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Certified nursing assistant salary in New Jersey

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in New Jersey post a median of $21.75 an hour, the middle half $20–$24 (about $45,200 a year full time), $0.25 below the national posted median. From 71 jobs at 16 employers that state their pay.

$21.75
Median posted /hr
$20–$24
Middle half /hr
$45,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$22.52
BLS median in NJ
May 2025

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What certified nursing assistants are paid in New Jersey

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 71 open jobs in New Jersey. Lowest posted $15, highest $32.

Posted on open jobs in New Jersey

$20–$24/hr

Middle half of 42 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $21.75. 60% of the 119 open certified nursing assistant jobs in New Jersey state an hourly rate.

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Certified nursing assistant pay by town in New Jersey

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Morristown$22.75$18.50–$28.887 (1)
Toms River Township$24$18.13–$27.786 (2)
Mountainside$24.50$21.04–$26.195 (1)
Newton$22.75$18.50–$28.885 (1)
Wyckoff Township$20$17–$235 (1)
Tinton Falls$20.75$15–$264 (2)
Rahway$24.50$21.04–$26.193 (1)
Livingston Township$24$21.37–$26.583 (1)
Marlton$21.25$17–$24.993 (1)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Certified nursing assistant pay by employer in New Jersey

What each employer posts for certified nursing assistants here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
RWJBarnabas Health$23.50$21.04–$27.7815
Atlantic Health$23.75$18.50–$28.8814
Select Medical$23.25$17–$278
Capital Health$18.75$16.75–$20.557
Erickson Senior Living$23$15–$26.255
Christian Health Care Center$20$17–$235
Spring Oak Senior Living$22.75$18.13–$254
Hackensack Meridian Health$22.75$22.742
Atria Senior Living$20.75$18–$242
ScionHealth$19.25$15.92–$22.712
Silver Lake Hospital$18.50$17–$202
CentraState Healthcare System$25.25$19.50–$31.201
Genesis HealthCare$24.50$17–$321
UnitedHealth Group$23$18.40–$27.601
Acts Retirement-Life Communities$21.50$16.43–$26.531
Summit Health and CityMD$18.25$16.49–$19.861

Median of each employer's jobs in New Jersey (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for certified nursing assistants nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift certified nursing assistant pay in New Jersey

Where one employer posts both night and other certified nursing assistant jobs in the same state (7 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
RWJBarnabas Health, NJ$23.50 (2)$23.50 (13)
Atlantic Health, NJ$23.75 (5)$21.50 (9)
Select Medical, NJ$23.50 (3)$22.75 (5)
Capital Health, NJ$18.75 (2)$18.75 (5)
ScionHealth, NJ$19.25 (1)$19 (1)
Select Medical, TX$21 (1)$21.25 (1)
Select Medical, MO$21 (1)$21.25 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open certified nursing assistant jobs in New Jersey

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in New Jersey

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, New Jersey. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$18.70 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$21.13 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.52 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$23.44 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$26.51 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)32,400 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Certified nursing assistant salary in New Jersey: common questions

How much does a certified nursing assistant make in New Jersey?

Open certified nursing assistant jobs in New Jersey that state an hourly rate post a median of $21.75, the middle half $20–$24 (71 jobs from 16 employers). Full time that is about $45,200 a year. BLS measured a median of $22.52/hr ($46,830 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New Jersey (May 2025).

Where in New Jersey do certified nursing assistants earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Morristown ($22.75), Toms River Township ($24), Mountainside ($24.50) and Newton ($22.75). The town table lists 9.

Which employers in New Jersey pay certified nursing assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Atlantic Health ($23.75), RWJBarnabas Health ($23.50) and Select Medical ($23.25).

How does New Jersey compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in New Jersey ($21.75) is $0.25 below the national posted median of $22. In the BLS survey New Jersey ranks 10 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 71 of 119 open certified nursing assistant jobs in New Jersey (60%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Certified nursing assistant pay in other states

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Certified nursing assistant salary in New Jersey. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/certified-nursing-assistant/new-jersey

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