Here's a different take on the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment and Wage estimates page. I've downloaded all the data and ranked states (for every occupation with at least 100 workers).

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State Selected: New Jersey

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Occupation Jobs Average
Salary		 Nat.
Rank
All Occupations 3,957,500 $45,450 5
Management occupations 185,110 $111,940 1
Chief executives 2,480 $177,210 1
General and operations managers 39,740 $137,570 1
Legislators 2,450 $32,870 13
Advertising and promotions managers 820 $110,750 2
Marketing managers 6,730 $125,010 2
Sales managers 12,480 $115,670 3
Public relations managers 1,370 $115,480 4
Administrative services managers 8,530 $92,270 1
Computer and information systems managers 12,380 $125,460 1
Financial managers 18,650 $121,180 2
Compensation and benefits managers 1,060 $111,030 1
Training and development managers 820 $118,520 1
Human resources managers, all other 2,290 $118,300 1
Industrial production managers 5,830 $96,420 1
Purchasing managers 2,280 $111,100 1
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers 4,700 $97,180 3
Construction managers 5,360 $103,940 3
Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program 2,320 $51,470 4
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school 8,460 $97,800 2
Education administrators, postsecondary 3,140 $88,120 12
Education administrators, all other 1,170 $69,180 15
Engineering managers 4,950 $125,510 2
Food service managers 4,020 $64,000 2
Funeral directors 790 $71,590 5
Gaming managers 150 $74,390 3
Lodging managers 520 $73,510 2
Medical and health services managers 6,350 $99,370 2
Natural sciences managers 2,450 $134,280 2
Postmasters and mail superintendents 500 $66,760 1
Property, real estate, and community association managers 3,110 $68,460 7
Social and community service managers 3,280 $72,010 2
Managers, all other 15,880 $97,610 8
Business and financial operations occupations 200,310 $67,220 5
Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes 180 $76,660 6
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products 120 $54,050 14
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 6,200 $59,800 4
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 7,290 $61,810 3
Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators 10,280 $58,570 4
Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation 10,750 $53,950 10
Cost estimators 5,600 $64,420 3
Emergency management specialists 760 $50,760 17
Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists 6,770 $56,520 7
Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists 3,080 $60,160 4
Training and development specialists 5,620 $57,880 3
Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other 4,350 $61,530 7
Logisticians 3,010 $75,490 3
Management analysts 16,270 $88,510 3
Meeting and convention planners 1,210 $46,570 12
Business operations specialists, all other 40,180 $64,130 13
Accountants and auditors 35,740 $70,180 2
Appraisers and assessors of real estate 1,750 $64,220 2
Budget analysts 1,190 $70,900 3
Credit analysts 1,720 $57,560 19
Financial analysts 8,320 $88,490 3
Personal financial advisors 5,260 $93,200 7
Insurance underwriters 3,530 $66,770 4
Financial examiners 1,060 $76,960 6
Loan counselors 720 $42,700 13
Loan officers 10,680 $64,710 12
Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents 1,900 $63,050 3
Tax preparers 1,570 $38,010 8
Financial specialists, all other 4,590 $65,900 5
Computer and mathematical occupations 119,890 $78,240 3
Computer and information scientists, research 970 $95,050 10
Computer programmers 20,780 $81,930 2
Computer software engineers, applications 21,160 $86,430 4
Computer software engineers, systems software 12,440 $95,630 3
Computer support specialists 16,100 $48,900 7
Computer systems analysts 16,990 $82,150 1
Database administrators 4,100 $73,850 5
Network and computer systems administrators 10,910 $72,280 5
Network systems and data communications analysts 7,170 $78,460 1
Computer specialists, all other 5,670 $73,050 7
Actuaries 970 $95,460 8
Operations research analysts 1,820 $89,300 1
Statisticians 600 $73,780 7
Architecture and engineering occupations 56,210 $71,850 5
