Family Medicine Physicians in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$193,850
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$98,320
33.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$178,035
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
$292,170
Kept after tax
$193,850
Worth in national money
$178,035
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for family medicine physicians. The middle earner takes $292,170, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 19.65% above the national middle.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, family medicine physicians ranks 2 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $292,170 the take-home is $193,850; in national-average money that behaves like $178,035. The average lands at $291,470, below the middle of the range.
- New Jersey ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for family medicine physicians, at $292,170 — about 19.65% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation New Jersey publishes a median for, family medicine physicians sits 2 of 490 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for family medicine physicians in New Jersey, on $292,170, is $193,850; deflated by the state's price level, $178,035. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $291,470 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $151,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $292,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $403,430 |
| This salary | $292,170 |
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 | $193,850 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $210,271 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$38,349 |
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 | $266,250 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$57,671 |
| 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 $292,170. The published range is $151,840 up to $403,430, 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 $193,850, worked from $292,170. 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 2 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $178,035 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 2.
- Reported values are medians; for family medicine physicians in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $151,840 to $403,430. 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 $193,850, on $292,170 for work ranking 2 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 2 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $178,035, worked from $292,170, 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 2 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $151,840 at the bottom tenth to $403,430 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 $178,035 rather than its face figure.
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 $193,850 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($151,840) and the ninetieth ($403,430) 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 $178,035 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 $193,850 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.