Lodging Managers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,939
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$27,781
25.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,418
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
$107,720
Kept after tax
$79,939
Worth in national money
$73,418
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for lodging managers is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $107,720, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 55.55% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, lodging managers ranks 80 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $107,720 the take-home is $79,939. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $73,418 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $106,460, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For lodging managers, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $107,720, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 55.55% 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, lodging managers sits 80 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $79,939 for lodging managers, from $107,720. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $73,418. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $106,460 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Lodging Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $146,030 |
| This salary | $107,720 |
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 | $79,939 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,611 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,653 |
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 | $101,079 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,859 |
| 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 lodging managers in New Jersey earn under $107,720 and half over. The published range runs $50,380 at the tenth percentile to $146,030 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $79,939 take-home in New Jersey comes from $107,720. 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 80 of 490.
- Two cautions on $73,418, the adjusted value of that $107,720 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 80 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for lodging managers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,380 to $146,030; 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.
- Retained pay of $79,939, from $107,720, 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 80 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 51 for it.
- This $73,418 adjusted figure, worked from $107,720, 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 80 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 80 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 $50,380 and the top tenth $146,030 — 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 $73,418 — 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, $79,939 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,380) and the ninetieth ($146,030) 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 $73,418 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 $79,939 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.