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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax)
$89,966 USD £70,661 GBP		$62,000 USD £48,696 GBP		Gross income Net (after tax)

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Average Salary / New Jersey

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Average salary in New Jersey is $89,966 USD per year. The most typical earning is $62,000 USD. All data are based on 276 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of $103,900 USD. Women receive a salary of $74,000 USD.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians III with average income $140,000 USD and Properties & Real Estates with income $136,000 USD.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of $112,000 USD. The second most paid education level is Doctorate Degree with salary of $98,200 USD.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of $112,800 USD. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive $109,300 USD.

Levels / New Jersey (Gross USD)

Salary Levels (USD) per Year	Surveys	[%]
$10,000 USD - $14,999 USD	0	n/a
$15,000 USD - $19,999 USD	1	100% 0.36%
$20,000 USD - $24,999 USD	7	99.64% 2.54%
$25,000 USD - $29,999 USD	2	97.1% 0.72%
$30,000 USD - $34,999 USD	7	96.38% 2.54%
$35,000 USD - $39,999 USD	10	93.84% 3.62%
$40,000 USD - $44,999 USD	13	90.22% 4.71%
$45,000 USD - $49,999 USD	16	85.51% 5.8%
$50,000 USD - $54,999 USD	17	79.71% 6.16%
$55,000 USD - $59,999 USD	6	73.55% 2.17%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
$60,000 USD - $64,999 USD	18	71.38% 6.52%
$65,000 USD - $69,999 USD	15	64.86% 5.43%
$70,000 USD - $74,999 USD	14	59.42% 5.07%
$75,000 USD - $79,999 USD	9	54.35% 3.26%
$80,000 USD - $84,999 USD	18	51.09% 6.52%
$85,000 USD - $89,999 USD	13	44.57% 4.71%
$90,000 USD - $94,999 USD	7	39.86% 2.54%
$95,000 USD - $99,999 USD	6	37.32% 2.17%
$100,000 USD - $104,999 USD	17	35.14% 6.16%
$105,000 USD - $109,999 USD	4	28.99% 1.45%
$110,000 USD - $114,999 USD	7	27.54% 2.54%
$115,000 USD - $119,999 USD	6	25% 2.17%
$120,000 USD - $124,999 USD	7	22.83% 2.54%
$125,000 USD - $129,999 USD	6	20.29% 2.17%
$130,000 USD - $134,999 USD	4	18.12% 1.45%
$135,000 USD - $139,999 USD	4	16.67% 1.45%
$140,000 USD - $144,999 USD	7	15.22% 2.54%
$145,000 USD - $149,999 USD	2	12.68% 0.72%
HIGH SALARIES
$150,000 USD - $159,999 USD	5	11.96% 1.81%
$160,000 USD - $169,999 USD	4	10.14% 1.45%
$170,000 USD - $179,999 USD	5	8.7% 1.81%
$180,000 USD - $189,999 USD	1	6.88% 0.36%
$190,000 USD - $199,999 USD	2	6.52% 0.72%
$200,000 USD - $209,999 USD	9	5.8% 3.26%
$210,000 USD - $219,999 USD	1	2.54% 0.36%
$220,000 USD - $229,999 USD	1	2.17% 0.36%
$230,000 USD - $239,999 USD	1	1.81% 0.36%
$240,000 USD - $249,999 USD	0	n/a
$250,000 USD - $349,999 USD	4	1.45% 1.45%

Gender / New Jersey (Gross USD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	148	$103,900 USD
2	Women	75	$74,000 USD

Education / New Jersey (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	81	$112,000 USD
2	Doctorate Degree	11	$98,200 USD
3	Bellow H. School	5	$84,600 USD
4	Bachelors Degree	112	$82,500 USD
5	Some College	48	$79,800 USD
6	High School	19	$62,500 USD

Experience / New Jersey (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	64	$112,800 USD
2	16-20 Years	28	$109,300 USD
3	12-16 Years	42	$98,100 USD
4	8-12 Years	43	$88,400 USD
5	4-8 Years	45	$78,800 USD
6	1-2 Years	12	$63,200 USD
7	2-4 Years	26	$56,200 USD
8	0-1 Year	16	$53,900 USD

