Behavioral Health nurse pay in New Jersey
$111,402median posted offer#3 of 12 states for Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health nurses in New Jersey are being offered a median $111,402 a year across 6 live postings that state pay — 18% above the national Behavioral Health median of $94,297. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Behavioral Health in New Jersey?
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Other specialties in New Jersey
- Travel 7 postings$131k
- Cardiac 7 postings$124k
- Neurology 7 postings$124k
- Psychiatric 8 postings$120k
- Telemetry 17 postings$118k
- Medical-Surgical 23 postings$116k
- Health and Human Services 5 postings$114k
- ER 20 postings$114k
Or see all nurse pay in New Jersey (689 postings), or Behavioral Health pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesSee open nursing roles in New JerseyEvery posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
- Offer in hand?Run it through the offer reality calculatorTurn it into a full-year number, see what it's worth where you'd live, and compare offers side by side.
- 3-minute PULSEFind the work that brings out your bestPay is one axis. Your pace, decision style, connection, scope, and energy rhythm shape the rest.
- CommunityAsk nurses what they really take homeDifferentials, ratios, and the offer nobody posts. Bring your number and compare notes.
Want the craft behind the numbers — differentials, negotiating, travel packages? Read the pay & salary guides.
Questions nurses ask
- How much do Behavioral Health nurses make in New Jersey?
- Across 6 live Behavioral Health postings in New Jersey that state pay, the median offer is $111,402 a year. The middle half runs $107,500–$115,305, and the top 10% start at $119,506.
- Is New Jersey a good state for Behavioral Health nurses?
- On posted pay, New Jersey ranks #3 of 12 states for Behavioral Health. The median there is 18% above the national Behavioral Health median of $94,297. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is worth it.
- Where do these numbers come from?
- Midpoint of stated salary ranges on live nursing job postings; values outside $20,000–$800,000/yr treated as parse artifacts and excluded; groups under 5 postings suppressed. Headline figures blend every employment type; `employmentTypes` splits the same postings into staff, travel, PRN and agency bands, each annualized on the posting's own stated terms (weekly travel rates at 52 weeks), so a rate is only ever ranked against its own band. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.