Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists in New York
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,102
after federal, FICA and New York tax
Tax takes
$19,538
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,631
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
$82,640
Kept after tax
$63,102
Worth in national money
$58,631
State rank
14
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for zoologists and wildlife biologists is strong here. New York's middle earner gets $82,640, putting the state 14 of 47 — about 7.63% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in New York, this sits in the middle: 170 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- New York is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $82,640 the take-home is $63,102; in national-average money that behaves like $58,631. The average comes to $85,340, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For zoologists and wildlife biologists, New York sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $82,640, ranking 14 of 47 and running about 7.63% 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.
- Zoologists and wildlife biologists ranks 170 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.
- Take-home for zoologists and wildlife biologists in New York, on $82,640, is $63,102; deflated by the state's price level, $58,631. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $85,340 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $58,240 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,860 |
| This salary | $82,640 |
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 | $63,102 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,967 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,284 |
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 | $77,145 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,205 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 108 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,640 as a midpoint for New York, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $58,240 and the ninetieth is $117,860 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New York's $63,102, worked from $82,640. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 170 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 $58,631, the adjusted value of that $82,640 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 170 of 493 in the state.
- The New York median of $82,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $58,240 to $117,860. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New York take-home of $63,102, on $82,640 for work ranking 170 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 170 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New York, so $58,631 — the adjusted value of that $82,640 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 170 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 $85,340, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $58,240, the highest tenth $117,860, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $58,631 — 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 $63,102 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $85,340. 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 ($58,240) and the ninetieth ($117,860) 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 $58,631 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 $63,102 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.