Age / New Jersey (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	13	$121,600 USD
2	51-55	17	$114,900 USD
3	41-45	30	$111,300 USD
4	61-65	11	$109,400 USD
5	71-75	2	$104,000 USD
6	36-40	35	$96,200 USD
7	66-70	9	$95,400 USD
8	46-50	19	$89,300 USD
9	31-35	40	$87,400 USD
10	26-30	28	$79,000 USD
11	n/a	53	$73,700 USD
12	21-25	16	$58,900 USD
13	14-20	3	$23,300 USD

Work Type / New Jersey (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	13	$144,700 USD
2	Permanent	241	$89,100 USD
3	Contract	15	$77,800 USD
4	Part Time	7	$44,100 USD

Cities / New Jersey (Gross USD)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Jersey City	68	$96,300 USD
2	Newark	208	$87,900 USD

Career Groups / New Jersey (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians III	1	$140,000 USD
2	Properties & Real Estates	2	$136,000 USD
3	IT & Programming II	12	$131,000 USD
4	Management & Business	48	$130,700 USD
5	Aviation & Shipping	4	$129,100 USD
6	Security & Fireguard	1	$123,000 USD
7	Military	1	$121,000 USD
8	Engineers & Technicians II	1	$118,000 USD
9	Insurance	4	$107,500 USD
10	Sports & Recreation	1	$100,000 USD
11	Salesmen & Saleswomen	3	$96,000 USD
12	IT & Programming	36	$95,700 USD
13	Human Resources	12	$91,700 USD
14	Finance & Banking	15	$89,200 USD
15	Engineers & Technicians V	2	$88,000 USD
16	Law	8	$87,300 USD
17	Engineers & Technicians	10	$84,000 USD
18	Architect Constructions	1	$80,000 USD
19	Construction & Labor Workers	8	$79,900 USD
20	Health Care & Medical II	12	$75,200 USD
21	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	1	$75,000 USD
22	Engineers & Technicians IV	2	$68,500 USD
23	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	11	$67,200 USD
24	Accounting & Administration	19	$66,500 USD
25	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	6	$66,200 USD
26	Health Care & Medical	7	$66,000 USD
27	Logistics, Road, Railway	5	$61,800 USD
28	Education & University	10	$56,900 USD
29	Customer Services	10	$56,100 USD
30	Organization & Coordination	6	$56,100 USD
31	Geography & Geodesy	2	$56,000 USD
32	Media	3	$53,000 USD
33	Public Sector	6	$50,900 USD
34	Automobile	2	$48,700 USD
35	Making Design	2	$39,500 USD
36	Fashion	1	$30,000 USD
37	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	$30,000 USD

Careers / New Jersey (Gross USD)

