Budget Analysts in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,601
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$23,649
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,678
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
$96,250
Kept after tax
$72,601
Worth in national money
$66,678
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays budget analysts a middle wage of $96,250, ranking 9 of 51 states and sitting about 5.03% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations New Jersey reports, budget analysts comes in at 116 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $96,250 the take-home is $72,601; in national-average money that behaves like $66,678. The average comes to $100,310, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey's median for budget analysts is $96,250, about 5.03% above the national figure and 9 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Budget analysts ranks 116 of 490 occupations by median in New Jersey, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for budget analysts in New Jersey, on $96,250, is $72,601; deflated by the state's price level, $66,678. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $100,310 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $67,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,730 |
| This salary | $96,250 |
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 | $72,601 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,542 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,089 |
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 | $90,648 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,699 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $96,250 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $67,590 and the ninetieth is $140,730 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $72,601 take-home in New Jersey comes from $96,250. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 116 of 490.
- Two cautions on $66,678, the adjusted value of that $96,250 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Jersey. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 116 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $96,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $67,590 to $140,730. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $72,601, from $96,250, assumes a single New Jersey filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 116 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 9 of 51 for it.
- This $66,678 adjusted figure, worked from $96,250, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 116 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 116 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $100,310, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $67,590 at the bottom tenth to $140,730 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Jersey costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $66,678 rather than its face figure.
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 $72,601 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $100,310. 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 ($67,590) and the ninetieth ($140,730) 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 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 $66,678 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 $72,601 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.