Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ moved from $46,290 in May 2024 to $47,520 in May 2025 (+2.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ sits -0.4 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners publishes $40,690 here versus $35,510 nationally (+14.6%; 2,730metro-area jobs). Next is First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers at $48,360 locally versus $44,080 nationally (+9.7%).
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners$40,690 in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ sits 14.6% above the national Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners median of $35,510 (2,730 published local jobs).
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$48,360 in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ sits 9.7% above the national First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers median of $44,080 (2,080 published local jobs).
- Waiters and Waitresses$38,160 in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ sits 8.3% above the national Waiters and Waitresses median of $35,230 (6,070 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Restaurant$40,250 in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ sits 7.6% above the national Cooks, Restaurant median of $37,390 (3,370 published local jobs).
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 12100 · Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $62K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #148/528
- RPP-MID 98.9
- OCC-MID 376 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $394K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.4 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Tucson, AZ
- BOOK-FULL 367 rows · May 2025
Read with Tucson, AZ ($18 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
Employment scale inside Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 700 jobs · $166,660
- 2. Financial Managers 510 jobs · $157,800
- 3. Nurse Practitioners 430 jobs · $143,330
- 4. Pharmacists 370 jobs · $134,890
- 5. Physicians, All Other 350 jobs · $252,370
- 6. Sales Managers 330 jobs · $144,220
- 7. Computer and Information Research Scientists 290 jobs · $140,190
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 250 jobs · $393,890
- 9. Engineers, All Other 230 jobs · $151,760
- 10. Marketing Managers 210 jobs · $143,200
- 11. Architectural and Engineering Managers 180 jobs · $167,980
- 12. Physician Assistants 150 jobs · $153,280
- 13. Nurse Anesthetists 140 jobs · $294,910
- 14. Human Resources Managers 120 jobs · $148,740
- 15. Dentists, General 100 jobs · $170,760
- 16. Purchasing Managers 80 jobs · $161,620
- 17. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 80 jobs · $141,310
- 18. Psychiatrists 60 jobs · $328,600
Occupations Tracked
376
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$62,324
employment-weighted, 367 complete rows
Top Salary
$393,890
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
98.9
1% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $393,890 |
| 2 | Psychiatrists | $328,600 |
| 3 | Nurse Anesthetists | $294,910 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $276,970 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $252,370 |
| 6 | Pediatricians, General | $208,430 |
| 7 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $204,160 |
| 8 | Natural Sciences Managers | $172,540 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $170,760 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $167,980 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $166,660 |
| 12 | Veterinarians | $164,620 |
| 13 | Purchasing Managers | $161,620 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $157,800 |
| 15 | Physician Assistants | $153,280 |
| 16 | Public Relations Managers | $153,140 |
| 17 | Engineers, All Other | $151,760 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $148,740 |
| 19 | Sales Managers | $144,220 |
| 20 | Nurse Practitioners | $143,330 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $143,200 |
| 22 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $141,310 |
| 23 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | $140,190 |
| 24 | Aerospace Engineers | $136,590 |
| 25 | Pharmacists | $134,890 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Tour and Travel Guides | $32,220 |
| Parking Attendants | $32,600 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,680 |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $33,000 |
| Gambling Dealers | $33,000 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $33,180 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,270 |
| Cooks, Short Order | $33,400 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $33,440 |
| Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | $33,970 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in NJ
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside NJ. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($62,324 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ wage figures in a real decision
- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ at $393,890/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $62,324 adjusts to about $63,045 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 98.9. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for NJ before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.