Vineland, NJ Salaries

Compiled by WageDex · August 10, 2026

Largest OEWS employment footprints with published wages - BLS May 2025

BLS's published All Occupations median in Vineland, NJ moved from $47,650 in May 2024 to $48,190 in May 2025 (+1.1%).
Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
Vineland, NJ sits -2.0 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.

Wage Scorecard

36/100

Vineland, NJ

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.

Wage Level C-

$48,190

All-occupation median annual wage (BLS OEWS)

Wage Growth F

+1.1%

Year-over-year change in median wage (BLS OEWS)

Real Purchasing Power D

$50,215

Median wage adjusted for regional price parity (RPP 96.0, BEA)

Packers and Packagers, Hand shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Vineland, NJ

Packers and Packagers, Hand publishes $34,010 here versus $36,280 nationally (-6.3%; 2,380metro-area jobs). Next is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $37,610 locally versus $35,800 nationally (+5.1%).

Packers and Packagers, Hand$34,010 in Vineland, NJ sits 6.3% below the national Packers and Packagers, Hand median of $36,280 (2,380 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides$37,610 in Vineland, NJ sits 5.1% above the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,100 published local jobs).

Packers and Packagers, Hand and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Vineland, NJ; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

BLS OEWS metro wage desk

MSA 47220 · Vineland, NJ $60K mean

MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST

MEAN-MID #201/528
RPP-MID 96.0
OCC-MID 232 occs
TOP-LEAD Dentists, Gene… · $169K
EMP-MIX Correctional…
TREND-INLINE -2.0 pp
PHOTO-FINISH Albany, OR
BOOK-MOST 231 rows · May 2025

Read with Albany, OR (+$4 on published-row mean) · Fastest-growing occupations

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.

Read the chart as text

Label	Value
Guayama, PR · lowest mean	$32K
Vineland, NJ · this MSA	$60K
Albany, OR · near	$60K
Mankato, MN · near	$60K
Oklahoma City, OK · near	$60K
Western Wyoming nonm… · near	$60K
San Jose-Sunnyvale-S… · highest mean	$119K

Largest published OEWS footprints in Vineland, NJ

Correctional Officers and Jailers and General and Operations Managers lead published employment inside Vineland, NJ's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

1. Correctional Officers and Jailers 1,090 jobs · $106,570
2. General and Operations Managers 550 jobs · $130,180
3. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 350 jobs · $116,390
4. Medical and Health Services Managers 230 jobs · $132,670
5. Managers, All Other 220 jobs · $126,950
6. First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 210 jobs · $117,450
7. Industrial Production Managers 200 jobs · $127,930
8. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 200 jobs · $127,760
9. Financial Managers 140 jobs · $161,410
10. Lawyers 140 jobs · $108,910
11. Sales Managers 130 jobs · $150,510
12. Pharmacists 120 jobs · $134,050
13. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 120 jobs · $122,310
14. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $149,230
15. Administrative Services Managers 110 jobs · $122,570
16. Construction Managers 90 jobs · $133,920
17. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 90 jobs · $130,140
18. Software Developers 80 jobs · $123,920

Occupations Tracked

232

with wage data

Published-Row Mean

$59,885

employment-weighted, 231 complete rows

Top Salary

$169,280

Dentists, General

Cost of Living

96.0

4% below US avg

Price-level adjustment: Dividing the derived published-row mean of $59,885 by the metro RPP gives $62,401 on a national-price basis. This is not an after-tax income or a personal cost-of-living result.

Top-pay occupations in Vineland, NJ, by employment

Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.

#	Occupation	Median Salary	Mean Salary	Employment
1	Correctional Officers and Jailers	$106,570	$95,300	1,090
2	General and Operations Managers	$130,180	$156,570	550
3	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$116,390	$108,850	350
4	Medical and Health Services Managers	$132,670	$135,260	230
5	Managers, All Other	$126,950	$123,540	220
6	First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$117,450	$117,280	210
7	Industrial Production Managers	$127,930	$135,300	200
8	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$127,760	$128,160	200
9	Financial Managers	$161,410	$169,120	140
10	Lawyers	$108,910	$124,890	140
11	Sales Managers	$150,510	$167,840	130
12	Pharmacists	$134,050	$132,950	120
13	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$122,310	$141,440	120
14	Nurse Practitioners	$149,230	$149,650	110
15	Administrative Services Managers	$122,570	$132,010	110
16	Construction Managers	$133,920	$142,580	90
17	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$130,140	$126,910	90
18	Software Developers	$123,920	$129,240	80
19	Facilities Managers	$121,960	$119,880	80
20	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$113,140	$103,960	80
21	Physical Therapists	$105,360	$106,830	70
22	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$160,400	$163,690	50
23	Dentists, General	$169,280	$205,940	40
24	Human Resources Managers	$130,480	$147,060	40
25	Structural Iron and Steel Workers	$105,370	$103,660	40

Lowest Paying Jobs in Vineland, NJ

Occupation	Median Salary	Employment
Sewing Machine Operators	$32,220	50
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	$32,220	90
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	$32,220	60
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	$32,430	130
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	$32,910	80
Parking Attendants	$33,160	40
Childcare Workers	$33,390	400
Dishwashers	$33,400	70
Manicurists and Pedicurists	$33,450	130
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$33,550	1,800

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.

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

NJ · metropolitan area

Trenton-Princeton, NJ

NJ · metropolitan area

Compare Vineland, NJ side-by-side with another metro →

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 ($59,885 here) and summed published employment.

Similar mean wage

Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average salary in Vineland, NJ? ▼

Across the 231 occupation rows for Vineland, NJ with both a published mean wage and employment estimate, weighting each mean by employment gives $59,885/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). The page has 232 occupations with a published median, a different denominator. This WageDex-derived benchmark is not a BLS-published All Occupations metro mean or median and does not state what a typical local worker earns. For contrast, averaging the medians of only the 25 highest-paying occupations gives $129,154, which describes the displayed top tier only.

What is the highest paying job in Vineland, NJ? ▼

The highest paying occupation in Vineland, NJ is Dentists, General with a median salary of $169,280/year. The second highest is Financial Managers at $161,410/year.

What is the cost of living in Vineland, NJ? ▼

Vineland, NJ has a Regional Price Parity of 96.0, meaning prices are 4% below the national average. Dividing the derived published-row mean of $59,885 by the RPP gives a national-price-equivalent benchmark of $62,401.

What jobs pay the least in Vineland, NJ? ▼

The lowest paying occupation in Vineland, NJ is Sewing Machine Operators with a median salary of $32,220/year according to BLS data.

How is employment used on this Vineland, NJ wage page? ▼

Employment counts are BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates for occupations published in this MSA. Roster and peer sections sort on those counts; the published-row mean weights each occupation's mean wage by its employment estimate. Occupations without employment are excluded from the weighted mean but can still appear when a median exists.

Related federal data

BLS OEWS, metro wage tables → BEA Regional Price Parities →

What to do with this data

How to use Vineland, NJ wage figures in a real decision

Dentists, General leads published medians in Vineland, NJ at $169,280/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Dentists, General
The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,885 adjusts to about $62,401 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 96.0. 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.

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