2013 New Jersey Income Tax Table
2012 - 2013
Tax Bracket (Single) Marginal Tax Rate
$0+ 1.40%
$20,000+ 1.75%
$35,000+ 3.50%
$40,000+ 5.53%
$75,000+ 6.37%
$500,000+ 8.97%
Tax Bracket (Couple) Marginal Tax Rate
$0+ 1.40%
$20,000+ 1.75%
$50,000+ 3.50%
$70,000+ 5.53%
$80,000+ 6.37%
$500,000+ 8.97%

New Jersey has six marginal tax brackets, ranging from 1.40% (the lowest New Jersey tax bracket) to 8.97% (the highest New Jersey tax bracket). Each marginal rate only applies to earnings within the applicable marginal tax bracket, which are the same in New Jersey for single filers and couples filing jointly. The Federal Income Tax, by contrast, has different tax brackets for married, single, and Head of Household taxpayers.

What is my New Jersey tax bracket?

Technically, you don't have just one "tax bracket" - you pay all of the New Jersey marginal tax rates from the lowest tax bracket to the tax bracket in which you earned your last dollar. For comparison purposes, however, your New Jersey tax bracket is the tax bracket in which your last earned dollar in any given tax period falls.

You can think of the bracketed income tax as a flat amount for all of the money you earned up to your highest tax bracket, plus a marginal percentage of any amount you earned over that.

For earnings between $0.00 and $20,000, you'll pay 1.40%
For earnings between $20,000.00 and $35,000, you'll pay 1.75% plus $280.00
For earnings between $35,000.00 and $40,000, you'll pay 3.50% plus $542.50
For earnings between $40,000.00 and $75,000, you'll pay 5.53% plus $717.50
For earnings between $75,000.00 and $500,000, you'll pay 6.37% plus $2,653.00
For earnings over $500,000.00, you'll pay 8.97% plus $29,725.50
For earnings between $0.00 and $20,000, you'll pay 1.40%
For earnings between $20,000.00 and $50,000, you'll pay 1.75% plus $280.00
For earnings between $50,000.00 and $70,000, you'll pay 3.50% plus $805.00
For earnings between $70,000.00 and $80,000, you'll pay 5.53% plus $1,505.00
For earnings between $80,000.00 and $500,000, you'll pay 6.37% plus $2,058.00
For earnings over $500,000.00, you'll pay 8.97% plus $28,812.00
New Jersey Income Tax Examples

A clerk with a $70,000 yearly salary will pay $2,377 in New Jersey income tax and $12,936 in federal income tax. After tax, he will have $54,688 left.
A cook with a $25,000 yearly salary will pay $368 in New Jersey income tax and $3,260 in federal income tax. After tax, he will have $21,373 left.

New Jersey Tax Estimator

You can use the income tax estimator to the left to calculate your approximate New Jersey and Federal income tax based on the most recent tax brackets.

Keep in mind that this estimator assumes all income is from wages, assumes the standard deduction, and does not account for tax credits.

For a more detailed estimate that takes these factors into account, click "View Detailed Estimate" (this will will redirect to an external website).

Deductions

When calculating your New Jersey income tax, keep in mind that the New Jersey state income tax brackets are only applied to your adjusted gross income (AGI) after you have made any qualifying deductions.

Qualifying deductions might include an itemized deduction, the New Jersey standard deduction, exemptions for dependants, business expenses, etc.

Remember that New Jersey may have very different deduction laws from the Federal Income Tax, so you may have to write a whole new list of deductions for your New Jersey income tax return.

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Where Our Tax Data Comes From
  1. The New Jersey tax brackets on this page were last updated from the New Jersey Division of Revenue in November, 2012. Please contact us if any of our New Jersey tax data is incorrect or out of date.
  2. New Jersey tax return forms and the latest tax tables are available from the Division of Revenue.
  3. Before the official 2013 New Jersey income tax brackets are released, the brackets used on this page are an estimate based on the previous year's brackets. These numbers are subject to change if new New Jersey tax tables are released.
  4. The income tax estimator tool is provided by Tax-Rates.org.