Cashiers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,455
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$5,135
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,052
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
$34,590
Kept after tax
$29,455
Worth in national money
$27,052
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for cashiers. The middle earner takes $34,590, which ranks 16 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 5.2% above the national middle.
- Against 490 occupations New Jersey publishes, cashiers lands at 484. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $34,590, tax leaves $29,455 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $27,052 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $36,370, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey ranks 16 of 51 states publishing a median for cashiers, at $34,590 — about 5.2% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within New Jersey, this work ranks 484 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After tax, $29,455 remains from the New Jersey median of $34,590 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $27,052 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $36,370 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,260 |
| This salary | $34,590 |
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 | $29,455 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,973 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,792 |
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 | $33,946 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,586 |
| 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 cashiers in New Jersey earn under $34,590 and half over. The published range runs $32,220 at the tenth percentile to $43,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $29,455 take-home in New Jersey comes from $34,590. 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 484 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Jersey, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $27,052, the adjusted value of that $34,590 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 484 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for cashiers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,220 to $43,260; 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.
- Retained pay of $29,455, from $34,590, 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 484 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $27,052 — the adjusted value of that $34,590 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 484 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 $36,370, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,220 at the tenth percentile, $43,260 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 $27,052 of national purchasing power.
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, $29,455 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $36,370. 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 ($32,220 to $43,260) 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 $27,052 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 $29,455 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.