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Peer support specialist pay at RWJBarnabas Health

RWJBarnabas Health posts $21.11–$27.88 an hour for peer support specialists, a median of $25.75 across 10 open jobs that state their pay, $3.75 above the $22 other employers post. Read from RWJBarnabas Health's own job board.

$25.75
Median posted /hr
$21–$28
Lowest to highest /hr
$53,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$22
Other employers' median

The jobs themselves: RWJBarnabas Health jobs · Peer support specialist pay nationwide · About RWJBarnabas Health

What peer support specialists are paid at RWJBarnabas Health

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

Posted hourly rates of 10 open jobs at RWJBarnabas Health. Lowest posted $21.11, highest $27.88.

Posted on open jobs at RWJBarnabas Health

$24.50–$25.75/hr

Middle half of the employer's 10 jobs stating pay, median $25.75. 100% of the 10 open peer support specialist jobs at RWJBarnabas Health state an hourly rate.

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Every range RWJBarnabas Health posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

RWJBarnabas Health peer support specialist pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
New Jersey$25.75$21.11–$27.8810

A state's name opens what every employer posts for peer support specialists there, when enough do.

Against other employers

RWJBarnabas Health's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for peer support specialists (each of their advertised ranges once).

RWJBarnabas Health

$25.75/hr median

Middle half $24.50–$25.75, from 10 jobs stating pay.

100 other employers

$22/hr median

Middle half $19.75–$25, from 165 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open peer support specialist jobs at RWJBarnabas Health

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Peer support specialist pay at RWJBarnabas Health: common questions

How much does RWJBarnabas Health pay peer support specialists?

RWJBarnabas Health's open peer support specialist jobs post $21.11–$27.88 an hour, a median of $25.75 over 10 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $53,600 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does RWJBarnabas Health pay peer support specialists more than other employers?

Its posted median ($25.75) is $3.75 above the median of 100 other employers' rates for peer support specialists ($22, middle half $19.75–$25). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 10 of 10 open peer support specialist jobs at RWJBarnabas Health (100%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Other pay at RWJBarnabas Health

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Peer support specialist pay at RWJBarnabas Health. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/peer-support-specialist/rwjbarnabas-health

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