Architects, except landscape and naval 2,560 $75,120 5
Landscape architects 700 $68,270 4
Cartographers and photogrammetrists 210 $59,210 5
Surveyors 1,380 $59,340 5
Aerospace engineers 360 $87,950 9
Biomedical engineers 410 $73,920 11
Chemical engineers 1,130 $85,340 11
Civil engineers 6,600 $77,810 3
Computer hardware engineers 2,490 $88,330 11
Electrical engineers 3,310 $81,530 9
Electronics engineers, except computer 5,390 $93,960 3
Environmental engineers 1,940 $79,540 3
Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors 740 $80,830 2
Industrial engineers 3,320 $74,150 10
Materials engineers 510 $72,380 16
Mechanical engineers 5,640 $81,840 6
Engineers, all other 3,090 $85,210 10
Architectural and civil drafters 3,470 $47,610 6
Electrical and electronics drafters 720 $52,790 7
Mechanical drafters 1,330 $51,870 6
Drafters, all other 470 $49,030 2
Civil engineering technicians 1,350 $43,350 19
Electrical and electronic engineering technicians 3,660 $54,060 7
Electro-mechanical technicians 210 $44,830 19
Environmental engineering technicians 570 $43,990 16
Industrial engineering technicians 610 $51,500 13
Mechanical engineering technicians 1,080 $46,270 17
Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other 870 $58,450 7
Surveying and mapping technicians 1,610 $38,550 11
Life, physical, and social science occupations 43,300 $67,030 7
Animal scientists 220 $67,570 1
Food scientists and technologists 220 $67,230 2
Soil and plant scientists 150 $55,920 19
Microbiologists 760 $59,220 13
Zoologists and wildlife biologists 260 $53,960 18
Biological scientists, all other 510 $73,250 3
Conservation scientists 280 $62,760 10
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists 3,120 $81,720 6
Life scientists, all other 620 $71,470 5
Physicists 340 $102,910 5
Chemists 6,200 $68,430 11
Materials scientists 270 $91,660 3
Environmental scientists and specialists, including health 2,730 $63,970 12
Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers 430 $75,290 11
Hydrologists 160 $71,490 7
Physical scientists, all other 680 $96,460 5
Economists 120 $84,860 6
Market research analysts 7,590 $70,910 4
Survey researchers 900 $43,560 8
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists 4,170 $92,560 1
Urban and regional planners 590 $67,810 5
Anthropologists and archeologists 150 $48,410 12
Historians 120 $57,860 3
Social scientists and related workers, all other 620 $73,190 4
Agricultural and food science technicians 200 $45,310 1
Biological technicians 3,160 $43,030 4
Chemical technicians 4,170 $42,420 10
Social science research assistants 120 $32,790 16
Environmental science and protection technicians, including health 970 $39,150 21
Forensic science technicians 290 $38,120 19
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other 1,450 $44,100 14
Community and social services occupations 54,890 $45,690 2
Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors 3,800 $38,130 15
Educational, vocational, and school counselors 6,230 $62,240 1
Marriage and family therapists 3,540 $53,700 2
Mental health counselors 3,390 $39,070 19
Rehabilitation counselors 4,910 $34,640 18
Counselors, all other 1,730 $36,880 14
Child, family, and school social workers 7,670 $52,110 2
Medical and public health social workers 2,630 $50,180 7
Mental health and substance abuse social workers 2,270 $48,900 2
Health educators 1,140 $46,450 12
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists 3,010 $56,100 3
Social and human service assistants 7,760 $30,200 7
Community and social service specialists, all other 3,990 $42,670 6
Clergy 1,090 $51,640 2
Directors, religious activities and education 230 $55,980 1
Legal occupations 32,750 $93,880 5
Lawyers 20,530 $116,990 7
Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers 380 $91,880 4
Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators 100 $81,520 3
Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates 1,080 $126,400 8
Paralegals and legal assistants 5,910 $48,730 5
Court reporters 280 $47,020 10
Law clerks 970 $41,220 11
Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers 2,780 $39,920 16.5
Legal support workers, all other 710 $56,470 3
Education, training, and library occupations 265,780 $49,660 7
