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New Jersey · 2025 pay

How much do New Jersey Commission on Higher Education employees make?

$105,696typical pay for full-year employees in 2025

$85,734 – $127,505what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $97,375.

NJ Office of Management and Budget publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Government Representative 2Assistant Division Director

✓ Official data from NJ Office of Management and BudgetMatches the agency's latest releasenj.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$69,896

$96,803

$123,423

$209,195

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay counting everyone paid went from $69,582 in 2016 to $97,375 in 2025 (+40%).

What changed since 2024

  • +10.7%Typical pay for full-year employees went up from $95,510 to $105,696.
  • +4.5%Typical raise for the 35 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 17% got a raise of 10% or more.
  • 6 new6 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 1 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
  • +40%Since 2016, typical pay counting everyone paid has gone from $69,582 to $97,375, while the number of people paid went up from 22 to 41.

The agency updates it every quarter (full-year figures each January).

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

New Jersey Commission on Higher Education

10years of
official data
2016–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$96,803
Overtime$0
Extra pay$0
Total for the year$96,803

Average of the 2 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: New Jersey Office of Management and Budget, nj.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025. "Full-year" is typical pay for people employed all year (shown when 5 or more); "Everyone" includes part-year and seasonal workers.

JobPeopleFull-yearEveryoneMost earnSince 2024
Government Representative 28$112,841$112,841$98k – $127k▲ 18.1%
Assistant Division Director5–$97,375$96k – $115knew

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k1
  • $10k – $30k2
  • $30k – $50k2
  • $50k – $70k5
  • $70k – $90k9
  • $90k – $110k5
  • $110k – $150k12
  • $150k or more5

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Commission of Higher Education41$97,375

Common questions

How much does a New Jersey Commission on Higher Education employee make?

Full-year employees were typically paid $105,696 in 2025; most earned between $85,734 and $127,505. Counting all 41 people paid during the year, typical pay was $97,375.

Who counts as a full-year employee?

"Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, is paid an annual salary, and received at least 90% of their published annual salary as regular pay during the year.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (100.0% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.0%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From New Jersey Office of Management and Budget (nj.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it every quarter (full-year figures each January).

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the person was on the state payroll the previous year, is paid an annual salary, and received at least 90% of their published annual salary as regular pay during the year. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals