Compared with the local labor market
Administrative Law Judge pay vs. New Jersey
Across all employers in New Jersey, the median wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 330 people — is $128,320. Office of Administrative Law pays a median base salary of $173,104 for this role, 35% above that figure — about the 83rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Office of Administrative Law sits in the local pay range
$87,130
$105,930
$128,320
$161,430
$184,120
Office of Administrative Law median · $173,104
The bar is the range of annual wages for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers across every employer in New Jersey, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Office of Administrative Law’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers — about 16,370 people — is $117,860. Office of Administrative Law’s median base salary is 47% above that national figure, about the 79th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$61,110
$81,140
$117,860
$159,680
$207,480
Office of Administrative Law median · $173,104
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the New Jersey range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Office of Administrative Law is $173,104, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
Administrative Law Judge beyond New Jersey
This role is reported in 13 jurisdictions. In New Jersey, the median of $173,104 ranks #6 of 13. See Administrative Law Judge across all of New Jersey →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Administrative Law Judgeroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.