New Jersey · 2025 pay

How much do New Jersey Legislature employees make?

Name: New Jersey Legislature employee pay 2025
Creator: PublicPayData

$99,872typical pay for full-year employees in 2025

$74,896 – $121,799what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $54,000.

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

Common jobs: Legislative Aide - Assembly Legislative Aide - Senate Assembly Member

✓ 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.

$23,300

$53,931

$92,642

$235,000

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 $48,904 in 2016 to $54,000 in 2025 (+10%).

Typical payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2024

+1.9%Typical pay for full-year employees went up from $98,039 to $99,872.
+3.4%Typical raise for the 1,085 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 31% got a raise of 10% or more.
216 new216 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 189 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
+10%Since 2016, typical pay counting everyone paid has gone from $48,904 to $54,000, while the number of people paid went up from 1,205 to 1,301.

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

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

New Jersey Legislature

10years of
official data
2016–2025

Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay	$23,913
Overtime	$179
Extra pay	$29,838
Total for the year	$53,931

Average of the 66 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

Worth knowing about pay at Legislature

What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.

+3.4%
People paid by Legislature in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +3.4%.
Usual among the 10 other state agencies in New Jersey in our data: +5.9%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
+39%
Since 2016, total pay at Legislature went up 39% while the number of people paid went up 8%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.

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.

Job	People	Full-year	Everyone	Most earn	Since 2024
Legislative Aide - Assembly	426	–	$25,424	$8k – $63k	▲ 1.7%
Legislative Aide - Senate	191	–	$28,192	$10k – $56k	▲ 2.4%
Assembly Member	82	–	$49,000	$49k – $49k	▲ 0.0%
Principal Auditor, Office of Legislative Services	33	$113,829	$113,829	$114k – $118k	▲ 1.4%
Senator	29	–	$49,000	$49k – $49k	▲ 0.0%
Communication Specialist	13	$90,174	$88,430	$70k – $93k	▲ 26.7%
Section Chief, Office of Legislative Services	12	$150,571	$150,571	$142k – $151k	▲ 2.1%
Manager, Office of Legislative Services	12	$140,149	$140,149	$134k – $140k	▲ 1.4%
Principal Secretary, Office of Legislative Services	12	$61,367	$61,225	$61k – $62k	▲ 2.1%
Special Services	12	–	$4,491	$4k – $6k	▲ 10.7%
Senior Auditor I, Office of Legislative Services	11	$99,458	$99,458	$94k – $99k	▲ 1.4%
Semi Senior Auditor, Office of Legislative Services	11	$68,457	$68,457	$68k – $69k	▼ 2.4%
Research Associate Senate	10	$87,524	$80,993	$47k – $88k	▲ 16.1%
Principal Research Analyst, Office of Legislative Services	10	–	$78,923	$42k – $140k	▲ 22.1%
Senior Auditor III, Office of Legislative Services	10	$77,223	$77,223	$73k – $78k	▲ 5.0%
Principal Counsel, Office of Legislative Services	9	$140,069	$140,069	$140k – $140k	▲ 1.4%
Senior Policy Advisor	9	$143,295	$126,382	$97k – $148k	▼ 9.6%
Associate Research Analyst, Office of Legislative Services	9	$102,027	$101,861	$101k – $102k	▲ 1.9%
Policy Advisor	9	$101,341	$95,865	$77k – $108k	▲ 9.1%
Administrative Assistant, Office of Legislative Services	9	$82,682	$82,682	$83k – $83k	▲ 1.9%
Secretary I, Office of Legislative Services	9	–	$42,352	$41k – $47k	▼ 9.1%
Associate Counsel, Office of Legislative Services	8	$102,358	$102,358	$102k – $102k	▲ 4.5%
Senior Auditor II, Office of Legislative Services	8	$88,221	$85,591	$83k – $89k	▼ 2.1%
Secretary II, Office of Legislative Services	8	$51,718	$51,304	$51k – $52k	new
Senior Research Associate	7	$108,118	$108,118	$104k – $150k	▲ 5.4%
Senior Section Secretary, Office of Legislative Services	7	$77,026	$76,572	$75k – $79k	▲ 0.8%
Senior Research Analyst 1, Office of Legislative Services	6	$108,885	$107,797	$106k – $110k	new
Associate Fiscal Analyst, Office of Legislative Services	6	$101,364	$101,364	$100k – $102k	▲ 3.5%
Assistant Auditor, Office of Legislative Services	6	–	$27,881	$21k – $54k	new
Network Technician 4, Office of Legislative Services	5	–	$100,945	$101k – $103k	new
Administrative Assistant Senate	5	–	$59,722	$48k – $69k	▲ 3.8%
Network Technician Trainee 1, Office of Legislative Services	5	–	$54,368	$54k – $55k	new
Public Information Office	5	–	$46,073	$46k – $71k	new
Commissioner State Commission of Investigation	5	–	$28,563	$21k – $35k	new

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How many people earn what

Under $10k196
$10k – $30k173
$30k – $50k247
$50k – $70k165
$70k – $90k167
$90k – $110k153
$110k – $150k146
$150k or more54

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

Pay by department

Department	People	Typical pay
Legislative General Assembly Members, Staff Services	426	$25,424
Office of Legislative Services - Administration	397	$90,472
Legislative-senate Members, Staff Services	191	$28,192
Legislative General Assembly	82	$49,000
General Assembly Staff	63	$101,341
Senate Staff	56	$86,866
State Commission of Investigation	47	$86,749
Legislative-senators	29	$49,000
Nj Law Revision Commission	10	$34,228

Common questions

How much does a New Jersey Legislature employee make?

Full-year employees were typically paid $99,872 in 2025; most earned between $74,896 and $121,799. Counting all 1,301 people paid during the year, typical pay was $54,000.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 196 people (15.1%) were paid under $10,000.

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 (62.7% of all pay), overtime (0.3%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (37.0%).

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; 1 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals