Network and Computer Systems Administrators in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$85,505
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$30,915
26.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,530
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
$116,420
Kept after tax
$85,505
Worth in national money
$78,530
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $116,420, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 17.44% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Jersey. It ranks 70 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $116,420 the take-home is $85,505; in national-average money that behaves like $78,530. The average comes to $119,390, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For network and computer systems administrators, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $116,420, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 17.44% 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.
- Within New Jersey, network and computer systems administrators ranks 70 of 490 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for network and computer systems administrators in New Jersey, on $116,420, is $85,505; deflated by the state's price level, $78,530. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $119,390 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Network and Computer Systems Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $73,990 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $116,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,690 |
| This salary | $116,420 |
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 | $85,505 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,731 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$14,839 |
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 | $108,991 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$20,498 |
| 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 network and computer systems administrators in New Jersey earn under $116,420 and half over. The published range runs $73,990 at the tenth percentile to $166,690 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $85,505 take-home in New Jersey comes from $116,420. 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 70 of 490.
- Two cautions on $78,530, the adjusted value of that $116,420 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 70 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for network and computer systems administrators in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $73,990 to $166,690; 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 $85,505, from $116,420, 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 70 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 51 for it.
- This $78,530 adjusted figure, worked from $116,420, 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 70 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 70 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $73,990, the highest tenth $166,690, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $78,530 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 $85,505.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($73,990) and the ninetieth ($166,690) 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 $78,530 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 $85,505 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.