Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in New Jersey

860 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in New Jersey for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$43,780	110	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$43,700	2,210	View salary detail
Bailiffs	$43,690	50	View salary detail
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	$43,600	590	View salary detail
Religious Workers, All Other	$43,480	560	View salary detail
Tax Preparers	$43,420	3,220	View salary detail
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	$43,300	110	View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$43,150	350	View salary detail
Helpers--Roofers	$42,670	—	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$42,640	410	View salary detail
Airfield Operations Specialists	$42,480	—	View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers	$42,470	4,940	View salary detail
Tutors	$42,270	5,270	View salary detail
Telephone Operators	$41,960	190	View salary detail
Agricultural Equipment Operators	$41,660	70	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$41,650	42,060	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Workers	$41,600	40	View salary detail
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	$41,600	7,270	View salary detail
Agricultural Inspectors	$41,520	60	View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$41,390	3,090	View salary detail
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$41,360	30,470	View salary detail
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	$41,230	3,050	View salary detail
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	$41,080	570	View salary detail
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	$41,080	420	View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles	$41,070	170	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$40,870	2,100	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,800	380	View salary detail
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$40,780	120	View salary detail
Cooks, Short Order	$40,720	850	View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians	$40,530	400	View salary detail
Photographers	$40,520	1,460	View salary detail
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$40,430	660	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$40,280	9,810	View salary detail
Production Workers, All Other	$40,000	5,310	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$39,950	2,450	View salary detail
Library Assistants, Clerical	$39,780	3,120	View salary detail
Passenger Attendants	$39,760	640	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$39,610	14,020	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$39,540	97,230	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$39,540	97,230	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$39,470	9,330	View salary detail
Telemarketers	$39,370	410	View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	$39,360	1,570	View salary detail
Helpers--Production Workers	$39,290	4,450	View salary detail
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	$39,210	1,440	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$39,020	1,710	View salary detail
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	$38,960	250	View salary detail
Security Guards	$38,880	41,540	View salary detail
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$38,780	2,780	View salary detail
Orderlies	$38,670	2,640	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.