Surgical Technologists in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,413
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$16,787
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,484
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
$77,200
Kept after tax
$60,413
Worth in national money
$55,484
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for surgical technologists is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $77,200, putting the state 11 of 51 — about 19.41% ahead of the national figure.
- Against other work in New Jersey, this sits in the middle: 203 of 490 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $77,200 the take-home is $60,413; in national-average money that behaves like $55,484. The average lands at $75,640, below the middle of the range.
- For surgical technologists, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,200, ranking 11 of 51 and running about 19.41% 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.
- Surgical technologists ranks 203 of 490 occupations in New Jersey by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Take-home for surgical technologists in New Jersey, on $77,200, is $60,413; deflated by the state's price level, $55,484. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $75,640 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
Compare this career across states
Choose your filing status and local taxes, compare pay, and keep a shortlist.Compare wage and personal-pay outcomes by state, with selected resident local taxes and saved career choices.
Pay band: Surgical Technologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,490 |
| This salary | $77,200 |
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 | $60,413 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,140 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,492 |
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 | $73,323 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,811 |
| 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 surgical technologists in New Jersey earn under $77,200 and half over. The published range runs $48,270 at the tenth percentile to $100,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $60,413 take-home in New Jersey comes from $77,200. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 203 of 490.
- One number stands for prices across all of New Jersey, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $55,484, the adjusted value of that $77,200 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 203 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for surgical technologists in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,270 to $100,490; 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.
- Retained pay of $60,413, from $77,200, assumes a single New Jersey filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 203 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $55,484 — the adjusted value of that $77,200 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 203 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,270 and the top tenth $100,490, 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?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $55,484 of national purchasing power.
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, $60,413 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 ($48,270 to $100,490) 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 $55,484 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 $60,413 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.