New Jersey · 2025 pay · 64 people
How much does a therapy program assistant make in New Jersey?
$57,415typical pay for full-year therapy program assistants in 2025
$55,378 – $61,209what most people earned
Counting everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers, typical pay was $56,965. Typical pay rose 2.8% from 2024.
✓ Official data from NJ Office of Management and Budget · Matches the agency's latest release · nj.gov ↗
Where therapy program assistants 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).
- Therapy Program Assistant (this page)$57,415
- Senior Therapy Program Assistant$65,946
Highest-paid therapy program assistants, 2025
- 1Justin M PetersTherapy Program Assistant · Department of Human Services$86,138
- 2Sharif A GordonTherapy Program Assistant · Department of Human Services$84,686
- 3Michael O MakoskyTherapy Program Assistant · Department of Human Services$81,085
- 4Dominique StewartTherapy Program Assistant · Department of Health (Health and Senior Services)$79,392
- 5Charles T HolmesTherapy Program Assistant · Department of Human Services$76,581
Common questions
How much does a therapy program assistant make in New Jersey?
Full-year therapy program assistants were typically paid $57,415 in 2025; most earned between $55,378 and $61,209. Counting all 64 people paid, typical pay was $56,965.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 9.2% of all pay for therapy program assistants in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Therapy Program Assistant, at any level (for example "Therapy Program Assistant"). 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