Kept after tax
$38,078
Worth in national money
$35,380
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New York pays tutors a middle wage of $47,100, ranking 14 of 50 states and sitting about 8.65% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in New York, this one sits low: 397 of 493 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $47,100 the take-home is $38,078; in national-average money that behaves like $35,380. The average comes to $56,540, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New York's median for tutors is $47,100, about 8.65% above the national figure and 14 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Tutors occupies position 397 of 493 in New York's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for tutors in New York, on $47,100, is $38,078; deflated by the state's price level, $35,380. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $56,540 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Tutors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $103,980 |
| This salary | $47,100 |
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 | $38,078 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,025 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,808 |
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 | $44,678 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,024 |
| 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 $47,100. The published range is $33,920 up to $103,980, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $38,078 take-home in New York comes from $47,100. 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 397 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of New York, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,380, the adjusted value of that $47,100 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 397 of 493 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for tutors in New York the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,920 to $103,980. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $38,078, from $47,100, 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 397 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $35,380 — the adjusted value of that $47,100 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 397 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $56,540, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $33,920 and the top tenth $103,980 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $35,380 rather than its face figure.
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 $38,078 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $56,540. 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 ($33,920) and the ninetieth ($103,980) 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 $35,380 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 $38,078 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.