School Bus Monitors in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,640
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$5,460
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,141
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
$36,100
Kept after tax
$30,640
Worth in national money
$28,141
State rank
19
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey sits in the middle of the pack for school bus monitors. The median is $36,100, ranking 19 of 50 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in New Jersey, this one sits low: 473 of 490 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $36,100 the take-home is $30,640; in national-average money that behaves like $28,141. The average comes to $36,490, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey occupies the middle band for school bus monitors: a median of $36,100, ranking 19 of 50. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- School bus monitors occupies position 473 of 490 in New Jersey's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Take-home for school bus monitors in New Jersey, on $36,100, is $30,640; deflated by the state's price level, $28,141. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $36,490 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: School Bus Monitors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $43,570 |
| This salary | $36,100 |
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 | $30,640 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,186 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,952 |
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 | $35,420 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,780 |
| 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 school bus monitors in New Jersey earn under $36,100 and half over. The published range runs $32,220 at the tenth percentile to $43,570 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $30,640, from $36,100, 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 473 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $28,141, the adjusted value of that $36,100 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 473 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for school bus monitors in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,220 to $43,570; 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 $30,640 from $36,100. 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 473 of 490 locally.
- This $28,141 adjusted figure, worked from $36,100, 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 473 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 473 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $32,220 at the tenth percentile, $43,570 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 $28,141 rather than its face figure.
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 $30,640 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($32,220 to $43,570) 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 $28,141 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 $30,640 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.