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
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$50,530	190	View salary detail
Telephone Operators	$41,960	190	View salary detail
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes	$81,190	170	View salary detail
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	$88,480	170	View salary detail
Personal Service Managers, All Other	$77,350	170	View salary detail
Ship Engineers	$118,310	170	View salary detail
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	$36,170	170	View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles	$41,070	170	View salary detail
Spa Managers	$77,350	170	View salary detail
Fitness and Wellness Coordinators	$77,350	170	View salary detail
Transportation Workers, All Other	$69,220	160	View salary detail
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	$56,700	160	View salary detail
Fashion Designers	$101,610	160	View salary detail
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders	$75,020	150	View salary detail
Subway and Streetcar Operators	$68,970	140	View salary detail
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists	$57,380	140	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$50,910	140	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$66,230	140	View salary detail
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders	$36,570	140	View salary detail
Neurologists	$222,120	140	View salary detail
Gambling Managers	$101,470	130	View salary detail
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers	$71,030	130	View salary detail
Historians	$77,080	130	View salary detail
Soil and Plant Scientists	$91,970	130	View salary detail
Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other	$63,250	130	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$64,680	130	View salary detail
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders	$64,890	120	View salary detail
Curators	$77,800	120	View salary detail
Nurse Midwives	$153,970	120	View salary detail
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$85,130	120	View salary detail
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$40,780	120	View salary detail
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	$43,300	110	View salary detail
Life Scientists, All Other	$103,890	110	View salary detail
Traffic Technicians	$64,240	110	View salary detail
Statistical Assistants	$69,480	110	View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators	$43,780	110	View salary detail
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,230	100	View salary detail
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	$51,460	100	View salary detail
Desktop Publishers	$63,020	100	View salary detail
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers	$57,550	100	View salary detail
Survey Researchers	$95,580	100	View salary detail
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$60,750	100	View salary detail
Costume Attendants	$45,010	100	View salary detail
Fish and Game Wardens	$72,920	90	View salary detail
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers	$52,160	90	View salary detail
Medical Dosimetrists	$170,650	90	View salary detail
Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners	$48,260	90	View salary detail
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians	$60,760	90	View salary detail
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	$83,030	90	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$44,630	80	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.