Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,177
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$14,473
20.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$51,594
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
$70,650
Kept after tax
$56,177
Worth in national money
$51,594
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $70,650, which ranks 14 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 8.78% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 244 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $70,650, tax leaves $56,177 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $51,594 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $70,710, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey ranks 14 of 50 states publishing a median for civil engineering technologists and technicians, at $70,650 — about 8.78% 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.
- Position 244 of 490 in New Jersey places civil engineering technologists and technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $56,177 remains from the New Jersey median of $70,650 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $51,594 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $70,710 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,360 |
| This salary | $70,650 |
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 | $56,177 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,532 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,640 |
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 | $67,302 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,966 |
| 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 civil engineering technologists and technicians in New Jersey earn under $70,650 and half over. The published range runs $43,200 at the tenth percentile to $99,360 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 $56,177, worked from $70,650. 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 244 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 $51,594, the adjusted value of that $70,650 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 244 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for civil engineering technologists and technicians in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,200 to $99,360; 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 $56,177, on $70,650 for work ranking 244 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 244 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $51,594 — the adjusted value of that $70,650 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 244 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $43,200 and the top tenth $99,360 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $51,594 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 $56,177 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($43,200) and the ninetieth ($99,360) 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 $51,594 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 $56,177 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.