History Teachers, Postsecondary in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,936
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$24,964
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,822
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
$99,900
Kept after tax
$74,936
Worth in national money
$68,822
State rank
7
of 45 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 $99,900, ranking 7 of 45 states and sitting about 19.18% above the national middle.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 108 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $99,900, tax leaves $74,936 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $68,822 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $110,860, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for history teachers, postsecondary is $99,900, about 19.18% above the national figure and 7 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation New Jersey publishes a median for, history teachers, postsecondary sits 108 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.
- After tax, $74,936 remains from the New Jersey median of $99,900 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $68,822 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $110,860 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: History Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $99,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $207,540 |
| This salary | $99,900 |
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 | $74,936 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,110 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,587 |
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 | $93,967 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$17,387 |
| 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 history teachers, postsecondary in New Jersey earn under $99,900 and half over. The published range runs $32,220 at the tenth percentile to $207,540 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $74,936, from $99,900, 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 108 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,822 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 108.
- Figures are distribution medians for history teachers, postsecondary in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,220 to $207,540; 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.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $74,936 from $99,900. 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 108 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,822, worked from $99,900, 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 108 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 $110,860 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $32,220 and the top tenth $207,540 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $68,822 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, $74,936 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $110,860. 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 ($32,220) and the ninetieth ($207,540) 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 $68,822 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 $74,936 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.