Tile and Stone Setters in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,396
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$11,974
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,285
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
$62,370
Kept after tax
$50,396
Worth in national money
$46,285
State rank
10
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tile and stone setters is strong here. New Jersey's middle earner gets $62,370, putting the state 10 of 47 — about 11.99% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tile and stone setters ranks 272 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $62,370, tax leaves $50,396 — and because New Jersey is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $46,285 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $71,440, since top earners drag the number up.
- For tile and stone setters, New Jersey sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $62,370, ranking 10 of 47 and running about 11.99% 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.
- Position 272 of 490 in New Jersey places tile and stone setters 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, $50,396 remains from the New Jersey median of $62,370 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $46,285 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $71,440 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tile and Stone Setters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,420 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $113,930 |
| This salary | $62,370 |
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 | $50,396 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,294 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,530 |
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 | $60,008 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,107 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Jersey earn less than $62,370. The published range is $38,420 up to $113,930, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In New Jersey the take-home figure of $50,396, from $62,370, 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 272 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $46,285, the adjusted value of that $62,370 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 272 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for tile and stone setters in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,420 to $113,930. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for New Jersey is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $50,396 from $62,370. 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 272 of 490 locally.
- This $46,285 adjusted figure, worked from $62,370, 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 272 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 272 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $71,440, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,420 and the top tenth $113,930 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $46,285 — 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 $50,396.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New Jersey is $71,440. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,420) and the ninetieth ($113,930) 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 $46,285 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 $50,396 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.