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Median Earnings by Sex among Full-Time Year-Round Workers, New Jersey, 2017 to 2023

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Year20172018201920202021202220230.010,000.020,000.030,000.040,000.050,000.060,000.070,000.080,000.090,000.0DollarsMedian Earnings by Sex among Full-Time Year-Round Workers, New Jersey, 2017 to 2023MaleFemaleNew Jersey
Sex, New JerseyYearDollars90% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit90% Confidence Interval, Upper LimitFootnotes

Male

 1Male20172017$64,497$62,843$66,151
 1Male20182018$66,532$65,798$67,266
 1Male20192019$67,007$66,404$67,610
 1Male20202020NA
 1Male20212021$75,297$74,487$76,107
 1Male20222022$75,939$75,201$76,677
 1Male20232023$78,841$77,269$80,413

Female

 2Female20172017$51,538$51,205$51,871
 2Female20182018$52,383$51,873$52,893
 2Female20192019$53,810$52,875$54,745
 2Female20202020NA
 2Female20212021$61,802$61,213$62,391
 2Female20222022$63,224$62,561$63,887
 2Female20232023$65,181$64,288$66,074

New Jersey

 34000New Jersey20172017$58,150$57,278$59,022
 34000New Jersey20182018$60,571$60,235$60,907
 34000New Jersey20192019$61,002$60,729$61,275
 34000New Jersey20202020NA
 34000New Jersey20212021$68,654$67,832$69,476
 34000New Jersey20222022$70,215$69,549$70,881
 34000New Jersey20232023$72,051$71,566$72,536
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Why Is This Important?

People with economic stability are more likely to be healthy, but many people with steady work still do not earn enough to afford the things they need to stay healthy.1

Definition

Earnings are primarily wages and salary from a job. Earnings do not include other types of income such as Social Security payments, pensions, child support, public assistance, annuities, money derived from rental properties, interest, or dividends.2

Data Source

American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau
(https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/)

How the Measure is Calculated

  • Numerator:

    The median is the middle number in a sorted list of numbers

  • Denominator:

    n/a

Data Issues

The U.S. Census Bureau did not release its standard 1-year estimates from the 2020 American Community Survey because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on data collection.

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Indicator Data Last Updated On 09/24/2024, Published on 09/24/2024
NJ State Health Assessment Data, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360 (https://nj.gov/health/shad)