New Jersey independent authority · 2025 pay · 36 people
How much does a lead technician make in New Jersey independent authority?
$130,815typical pay for a lead technician in 2025
$115,577 – $158,885what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 3.0% from 2024.
✓ Official data from NJ Office of Management and Budget · Matches the agency's latest release · nj.gov ↗
Where lead technicians work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid lead technicians, 2025
- 1Benito MaldonadoLead Technician · NJ Transit$279,364
- 2Jason LambertLead Technician · NJ Transit$234,377
- 3David BarandasLead Technician · NJ Transit$194,177
- 4Carlos RodriguezLead Technician · NJ Transit$187,142
- 5Reddy PerezLead Technician · NJ Transit$186,584
Common questions
How much does a lead technician make in New Jersey independent authority?
The typical lead technician was paid $130,815 in 2025; most earned between $115,577 and $158,885. This counts all 36 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 39.6% of all pay for lead technicians in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Lead Technician, at any level (for example "Lead Technician"). 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