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New Jersey Income Tax Rate

Graduated Brackets

New Jersey taxes individual income at graduated rates rising to 10.75 percent across 7 brackets, the fourth-highest top rate of the 41 states that tax income.

What “Graduated Brackets” means

Rates rise through brackets as income increases.

26 of 50 states are in the same category

Alongside New Jersey: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, and 13 more.

Source: Tax Foundation · as of January 2026 · last verified October 16, 2026

See every state in our income tax tracker, or everything we track for New Jersey.

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