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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Shampooers Salary in New Jersey

Shampooers in New Jersey earn a median annual salary of $31,470, which is +0.0% compared to the national median. There are 1,400 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for New Jersey (state).

$31,470
New Jersey median annual wage
$15/hour median
+0.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $31,470
1,400
Local employment
0.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
5.71
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$31,470
25th
$31,470
Median
$31,470
75th
$34,360
90th
$37,450

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in New Jersey, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
108.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$28,923
Goods: 107.1%
Services: 114.2%
Rents: 134.3%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
District of Columbia$36,320Compare200
California$35,970Compare1,790
Connecticut$32,640CompareN/A
New York$32,050Compare710
Maryland$31,200Compare420
Illinois$29,280Compare490

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in New Jersey

New Jersey has salary data for 755 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Shampooers in New Jersey

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Shampooers are projected to change by +5.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.