Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,514
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$26,416
25.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,191
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
$103,930
Kept after tax
$77,514
Worth in national money
$71,191
State rank
14
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $103,930, putting the state 14 of 51 — about 8.85% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 92 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $103,930, tax leaves $77,514 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $71,191 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $106,180, since top earners drag the number up.
- For magnetic resonance imaging technologists, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $103,930, ranking 14 of 51 and running about 8.85% 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, magnetic resonance imaging technologists sits 92 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, $77,514 remains from the New Jersey median of $103,930 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $71,191 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $106,180 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $80,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,800 |
| This salary | $103,930 |
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 | $77,514 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,945 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$13,136 |
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 | $97,632 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$18,146 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $103,930 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $80,850 and the ninetieth is $130,800 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $77,514 take-home in New Jersey comes from $103,930. 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 92 of 490.
- Two cautions on $71,191, the adjusted value of that $103,930 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 92 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $103,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $80,850 to $130,800. 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 $77,514, from $103,930, 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 92 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 14 of 51 for it.
- This $71,191 adjusted figure, worked from $103,930, 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 92 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 92 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $80,850 at the bottom tenth to $130,800 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Jersey costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $71,191 rather than its face figure.
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 $77,514 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($80,850 to $130,800) 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 $71,191 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 $77,514 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.