State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors in New Jersey earn a median of $96,420. In Maine, $63,290. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 34.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.4%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-26.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $63,290
- p25
- $55,080
- p75
- $81,220
- p10
- $49,630
- p90
- $113,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $96,420
- p25
- $73,350
- p75
- $121,880
- p10
- $56,820
- p90
- $144,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.