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Title: Account Manager hourly rate in New Jersey, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Account Manager pay in New Jersey: median wage $48 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $70. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

NJ · United States · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Account Manager hourly rate in New Jersey

The market median wage for an Account Manager in New Jersey is **$47.62 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$70 an hour** on Deftridge, +17% against the United States rate.

**$70/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$47.62/hr** median wage

**$35-60** middle half of wages

**$1,520** a month at 5 hours a week

## Account Manager wage percentiles in New Jersey

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $24.57 | $530 | $51,100 |
| 25th | $35.19 | $760 | $73,200 |
| Median | $47.62 | $1,030 | $99,000 |
| 75th | $59.90 | $1,300 | $124,600 |
| 90th | $76.61 | $1,660 | $159,300 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 24,000 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## New Jersey in numbers

What sets New Jersey apart for an Account Manager, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+13%** median wage against the United States median of $42.32

- **9th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **24,000** people employed in the role in this place

- **$38.50** median wage in the Trenton metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Account Manager in New Jersey by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist | $60 | $1,300 |
| Senior | $70 | $1,520 |
| Manager | $85 | $1,840 |

- Regular role **$70**

- One-off task **$80**

- Task bundle **$70**

## Account Manager pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Account Manager, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage New Jersey ranks **9 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $61.59 | $90 |
| District of Columbia | $54.98 | $80 |
| Delaware | $54.46 | $80 |
| Colorado | $51.04 | $75 |
| Washington | $50.58 | $75 |
| Virginia | $49.93 | $70 |
| New Jersey | $47.62 | $70 |
| Rhode Island | $47.09 | $70 |
| Minnesota | $46.43 | $65 |
| New Hampshire | $45.62 | $65 |

## Metro areas in New Jersey

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Trenton $38.50/hr median wage · range $30-50](https://deftridge.com/rates/account-manager/new-jersey/)

- [Atlantic City $38.27/hr median wage · range $30-49](https://deftridge.com/rates/account-manager/new-jersey/)

- [Vineland $36.31/hr median wage · range $27-45](https://deftridge.com/rates/account-manager/new-jersey/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Account Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/account-manager/) · [Account Manager jobs in New Jersey](https://deftridge.com/jobs/account-manager/new-jersey/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
