Helpers--Production Workers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,092
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$6,198
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,392
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
$39,290
Kept after tax
$33,092
Worth in national money
$30,392
State rank
32
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Jersey pays helpers--production workers around $39,290 at the midpoint, 32 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 490 occupations New Jersey publishes, helpers--production workers lands at 440. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $39,290 the take-home is $33,092; in national-average money that behaves like $30,392. The average comes to $42,020, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For helpers--production workers the New Jersey median is $39,290, ranking 32 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within New Jersey, this work ranks 440 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for helpers--production workers in New Jersey, on $39,290, is $33,092; deflated by the state's price level, $30,392. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $42,020 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Helpers--Production Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,290 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,520 |
| This salary | $39,290 |
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 | $33,092 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,750 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,339 |
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 | $38,472 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,247 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $39,290 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,440 and the ninetieth is $58,520 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $33,092, from $39,290, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 440 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $30,392, the adjusted value of that $39,290 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 440 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $39,290 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,440 to $58,520. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $33,092 from $39,290. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 440 of 490 locally.
- This $30,392 adjusted figure, worked from $39,290, 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 440 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 440 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $42,020, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,440 at the tenth percentile, $58,520 at the ninetieth.
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 $30,392 of national purchasing power.
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, $33,092 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $42,020. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,440 to $58,520) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to New Jersey rather than a national figure.
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 $30,392 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 $33,092 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.