Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,584
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$35,696
27.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$85,949
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
$129,280
Kept after tax
$93,584
Worth in national money
$85,949
State rank
2
of 46 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 $129,280, ranking 2 of 46 states and sitting about 25.02% above the national middle.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 48 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $129,280 the take-home is $93,584; in national-average money that behaves like $85,949. The average comes to $138,450, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey's median for medical scientists, except epidemiologists is $129,280, about 25.02% above the national figure and 2 of 46 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation New Jersey publishes a median for, medical scientists, except epidemiologists sits 48 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.
- Take-home for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in New Jersey, on $129,280, is $93,584; deflated by the state's price level, $85,949. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $138,450 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $129,280 |
| Top tenth earn over | $216,650 |
| This salary | $129,280 |
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 | $93,584 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $99,629 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$16,576 |
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 | $120,474 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,110 |
| 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 medical scientists, except epidemiologists in New Jersey earn under $129,280 and half over. The published range runs $77,540 at the tenth percentile to $216,650 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $93,584, worked from $129,280. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 48 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Jersey, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $85,949, the adjusted value of that $129,280 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 48 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $77,540 to $216,650; 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.
- The New Jersey take-home of $93,584, on $129,280 for work ranking 48 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 48 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $85,949 — the adjusted value of that $129,280 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 48 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 $138,450 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $77,540 and the top tenth $216,650 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $85,949 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 $93,584 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $138,450. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($77,540) and the ninetieth ($216,650) 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 $85,949 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 $93,584 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.