Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,085
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$5,895
15.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,468
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
$37,980
Kept after tax
$32,085
Worth in national money
$29,468
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for maids and housekeeping cleaners is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $37,980, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 6.96% ahead of the national figure.
- Within New Jersey this is lower-paid work. Of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, maids and housekeeping cleaners ranks 452. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $37,980, tax leaves $32,085 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $29,468 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $39,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- For maids and housekeeping cleaners, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $37,980, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 6.96% 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.
- Against every occupation New Jersey reports, maids and housekeeping cleaners ranks 452 of 490, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After tax, $32,085 remains from the New Jersey median of $37,980 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $29,468 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $39,730 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,240 |
| This salary | $37,980 |
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 | $32,085 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,697 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,180 |
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 | $37,219 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,055 |
| 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 $37,980. The published range is $32,760 up to $49,240, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $32,085 take-home in New Jersey comes from $37,980. 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 452 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,468 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 452.
- Reported values are medians; for maids and housekeeping cleaners in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,760 to $49,240. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $32,085, from $37,980, 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 452 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 8 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,468, worked from $37,980, 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 452 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 $39,730 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,760 at the bottom tenth to $49,240 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $29,468 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $32,085.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $39,730. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,760 to $49,240) 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 $29,468 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 $32,085 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.