New Jersey · 2025 pay
How much do New Jersey Economic Development Authority employees make?
$91,931typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$73,361 – $117,871what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
NJ Office of Management and Budget publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: InternSmall Business OfficerProgram Analyst
✓ 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.
$72,968
$92,166
$118,566
$312,804
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 went from $67,330 in 2016 to $91,931 in 2025 (+37%).
What changed since 2024
- +1.9%Typical pay went up from $90,231 to $91,931.
- +0.6%Typical raise for the 457 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 18% got a raise of 10% or more.
- 48 new48 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 94 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
- +37%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $67,330 to $91,931, while the number of people paid went up from 234 to 505.
The agency updates it every quarter (full-year figures each January).
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $91,122 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $1,044 |
| Total for the year | $92,166 |
Average of the 26 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at NJEDA
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +0.6%
People paid by NJEDA in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical +0.6%.
Usual among the 23 other special districts and authorities of a similar size in our data: +7.1%.
Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.
- 1 in 2
1 in 2 people at NJEDA were paid $100,000 or more in 2025, up from 1 in 7 in 2016.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 36 | $7,947 | $6k – $10k | ▲ 21.1% |
| Small Business Officer | 8 | $77,393 | $76k – $82k | ▼ 0.2% |
| Program Analyst | 7 | $87,748 | $87k – $89k | ▲ 0.6% |
| Senior Program Analyst | 6 | $102,040 | $98k – $103k | ▲ 0.3% |
| Executive/Administrative Assistant I | 5 | $59,659 | $59k – $61k | ▲ 94.5% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k32
- $10k – $30k26
- $30k – $50k10
- $50k – $70k43
- $70k – $90k125
- $90k – $110k109
- $110k – $150k101
- $150k or more59
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business Services | 21 | $91,759 |
| Executive | 14 | $168,481 |
| Accounting Services | 13 | $90,391 |
| Product/transaction Ops Com Devel | 13 | $88,538 |
| Clean Energy | 12 | $89,174 |
| Business Services/procurement | 11 | $85,346 |
| Legal Affairs/opra | 11 | $92,763 |
| Loan Servicing & Compliance | 11 | $87,308 |
| Human Resources Operations | 10 | $88,964 |
| Closing Services | 10 | $81,501 |
| Innovation Impact | 10 | $86,223 |
| Credit/ Finance | 10 | $102,207 |
Highest paid at NJEDA in 2025
- 1Timothy SullivanChief Executive Officer$312,804▲ $3,245 vs 2024
- 2Mary MaplesDceo/Acting Ceo$262,820▲ $50,728 vs 2024
- 3Bruce A Ciallella IiChief Operations Officer$230,312▲ $3,664 vs 2024
- 4Kathleen Watters CovielloChief Economic Transformation Officer$230,000▲ $3,508 vs 2024
- 5Tahira CooperChief Community Development Officer$225,000▲ $46,130 vs 2024
- 6Emma CorradoChief of Staff/Chief External Affairs Officer$221,250▲ $8,173 vs 2024
- 7Frederick J ColeChief Administrative Officer$220,250▼ $8,557 vs 2024
- 8Tara K ColtonEvp/Chief Economic Security Officer$214,851▲ $3,046 vs 2024
- 9Lori A MatheusChief Portfolio Operations Officer$212,500▼ $16,307 vs 2024
- 10Paul R CeppiChief Tax Credit/Incentives Officer$209,541▲ $12,173 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a New Jersey Economic Development Authority employee make?
The typical employee was paid $91,931 in 2025: half of the 505 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $73,361 and $117,871.
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. 32 people (6.3%) were paid under $10,000.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (98.4% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.6%).
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. 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