State comparison · 2025
Tax Examiners and Collectors salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Tax Examiners and Collectors in New Jersey earn a median of $96,420. In Massachusetts, $75,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.6%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-19.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Tax Examiners and Collectors
- Median
- $75,560
- p25
- $62,230
- p75
- $100,480
- p10
- $50,920
- p90
- $123,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.