Driver/Sales Workers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,189
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$7,531
16.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,155
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
$44,720
Kept after tax
$37,189
Worth in national money
$34,155
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for driver/sales workers is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $44,720, putting the state 7 of 51 — about 15.35% ahead of the national figure.
- Against 490 occupations New Jersey publishes, driver/sales workers lands at 403. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $44,720, tax leaves $37,189 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $34,155 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $46,210, since top earners drag the number up.
- For driver/sales workers, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,720, ranking 7 of 51 and running about 15.35% 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 403 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.
- After tax, $37,189 remains from the New Jersey median of $44,720 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $34,155 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $46,210 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Driver/Sales Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,360 |
| This salary | $44,720 |
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 | $37,189 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,113 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,065 |
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 | $43,571 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,126 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Jersey earn less than $44,720. The published range is $32,220 up to $60,360, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $37,189, worked from $44,720. 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 403 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 $34,155, the adjusted value of that $44,720 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 403 of 490 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for driver/sales workers in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,220 to $60,360. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Jersey take-home of $37,189, on $44,720 for work ranking 403 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 403 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $34,155 — the adjusted value of that $44,720 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 403 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 $46,210 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 $60,360 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Jersey run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $34,155 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New Jersey then takes its own share, leaving $37,189.
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 $46,210. 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 $60,360) 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 $34,155 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 $37,189 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.