Demonstrators and Product Promoters in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,886
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$5,534
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,366
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
$36,420
Kept after tax
$30,886
Worth in national money
$28,366
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $36,420, ranking 30 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within New Jersey this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 467. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $36,420, tax leaves $30,886 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $28,366 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $38,490, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey occupies the middle band for demonstrators and product promoters: a median of $36,420, ranking 30 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Against every occupation New Jersey reports, demonstrators and product promoters ranks 467 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $30,886 remains from the New Jersey median of $36,420 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $28,366 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $38,490 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Demonstrators and Product Promoters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $44,980 |
| This salary | $36,420 |
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 | $30,886 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,443 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,991 |
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 | $35,727 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,827 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,420 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,220 and the ninetieth is $44,980 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $30,886 take-home in New Jersey comes from $36,420. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 467 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $28,366 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 467.
- The New Jersey median of $36,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,220 to $44,980. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $30,886, from $36,420, assumes a single New Jersey filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 467 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,366, worked from $36,420, 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 467 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 $38,490 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,220 at the bottom tenth to $44,980 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $28,366 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New Jersey's own levy, $30,886 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $38,490. 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 ($32,220 to $44,980) 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 $28,366 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 $30,886 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.