Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$44,440
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$9,970
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,814
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
$54,410
Kept after tax
$44,440
Worth in national money
$40,814
State rank
10
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 $54,410, ranking 10 of 51 states and sitting about 7.51% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 333 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $54,410, tax leaves $44,440 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $40,814 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $54,620, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping is $54,410, about 7.51% above the national figure and 10 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.
- Position 333 of 490 in New Jersey places human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After tax, $44,440 remains from the New Jersey median of $54,410 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $40,814 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $54,620 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $54,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $68,010 |
| This salary | $54,410 |
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 | $44,440 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,898 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,418 |
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 | $52,595 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,762 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $54,410 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,280 and the ninetieth is $68,010 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $44,440 take-home in New Jersey comes from $54,410. 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 333 of 490.
- Two cautions on $40,814, the adjusted value of that $54,410 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 333 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $54,410 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,280 to $68,010. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $44,440, from $54,410, 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 333 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- This $40,814 adjusted figure, worked from $54,410, 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 333 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 333 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,280 at the bottom tenth to $68,010 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $40,814 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 $44,440.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,280 to $68,010) 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 $40,814 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 $44,440 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.