United States
New Jersey: what the state takes
New Jersey charges its own income tax on top of federal tax. Here is the rate, the return, the date and where the official rules live.
Agency page last read 11 September 2026.
State rate
Banded
2025 New Jersey bands, personal exemption treated as a deduction
Resident return
Form NJ-1040
New Jersey Division of Taxation
Due
15 April, following the federal deadline
Weekends and holidays can push it on
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Yearly income
How you file
New Jersey tax
$2,596
Top state rate you touch
5.53%
- Kept before federal tax$58,552
- Federal income tax$13,852
- New Jersey tax$2,596
Band by band
State deduction taken off first: $1,000. Taxed amount: $74,000.
- $0 to $20,000 at 1.4%$280
- $20,000 to $35,000 at 1.75%$263
- $35,000 to $40,000 at 3.5%$175
- $40,000 to $75,000 at 5.53%$1,879
Filing in New Jersey
- Who collects it
- New Jersey Division of Taxation
- Return
- Form NJ-1040
- Deadline
- Usually 15 April, following the federal deadline
Federal comes on top
Whatever your state does, the IRS wants Form 1040 by 15 April, plus Social Security and Medicare through your wages or self employment tax. State tax paid can sometimes be deducted federally if you itemise, within a yearly cap.