These Are The Lowest-Paying Jobs In New Jersey, New Analysis Says

What are the lowest-paying jobs in New Jersey? A new analysis by career site Zippia reveals just that, with several careers in the food service industry taking the top spots, alongside cashiers, recreational workers and others.

Zippia, using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, recently compiled a list of the 100 lowest-paying jobs in the Garden State. The website used the Bureau of Labor Statistics data set for all 712 job classifications in New Jersey to identify the ones that pay the least.

Counter attendants at cafeterias and coffee shops get paid the least in New Jersey, making just $19,840 on average and $17,800 to start. Shampooers follow at $19,970 on average or $17,790 to start. (Full list below.)

On the flip side, the website's earlier analysis of the highest-paying jobs in New Jersey show that becoming an surgeon is the most lucrative career in the state. If you become a surgeon in New Jersey, you could make more than $270,000 on average.

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Here is a look at the 50 lowest-paying jobs in New Jersey and the average and starting salaries. To see the full list click here:

1. Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop: $19,840 (average), $17,800 (start)
2. Shampooers: $19,970 (average), $17,790 (start)
3. Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants: $20,510 (average), $17,900 (start)
4. Amusement and Recreation Attendants: $20,810 (average), $17,800 (start)
5. Dishwashers: $20,920 (average), $17,900 (start)
6. Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers: $21,050 (average), $17,880 (start)
7. Cashiers: $21,620 (average), $17,880 (start)
8. Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food: $21,730 (average), $17,900 (start)
9. Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers: $22,200 (average), $17,920 (start)
10. Packers and Packagers, Hand: $22,290 (average), $17,920 (start)
11. Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop: $22,340 (average), $18,070 (start)
12. Cooks, Fast Food: $22,500 (average), $17,870 (start)
13. Food Preparation Workers: $22,540 (average), $17,970 (start)
14. Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials: $22,750 (average), $18,110 (start)
15. Parking Lot Attendants: $22,870 (average), $18,110 (start)
16. Home Health Aides: $23,020 (average), $18,530 (start)
17. Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants: $23,090 (average), $17,950 (start)
18. Waiters and Waitresses: $23,160 (average), $18,120 (start)
19. Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products: $23,400 (average), $17,930 (start)
20. Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks: $23,570 (average), $18,340 (start)
21. Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other: $23,620 (average), $18,050 (start)
22. Food Servers, Nonrestaurant: $23,810 (average), $18,350 (start)
23. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners: $24,220 (average), $18,420 (start)
24. Cooks, Short Order: $24,230 (average), $18,680 (start)
25. Food Processing Workers, All Other: $24,340 (average), $18,240 (start)
26. Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers: $24,480 (average), $20,300 (start)
27. Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment: $24,550 (average), $17,990 (start)
28. Childcare Workers: $24,560 (average), $18,120 (start)
29. Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers: $24,660 (average), $18,130 (start)
30. Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other: $24,680 (average), $18,220 (start)
31. Baggage Porters and Bellhops: $24,750 (average), $18,170 (start)
32. Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers: $24,960 (average), $18,000 (start)
33. Nonfarm Animal Caretakers: $24,970 (average), $18,190 (start)
34. Sewing Machine Operators: $25,060 (average), $18,360 (start)
35. Machine Feeders and Offbearers: $25,230 (average), $18,050 (start)
36. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse: $25,390 (average), $18,700 (start)
37. Pharmacy Aides:$25,700 (average), $19,770 (start)
38. Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders: $25,710 (average), $18,750 (start)
39. Bartenders: $25,740 (average), $18,280 (start)
40. Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers:$25,770 (average), $18,480 (start)
41. Slaughterers and Meat Packers: $25,850 (average), $18,370 (start)
42. Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians: $25,910 (average), $20,630 (start)
43. Transportation Attendants, Except Flight Attendants: $26,010 (average), $18,710 (start)
44. Stock Clerks and Order Fillers: $26,540 (average), $18,190 (start)
45. Recreation Workers: $26,610 (average), $18,280 (start)
46. Tour Guides and Escorts: $26,640 (average), $18,410 (start)
47. Helpers–Production Workers: $26,760 (average), $18,360 (start)
48. Orderlies: $26,770 (average), $18,840 (start)
49. Retail Salespersons: $26,780 (average), $18,120 (start)
50. Protective Service Workers, All Other: $26,830 (average), $18,040 (start)