Audiologists in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,303
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$31,927
26.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,181
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
$119,230
Kept after tax
$87,303
Worth in national money
$80,181
State rank
2
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for audiologists is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $119,230, putting the state 2 of 49 — about 24.48% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Jersey. It ranks 66 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $119,230 the take-home is $87,303. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $80,181 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $113,560, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For audiologists, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $119,230, ranking 2 of 49 and running about 24.48% 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.
- Within New Jersey, audiologists ranks 66 of 490 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $87,303 for audiologists, from $119,230. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $80,181. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $113,560 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Audiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $119,230 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,310 |
| This salary | $119,230 |
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 | $87,303 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $92,708 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,223 |
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 | $111,547 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,027 |
| 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 audiologists in New Jersey earn under $119,230 and half over. The published range runs $80,850 at the tenth percentile to $135,310 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $87,303, from $119,230, 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 66 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,181 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 66.
- Figures are distribution medians for audiologists in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $80,850 to $135,310; 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.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $87,303 from $119,230. 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 66 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,181, worked from $119,230, 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 66 of 490 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 $113,560, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $80,850 and the top tenth $135,310, so most people doing this work in New Jersey sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $80,181 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New Jersey then takes its own share, leaving $87,303.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
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 Jersey is $113,560. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($80,850 to $135,310) 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 $80,181 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 $87,303 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.