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Watson, Michael

New Jersey’s state payroll recorded $123,061 in pay to payroll ID 5948 in 2022, according to New Jersey’s YourMoney payroll.

Payroll ID 5948 in New Jersey’s state payroll, in 13 of the Treasury’s releases, 2010 to 2022. In the newest, the State printed the department Law and Public Safety, and the title “SERGEANT FIRST CLASS”.

2022, the newest whole year

$123,061
Total pay: Everything the State paid under this ID in 2022.; $107,753
Regular pay: Wages for regular hours.; $0
Overtime: As the State published it.; $15,308
Other pay: Every other payment in the year, back pay and payouts included.

Rank 1,652 of 8,058 in Law and Public Safety, percentile 79. More than 79% of the 8,058 employees of Law and Public Safety paid in 2022.
Rank 7,006 of 76,732 in the state, percentile 90. More than 90% of the 76,732 New Jersey state employees in the 2022 payroll.

A rank is one more than the number paid more in the same fourth-quarter release, so a tie shares the lower number; a percentile is the share paid less, rounded down.

Every release

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Every release of New Jersey's state payroll with a record under payroll ID 5948, newest first
Release	Department	Title as printed	Name as printed	Rate and basis	Overtime	Total pay
2022	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$129,329.10, annual salary	$0	$123,061
2021	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$124,307.05, annual salary	$0	$138,060
2020	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$114,840.50, annual salary	$0	$127,904
2019	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$114,840.50, annual salary	$0	$128,169
2018	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$114,840.50, annual salary	$0	$128,660
2017	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$114,840.50, annual salary	$0	$128,414
2016	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$114,840.50, annual salary	$0	$125,977
2015	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$110,423.54, annual salary	$0	$127,757
2014	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$105,743.22, annual salary	$0	$118,935
2013	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT FIRST CLASS	WATSON, MICHAEL	$105,743.22, annual salary	$0	$113,246
2012	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT	WATSON, MICHAEL	$98,386.06, annual salary	$0	$111,729
2011	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT	WATSON, MICHAEL	$98,386.06, annual salary	$0	$104,445
2010	Law and Public Safety	SERGEANT	WATSON, MICHAEL	$91,361.81, annual salary	$0	$105,148

Year to date at each release’s date. A fourth-quarter release is the whole year; any other is part of one and is not a year’s pay.

Sources

State of New Jersey — YourMoney Agency Payroll — New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Office of Management and Budget · State of New Jersey Legal Statement, Section F · retrieved September 27, 2026

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Data retrieved September 27, 2026