Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,204
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$11,236
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,271
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
$59,440
Kept after tax
$48,204
Worth in national money
$44,271
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. New Jersey pays this job around $59,440 at the midpoint, 18 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 294 among 490 occupations New Jersey publishes pay for.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $59,440 the take-home is $48,204. But New Jersey costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $44,271 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $62,500, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers the New Jersey median is $59,440, ranking 18 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 294 of 490 in New Jersey places welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers 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.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and New Jersey income tax is $48,204 for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers, from $59,440. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,271. ⚠️ 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 $62,500 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $81,760 |
| This salary | $59,440 |
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 | $48,204 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,940 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,121 |
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 | $57,279 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,612 |
| 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 welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in New Jersey earn under $59,440 and half over. The published range runs $43,290 at the tenth percentile to $81,760 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $48,204 take-home in New Jersey comes from $59,440. 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 294 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 $44,271, the adjusted value of that $59,440 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 294 of 490 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,290 to $81,760; 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 $48,204, from $59,440, 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 294 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 18 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for New Jersey, so $44,271 — the adjusted value of that $59,440 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 294 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 $62,500, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $43,290 and the top tenth $81,760, 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?
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 $44,271 — 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 $48,204.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $62,500. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,290 to $81,760) 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 $44,271 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 $48,204 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.