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Cities in New Jersey by employed residents

Jersey City, NJ had the highest employed residents of 38 cities in 2015, at 135,095. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 7,686. The median was 21,944. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest135,095Jersey City, NJ
Lowest7,686Bridgeton, NJ
Median21,94438 cities

All cities, 2015

Jersey City, NJ: 135,095 personsJersey City, NJ135,095Newark, NJ: 109,661 personsNewark, NJ109,661Elizabeth, NJ: 60,002 personsElizabeth, NJ60,002Paterson, NJ: 57,005 personsPaterson, NJ57,005Clifton, NJ: 43,523 personsClifton, NJ43,523Trenton, NJ: 36,595 personsTrenton, NJ36,595Hoboken, NJ: 35,949 personsHoboken, NJ35,949Union City, NJ: 33,270 personsUnion City, NJ33,270Bayonne, NJ: 31,906 personsBayonne, NJ31,906East Orange, NJ: 27,994 personsEast Orange, NJ27,994Passaic, NJ: 27,965 personsPassaic, NJ27,965West New York, NJ: 27,414 personsWest New York, NJ27,414Vineland, NJ: 26,555 personsVineland, NJ26,555New Brunswick, NJ: 25,966 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,966Plainfield, NJ: 25,765 personsPlainfield, NJ25,765Camden, NJ: 23,882 personsCamden, NJ23,882Hackensack, NJ: 23,418 personsHackensack, NJ23,418Perth Amboy, NJ: 23,231 personsPerth Amboy, NJ23,231Sayreville, NJ: 23,013 personsSayreville, NJ23,013Linden, NJ: 20,875 personsLinden, NJ20,875Kearny, NJ: 19,870 personsKearny, NJ19,870Fort Lee, NJ: 18,580 personsFort Lee, NJ18,580Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,830 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,830Long Branch, NJ: 15,577 personsLong Branch, NJ15,577Princeton, NJ: 15,403 personsPrinceton, NJ15,403Garfield, NJ: 15,133 personsGarfield, NJ15,133Englewood, NJ: 14,594 personsEnglewood, NJ14,594Bergenfield, NJ: 14,443 personsBergenfield, NJ14,443Rahway, NJ: 14,237 personsRahway, NJ14,237Westfield, NJ: 14,022 personsWestfield, NJ14,022Atlantic City, NJ: 13,920 personsAtlantic City, NJ13,920Paramus, NJ: 12,497 personsParamus, NJ12,497Millville, NJ: 12,432 personsMillville, NJ12,432Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,374 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,374Lodi, NJ: 12,158 personsLodi, NJ12,158Ridgewood, NJ: 11,712 personsRidgewood, NJ11,712Carteret, NJ: 11,197 personsCarteret, NJ11,197Bridgeton, NJ: 7,686 personsBridgeton, NJ7,686Jersey City, NJ: 135,095 personsJersey City, NJ135,095Newark, NJ: 109,661 personsNewark, NJ109,661Elizabeth, NJ: 60,002 personsElizabeth, NJ60,002Paterson, NJ: 57,005 personsPaterson, NJ57,005Clifton, NJ: 43,523 personsClifton, NJ43,523Trenton, NJ: 36,595 personsTrenton, NJ36,595Hoboken, NJ: 35,949 personsHoboken, NJ35,949Union City, NJ: 33,270 personsUnion City, NJ33,270Bayonne, NJ: 31,906 personsBayonne, NJ31,906East Orange, NJ: 27,994 personsEast Orange, NJ27,994Passaic, NJ: 27,965 personsPassaic, NJ27,965West New York, NJ: 27,414 personsWest New York, NJ27,414Vineland, NJ: 26,555 personsVineland, NJ26,555New Brunswick, NJ: 25,966 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,966Plainfield, NJ: 25,765 personsPlainfield, NJ25,765Camden, NJ: 23,882 personsCamden, NJ23,882Hackensack, NJ: 23,418 personsHackensack, NJ23,418Perth Amboy, NJ: 23,231 personsPerth Amboy, NJ23,231Sayreville, NJ: 23,013 personsSayreville, NJ23,013Linden, NJ: 20,875 personsLinden, NJ20,875Kearny, NJ: 19,870 personsKearny, NJ19,870Fort Lee, NJ: 18,580 personsFort Lee, NJ18,580Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,830 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,830Long Branch, NJ: 15,577 personsLong Branch, NJ15,577Princeton, NJ: 15,403 personsPrinceton, NJ15,403Garfield, NJ: 15,133 personsGarfield, NJ15,133Englewood, NJ: 14,594 personsEnglewood, NJ14,594Bergenfield, NJ: 14,443 personsBergenfield, NJ14,443Rahway, NJ: 14,237 personsRahway, NJ14,237Westfield, NJ: 14,022 personsWestfield, NJ14,022Atlantic City, NJ: 13,920 personsAtlantic City, NJ13,920Paramus, NJ: 12,497 personsParamus, NJ12,497Millville, NJ: 12,432 personsMillville, NJ12,432Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,374 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,374Lodi, NJ: 12,158 personsLodi, NJ12,158Ridgewood, NJ: 11,712 personsRidgewood, NJ11,712Carteret, NJ: 11,197 personsCarteret, NJ11,197Bridgeton, NJ: 7,686 personsBridgeton, NJ7,686
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2015
persons		Change on 2014
1Jersey City, NJ135,095+1.9%
2Newark, NJ109,661+1.3%
3Elizabeth, NJ60,002+1.1%
4Paterson, NJ57,005+1.8%
5Clifton, NJ43,523+1.5%
6Trenton, NJ36,595+3%
7Hoboken, NJ35,949+1.7%
8Union City, NJ33,270+1.8%
9Bayonne, NJ31,906+1.6%
10East Orange, NJ27,994+0.6%
11Passaic, NJ27,965+0.5%
12West New York, NJ27,414+2.6%
13Vineland, NJ26,555+1.8%
14New Brunswick, NJ25,966+1.8%
15Plainfield, NJ25,765+1.3%
16Camden, NJ23,882+0.5%
17Hackensack, NJ23,418+1.8%
18Perth Amboy, NJ23,231+2.5%
19Sayreville, NJ23,013+1.1%
20Linden, NJ20,875+1.7%
21Kearny, NJ19,870+1.8%
22Fort Lee, NJ18,580+0.1%
23Fair Lawn, NJ17,830+1.2%
24Long Branch, NJ15,577+3.2%
25Princeton, NJ15,403+1%
26Garfield, NJ15,133+2.1%
27Englewood, NJ14,594+4.3%
28Bergenfield, NJ14,443+1.9%
29Rahway, NJ14,237+4.3%
30Westfield, NJ14,022-0.3%
31Atlantic City, NJ13,920-2.6%
32Paramus, NJ12,497+1.6%
33Millville, NJ12,432+1.4%
34Cliffside Park, NJ12,374-1.5%
35Lodi, NJ12,158+1.8%
36Ridgewood, NJ11,712+1.6%
37Carteret, NJ11,197+2.1%
38Bridgeton, NJ7,686+1.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2015. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2015.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU15-19, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Cities in New Jersey by employed residents, 2015}},
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Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Jersey City, NJ, with 135,095 in 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 7,686 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.

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