Public Safety Telecommunicators in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,054
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$11,186
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,134
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
$59,240
Kept after tax
$48,054
Worth in national money
$44,134
State rank
15
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $59,240, putting the state 15 of 51 — about 11.69% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 298.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $59,240 the take-home is $48,054. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $44,134 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $60,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For public safety telecommunicators, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $59,240, ranking 15 of 51 and running about 11.69% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, public safety telecommunicators sits at 298 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $48,054 for public safety telecommunicators, from $59,240. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,134. ⚠️ 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 $60,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Public Safety Telecommunicators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,080 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,040 |
| This salary | $59,240 |
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 | $48,054 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,779 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,093 |
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 | $57,093 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,578 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,240 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,080 and the ninetieth is $79,040 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $48,054, worked from $59,240. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 298 of 490.
- Two cautions on $44,134, the adjusted value of that $59,240 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Jersey. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 298 of 490 locally.
- The New Jersey median of $59,240 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,080 to $79,040. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The New Jersey take-home of $48,054, on $59,240 for work ranking 298 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 298 of 490 in the state.
- This $44,134 adjusted figure, worked from $59,240, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 298 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 298 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,080 and the top tenth $79,040, so most people doing this work in New Jersey sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $44,134 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, $48,054 remains.
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 ($46,080 to $79,040) 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 $44,134 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 $48,054 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.