Web and Digital Interface Designers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$71,999
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$23,311
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,125
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
$95,310
Kept after tax
$71,999
Worth in national money
$66,125
State rank
18
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. New Jersey is 18 of 46 states for this job, with a middle wage of $95,310. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in New Jersey. It ranks 120 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $95,310 the take-home is $71,999; in national-average money that behaves like $66,125. The average comes to $104,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey ranks 18 of 46 for web and digital interface designers at $95,310. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within New Jersey, web and digital interface designers ranks 120 of 490 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Take-home for web and digital interface designers in New Jersey, on $95,310, is $71,999; deflated by the state's price level, $66,125. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $104,180 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Web and Digital Interface Designers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,340 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $95,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,470 |
| This salary | $95,310 |
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 | $71,999 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,881 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,961 |
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 | $89,793 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,522 |
| 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 web and digital interface designers in New Jersey earn under $95,310 and half over. The published range runs $50,340 at the tenth percentile to $173,470 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 $71,999, worked from $95,310. 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 120 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 $66,125, the adjusted value of that $95,310 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 120 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for web and digital interface designers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $50,340 to $173,470; 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 $71,999, on $95,310 for work ranking 120 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 120 of 490 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $66,125 — the adjusted value of that $95,310 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 120 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 $104,180, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $50,340, the highest tenth $173,470, 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 $66,125 — 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 $71,999 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 46 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $104,180. 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 ($50,340) and the ninetieth ($173,470) 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 $66,125 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 $71,999 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 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.