Procurement Clerks in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,722
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$10,738
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,910
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
$57,460
Kept after tax
$46,722
Worth in national money
$42,910
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for procurement clerks. The middle earner takes $57,460, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 13.6% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Procurement clerks ranks 308 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $57,460 the take-home is $46,722; in national-average money that behaves like $42,910. The average lands at $56,780, below the middle of the range.
- New Jersey ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for procurement clerks, at $57,460 — about 13.6% 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 308 of 490 in New Jersey places procurement clerks 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.
- Take-home for procurement clerks in New Jersey, on $57,460, is $46,722; deflated by the state's price level, $42,910. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $56,780 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,690 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,460 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,660 |
| This salary | $57,460 |
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 | $46,722 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,349 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,844 |
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 | $55,435 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,277 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $57,460 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,690 and the ninetieth is $72,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $46,722, from $57,460, 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 308 of 490 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,910 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 308.
- The New Jersey median of $57,460 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,690 to $72,660. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,722 from $57,460. 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 308 of 490 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,910, worked from $57,460, 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 308 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,690 at the tenth percentile, $72,660 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,910 — 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 $46,722 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,690 to $72,660) 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 $42,910 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 $46,722 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.