Dietitians and Nutritionists in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,051
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$19,399
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,744
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
$84,450
Kept after tax
$65,051
Worth in national money
$59,744
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for dietitians and nutritionists. The middle earner takes $84,450, which ranks 4 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 10.54% above the national middle.
- Against other work in New Jersey, this sits in the middle: 152 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $84,450 the take-home is $65,051; in national-average money that behaves like $59,744. The average comes to $87,460, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey ranks 4 of 51 states publishing a median for dietitians and nutritionists, at $84,450 — about 10.54% 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.
- Dietitians and nutritionists ranks 152 of 490 occupations in New Jersey by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for dietitians and nutritionists in New Jersey, on $84,450, is $65,051; deflated by the state's price level, $59,744. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $87,460 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dietitians and Nutritionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $84,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $114,400 |
| This salary | $84,450 |
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 | $65,051 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,241 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,480 |
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 | $79,916 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,477 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of dietitians and nutritionists in New Jersey earn under $84,450 and half over. The published range runs $62,670 at the tenth percentile to $114,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $65,051 take-home in New Jersey comes from $84,450. 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 152 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 $59,744, the adjusted value of that $84,450 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 152 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for dietitians and nutritionists in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $62,670 to $114,400; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $65,051, from $84,450, 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 152 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $59,744 — the adjusted value of that $84,450 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 152 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 $87,460 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $62,670 and the top tenth $114,400, 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 $59,744 rather than its face figure.
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, $65,051 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $87,460. 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 ($62,670 to $114,400) 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 $59,744 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 $65,051 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.