Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,052
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$11,858
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,969
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
$61,910
Kept after tax
$50,052
Worth in national money
$45,969
State rank
8
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $61,910, putting the state 8 of 49 — about 9.13% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 276 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $61,910 the take-home is $50,052; in national-average money that behaves like $45,969. The average comes to $64,520, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For community and social service specialists, all other, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,910, ranking 8 of 49 and running about 9.13% 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.
- Position 276 of 490 in New Jersey places community and social service specialists, all other 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.
- Take-home for community and social service specialists, all other in New Jersey, on $61,910, is $50,052; deflated by the state's price level, $45,969. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $64,520 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,130 |
| This salary | $61,910 |
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 | $50,052 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,925 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,466 |
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 | $59,579 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,029 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,910 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $45,420 and the ninetieth is $89,130 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $50,052, worked from $61,910. 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 276 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $45,969 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 276.
- The New Jersey median of $61,910 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $45,420 to $89,130. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New Jersey take-home of $50,052, on $61,910 for work ranking 276 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 276 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $45,969, worked from $61,910, 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 276 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $64,520 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,420 at the tenth percentile, $89,130 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,969 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 $50,052 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $64,520. 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 ($45,420 to $89,130) 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 $45,969 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 $50,052 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.