Workforce Analytics

This dashboard is built directly from New Jersey's YourMoney state payroll records: 73,092 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 $84,548. Not every payroll title maps cleanly to a civil service specification (about 82% 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 73,092 tracked state employees earn between $62,428 and $112,646. The median is $84,548 and the mean is $89,369, which sit apart because a long tail at the top pulls the average up. The bar below spans $12,000 to $189,118; 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.

Who represents them

Figures are from the NJ YourMoney agency payroll for 2026-Q1, covering 73,092 employees. Percentiles are computed on 66,609 records after removing 853 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.