New Jersey Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Funeral Home Managers	$101,520	420	View salary detail
Rail Car Repairers	$78,750	410	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$49,680	410	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$54,710	410	View salary detail
Telemarketers	$39,370	410	View salary detail
Upholsterers	$42,640	410	View salary detail
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$109,880	410	View salary detail
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas	$77,950	400	View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians	$40,530	400	View salary detail
Pipelayers	$78,830	400	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$60,740	400	View salary detail
Carpet Installers	$115,180	390	View salary detail
Athletes and Sports Competitors	$253,870	390	View salary detail
Calibration Technologists and Technicians	$77,040	390	View salary detail
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$64,870	390	View salary detail
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand	$34,600	380	View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$40,800	380	View salary detail
Clinical Neuropsychologists	$132,220	370	View salary detail
Neuropsychologists	$132,220	370	View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants	$62,760	370	View salary detail
Psychologists, All Other	$132,220	370	View salary detail
Landscape Architects	$95,020	360	View salary detail
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	$101,260	350	View salary detail
Transportation Planners	$101,260	350	View salary detail
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$82,890	350	View salary detail
Drafters, All Other	$77,840	350	View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers	$43,150	350	View salary detail
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	$37,850	340	View salary detail
Lighting Technicians	$87,550	340	View salary detail
Millwrights	$107,540	340	View salary detail
Transit and Railroad Police	$106,290	340	View salary detail
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary	$83,620	330	View salary detail
Chemical Plant and System Operators	$86,820	330	View salary detail
Power Distributors and Dispatchers	$128,220	330	View salary detail
Foundry Mold and Coremakers	$55,210	330	View salary detail
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$128,320	330	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	$107,610	330	View salary detail
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	$44,330	320	View salary detail
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers	$64,990	310	View salary detail
Medical Appliance Technicians	$52,400	310	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$57,920	310	View salary detail
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants	$36,650	300	View salary detail
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other	$80,930	300	View salary detail
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$88,500	300	View salary detail
Biomass Plant Technicians	$131,370	300	View salary detail
Hydroelectric Plant Technicians	$131,370	300	View salary detail
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders	$52,440	300	View salary detail
Power Plant Operators	$131,370	300	View salary detail
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	$47,840	300	View salary detail
Dentists, All Other Specialists	$201,840	290	View salary detail

Metropolitan areas in this state

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.