#		Surveys
1	CEO	3	$250,000 USD
2	Consulting, Speaker	3	$192,900 USD
3	Director	12	$152,000 USD
4	Operations Manager	6	$137,400 USD
5	Pilot	3	$132,200 USD
6	IT Manager	6	$130,400 USD
7	General Manager	6	$124,300 USD
8	Other IT Career	4	$123,300 USD
9	Finance Manager	2	$123,000 USD
10	Investment Manager	2	$112,500 USD
11	Salesmen or Saleswomen	2	$109,000 USD
12	Human Resources Manager	6	$108,900 USD
13	Healthcare Administration	3	$103,700 USD
14	IT Project Manager	6	$102,000 USD
15	Manager	5	$101,900 USD
16	Other Administration Career	2	$100,000 USD
17	Other Human Resource Career	3	$98,500 USD
18	Project Manager	6	$97,700 USD
19	Logistics Manager	2	$92,500 USD
20	Mechanical Engineer	3	$92,300 USD
21	Business Manager	2	$90,000 USD
22	Other Engineer Career	2	$88,000 USD
23	Software Developer	10	$87,200 USD
24	Marketing Manager	3	$86,000 USD
25	Account Manager	2	$84,500 USD
26	Database Developer	3	$83,900 USD
27	Financial Analyst	2	$82,000 USD
28	Doctor	2	$82,000 USD
29	Lead Developer	2	$79,000 USD
30	Other Manufacturing Career	3	$78,300 USD
31	Bank Manager	2	$73,000 USD
32	Other Education Career	2	$70,500 USD
33	Civil Engineer	2	$68,500 USD
34	Other Law Career	2	$67,500 USD
35	Other Medical Career	4	$66,800 USD
36	University Professor	2	$66,500 USD
37	Web Developer	2	$65,000 USD
38	Construction Worker	2	$65,000 USD
39	Human Resource	2	$63,700 USD
40	Teacher	2	$60,000 USD
41	Other Finance Career	3	$57,900 USD
42	Technician	2	$56,500 USD
43	Other Geogr.&Geodesy Career	2	$56,000 USD
44	Accountant	2	$55,000 USD
45	Sales Representative	3	$54,800 USD
46	Customer Consultant	4	$53,800 USD
47	Product Manager	2	$52,700 USD
48	Construction Foreman	2	$52,500 USD
49	Social Worker	2	$51,500 USD
50	Executive Secretary	3	$48,700 USD
51	Editor	2	$47,000 USD
52	Paralegal	2	$47,000 USD
53	Logistics	2	$46,000 USD
54	Call Center	3	$42,300 USD
55	Office Administrator	2	$41,500 USD
56	Other Public Sector Career	3	$38,100 USD
57	Market Research	2	$35,000 USD
58	Substitute Teacher	2	$30,000 USD

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Assistant Teacher And Tutor

Posted 18 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"I watch kids at a daycare and assist teachers in their tasks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Bellow H. School	0-1 Year	Intermediate	$15,000 USD

Staff Engineer

Posted 16 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Production line improvements, R&D, Testing, and Product Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	$85,000 USD

Operations Manager

Posted 27 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Emergency Operations, finance, staffing, facility management, traffic mitigation, infrastructure and capital improvement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$166,500 USD

Project Manager

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage engineers."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$160,000 USD

Safety Manager

Posted 31 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Safety."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$121,000 USD

Biospecimen Operations Manager

Posted 21 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Post graduate degree."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	$86,500 USD

Dispatcher

Posted 10 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Dispatch."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Some College	1-2 Years	Advanced	$46,000 USD

Data Analyst

Posted 08 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SQL, Tableau."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Expert	$125,000 USD

Permanent Guest Teacher

Posted 07 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"High school education."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	$45,000 USD

Trade

Posted 05 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Working with a team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	$234,500 USD

Financial & Operations Principal

Posted 18 January 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$75,000 USD

Accountant

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Account receivable."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$43,000 USD

Instructor

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mathematics, Statistics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$58,000 USD

Director

Posted 10 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Human Resources
Employee Relations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	$82,000 USD

Project Manager

Posted 07 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Residential Construction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	$60,000 USD

C-level Exec

Posted 29 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"All functions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Intermediate	$150,000 USD

Site Super

Posted 26 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Residential construction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	$70,000 USD

Operations Controller

Posted 22 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Operations Controller."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	$100,000 USD

Senior Hr Analyst

Posted 08 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing the company’s HR software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	$46,000 USD

Vp Presales

Posted 08 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales demo rfp."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	$303,600 USD

Senior Director- Human Resources

Posted 30 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Heading Talent Management function of North America."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	$135,000 USD

Director Of Translation Services

Posted 08 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management and day to day business coordination."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	$86,000 USD

Financial Analyst Ii

Posted 04 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"CPCU, ARe, ARM, AINS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$100,900 USD

Project Manager

Posted 02 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consultant technical Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$140,000 USD

Outside Sales

Posted 09 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Drive sales in midmarket b2b sales goal is $300000 usd."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$110,000 USD

Controller/hr Manager

Posted 11 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accounting and payroll duties and financial Statement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$85,000 USD

