Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,984
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$10,826
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,151
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
$57,810
Kept after tax
$46,984
Worth in national money
$43,151
State rank
4
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $57,810, putting the state 4 of 49 — about 18% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 307 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $57,810 the take-home is $46,984. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $43,151 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is lower, $57,330, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $57,810, ranking 4 of 49 and running about 18% 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.
- Position 307 of 490 in New Jersey places mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $46,984 for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders, from $57,810. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,151. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $57,330 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,240 |
| This salary | $57,810 |
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 | $46,984 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,630 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,893 |
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 | $55,761 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,336 |
| 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 mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in New Jersey earn under $57,810 and half over. The published range runs $37,940 at the tenth percentile to $75,240 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $46,984, from $57,810, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 307 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,151, the adjusted value of that $57,810 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 307 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,940 to $75,240; 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.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,984 from $57,810. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 307 of 490 locally.
- This $43,151 adjusted figure, worked from $57,810, 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 307 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 307 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,940 and the top tenth $75,240, so most people doing this work in New Jersey sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,151 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 $46,984 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 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,940 to $75,240) 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 $43,151 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 $46,984 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.