Pest Control Workers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,227
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$8,553
17.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,946
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
$48,780
Kept after tax
$40,227
Worth in national money
$36,946
State rank
5
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays pest control workers a middle wage of $48,780, ranking 5 of 50 states and sitting about 7.8% above the national middle.
- Against 490 occupations New Jersey publishes, pest control workers lands at 369. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $48,780 the take-home is $40,227; in national-average money that behaves like $36,946. The average comes to $51,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey's median for pest control workers is $48,780, about 7.8% above the national figure and 5 of 50 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 369 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.
- Take-home for pest control workers in New Jersey, on $48,780, is $40,227; deflated by the state's price level, $36,946. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $51,780 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Pest Control Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,680 |
| This salary | $48,780 |
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 | $40,227 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,375 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,632 |
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 | $47,352 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,811 |
| 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 pest control workers in New Jersey earn under $48,780 and half over. The published range runs $39,830 at the tenth percentile to $59,680 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $40,227, from $48,780, 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 369 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 $36,946, the adjusted value of that $48,780 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 369 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for pest control workers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,830 to $59,680; 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 $40,227 from $48,780. 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 369 of 490 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $36,946 — the adjusted value of that $48,780 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 369 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 $51,780, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,830 at the tenth percentile, $59,680 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,946 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New Jersey's own levy, $40,227 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $51,780. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,830 to $59,680) 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 $36,946 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 $40,227 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.