Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$57,337
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$15,103
20.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,659
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
$72,440
Kept after tax
$57,337
Worth in national money
$52,659
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays this job a middle wage of $72,440, ranking 12 of 51 states and sitting about 13.51% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 236.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $72,440 the take-home is $57,337. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $52,659 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $74,290, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Jersey's median for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary is $72,440, about 13.51% above the national figure and 12 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.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, career/technical education teachers, postsecondary sits at 236 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $57,337 for career/technical education teachers, postsecondary, from $72,440. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,659. ⚠️ 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 $74,290 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,390 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $72,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,060 |
| This salary | $72,440 |
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 | $57,337 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $59,792 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,871 |
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 | $68,951 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,467 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $72,440 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $49,390 and the ninetieth is $101,060 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $57,337 take-home in New Jersey comes from $72,440. 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 236 of 490.
- Two cautions on $52,659, the adjusted value of that $72,440 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 236 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $72,440 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $49,390 to $101,060. 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 $57,337, from $72,440, 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 236 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- This $52,659 adjusted figure, worked from $72,440, 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 236 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 236 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $49,390 and the top tenth $101,060, 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?
Not on its own. Prices in New Jersey run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $52,659 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New Jersey's own levy, $57,337 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($49,390 to $101,060) 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 $52,659 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 $57,337 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.