Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,808
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$5,812
15.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,213
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
$37,620
Kept after tax
$31,808
Worth in national money
$29,213
State rank
50
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. New Jersey pays this job a middle wage of $37,620, 50 of 51 states and about 15.74% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Against 490 occupations New Jersey publishes, this job lands at 456. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $37,620 the take-home is $31,808; in national-average money that behaves like $29,213. The average comes to $40,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey's $37,620 median for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators places it 50 of 51 states, about 15.74% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Within New Jersey, this work ranks 456 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in New Jersey, on $37,620, is $31,808; deflated by the state's price level, $29,213. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $40,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $55,940 |
| This salary | $37,620 |
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 | $31,808 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,408 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,136 |
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 | $36,874 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,003 |
| 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 miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in New Jersey earn under $37,620 and half over. The published range runs $32,220 at the tenth percentile to $55,940 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $31,808 take-home in New Jersey comes from $37,620. 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 456 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,213 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 456.
- Figures are distribution medians for miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,220 to $55,940; 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 $31,808, from $37,620, 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 456 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,213, worked from $37,620, 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 456 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $40,970, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,220 at the tenth percentile, $55,940 at the ninetieth.
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 $29,213 of national purchasing power.
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 $31,808.
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.
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 $40,970. 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 ($32,220 to $55,940) 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 $29,213 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 $31,808 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.