Pediatricians, General in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$139,427
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$62,133
30.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$128,052
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
$201,560
Kept after tax
$139,427
Worth in national money
$128,052
State rank
31
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Jersey is 31 of 49 states for pediatricians, general, with a middle wage of $201,560. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, pediatricians, general ranks 7 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $201,560 the take-home is $139,427; in national-average money that behaves like $128,052. The average lands at $194,010, below the middle of the range.
- New Jersey ranks 31 of 49 for pediatricians, general at $201,560. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation New Jersey publishes a median for, pediatricians, general sits 7 of 490 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for pediatricians, general in New Jersey, on $201,560, is $139,427; deflated by the state's price level, $128,052. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $194,010 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Pediatricians, General
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $201,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $308,390 |
| This salary | $201,560 |
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 | $139,427 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $150,076 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$26,387 |
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 | $187,256 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$35,988 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $201,560 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $79,800 and the ninetieth is $308,390 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $139,427 take-home in New Jersey comes from $201,560. 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 7 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $128,052 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 7.
- The New Jersey median of $201,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $79,800 to $308,390. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $139,427, from $201,560, 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 7 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 31 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $128,052, worked from $201,560, 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 7 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 $194,010 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $79,800 and the top tenth $308,390 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in New Jersey run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $128,052 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $139,427 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 $194,010. 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 ($79,800) and the ninetieth ($308,390) 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 $128,052 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 $139,427 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.