Editors in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,279
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$18,401
22.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,116
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
$81,680
Kept after tax
$63,279
Worth in national money
$58,116
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for editors is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $81,680, putting the state 6 of 50 — about 4.83% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in New Jersey, this sits in the middle: 164 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $81,680 the take-home is $63,279. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $58,116 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $107,030, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For editors, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $81,680, ranking 6 of 50 and running about 4.83% 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.
- Editors ranks 164 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $63,279 for editors, from $81,680. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $58,116. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $107,030 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Editors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $138,610 |
| This salary | $81,680 |
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 | $63,279 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,292 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,103 |
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 | $77,397 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,955 |
| 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 editors in New Jersey earn under $81,680 and half over. The published range runs $53,150 at the tenth percentile to $138,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $63,279, from $81,680, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 164 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Jersey, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $58,116, the adjusted value of that $81,680 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 164 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for editors in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $53,150 to $138,610; 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.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $63,279 from $81,680. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 164 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $58,116 — the adjusted value of that $81,680 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 164 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 $107,030 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $53,150, the highest tenth $138,610, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $58,116 of national purchasing power.
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 $63,279 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 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 $107,030. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($53,150) and the ninetieth ($138,610) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $58,116 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 $63,279 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.