Nursing Assistants & Aides nurse pay in New Jersey
$47,840median posted offer#2 of 9 states for Nursing Assistants & Aides
Nursing Assistants & Aides nurses in New Jersey are being offered a median $47,840 a year across 9 live postings that state pay — 8% above the national Nursing Assistants & Aides median of $44,200. Updated September 10, 2026.
Where does your pay sit in Nursing Assistants & Aides 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 Nursing Assistants & Aides 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.
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Questions nurses ask
- How much do Nursing Assistants & Aides nurses make in New Jersey?
- Across 9 live Nursing Assistants & Aides postings in New Jersey that state pay, the median offer is $47,840 a year. The middle half runs $42,640–$49,140, and the top 10% start at $50,440.
- Is New Jersey a good state for Nursing Assistants & Aides nurses?
- On posted pay, New Jersey ranks #2 of 9 states for Nursing Assistants & Aides. The median there is 8% above the national Nursing Assistants & Aides median of $44,200. 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.