Business teachers, postsecondary 1,450 $70,560 17
Computer science teachers, postsecondary 1,060 $72,840 6
Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary 1,250 $68,870 4
Engineering teachers, postsecondary 550 $83,290 13
Biological science teachers, postsecondary 880 $75,600 10
Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary 120 $80,260 3
Chemistry teachers, postsecondary 500 $74,690 6
Environmental science teachers, postsecondary 270 $73,270 4
Physics teachers, postsecondary 280 $88,890 2
Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary 170 $67,920 10
Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary 200 $72,190 2
Economics teachers, postsecondary 370 $78,870 11
Political science teachers, postsecondary 360 $77,200 3
Psychology teachers, postsecondary 1,240 $72,850 4
Sociology teachers, postsecondary 520 $66,440 6
Social sciences teachers, postsecondary, all other 290 $60,430 6
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary 990 $71,330 21
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary 690 $67,430 2
Education teachers, postsecondary 1,480 $65,630 2
Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary 230 $61,210 3
Law teachers, postsecondary 370 $99,040 6
Social work teachers, postsecondary 250 $58,880 9
Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary 2,070 $62,090 5
Communications teachers, postsecondary 550 $60,060 6
English language and literature teachers, postsecondary 1,980 $67,660 2
Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary 580 $59,350 9
History teachers, postsecondary 590 $68,850 5
Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary 330 $75,350 1
Graduate teaching assistants 440 $30,660 10
Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary 320 $45,800 24
Vocational education teachers, postsecondary 2,360 $46,820 13
Postsecondary teachers, all other 9,130 $75,600 3
Preschool teachers, except special education 11,990 $32,960 2
Kindergarten teachers, except special education 4,940 $54,250 3
Elementary school teachers, except special education 47,330 $56,250 5
Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education 28,050 $56,950 4
Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education 36,360 $59,110 4
Vocational education teachers, secondary school 1,440 $57,570 6
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school 9,460 $56,200 6
Special education teachers, middle school 4,590 $55,500 5
Special education teachers, secondary school 5,520 $59,510 4
Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors 1,770 $54,840 3
Self-enrichment education teachers 6,420 $45,190 4
Teachers and instructors, all other 20,340 $30,820 38
Archivists 150 $33,650 16
Curators 190 $43,760 24
Librarians 4,700 $59,120 3
Library technicians 3,950 $30,440 14
Audio-visual collections specialists 100 $43,860 6
Farm and home management advisors 190 $50,450 2
Instructional coordinators 3,090 $68,580 2
Teacher assistants 40,850 $22,880 20
Education, training, and library workers, all other 1,990 $56,810 2
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations 44,720 $49,670 5
Art directors 950 $81,520 3
Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators 190 $43,780 12
Multi-media artists and animators 540 $53,930 6
Artists and related workers, all other 120 $50,850 9
Commercial and industrial designers 790 $58,230 9
Fashion designers 470 $67,860 3
Floral designers 1,550 $27,740 2
Graphic designers 6,150 $48,210 4
Interior designers 1,550 $59,170 3
Merchandise displayers and window trimmers 2,480 $29,720 7
Set and exhibit designers 210 $32,920 17
Designers, all other 620 $48,750 10
Producers and directors 1,290 $85,770 3
Athletes and sports competitors 230 $74,340 7
Coaches and scouts 3,940 $33,730 23
Choreographers 390 $49,440 4
Music directors and composers 220 $43,250 10
Radio and television announcers 310 $51,550 3
Public address system and other announcers 130 $34,180 7
Broadcast news analysts 110 $90,410 2
Reporters and correspondents 1,590 $43,010 11
Public relations specialists 3,910 $58,680 6
Editors 4,610 $57,330 6
Technical writers 1,530 $66,440 4
Writers and authors 820 $57,450 8
Interpreters and translators 390 $41,970 13
Media and communication workers, all other 760 $50,460 7
Audio and video equipment technicians 890 $49,460 1
Broadcast technicians 530 $52,280 1
Sound engineering technicians 240 $53,360 3
Photographers 1,230 $33,130 14
Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture 240 $57,330 4
Film and video editors 250 $46,290 10
Media and communication equipment workers, all other 1,030 $66,030 4
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations 201,670 $72,510 2
Chiropractors 640 $79,380 24
Dentists, general 3,320 $134,130 37
Oral and maxillofacial surgeons 280 $113,120 8
Orthodontists 450 $151,640 11
Dietitians and nutritionists 1,480 $55,630 5
Optometrists 700 $99,170 21
Pharmacists 7,580 $92,300 26
Family and general practitioners 2,790 $147,320 32
Internists, general 1,590 $172,820 13
Obstetricians and gynecologists 790 $178,390 18
Pediatricians, general 1,080 $142,220 20
Psychiatrists 880 $176,140 2
Physicians and surgeons, all other 9,160 $153,590 15
Physician assistants 950 $75,610 21
Podiatrists 570 $104,040 20
Registered nurses 80,330 $66,600 5
Audiologists 220 $70,030 1
Occupational therapists 2,930 $68,770 2
Physical therapists 5,760 $74,770 3
Radiation therapists 410 $80,940 1
Recreational therapists 680 $37,870 10
Respiratory therapists 2,270 $56,900 6
Speech-language pathologists 3,010 $72,940 1
Therapists, all other 140 $41,940 19
Veterinarians 1,350 $108,330 2
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other 880 $73,370 30
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists 4,930 $56,610 7
Medical and clinical laboratory technicians 2,940 $39,280 6
Dental hygienists 4,910 $70,280 6
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians 1,130 $53,570 2
Diagnostic medical sonographers 1,660 $60,340 16
Nuclear medicine technologists 790 $74,160 2
Radiologic technologists and technicians 5,930 $57,730 4
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics 5,440 $32,610 12
Dietetic technicians 400 $33,010 2
Pharmacy technicians 7,290 $26,400 23
Psychiatric technicians 1,020 $38,020 3
Respiratory therapy technicians 810 $50,310 4
Surgical technologists 1,460 $42,520 7
Veterinary technologists and technicians 2,130 $29,260 13
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 18,180 $47,580 3
Medical records and health information technicians 2,130 $40,230 1
Opticians, dispensing 1,480 $48,280 1
Orthotists and prosthetists 120 $57,610 10
Health technologists and technicians, all other 2,410 $44,100 6
Occupational health and safety specialists 1,780 $65,610 8
Occupational health and safety technicians 250 $40,040 25
Athletic trainers 440 $47,590 1
Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other 290 $68,710 1
Healthcare support occupations 106,650 $27,200 12
Home health aides 19,150 $22,060 9
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 43,680 $25,250 14
Psychiatric aides 2,710 $32,290 2
Occupational therapist assistants 570 $44,810 5
Occupational therapist aides 170 $28,040 9
Physical therapist assistants 1,410 $39,920 24
Physical therapist aides 1,950 $22,830 22
Massage therapists 1,200 $48,070 4
Dental assistants 9,120 $34,620 8
Medical assistants 11,890 $30,650 7
Medical equipment preparers 1,800 $29,160 11
Medical transcriptionists 2,270 $35,440 3
Pharmacy aides 2,060 $19,990 26
Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers 1,330 $21,000 14
Healthcare support workers, all other 7,330 $29,530 13.5
Protective service occupations 110,250 $46,850 2
First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers 760 $85,380 1
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives 3,730 $98,830 1
First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers 1,370 $88,240 1
First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other 2,360 $45,290 21
Fire fighters 5,630 $57,280 2
Fire inspectors and investigators 1,200 $48,490 17
Correctional officers and jailers 11,860 $56,960 2
Detectives and criminal investigators 3,580 $78,890 2
Parking enforcement workers 550 $29,060 16
Police and sheriff's patrol officers 24,310 $69,360 1
Animal control workers 270 $33,090 5
Private detectives and investigators 1,020 $52,190 2
Security guards 39,300 $25,040 13
Crossing guards 6,590 $25,110 9
Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers 4,000 $18,780 17
Protective service workers, all other 2,200 $44,900 2
