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New Jersey · 2025 pay

How much do New Jersey Public Advocate employees make?

$126,343typical pay for full-year employees in 2025

$108,871 – $132,256what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $112,943.

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

Common jobs: Assistant Ombudsman Corrections

✓ Official data from NJ Office of Management and BudgetMatches the agency's latest releasenj.gov ↗

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay counting everyone paid went from $95,667 in 2016 to $112,943 in 2025 (+18%).

What changed since 2024

  • +2.8%Typical pay for full-year employees went up from $122,856 to $126,343.
  • +5.6%Typical raise for the 28 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 36% got a raise of 10% or more.
  • 0 new0 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 0 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
  • +31%Since 2021, typical pay counting everyone paid has gone from $86,332 to $112,943, while the number of people paid went up from 12 to 28.

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

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.

JobPeopleFull-yearEveryoneMost earnSince 2024
Assistant Ombudsman Corrections12$127,049$127,049$114k – $130k▲ 4.3%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k2
  • $10k – $30k1
  • $30k – $50k2
  • $50k – $70k4
  • $70k – $90k2
  • $90k – $110k2
  • $110k – $150k12
  • $150k or more3

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Division of Citizen Relations28$112,943

Common questions

How much does a New Jersey Public Advocate employee make?

Full-year employees were typically paid $126,343 in 2025; most earned between $108,871 and $132,256. Counting all 28 people paid during the year, typical pay was $112,943.

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. 2 people (7.1%) 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 (99.8% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (0.2%).

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