Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,393
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$31,977
26.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,263
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
$119,370
Kept after tax
$87,393
Worth in national money
$80,263
State rank
11
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $119,370, putting the state 11 of 45 — about 3.66% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 65 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $119,370 the take-home is $87,393; in national-average money that behaves like $80,263. The average comes to $121,820, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $119,370, ranking 11 of 45 and running about 3.66% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Jersey publishes a median for, health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors sits 65 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 health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in New Jersey, on $119,370, is $87,393; deflated by the state's price level, $80,263. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $121,820 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $119,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,460 |
| This salary | $119,370 |
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 | $87,393 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $92,807 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$15,242 |
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 | $111,674 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$21,053 |
| 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 $119,370. The published range is $80,230 up to $170,460, 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 $87,393, worked from $119,370. 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 65 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,263 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 65.
- Reported values are medians; for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $80,230 to $170,460. 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 $87,393, on $119,370 for work ranking 65 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 65 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,263, worked from $119,370, 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 65 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $80,230 and the top tenth $170,460 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $80,263 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $87,393 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($80,230) and the ninetieth ($170,460) 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 $80,263 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 $87,393 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.
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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.