Technical Assistant

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

107 people hold the Technical Assistant role across 18 departments in New Jersey, with a median total compensation of $59,207. Among 2 jurisdictions where this role is reported, New Jersey ranks #2 by median pay.

Employees: 107
Median pay: $59,207
Departments: 18
Cross-jurisdiction: #2 of 2

Compared with the local labor market

Technical Assistant pay vs. New Jersey

Across all employers in New Jersey, the median wage for Library Assistants, Clerical — about 3,120 people — is $39,780. New Jersey pays a median base salary of $56,317 for this role, 42% above that figure — about the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where New Jersey sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$32,750

$35,250

$39,780

$46,960

$56,430

New Jersey median · $56,317

The bar is the range of annual wages for Library Assistants, Clerical 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 Library Assistants, Clerical — about 85,520 people — is $36,910. New Jersey’s median base salary is 53% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$27,730

$31,820

$36,910

$45,620

$55,310

New Jersey median · $56,317

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 106 of 107 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 $59,207, 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

Technical Assistant pay in other jurisdictions

Where Technical Assistants are paid most

Massachusetts

$69,341 · 69

Median total compensation for comparable Technical Assistantroles 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