Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,003
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$16,557
21.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,108
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
$76,560
Kept after tax
$60,003
Worth in national money
$55,108
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. New Jersey pays this job a middle wage of $76,560, ranking 17 of 51 states and sitting about 2.62% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 215 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $76,560, tax leaves $60,003 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $55,108 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $77,280, since top earners drag the number up.
- New Jersey's median for stationary engineers and boiler operators is $76,560, about 2.62% above the national figure and 17 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 215 of 490 in New Jersey places stationary engineers and boiler operators 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.
- After tax, $60,003 remains from the New Jersey median of $76,560 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $55,108 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $77,280 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,490 |
| This salary | $76,560 |
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 | $60,003 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,690 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,405 |
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 | $72,741 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,626 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $76,560 as a midpoint for New Jersey, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $54,170 and the ninetieth is $106,490 — 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 $60,003, worked from $76,560. 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 215 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $55,108 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 215.
- The New Jersey median of $76,560 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $54,170 to $106,490. 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 $60,003, on $76,560 for work ranking 215 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 215 of 490 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $55,108, worked from $76,560, 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 215 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $54,170 at the bottom tenth to $106,490 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $55,108 — 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 $60,003 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 ($54,170 to $106,490) 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 $55,108 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 $60,003 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.