Thanks!
It appears that the reason you see one W-2 is because on one W-2, there is a sizable difference between federal Wages in Box 1 and NJ Wages in box 16, whereas on the other W-2, the numbers are the same.
My guess is that in the past, there were often situation where W-2s would have multiple state wages entries, one for NJ with a unique state wage, and another for some other state with a wage matching the federal. My guess is that people did not understand that this is normal for NJ so wanted a way to "fix" this.
Not a problem - NJ is supposed to have different wages than the federal amount (as least in most cases).
The second W-2 has only one Section 125 program on it, which happens to be about the only one recognized by NJ, so the NJ wages are supposed to be like the federal - sheer accident.
So, no issue here.
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