Trenton-Princeton, NJ Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Trenton-Princeton, NJ - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Trenton-Princeton, NJ moved from $62,610 in May 2024 to $63,490 in May 2025 (+1.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Trenton-Princeton, NJ sits -1.7 pp behind 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.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Trenton-Princeton, NJ
General and Operations Managers publishes $181,450 here versus $105,770 nationally (+71.6%; 3,100metro-area jobs). Next is Accountants and Auditors at $99,550 locally versus $83,680 nationally (+19.0%).
- General and Operations Managers$181,450 in Trenton-Princeton, NJ sits 71.6% above the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,100 published local jobs).
- Accountants and Auditors$99,550 in Trenton-Princeton, NJ sits 19.0% above the national Accountants and Auditors median of $83,680 (2,890 published local jobs).
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$92,060 in Trenton-Princeton, NJ sits 17.0% above the national Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents median of $78,660 (2,040 published local jobs).
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$79,460 in Trenton-Princeton, NJ sits 14.3% above the national First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers median of $69,500 (2,770 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Trenton-Princeton, NJ; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 45940 · Trenton-Princeton, NJ $83K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #9/528
- RPP-MID 103.2
- OCC-MOST 434 occs
- TOP-LEAD Obstetricians… · $298K
- EMP-MIX General and…
- TREND-INLINE -1.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Lexington Park, MD
- BOOK-FULL 416 rows · May 2025
Read with Lexington Park, MD ($393 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 Trenton-Princeton, NJ
Employment scale inside Trenton-Princeton, NJ's top-pay list
General and Operations Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Trenton-Princeton, NJ's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. General and Operations Managers 3,100 jobs · $181,450
- 2. Financial Managers 2,460 jobs · $184,800
- 3. Natural Sciences Managers 2,150 jobs · $182,230
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,000 jobs · $197,420
- 5. Administrative Services Managers 1,260 jobs · $154,070
- 6. Marketing Managers 1,250 jobs · $208,440
- 7. Sales Managers 850 jobs · $178,360
- 8. Human Resources Managers 530 jobs · $161,720
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 490 jobs · $153,630
- 10. Public Relations Managers 430 jobs · $179,330
- 11. Physicians, All Other 360 jobs · $279,930
- 12. Purchasing Managers 330 jobs · $180,340
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 320 jobs · $196,870
- 14. Industrial Production Managers 320 jobs · $157,160
- 15. Chief Executives 200 jobs · $191,360
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 190 jobs · $192,090
- 17. Dentists, General 170 jobs · $216,750
- 18. Training and Development Managers 130 jobs · $170,050
Occupations Tracked
434
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$83,089
employment-weighted, 416 complete rows
Top Salary
$298,050
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Cost of Living
103.2
3% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Trenton-Princeton, NJ
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $298,050 |
| 2 | Psychiatrists | $294,890 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $279,930 |
| 4 | Dentists, General | $216,750 |
| 5 | Marketing Managers | $208,440 |
| 6 | Commercial Pilots | $205,700 |
| 7 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $204,160 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $197,420 |
| 9 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $196,870 |
| 10 | Family Medicine Physicians | $192,090 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $191,360 |
| 12 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $186,700 |
| 13 | Financial Managers | $184,800 |
| 14 | Natural Sciences Managers | $182,230 |
| 15 | General and Operations Managers | $181,450 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $180,340 |
| 17 | Public Relations Managers | $179,330 |
| 18 | Sales Managers | $178,360 |
| 19 | Training and Development Managers | $170,050 |
| 20 | Human Resources Managers | $161,720 |
| 21 | Industrial Production Managers | $157,160 |
| 22 | Optometrists | $155,960 |
| 23 | Administrative Services Managers | $154,070 |
| 24 | Nurse Practitioners | $153,630 |
| 25 | Pediatricians, General | $152,990 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Trenton-Princeton, NJ
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $32,220 |
| School Bus Monitors | $32,220 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $32,220 |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | $32,690 |
| Recreation Workers | $33,420 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $33,920 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $33,960 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,130 |
| Production Workers, All Other | $34,440 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $34,670 |
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 ($83,089 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
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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- Obstetricians and Gynecologists leads published medians in Trenton-Princeton, NJ at $298,050/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $83,089 adjusts to about $80,528 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 103.2. 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.