Aircraft Service Attendants in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,304
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$7,906
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,179
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$46,210
Kept after tax
$38,304
Worth in national money
$35,179
State rank
10
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for aircraft service attendants is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $46,210, putting the state 10 of 46 — about 14.24% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New Jersey this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, aircraft service attendants ranks 392. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $46,210 the take-home is $38,304; in national-average money that behaves like $35,179. The average comes to $46,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For aircraft service attendants, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $46,210, ranking 10 of 46 and running about 14.24% 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.
- Against every occupation New Jersey reports, aircraft service attendants ranks 392 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Take-home for aircraft service attendants in New Jersey, on $46,210, is $38,304; deflated by the state's price level, $35,179. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $46,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Aircraft Service Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,860 |
| This salary | $46,210 |
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 Jersey | $38,304 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,310 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,273 |
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 | $44,959 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,377 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of aircraft service attendants in New Jersey earn under $46,210 and half over. The published range runs $36,550 at the tenth percentile to $54,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $38,304, worked from $46,210. 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 392 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,179 uses one figure for the whole of New Jersey. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 392.
- Figures are distribution medians for aircraft service attendants in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,550 to $54,860; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The New Jersey take-home of $38,304, on $46,210 for work ranking 392 of 490 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 392 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,179, worked from $46,210, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Jersey address, on work sitting at 392 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,550 at the tenth percentile, $54,860 at the ninetieth.
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 $35,179 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 Jersey adds its own income tax on top — which is why $38,304 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,550 to $54,860) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Jersey rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $35,179 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 $38,304 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.