Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,998
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$7,802
17.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$34,898
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
$45,800
Kept after tax
$37,998
Worth in national money
$34,898
State rank
21
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Jersey is 21 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $45,800. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within New Jersey this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 396. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $45,800, tax leaves $37,998 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $34,898 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $48,830, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey ranks 21 of 48 for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers at $45,800. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation New Jersey reports, electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers ranks 396 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $37,998 remains from the New Jersey median of $45,800 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $34,898 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $48,830 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $66,000 |
| This salary | $45,800 |
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 | $37,998 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,980 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,216 |
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 | $44,577 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,308 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,800 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,570 and the ninetieth is $66,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $37,998, worked from $45,800. 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 396 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $34,898 uses one figure for the whole of New Jersey. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 396.
- The New Jersey median of $45,800 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,570 to $66,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New Jersey take-home of $37,998, on $45,800 for work ranking 396 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 396 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $34,898, worked from $45,800, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Jersey address, on work sitting at 396 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $48,830, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,570 at the bottom tenth to $66,000 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $34,898 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 $37,998 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $48,830. 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 ($34,570 to $66,000) 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 $34,898 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 $37,998 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.