# Counties in New Jersey by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 21 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Somerset County | 2,173 |
| 2 | Morris County | 2,001 |
| 3 | Hudson County | 1,903 |
| 4 | Mercer County | 1,816 |
| 5 | Essex County | 1,755 |
| 6 | Union County | 1,649 |
| 7 | Middlesex County | 1,645 |
| 8 | Bergen County | 1,604 |
| 9 | Hunterdon County | 1,465 |
| 10 | Monmouth County | 1,431 |
| 11 | Burlington County | 1,411 |
| 12 | Camden County | 1,364 |
| 13 | Salem County | 1,338 |
| 14 | Warren County | 1,263 |
| 15 | Passaic County | 1,246 |
| 16 | Atlantic County | 1,182 |
| 17 | Sussex County | 1,164 |
| 18 | Gloucester County | 1,156 |
| 19 | Cumberland County | 1,136 |
| 20 | Ocean County | 1,132 |
| 21 | Cape May County | 964 |