text: income tax in the state of new york? what is the tax rate for a fulltime employee in ny (manhattan)? salary approx $55k one website said:  "if your income range is between $20,001 and $100,000, your tax rate on every dollar of income earned is 6.85%." from: http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layouthtmls/swzl_statetaxrate_ny.html  also take a look at this one: http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/ind_inc.html  and this one: http://www.retirementliving.com/rlstate3.html