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Title: AI Evaluator for Tax hourly rate in New York | Deftridge
Summary: AI Evaluator for Tax pay in New York: median wage $45 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $55. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

NY · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# AI Evaluator: Tax hourly rate in New York

The market median wage for an AI Evaluator: Tax in New York is **$45.28 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$55 an hour** on Deftridge, +57% against the United States rate.

**$55/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$45.28/hr** median wage

**$31-54** middle half of wages

**$1,190** a month at 5 hours a week

## AI Evaluator: Tax wage percentiles in New York

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $23.56 | $510 | $49,000 |
| 25th | $30.68 | $660 | $63,800 |
| Median | $45.28 | $980 | $94,200 |
| 75th | $53.63 | $1,160 | $111,600 |
| 90th | $67.96 | $1,470 | $141,400 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 6,880 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## New York in numbers

What sets New York apart for an AI Evaluator: Tax, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+52%** median wage against the United States median of $29.82

- **3rd of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **6,880** people employed in the role in this place

- **$45.28** median wage in the Elmira metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an AI Evaluator: Tax in New York by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $55 | $1,190 |
| Manager | $70 | $1,520 |
| Director | $80 | $1,730 |

- AI expert review **$55**

## AI Evaluator: Tax pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior AI Evaluator: Tax, highest first; 6 of 51 places shown. By median wage New York ranks **3 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $50.71 | $65 |
| Alaska | $47.28 | $60 |
| New York | $45.28 | $55 |
| Montana | $43.82 | $55 |
| Texas | $39.05 | $50 |
| Wyoming | $37.05 | $45 |

## Metro areas in New York

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Elmira $45.28/hr median wage · range $31-54](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

- [Glens Falls $45.28/hr median wage · range $31-54](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

- [Kingston $45.28/hr median wage · range $31-54](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

- [Watertown $45.28/hr median wage · range $31-54](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

- [New York City $44.51/hr median wage · range $31-54](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

- [Ithaca $37.38/hr median wage · range $25-41](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

- [Syracuse $35.34/hr median wage · range $26-44](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

- [Rochester $35.25/hr median wage · range $25-41](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

- [Buffalo $34.94/hr median wage · range $22-40](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

- [Kiryas Joel $34.64/hr median wage · range $23-43](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[AI Evaluator: Tax rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/) · [AI Evaluator: Tax jobs in New York](https://deftridge.com/jobs/ai-evaluator-tax/new-york/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
