Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,555
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$10,345
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,838
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
$55,900
Kept after tax
$45,555
Worth in national money
$41,838
State rank
13
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 $55,900, ranking 13 of 51 states and sitting about 13.04% above the national middle.
- Against other work in New Jersey, this sits in the middle: 320 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $55,900 the take-home is $45,555. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $41,838 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $64,790, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Jersey's median for hazardous materials removal workers is $55,900, about 13.04% above the national figure and 13 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.
- Hazardous materials removal workers ranks 320 of 490 occupations in New Jersey by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $45,555 for hazardous materials removal workers, from $55,900. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,838. ⚠️ 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 $64,790 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,570 |
| This salary | $55,900 |
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 | $45,555 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,096 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,626 |
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 | $53,982 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,014 |
| 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 hazardous materials removal workers in New Jersey earn under $55,900 and half over. The published range runs $43,750 at the tenth percentile to $107,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $45,555 take-home in New Jersey comes from $55,900. 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 320 of 490.
- Two cautions on $41,838, the adjusted value of that $55,900 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Jersey. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 320 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for hazardous materials removal workers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,750 to $107,570; 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 $45,555, from $55,900, 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 320 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 51 for it.
- This $41,838 adjusted figure, worked from $55,900, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 320 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 320 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $64,790, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $43,750, the highest tenth $107,570, 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 $41,838 of national purchasing power.
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 $45,555.
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 $64,790. 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 ($43,750) and the ninetieth ($107,570) 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 $41,838 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 $45,555 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.