Natural Sciences Managers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$143,107
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$63,923
30.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$131,432
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
$207,030
Kept after tax
$143,107
Worth in national money
$131,432
State rank
4
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for natural sciences managers is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $207,030, putting the state 4 of 48 — about 23.81% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations New Jersey reports, natural sciences managers comes in at 5 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $207,030 the take-home is $143,107; in national-average money that behaves like $131,432. The average comes to $217,190, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For natural sciences managers, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $207,030, ranking 4 of 48 and running about 23.81% 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.
- Natural sciences managers ranks 5 of 490 occupations by median in New Jersey, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Take-home for natural sciences managers in New Jersey, on $207,030, is $143,107; deflated by the state's price level, $131,432. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $217,190 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Natural Sciences Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $136,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $207,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $317,420 |
| This salary | $207,030 |
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 | $143,107 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $154,105 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$27,153 |
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 | $192,193 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$36,653 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $207,030 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $136,840 and the ninetieth is $317,420 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $143,107, from $207,030, 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 5 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $131,432, the adjusted value of that $207,030 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 5 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $207,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $136,840 to $317,420. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $143,107 from $207,030. 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 5 of 490 locally.
- This $131,432 adjusted figure, worked from $207,030, 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 5 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 5 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $217,190, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $136,840 at the bottom tenth to $317,420 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Jersey costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $131,432 rather than its face figure.
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 $143,107.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $217,190. 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 ($136,840) and the ninetieth ($317,420) 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 $131,432 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 $143,107 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.