Order Clerks in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,349
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$7,921
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,221
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
$46,270
Kept after tax
$38,349
Worth in national money
$35,221
State rank
22
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Jersey pays order clerks around $46,270 at the midpoint, 22 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 490 occupations New Jersey publishes, order clerks lands at 391. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $46,270 the take-home is $38,349. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $35,221 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $51,910, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For order clerks the New Jersey median is $46,270, ranking 22 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within New Jersey, this work ranks 391 of 490 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $38,349 for order clerks, from $46,270. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $35,221. ⚠️ 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 $51,910 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,230 |
| This salary | $46,270 |
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 | $38,349 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,358 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,282 |
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 | $45,015 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,387 |
| 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 order clerks in New Jersey earn under $46,270 and half over. The published range runs $37,440 at the tenth percentile to $78,230 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $38,349, from $46,270, 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 391 of 490 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Jersey, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $35,221, the adjusted value of that $46,270 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 391 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for order clerks in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,440 to $78,230; 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 $38,349 from $46,270. 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 391 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $35,221 — the adjusted value of that $46,270 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 391 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 $51,910, 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 $37,440 at the bottom tenth to $78,230 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $35,221 of national purchasing power.
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 $38,349.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $51,910. 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 ($37,440) and the ninetieth ($78,230) 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 $35,221 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 $38,349 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.