Fundraisers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,393
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$16,777
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,466
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
$77,170
Kept after tax
$60,393
Worth in national money
$55,466
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays fundraisers a middle wage of $77,170, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 6.37% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 204.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $77,170, tax leaves $60,393 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $55,466 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $83,810, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for fundraisers is $77,170, about 6.37% above the national figure and 8 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, fundraisers sits at 204 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, $60,393 remains from the New Jersey median of $77,170 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $55,466 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $83,810 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Fundraisers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,990 |
| This salary | $77,170 |
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 | $60,393 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,119 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,488 |
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 | $73,295 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,802 |
| 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 fundraisers in New Jersey earn under $77,170 and half over. The published range runs $51,490 at the tenth percentile to $129,990 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $60,393, worked from $77,170. 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 204 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,466 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 204.
- Figures are distribution medians for fundraisers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,490 to $129,990; 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.
- The New Jersey take-home of $60,393, on $77,170 for work ranking 204 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 204 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,466, worked from $77,170, 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 204 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 $83,810 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 $51,490 at the bottom tenth to $129,990 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 $55,466 rather than its face figure.
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 $60,393.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $83,810. 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 ($51,490) and the ninetieth ($129,990) 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 $55,466 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 $60,393 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.