Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,015
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$26,135
25.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,732
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
$103,150
Kept after tax
$77,015
Worth in national money
$70,732
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $103,150, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 6.79% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 95 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $103,150, tax leaves $77,015 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $70,732 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $103,800, since top earners drag the number up.
- For diagnostic medical sonographers, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $103,150, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 6.79% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Jersey publishes a median for, diagnostic medical sonographers sits 95 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.
- After tax, $77,015 remains from the New Jersey median of $103,150 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $70,732 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $103,800 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,090 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,150 |
| Top tenth earn over | $134,550 |
| This salary | $103,150 |
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 | $77,015 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,396 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,030 |
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 | $96,923 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,999 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $103,150 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,090 and the ninetieth is $134,550 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $77,015 take-home in New Jersey comes from $103,150. 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 95 of 490.
- Two cautions on $70,732, the adjusted value of that $103,150 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 95 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $103,150 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,090 to $134,550. 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 $77,015, from $103,150, 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 95 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- This $70,732 adjusted figure, worked from $103,150, 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 95 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 95 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $80,090 at the bottom tenth to $134,550 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $70,732 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 $77,015 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($80,090 to $134,550) 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 $70,732 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 $77,015 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.