Information and Record Clerks, All Other in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,503
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$10,327
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,790
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
$55,830
Kept after tax
$45,503
Worth in national money
$41,790
State rank
6
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $55,830, putting the state 6 of 50 — about 12.79% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 321.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $55,830, tax leaves $45,503 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $41,790 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $56,740, since top earners drag the number up.
- For information and record clerks, all other, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $55,830, ranking 6 of 50 and running about 12.79% 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.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, information and record clerks, all other sits at 321 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $45,503 remains from the New Jersey median of $55,830 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $41,790 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $56,740 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Information and Record Clerks, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,930 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $55,830 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,960 |
| This salary | $55,830 |
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 | $45,503 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,039 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,617 |
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 | $53,917 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,002 |
| 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 $55,830. The published range is $41,930 up to $76,960, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $45,503 take-home in New Jersey comes from $55,830. 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 321 of 490.
- Two cautions on $41,790, the adjusted value of that $55,830 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 321 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for information and record clerks, all other in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $41,930 to $76,960. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $45,503, from $55,830, 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 321 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 50 for it.
- This $41,790 adjusted figure, worked from $55,830, 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 321 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 321 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $41,930 at the bottom tenth to $76,960 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 $41,790 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and New Jersey adds its own income tax on top — which is why $45,503 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($41,930 to $76,960) 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 $41,790 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 $45,503 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.