Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,093
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$8,507
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,822
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
$48,600
Kept after tax
$40,093
Worth in national money
$36,822
State rank
13
of 47 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 $48,600, ranking 13 of 47 states and sitting about 4.36% above the national middle.
- Measured against other jobs in New Jersey, this one sits low: 373 of 490 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $48,600 the take-home is $40,093. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $36,822 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $50,010, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Jersey's median for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders is $48,600, about 4.36% above the national figure and 13 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders occupies position 373 of 490 in New Jersey's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $40,093 for cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders, from $48,600. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,822. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $50,010 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,930 |
| This salary | $48,600 |
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 | $40,093 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,230 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,607 |
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 | $47,184 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,781 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,600 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,820 and the ninetieth is $62,930 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $40,093, from $48,600, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 373 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $36,822, the adjusted value of that $48,600 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Jersey. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 373 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $48,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,820 to $62,930. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,093 from $48,600. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 373 of 490 locally.
- This $36,822 adjusted figure, worked from $48,600, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 373 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 373 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,820 and the top tenth $62,930, so most people doing this work in New Jersey sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,822 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 $40,093 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 47 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 ($36,820 to $62,930) 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 $36,822 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 $40,093 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.