Parking Attendants in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,856
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$5,244
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$27,420
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
$35,100
Kept after tax
$29,856
Worth in national money
$27,420
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays parking attendants a middle wage of $35,100, ranking 16 of 51 states and sitting about 0.14% above the national middle.
- Against 490 occupations New Jersey publishes, parking attendants lands at 480. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $35,100, tax leaves $29,856 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $27,420 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $36,090, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for parking attendants is $35,100, about 0.14% above the national figure and 16 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within New Jersey, this work ranks 480 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.
- After tax, $29,856 remains from the New Jersey median of $35,100 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $27,420 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $36,090 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Parking Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $35,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,290 |
| This salary | $35,100 |
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 | $29,856 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,383 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,846 |
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 | $34,444 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,651 |
| 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 parking attendants in New Jersey earn under $35,100 and half over. The published range runs $32,220 at the tenth percentile to $42,290 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $29,856 take-home in New Jersey comes from $35,100. 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 480 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $27,420 uses one figure for the whole of New Jersey. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 480.
- Figures are distribution medians for parking attendants in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,220 to $42,290; 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 $29,856, from $35,100, 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 480 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $27,420, worked from $35,100, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular New Jersey address, on work sitting at 480 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $32,220 at the bottom tenth to $42,290 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $27,420 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 $29,856.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,220 to $42,290) 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 $27,420 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 $29,856 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.