Crane and Tower Operators in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,409
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$25,231
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$69,257
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
$100,640
Kept after tax
$75,409
Worth in national money
$69,257
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for crane and tower operators. The middle earner takes $100,640, which ranks 5 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 47.83% above the national middle.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, crane and tower operators ranks 104 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $100,640 the take-home is $75,409; in national-average money that behaves like $69,257. The average comes to $102,380, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey ranks 5 of 50 states publishing a median for crane and tower operators, at $100,640 — about 47.83% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Jersey publishes a median for, crane and tower operators sits 104 of 490 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for crane and tower operators in New Jersey, on $100,640, is $75,409; deflated by the state's price level, $69,257. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $102,380 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Crane and Tower Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,510 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,570 |
| This salary | $100,640 |
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 | $75,409 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,630 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,688 |
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 | $94,640 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,526 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $100,640 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,510 and the ninetieth is $129,570 — 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 $75,409, worked from $100,640. 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 104 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 $69,257, the adjusted value of that $100,640 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 104 of 490 in the state.
- The New Jersey median of $100,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,510 to $129,570. 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 $75,409, on $100,640 for work ranking 104 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 104 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $69,257 — the adjusted value of that $100,640 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 104 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $65,510 at the tenth percentile, $129,570 at the ninetieth.
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 $69,257 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $75,409 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($65,510 to $129,570) 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 $69,257 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 $75,409 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.