Dishwashers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,485
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$5,415
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,998
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
$35,900
Kept after tax
$30,485
Worth in national money
$27,998
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dishwashers is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $35,900, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 3.13% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 490 occupations New Jersey publishes, dishwashers lands at 476. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $35,900 the take-home is $30,485; in national-average money that behaves like $27,998. The average comes to $36,390, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For dishwashers, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $35,900, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 3.13% 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.
- Within New Jersey, this work ranks 476 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for dishwashers in New Jersey, on $35,900, is $30,485; deflated by the state's price level, $27,998. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $36,390 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dishwashers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,860 |
| This salary | $35,900 |
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 | $30,485 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,026 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,930 |
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 | $35,227 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,753 |
| 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 dishwashers in New Jersey earn under $35,900 and half over. The published range runs $32,220 at the tenth percentile to $42,860 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $30,485, worked from $35,900. 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 476 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 $27,998, the adjusted value of that $35,900 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 476 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for dishwashers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,220 to $42,860; 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.
- The New Jersey take-home of $30,485, on $35,900 for work ranking 476 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 476 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $27,998 — the adjusted value of that $35,900 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 476 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,220 at the tenth percentile, $42,860 at the ninetieth.
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 $27,998 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 $30,485 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 ($32,220 to $42,860) 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 $27,998 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 $30,485 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.