New Jersey · 2025 pay · 29 people
How much does a communications operator trainee make in New Jersey?
$23,731typical pay for a communications operator trainee in 2025
$13,595 – $33,039what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 9.5% from 2024.
✓ Official data from NJ Office of Management and Budget · Matches the agency's latest release · nj.gov ↗
Where communications operator trainees work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Communications Operator Trainee (this page)$23,731 (everyone)
- Communications Operator$60,878
Highest-paid communications operator trainees, 2025
- 1Pastor RamosCommunications Operator Trainee · Juvenile Justice Commission$55,290
- 2Erick RodriguezCommunications Operator Trainee · Department of Corrections$37,640
- 3Krystal CalderonCommunications Operator Trainee · Department of Corrections$36,911
- 4Deborah A ZieniukCommunications Operator Trainee · Department of Corrections$35,803
- 5Angylina J VilaresCommunications Operator Trainee · Department of Corrections$34,763
Common questions
How much does a communications operator trainee make in New Jersey?
The typical communications operator trainee was paid $23,731 in 2025; most earned between $13,595 and $33,039. This counts all 29 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 6.8% of all pay for communications operator trainees in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Communications Operator Trainee, at any level (for example "Communications Operator Trainee"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this