Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,978
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$9,142
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,554
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
$51,120
Kept after tax
$41,978
Worth in national money
$38,554
State rank
15
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $51,120, which ranks 15 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 11.93% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 351 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $51,120, tax leaves $41,978 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $38,554 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $59,580, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey ranks 15 of 49 states publishing a median for office and administrative support workers, all other, at $51,120 — about 11.93% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Position 351 of 490 in New Jersey places office and administrative support workers, all other 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.
- After tax, $41,978 remains from the New Jersey median of $51,120 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $38,554 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $59,580 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,670 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $51,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,840 |
| This salary | $51,120 |
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 | $41,978 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $43,255 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,959 |
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 | $49,531 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,207 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $51,120 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,670 and the ninetieth is $99,840 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $41,978, worked from $51,120. 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 351 of 490.
- Two cautions on $38,554, the adjusted value of that $51,120 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 351 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $51,120 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,670 to $99,840. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New Jersey take-home of $41,978, on $51,120 for work ranking 351 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 351 of 490 in the state.
- This $38,554 adjusted figure, worked from $51,120, 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 351 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 351 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 $59,580 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 $38,670 at the bottom tenth to $99,840 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 $38,554 rather than its face figure.
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 $41,978 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.
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 $59,580. 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 ($38,670) and the ninetieth ($99,840) 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 $38,554 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 $41,978 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.