Salaries & Cost of Living in Ocean County, NJ

Median pay, take-home pay and what is left after rent, food and energy for 180 occupations in Ocean County, NJ.

Jobs listed: 180; New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Median of medians: $77,785; per year, before tax
1-bedroom rent: $1,847; HUD Fair Market Rent / month
Jobs covering basics: 100%; 180 of 180

Pay and cost of living in Ocean County, NJ

Ocean County, NJ is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ labor market, and this page summarizes 180 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $77,785 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers at $335,270, and the lowest is Manicurists and Pedicurists at $34,910.

A one-bedroom apartment in Ocean County, NJ has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,847 a month and a two-bedroom $2,283. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $29,645 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $64,395 a year, and every one of the 180 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.

Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Ocean County, NJ or against other counties.

All jobs in Ocean County, NJ, highest paying first

Showing 1–50 of 180.

Occupations in Ocean County, NJ ranked by median salary
#	Occupation	Median salary	Take-home	Left per month
1	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$335,270	$217,727	$15,673
2	Financial Managers	$221,010	$152,063	$10,202
3	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$215,300	$148,679	$9,919
4	Sales Managers	$215,150	$148,590	$9,912
5	Lawyers	$208,880	$144,539	$9,574
6	Marketing Managers	$192,840	$133,683	$8,670
7	Human Resources Managers	$185,100	$128,406	$8,230
8	Natural Sciences Managers	$180,460	$125,242	$7,966
9	Personal Financial Advisors	$170,050	$118,520	$7,406
10	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$167,890	$117,181	$7,295
11	Physician Assistants	$167,650	$117,032	$7,282
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$167,580	$116,989	$7,279
13	Software Developers	$166,830	$116,524	$7,240
14	Nurse Practitioners	$163,340	$114,361	$7,060
15	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$163,210	$114,281	$7,053
16	Computer Network Architects	$163,010	$114,157	$7,043
17	Construction Managers	$158,000	$111,051	$6,784
18	General and Operations Managers	$157,000	$110,432	$6,732
19	Administrative Services Managers	$149,990	$106,087	$6,370
20	Pharmacists	$141,320	$100,713	$5,922
21	Information Security Analysts	$140,470	$100,186	$5,878
22	Financial Risk Specialists	$139,670	$99,690	$5,837
23	Data Scientists	$135,980	$97,403	$5,646
24	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$135,270	$96,963	$5,610
25	Facilities Managers	$134,010	$96,182	$5,545
26	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$133,640	$95,953	$5,526
27	Financial Examiners	$133,380	$95,792	$5,512
28	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$130,540	$94,032	$5,366
29	Financial and Investment Analysts	$128,930	$93,034	$5,282
30	Computer Systems Analysts	$128,340	$92,668	$5,252
31	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$128,090	$92,513	$5,239
32	Flight Attendants	$127,740	$92,296	$5,221
33	Project Management Specialists	$126,660	$91,627	$5,165
34	Management Analysts	$124,390	$90,220	$5,048
35	Registered Nurses	$119,720	$87,325	$4,807
36	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$119,390	$87,121	$4,790
37	Web and Digital Interface Designers	$119,190	$86,997	$4,779
38	Dental Hygienists	$109,720	$80,940	$4,275
39	Producers and Directors	$108,460	$80,134	$4,207
40	Speech-Language Pathologists	$107,860	$79,750	$4,175
41	Physical Therapists	$107,650	$79,615	$4,164
42	Civil Engineers	$107,330	$79,411	$4,147
43	Firefighters	$106,420	$78,828	$4,099
44	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$105,960	$78,534	$4,074
45	Accountants and Auditors	$105,650	$78,336	$4,058
46	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	$105,540	$78,265	$4,052
47	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$103,990	$77,274	$3,969
48	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$103,360	$76,871	$3,935
49	Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	$102,730	$76,468	$3,902
50	Editors	$102,120	$76,077	$3,869