Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,709
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$23,711
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,778
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
$96,420
Kept after tax
$72,709
Worth in national money
$66,778
State rank
1
of 50 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 $96,420, ranking 1 of 50 states and sitting about 54.59% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 490 occupations New Jersey reports, this job comes in at 115 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $96,420 the take-home is $72,709. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $66,778 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $97,780, because the best-paid pull it up.
- New Jersey's median for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents is $96,420, about 54.59% above the national figure and 1 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents ranks 115 of 490 occupations by median in New Jersey, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $72,709 for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents, from $96,420. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $66,778. ⚠️ 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 $97,780 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $56,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $96,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $144,870 |
| This salary | $96,420 |
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 | $72,709 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $76,661 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$12,113 |
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 | $90,802 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,731 |
| 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 tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in New Jersey earn under $96,420 and half over. The published range runs $56,820 at the tenth percentile to $144,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $72,709, worked from $96,420. 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 115 of 490.
- Two cautions on $66,778, the adjusted value of that $96,420 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 115 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $56,820 to $144,870; 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.
- The New Jersey take-home of $72,709, on $96,420 for work ranking 115 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 115 of 490 in the state.
- This $66,778 adjusted figure, worked from $96,420, 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 115 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 115 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $56,820, the highest tenth $144,870, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $66,778 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; New Jersey then takes its own share, leaving $72,709.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($56,820) and the ninetieth ($144,870) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $66,778 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 $72,709 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.