Education Teachers, Postsecondary in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,668
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$16,932
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,719
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
$77,600
Kept after tax
$60,668
Worth in national money
$55,719
State rank
14
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays this job a middle wage of $77,600, ranking 14 of 49 states and sitting about 2.99% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 201 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $77,600, tax leaves $60,668 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $55,719 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $79,490, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for education teachers, postsecondary is $77,600, about 2.99% above the national figure and 14 of 49 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 201 of 490 in New Jersey places education teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $60,668 remains from the New Jersey median of $77,600 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $55,719 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $79,490 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,930 |
| This salary | $77,600 |
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 | $60,668 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,422 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,546 |
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 | $73,686 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,927 |
| 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 education teachers, postsecondary in New Jersey earn under $77,600 and half over. The published range runs $32,220 at the tenth percentile to $129,930 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 $60,668, worked from $77,600. 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 201 of 490.
- Two cautions on $55,719, the adjusted value of that $77,600 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 201 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for education teachers, postsecondary in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,220 to $129,930; 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 $60,668, on $77,600 for work ranking 201 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 201 of 490 in the state.
- This $55,719 adjusted figure, worked from $77,600, 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 201 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 201 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $32,220 at the bottom tenth to $129,930 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $55,719 rather than its face figure.
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 $60,668.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,220) and the ninetieth ($129,930) 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 $55,719 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 $60,668 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.