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New Jersey Payroll Tax and Labor Laws
Get your New Jersey State Tax ID Number
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New Jersey Wage and Hour Laws
Minimum Wage
New Jersey’s minimum wage rate is currently $13.00 per hour for most workers. More detailed information related to the specifics of New Jersey’s minimum wage rates can be found here.
Overtime
New Jersey’s overtime provisions require overtime to be paid at a rate of 1.5 times the employee’s rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a 7-day workweek with the exception of certain exempted professions as provided by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
For more detailed information regarding New Jersey’s overtime regulations, please click here.
Pay Frequency
New Jersey requires most employees to pay wages at least twice during each calendar month, on regular paydays designated in advance by the employer. However, for certain executive, supervisory, or other special classes of workers, payment can be made once a month if there is a regularly established schedule.
For more detailed information on New Jersey’s pay frequency guidelines, please click here.
New Jersey Unemployment
Taxable Wage Base ($000s): 36,200
New Employer Rate (% Taxable Wages) 2.6825
New Jersey Income Tax Withholding
New Jersey requires employers to withhold state income tax from employees' wages and remit the amounts withheld to the Division of Taxation.
All employers within the state that pay wages subject to withholding are required to withhold the state tax from the wages and salaries of both resident and nonresident employees.
New Jersey State Resources
New Jersey Division of Taxation
New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development
New Jersey Division on Unemployment Insurance
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Revised 3/2022
