Workforce Analytics
Explore NJ state workforce data with interactive dashboards and visualizations.
This dashboard is built directly from New Jersey's YourMoney state payroll records: 75,135 employees across 39 agencies as of the current data refresh, plus 19,416 more across 16 independent authorities tracked separately (see "Independent Authorities" below).
Unlike the search tool, which shows the official salary range published for each civil service title, these charts show what people are actually paid: real salary distributions, tenure, union representation, and how each agency's workforce compares to the statewide median. Median pay across all tracked state employees is currently $84,796. Not every payroll title maps cleanly to a civil service specification (about 81% of employees are matched to a specification); unmatched titles are grouped separately rather than guessed at.
What state employees are actually paid
Half of the 75,135 tracked state employees earn between $62,428 and $113,264. The median is $84,796 and the mean is $89,487, which sit apart because a long tail at the top pulls the average up. The bar below spans $12,000 to $189,750; the shaded part is the middle half and the line is the median.
Where they work
39 agencies report payroll. These ten employ the most.
| Agency | Employees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Judiciary | 9,609 | 12.8% |
| Law and Public Safety | 8,324 | 11.1% |
| Children and Families | 6,866 | 9.1% |
| Health and Senior Services | 6,611 | 8.8% |
| Human Services | 6,533 | 8.7% |
| Corrections | 6,513 | 8.7% |
| Environmental Protection | 5,249 | 7.0% |
| Transportation | 3,850 | 5.1% |
| Treasury | 3,802 | 5.1% |
| Labor | 3,379 | 4.5% |
Who represents them
| Union | Employees | Share |
|---|---|---|
| CWA | 33,564 | 44.7% |
| AFSCME | 5,400 | 7.2% |
| PBA | 4,396 | 5.9% |
| IFPTE | 4,037 | 5.4% |
| JCAU | 2,046 | 2.7% |
| STFA | 1,872 | 2.5% |
Figures are from the NJ YourMoney agency payroll for 2026-Q2, covering 75,135 employees. Percentiles are computed on 67,556 records after removing 821 outliers. This is what people are paid, which is not the same as the salary range published for their title. How this data is built.