Engineers, All Other in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,548
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$36,902
27.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$87,753
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
$132,450
Kept after tax
$95,548
Worth in national money
$87,753
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for engineers, all other is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $132,450, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 7.74% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Jersey. It ranks 42 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $132,450 the take-home is $95,548. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $87,753 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $133,380, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For engineers, all other, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $132,450, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 7.74% 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, engineers, all other ranks 42 of 490 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $95,548 for engineers, all other, from $132,450. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $87,753. ⚠️ 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 $133,380 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $132,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $195,190 |
| This salary | $132,450 |
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 | $95,548 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,796 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,002 |
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 | $123,310 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,787 |
| 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 $132,450. The published range is $80,350 up to $195,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $95,548, from $132,450, 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 42 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $87,753 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 42.
- Reported values are medians; for engineers, all other in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $80,350 to $195,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $95,548 from $132,450. 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 42 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $87,753, worked from $132,450, 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 42 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $80,350, the highest tenth $195,190, 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 $87,753 of national purchasing power.
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, $95,548 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($80,350) and the ninetieth ($195,190) 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 $87,753 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 $95,548 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.