Salaries

Salaries in New Jersey.

3 metro areas. 3445 roles.

Average cost-of-living index: 1.18x national average. Last updated April 2026.

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Highest Paying

$412,000

Senior VP of Security

Median Role

$375,000

VP of Infrastructure

Entry Level

$368,000

VP of Information Security

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

New Jersey has 3 major metro areas tracked in our salary database, with an average cost-of-living index of 1.18x the national average. The highest-paying role across the state is Senior VP of Security at $412,000 in Jersey City. The median role pays $375,000.

Metro areas in New Jersey

Jersey City

1.20x COL

Top paying roles

Senior VP of Security$412,000
Senior VP of Product$412,000
SVP of Technology$400,000

Newark

1.18x COL

Top paying roles

Senior VP of Security$409,000
Senior VP of Product$401,000
SVP of Data$398,000

Princeton

1.15x COL

Top paying roles

Senior VP of Product$391,000
Chief Security Officer$391,000
SVP of Engineering$384,000

Top 30 salaries in New Jersey

#RoleMedianTop CityRange
1Senior VP of Security$412,000Jersey City$350,000 to $535,000
2Senior VP of Product$412,000Jersey City$321,000 to $535,000
3SVP of Technology$400,000Jersey City$340,000 to $520,000
4SVP of Data$398,000Newark$337,000 to $517,000
5Chief Security Officer$397,000Newark$309,000 to $516,000
6SVP of Product$397,000Jersey City$337,000 to $515,000
7SVP of Finance$393,000Jersey City$334,000 to $510,000
8SVP of Engineering$386,000Newark$328,000 to $502,000
9Chief Strategy Officer$379,000Jersey City$296,000 to $493,000
10VP of Partner Engineering$378,000Jersey City$322,000 to $492,000
11VP of Support Engineering$378,000Jersey City$322,000 to $492,000
12VP of Reliability Engineering$378,000Jersey City$322,000 to $492,000
13Senior VP of Design$376,000Jersey City$294,000 to $488,000
14VP of Machine Learning$375,000Jersey City$319,000 to $487,000
15VP of IT$375,000Jersey City$319,000 to $487,000
16VP of Infrastructure$375,000Jersey City$319,000 to $487,000
17VP of Technical Support$375,000Jersey City$319,000 to $487,000
18VP of Core Engineering$375,000Jersey City$319,000 to $487,000
19CTO$374,000Jersey City$292,000 to $487,000
20SVP of AI Innovation$373,000Jersey City$317,000 to $485,000
21VP of Cloud$372,000Newark$317,000 to $484,000
22VP of Solutions Engineering$372,000Newark$317,000 to $484,000
23VP of Data Engineering$371,000Jersey City$316,000 to $482,000
24VP of Data$371,000Jersey City$316,000 to $482,000
25VP of Database Engineering$371,000Jersey City$316,000 to $482,000
26SVP of Sales$371,000Jersey City$289,000 to $482,000
27Chief Science Officer$369,000Newark$288,000 to $480,000
28Senior Head of Security$368,000Jersey City$313,000 to $479,000
29Chief Legal Officer$368,000Newark$287,000 to $479,000
30VP of Information Security$368,000Newark$314,000 to $479,000

Tax considerations in New Jersey

New Jersey's top income tax rate is 10.75%, one of the highest in the nation. Newark has a payroll tax but no separate city income tax. The high state rate makes salary negotiation critical.

New Jersey's top income tax rate is 10.75%. Jersey City has a payroll tax but no separate city income tax. The high state rate makes salary negotiation especially important.

New Jersey's 10.75% top rate applies. Princeton has no additional city income tax. The pharma corridor offers competitive compensation that partially offsets the high state tax burden.

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