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Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants salary in New Jersey

The median legal secretaries and administrative assistants in New Jersey earns $63,080 a year, 14% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,143 a month.

10th percentile
$41,900
25th percentile
$48,910
Median percentile
$63,080
75th percentile
$76,100
90th percentile
$89,010

Based on 4,160 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$49,711 take-home a year
Gross pay$63,080
Federal income tax−$5,390
Social Security + Medicare−$4,826
New Jersey income tax (approx.)−$3,154
Monthly take-home$4,143
Every two weeks$1,912

Does it go far here?

$57,975Median pay in New Jersey is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.8 vs 100).
42%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,720 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in New Jersey

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$437,890
Emergency Medicine Physicians$315,340
Chief Executives$310,440
Family Medicine Physicians$292,170
Physicians, All Other$285,010
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$228,870
Commercial Pilots$226,710
Natural Sciences Managers$207,030

All legal secretaries and administrative assistants salaries · Take-home pay in New Jersey