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New Jersey / Assistant Division Director

Role across New Jersey

Assistant Division Director

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

37 people hold the Assistant Division Director role across 11 departments in New Jersey, with a median total compensation of $140,403. Among 2 jurisdictions where this role is reported, New Jersey ranks #1 by median pay.

Employees
37
Median pay
$140,403
Departments
11
Cross-jurisdiction
#1 of 2

Compared with the local labor market

Assistant Division Director pay vs. New Jersey

Across all employers in New Jersey, the median wage for Education Administrators, Postsecondaryabout 4,100 people is $131,570. New Jersey pays a median base salary of $141,424 for this role, 7% above that figureabout the 56th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where New Jersey sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$84,060
$104,350
$131,570
$169,760
$224,550
New Jersey median · $141,424

The bar is the range of annual wages for Education Administrators, Postsecondary across every employer in New Jersey, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows New Jersey’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Education Administrators, Postsecondaryabout 180,470 people is $104,590. New Jersey’s median base salary is 35% above that national figure, about the 73rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$64,560
$80,870
$104,590
$144,370
$215,620
New Jersey median · $141,424

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.

Computed over the 36 of 37 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at New Jersey is $140,403, 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

Assistant Division Director pay in other jurisdictions

Where Assistant Division Directors are paid most

Utah
$124,759 · 7

Median total compensation for comparable Assistant Division Director roles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.

Within New Jersey

Departments with this role

Largest New Jersey departments for this role

Departments in New Jerseyemploying the most people in this role. Each bar links to that department’s page for the role.