Associate Vice President - Business Development

Posted 30 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"•	Solution selling with knowledge of System Integration, product engineering and drive related Go-To-Market activities
•	P&L responsibility – achieve and surpass top-line & bottom-line targets. Drive repeat and new business across a portfolio of accounts (up-sell, cross-sell, etc. )
•	Mining existing accounts and Hunting for new logos; Promote customer as partners to extend reach & drive adoption through joint Go-To-Market (sell-with, sell-through)
•	Develop pursuit plans and manage the pipeline, understanding customer's business, strategies and objectives, penetrating customer's organization horizontally and vertically
•	Manage CXO level relationships, serve as client advocate and consultative partner to align to customer practices and processes – Build long-term strategic relationships with key accounts
•	Account growth strategy starting from demand creation to revenue realization, Demand planning and forecasting, Maintain a robust pipeline & reporting 
•	Collaboration with various competency teams within my organization and key partners to develop path breaking solutions and taking it to customers globally
•	Supervising legal agreements, Master Service Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements and financial transactions with partners

Technology : 5G, IoT, Cloud, Analytics, Big Data, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$110,000 USD

Chemist

Posted 10 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Chemist instrumention techniques and validation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$75,000 USD

Citrix Administrator

Posted 24 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Microsoft Certified Engineer 
Certified Citrix Administrator."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	$109,000 USD

Personal Assistant

Posted 01 November 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing daily operations, scheduling of meetings, note-taking."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$69,500 USD

Chief Executive Officer

Posted 09 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Run a business with $180k annual revenue."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$300,000 USD

Project Engineer

Posted 06 October 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Injection Mold Design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$72,000 USD

Assistant Professor

Posted 05 August 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching and research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Doctorate Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	$68,000 USD

Business Director Americas

Posted 25 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business Director for Multinational Chemical Company for Americas."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$200,000 USD

Hvac Engineer

Posted 05 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fixing HVAC equipment."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	High School	20+ Years	n/a	$120,000 USD

Compensation

Posted 17 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Deciding competitive compensation for employees."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$114,500 USD

Marketing & Sales Coordinator

Posted 11 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Create and coordinate marketing strategy, conduct sales, administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$50,000 USD

Engineering Director

Posted 22 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Water treatment. Application. Field Service. Innovation. Continuous Improvement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	20+ Years	n/a	$80,000 USD

X-ray Technician

Posted 13 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Taking diagnostic x-ray pictures."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	$60,000 USD

Office Manager

Posted 10 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Define roles and responsibilities."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Some College	12-16 Years	n/a	$110,000 USD

Test Automation Manager

Posted 12 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Selenium, UFT, SOAP UI, Python."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$95,000 USD

It Manager

Posted 16 February 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data and analytics manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$127,000 USD

Corrections Captain

Posted 24 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Work for NJ Dept Of Corrections."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	High School	20+ Years	n/a	$123,000 USD

Video Editor

Posted 06 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Wedding video editor."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Some College	4-8 Years	n/a	$24,000 USD

Art Teacher

Posted 12 November 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Creative arts Teacer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$60,000 USD

Librarian

Posted 27 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Solo librarian in a small, rural community college."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	$41,000 USD

Vice President

Posted 25 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Technology, IT, Enterprise Cloud Solutions, Managed Services, Product and Project Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Jersey City	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	$170,000 USD

Clinical Research Asst

Posted 15 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research recruiting and completing clinical visits."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$48,600 USD

Consultant

Posted 26 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Make certain the customer had good service."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	$26,000 USD

Therapist

Posted 21 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Provide psychotherapy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Newark	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	$70,000 USD

ECONOMY / New Jersey

The economy in New Jersey is focused on the chemical development, pharmaceutical, food processing, telecommunications, electric equipment, publishing and printing, and tourism.

New Jersey is second among other U.S. states with blueberry production, third with spinach and cranberries. Other important food productions are bell peppers and peaches.

New Jersey has a big scientific industry. It is home for major pharmaceutical firms such as Novartis, Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Sanofi-Aventis, Schering-Plough and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Major telecommunications companies are located in New Jersey such as AT&T Communications, Avaya, Verizon Wireless, and Alcatel-Lucent.

Shipping is New Jersey strong industry as well. The Port of New York and New Jersey are the busiest on the East Coast.

The salaries in New Jersey are among the highest in the U.S.