Veterinarians in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$94,359
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$37,471
28.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,673
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
$131,830
Kept after tax
$94,359
Worth in national money
$87,673
State rank
11
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for veterinarians is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $131,830, putting the state 11 of 49 — about 1.33% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations New York reports, veterinarians comes in at 42 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $131,830, tax leaves $94,359 — and because New York is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $87,673 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $151,530, since top earners drag the number up.
- For veterinarians, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $131,830, ranking 11 of 49 and running about 1.33% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Veterinarians ranks 42 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.
- After tax, $94,359 remains from the New York median of $131,830 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $87,673 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $151,530 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Veterinarians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $89,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $251,000 |
| This salary | $131,830 |
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 | $94,359 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,372 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,646 |
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 | $121,577 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,278 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $131,830 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $89,130 and the ninetieth is $251,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New York the take-home figure of $94,359, from $131,830, 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 42 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 $87,673, the adjusted value of that $131,830 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 42 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $131,830 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $89,130 to $251,000. 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 $94,359 from $131,830. 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 42 of 493 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $87,673 — the adjusted value of that $131,830 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 42 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 $151,530, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $89,130, the highest tenth $251,000, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $87,673 of national purchasing power.
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 $94,359 of this wage survives to your account.
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 49 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 $151,530. 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 ($89,130) and the ninetieth ($251,000) 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 $87,673 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 $94,359 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.