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Title: AI Evaluator for Tax hourly rate in New Jersey | Deftridge
Summary: AI Evaluator for Tax pay in New Jersey: median wage $32 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $40. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024.

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

# AI Evaluator: Tax hourly rate in New Jersey

The market median wage for an AI Evaluator: Tax in New Jersey is **$31.54 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$40 an hour** on Deftridge, +14% against the United States rate.

**$40/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$31.54/hr** median wage

**$22-35** middle half of wages

**$870** a month at 5 hours a week

## AI Evaluator: Tax 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 | $19.68 | $430 | $40,900 |
| 25th | $22.09 | $480 | $45,900 |
| Median | $31.54 | $680 | $65,600 |
| 75th | $35.06 | $760 | $72,900 |
| 90th | $40.83 | $880 | $84,900 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 2,460 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 AI Evaluator: Tax, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+6%** median wage against the United States median of $29.82

- **17th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **2,460** people employed in the role in this place

- **$31.54** 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 AI Evaluator: Tax 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | $40 | $870 |
| Manager | $45 | $980 |
| Director | $55 | $1,190 |

- AI expert review **$40**

## AI Evaluator: Tax pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior AI Evaluator: Tax, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage New Jersey ranks **17 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $50.71 | $65 |
| Alaska | $47.28 | $60 |
| New York | $45.28 | $55 |
| Colorado | $34.01 | $45 |
| Idaho | $33.46 | $40 |
| Vermont | $33.31 | $40 |
| New Jersey | $31.54 | $40 |
| Maine | $31.47 | $40 |
| South Dakota | $31.35 | $40 |
| District of Columbia | $31.05 | $40 |

## Metro areas in New Jersey

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

- [Trenton $31.54/hr median wage · range $22-35](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-jersey/)

- [Atlantic City $25.54/hr median wage · range $19-34](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/new-jersey/)

- [Vineland $20.62/hr median wage · range $20-34](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/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.

[AI Evaluator: Tax rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/ai-evaluator-tax/) · [AI Evaluator: Tax jobs in New Jersey](https://deftridge.com/jobs/ai-evaluator-tax/new-jersey/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
