First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,558
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$10,682
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,759
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
$57,240
Kept after tax
$46,558
Worth in national money
$42,759
State rank
37
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in New Jersey. The middle earner gets $57,240. That is 37 of 48 states, and about 3.51% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 312.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $57,240 the take-home is $46,558; in national-average money that behaves like $42,759. The average comes to $63,310, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers, New Jersey sits in the lower band at $57,240, ranking 37 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 3.51%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers sits at 312 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.
- Take-home for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in New Jersey, on $57,240, is $46,558; deflated by the state's price level, $42,759. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $63,310 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $89,740 |
| This salary | $57,240 |
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 | $46,558 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,172 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,814 |
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 | $55,230 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,240 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in New Jersey earn under $57,240 and half over. The published range runs $42,170 at the tenth percentile to $89,740 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $46,558 take-home in New Jersey comes from $57,240. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 312 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,759 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 312.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,170 to $89,740; 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.
- Retained pay of $46,558, from $57,240, assumes a single New Jersey filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 312 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,759, worked from $57,240, 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 312 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 $63,310 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $42,170 at the bottom tenth to $89,740 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Jersey run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $42,759 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $46,558.
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 $63,310. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($42,170) and the ninetieth ($89,740) 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 $42,759 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 $46,558 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.