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New Jersey · 2025 pay

How much do New Jersey State Parole Board employees make?

$107,077typical pay for full-year employees in 2025

$87,153 – $131,773what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $96,303.

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

Common jobs: Senior Parole OfficerParole SergeantParole Officer Recruit

✓ 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.

$65,877

$95,912

$128,646

$234,531

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 $83,323 in 2016 to $96,303 in 2025 (+16%).

What changed since 2024

  • −2.9%Typical pay for full-year employees went down from $110,220 to $107,077.
  • +5.9%Typical raise for the 670 people paid in both 2024 and 2025. About 29% got a raise of 10% or more.
  • 61 new61 people were paid for the first time in 2025, and 61 people paid in 2024 were no longer on the payroll.
  • +16%Since 2016, typical pay counting everyone paid has gone from $83,323 to $96,303, while the number of people paid went up from 650 to 731.

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

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

New Jersey State Parole Board

10years of
official data
2016–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$91,324
Overtime$2,806
Extra pay$1,782
Total for the year$95,912

Average of the 36 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 State Parole Board

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

  • 3 of 10

    For 3 of the 10 highest paid at State Parole Board, overtime was more than a third of their pay (Parole Sergeant, Senior Parole Officer).

    On regular pay alone, 3 of them would not have made the top 10.

  • +35%

    Since 2016, total pay at State Parole Board went up 35% while the number of people paid went up 12%.

    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.

JobPeopleFull-yearEveryoneMost earnSince 2024
Senior Parole Officer345$105,453$99,125$87k – $123k▲ 1.2%
Parole Sergeant58$143,562$142,044$129k – $148k▲ 4.6%
Parole Officer Recruit37–$26,665$5k – $47k▼ 51.9%
Senior Clerk Typist20$41,684$41,622$41k – $43k▲ 6.4%
Parole Lieutenant19$144,469$144,469$144k – $146k▲ 5.3%
Parole Counselor Apprentice State Parole Board18$58,378$58,274$55k – $58k▲ 27.2%
Special Services17–$27,840$16k – $36k▲ 24.7%
Member State Parole Board16$139,463$139,463$139k – $139k▲ 4.5%
Hearing Officer 1, State Parole Board15$111,234$109,805$106k – $119k▲ 2.2%
Senior Parole Counselor State Parole Board15$78,831$76,478$69k – $82k▲ 6.2%
Communications Operator 113$55,919$55,360$51k – $57k▲ 10.7%
Hearing Officer 2, State Parole Board11$124,852$123,715$115k – $131k▲ 6.8%
Principal Parole Counselor State Parole Board11$86,861$87,249$85k – $102k▲ 1.8%
Hearing Officer 3, State Parole Board9$138,812$138,812$138k – $141k▲ 4.5%
Principal Clerk Typist7$59,829$59,829$60k – $60k▲ 3.5%
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How many people earn what

  • Under $10k19
  • $10k – $30k39
  • $30k – $50k48
  • $50k – $70k91
  • $70k – $90k120
  • $90k – $110k141
  • $110k – $150k227
  • $150k or more46

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
New Jersey State Parole Board731$96,303

Common questions

How much does a New Jersey State Parole Board employee make?

Full-year employees were typically paid $107,077 in 2025; most earned between $87,153 and $131,773. Counting all 731 people paid during the year, typical pay was $96,303.

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 (94.5% of all pay), overtime (3.8%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.7%).

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