Food preparation and serving related occupations 266,400 $21,430 8
Chefs and head cooks 3,210 $47,760 2
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers 19,250 $35,830 3
Cooks, fast food 9,390 $18,910 4
Cooks, institution and cafeteria 6,300 $26,870 8
Cooks, restaurant 17,540 $24,110 8
Cooks, short order 5,120 $20,700 13
Cooks, all other 340 $29,150 4
Food preparation workers 16,510 $19,750 13
Bartenders 15,000 $23,890 4
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food 62,710 $17,560 10
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 15,060 $17,730 13
Waiters and waitresses 54,780 $21,460 5
Food servers, nonrestaurant 11,080 $20,580 12
Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 10,560 $16,980 16
Dishwashers 11,020 $16,860 15
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop 7,390 $18,350 14
Food preparation and serving related workers, all other 1,150 $20,500 9.5
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations 135,630 $25,510 8
First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers 6,610 $40,660 2
First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 3,760 $46,980 7
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 69,510 $24,130 8
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 22,530 $19,960 14
Building cleaning workers, all other 650 $21,270 18
Pest control workers 1,560 $32,790 11
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 29,270 $26,180 6
Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation 600 $30,950 8
Tree trimmers and pruners 310 $35,060 7
Personal care and service occupations 116,150 $27,610 3
Gaming supervisors 1,760 $45,310 4
Slot key persons 330 $30,250 2
First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers 6,690 $43,980 2
Animal trainers 480 $35,480 2
Nonfarm animal caretakers 2,750 $21,490 12
Gaming service workers, all other 900 $26,610 1
Motion picture projectionists 250 $23,250 5
Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers 2,010 $16,370 19
Amusement and recreation attendants 5,370 $18,210 17
Costume attendants 110 $23,920 7
Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants 490 $20,820 7
Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other 450 $22,530 3
Funeral attendants 650 $33,550 1
Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 16,320 $28,080 9
Manicurists and pedicurists 2,390 $23,170 6
Shampooers 1,910 $17,040 10
Skin care specialists 680 $31,690 15
Baggage porters and bellhops 1,220 $21,250 13
Concierges 1,040 $22,590 19
Tour guides and escorts 450 $18,950 31
Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters 1,020 $18,880 21
Child care workers 26,440 $19,930 10
Personal and home care aides 10,770 $23,170 2
Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors 6,950 $38,350 5
Recreation workers 8,160 $24,270 8
Residential advisors 970 $33,150 1
Personal care and service workers, all other 3,360 $23,710 6
Sales and related occupations 418,290 $40,870 2
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers 30,920 $46,190 2
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers 11,820 $95,350 2
Cashiers 105,460 $18,910 14
Counter and rental clerks 12,180 $27,740 1
Parts salespersons 5,560 $33,200 3
Retail salespersons 118,670 $26,140 4
Advertising sales agents 3,350 $57,750 7
Insurance sales agents 8,010 $71,850 3
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents 11,180 $102,390 5
Travel agents 3,550 $30,690 25
Sales representatives, services, all other 21,990 $67,800 2
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products 13,830 $79,830 6
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products 43,810 $69,650 2
Demonstrators and product promoters 1,280 $27,750 9
Real estate brokers 1,110 $93,890 6
Real estate sales agents 2,750 $56,170 14
Sales engineers 2,210 $87,030 4
Telemarketers 11,830 $31,740 3
Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers 130 $24,640 12
Sales and related workers, all other 7,140 $49,150 4
Office and administrative support occupations 761,070 $33,550 6
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 45,510 $51,950 2
Switchboard operators, including answering service 4,430 $25,590 11
Telephone operators 980 $36,990 5
Communications equipment operators, all other 140 $36,700