Emergency Medical Technicians in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,841
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$9,769
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,265
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
$53,610
Kept after tax
$43,841
Worth in national money
$40,265
State rank
3
of 51 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 $53,610, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 20.55% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 340.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $53,610, tax leaves $43,841 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $40,265 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $55,280, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for emergency medical technicians is $53,610, about 20.55% above the national figure and 3 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, emergency medical technicians sits at 340 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $43,841 remains from the New Jersey median of $53,610 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $40,265 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $55,280 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Emergency Medical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,550 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,610 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,740 |
| This salary | $53,610 |
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 | $43,841 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,256 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,307 |
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 | $51,850 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,627 |
| 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 $53,610. The published range is $45,550 up to $64,740, 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 $43,841, worked from $53,610. 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 340 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,265 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 340.
- Reported values are medians; for emergency medical technicians in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,550 to $64,740. 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 $43,841, on $53,610 for work ranking 340 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 340 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,265, worked from $53,610, 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 340 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 $55,280 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,550 at the tenth percentile, $64,740 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 $40,265 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New Jersey's own levy, $43,841 remains.
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 $55,280. 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 ($45,550 to $64,740) 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 $40,265 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 $43,841 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.