Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,611
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$12,719
19.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,319
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
$65,330
Kept after tax
$52,611
Worth in national money
$48,319
State rank
6
of 45 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 $65,330, ranking 6 of 45 states and sitting about 30.9% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 256.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $65,330, tax leaves $52,611 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $48,319 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $75,220, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for miscellaneous construction and related workers is $65,330, about 30.9% above the national figure and 6 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, miscellaneous construction and related workers sits at 256 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- After tax, $52,611 remains from the New Jersey median of $65,330 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $48,319 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $75,220 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $118,120 |
| This salary | $65,330 |
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 | $52,611 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,673 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,943 |
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 | $62,764 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,607 |
| 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 $65,330. The published range is $40,430 up to $118,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $52,611, worked from $65,330. 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 256 of 490.
- Two cautions on $48,319, the adjusted value of that $65,330 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 256 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for miscellaneous construction and related workers in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $40,430 to $118,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Jersey take-home of $52,611, on $65,330 for work ranking 256 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 256 of 490 in the state.
- This $48,319 adjusted figure, worked from $65,330, 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 256 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 256 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 $75,220 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $40,430 at the bottom tenth to $118,120 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $48,319 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $52,611 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $75,220. 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 ($40,430) and the ninetieth ($118,120) 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 $48,319 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 $52,611 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.