ICU nurse pay in New Jersey
$107,500median posted offer#9 of 24 states for ICU
ICU nurses in New Jersey are being offered a median $107,500 a year across 7 live postings that state pay — 5% above the national ICU median of $102,482. Updated July 24, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in ICU in New Jersey?
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Other specialties in New Jersey
- Hospitals and Health Care 7 postings$112k
- Acute Care 5 postings$108k
- Home Health 5 postings$108k
- Medical-Surgical 5 postings$108k
- ER 10 postings$104k
- Dialysis 7 postings$99k
- Critical & Intensive Care 6 postings$99k
- Nephrology 5 postings$99k
Or see all nurse pay in New Jersey (62 postings), or ICU pay across every state.
What to do with this
- See the rolesJobs in New Jersey paying around $107,500Every posting behind these numbers is a live job you can open and apply to.
- Offer in hand?Run it through the offer reality calculatorAnnualize it honestly and see what it's worth where you'd actually live — then compare offers side by side.
- 3-minute fit quizFind out which roles actually fit youPay is one axis. Shift, specialty, setting, and commute decide whether the job is worth it.
- 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 ICU nurses make in New Jersey?
- Across 7 live ICU postings in New Jersey that state pay, the median offer is $107,500 a year. The middle half runs $98,800–$111,476, and the top 10% start at $116,425.
- Is New Jersey a good state for ICU nurses?
- On posted pay, New Jersey ranks #9 of 24 states for ICU. The median there is 5% above the national ICU median of $102,482. Pay is one axis — shift, ratios, and cost of living decide whether the job is actually 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. Community-reported figures are anonymous, unverified, and reported separately.