Computer User Support Specialists in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,967
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$12,503
19.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,728
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
$64,470
Kept after tax
$51,967
Worth in national money
$47,728
State rank
11
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 $64,470, ranking 11 of 51 states and sitting about 4.22% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 258 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $64,470, tax leaves $51,967 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $47,728 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $70,970, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for computer user support specialists is $64,470, about 4.22% above the national figure and 11 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.
- Position 258 of 490 in New Jersey places computer user support specialists 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, $51,967 remains from the New Jersey median of $64,470 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $47,728 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $70,970 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Computer User Support Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $64,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $105,380 |
| This salary | $64,470 |
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 | $51,967 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,982 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,823 |
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 | $61,963 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,461 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Jersey earn less than $64,470. The published range is $41,830 up to $105,380, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $51,967, worked from $64,470. 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 258 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 $47,728, the adjusted value of that $64,470 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 258 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for computer user support specialists in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,830 to $105,380. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Jersey take-home of $51,967, on $64,470 for work ranking 258 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 258 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $47,728 — the adjusted value of that $64,470 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 258 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 $70,970, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $41,830 and the top tenth $105,380 — 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 $47,728 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New Jersey then takes its own share, leaving $51,967.
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 $70,970. 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 ($41,830) and the ninetieth ($105,380) 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 $47,728 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 $51,967 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.