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Cities in New Jersey by employed residents

Jersey City, NJ had the highest employed residents of 38 cities in 2016, at 146,931. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,043. The median was 22,416. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest146,931Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,043Bridgeton, NJ
Median22,41638 cities

All cities, 2016

Jersey City, NJ: 146,931 personsJersey City, NJ146,931Newark, NJ: 125,009 personsNewark, NJ125,009Paterson, NJ: 64,442 personsPaterson, NJ64,442Elizabeth, NJ: 62,880 personsElizabeth, NJ62,880Clifton, NJ: 44,245 personsClifton, NJ44,245Hoboken, NJ: 38,385 personsHoboken, NJ38,385Trenton, NJ: 34,746 personsTrenton, NJ34,746Union City, NJ: 32,804 personsUnion City, NJ32,804Bayonne, NJ: 32,645 personsBayonne, NJ32,645East Orange, NJ: 31,107 personsEast Orange, NJ31,107Passaic, NJ: 28,768 personsPassaic, NJ28,768West New York, NJ: 25,999 personsWest New York, NJ25,999Camden, NJ: 25,846 personsCamden, NJ25,846Plainfield, NJ: 25,540 personsPlainfield, NJ25,540New Brunswick, NJ: 25,176 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,176Hackensack, NJ: 24,738 personsHackensack, NJ24,738Perth Amboy, NJ: 24,461 personsPerth Amboy, NJ24,461Vineland, NJ: 24,229 personsVineland, NJ24,229Sayreville, NJ: 22,887 personsSayreville, NJ22,887Linden, NJ: 21,944 personsLinden, NJ21,944Kearny, NJ: 20,826 personsKearny, NJ20,826Fort Lee, NJ: 18,786 personsFort Lee, NJ18,786Fair Lawn, NJ: 16,578 personsFair Lawn, NJ16,578Garfield, NJ: 15,935 personsGarfield, NJ15,935Long Branch, NJ: 15,032 personsLong Branch, NJ15,032Atlantic City, NJ: 14,842 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,842Englewood, NJ: 14,618 personsEnglewood, NJ14,618Westfield, NJ: 14,582 personsWestfield, NJ14,582Princeton, NJ: 14,321 personsPrinceton, NJ14,321Bergenfield, NJ: 13,960 personsBergenfield, NJ13,960Rahway, NJ: 13,741 personsRahway, NJ13,741Lodi, NJ: 12,808 personsLodi, NJ12,808Ridgewood, NJ: 12,207 personsRidgewood, NJ12,207Cliffside Park, NJ: 11,677 personsCliffside Park, NJ11,677Millville, NJ: 11,595 personsMillville, NJ11,595Paramus, NJ: 11,525 personsParamus, NJ11,525Carteret, NJ: 11,396 personsCarteret, NJ11,396Bridgeton, NJ: 9,043 personsBridgeton, NJ9,043Jersey City, NJ: 146,931 personsJersey City, NJ146,931Newark, NJ: 125,009 personsNewark, NJ125,009Paterson, NJ: 64,442 personsPaterson, NJ64,442Elizabeth, NJ: 62,880 personsElizabeth, NJ62,880Clifton, NJ: 44,245 personsClifton, NJ44,245Hoboken, NJ: 38,385 personsHoboken, NJ38,385Trenton, NJ: 34,746 personsTrenton, NJ34,746Union City, NJ: 32,804 personsUnion City, NJ32,804Bayonne, NJ: 32,645 personsBayonne, NJ32,645East Orange, NJ: 31,107 personsEast Orange, NJ31,107Passaic, NJ: 28,768 personsPassaic, NJ28,768West New York, NJ: 25,999 personsWest New York, NJ25,999Camden, NJ: 25,846 personsCamden, NJ25,846Plainfield, NJ: 25,540 personsPlainfield, NJ25,540New Brunswick, NJ: 25,176 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,176Hackensack, NJ: 24,738 personsHackensack, NJ24,738Perth Amboy, NJ: 24,461 personsPerth Amboy, NJ24,461Vineland, NJ: 24,229 personsVineland, NJ24,229Sayreville, NJ: 22,887 personsSayreville, NJ22,887Linden, NJ: 21,944 personsLinden, NJ21,944Kearny, NJ: 20,826 personsKearny, NJ20,826Fort Lee, NJ: 18,786 personsFort Lee, NJ18,786Fair Lawn, NJ: 16,578 personsFair Lawn, NJ16,578Garfield, NJ: 15,935 personsGarfield, NJ15,935Long Branch, NJ: 15,032 personsLong Branch, NJ15,032Atlantic City, NJ: 14,842 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,842Englewood, NJ: 14,618 personsEnglewood, NJ14,618Westfield, NJ: 14,582 personsWestfield, NJ14,582Princeton, NJ: 14,321 personsPrinceton, NJ14,321Bergenfield, NJ: 13,960 personsBergenfield, NJ13,960Rahway, NJ: 13,741 personsRahway, NJ13,741Lodi, NJ: 12,808 personsLodi, NJ12,808Ridgewood, NJ: 12,207 personsRidgewood, NJ12,207Cliffside Park, NJ: 11,677 personsCliffside Park, NJ11,677Millville, NJ: 11,595 personsMillville, NJ11,595Paramus, NJ: 11,525 personsParamus, NJ11,525Carteret, NJ: 11,396 personsCarteret, NJ11,396Bridgeton, NJ: 9,043 personsBridgeton, NJ9,043
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2016
persons		Change on 2015
1Jersey City, NJ146,931+8.8%
2Newark, NJ125,009+14%
3Paterson, NJ64,442+13%
4Elizabeth, NJ62,880+4.8%
5Clifton, NJ44,245+1.7%
6Hoboken, NJ38,385+6.8%
7Trenton, NJ34,746-5.1%
8Union City, NJ32,804-1.4%
9Bayonne, NJ32,645+2.3%
10East Orange, NJ31,107+11.1%
11Passaic, NJ28,768+2.9%
12West New York, NJ25,999-5.2%
13Camden, NJ25,846+8.2%
14Plainfield, NJ25,540-0.9%
15New Brunswick, NJ25,176-3%
16Hackensack, NJ24,738+5.6%
17Perth Amboy, NJ24,461+5.3%
18Vineland, NJ24,229-8.8%
19Sayreville, NJ22,887-0.5%
20Linden, NJ21,944+5.1%
21Kearny, NJ20,826+4.8%
22Fort Lee, NJ18,786+1.1%
23Fair Lawn, NJ16,578-7%
24Garfield, NJ15,935+5.3%
25Long Branch, NJ15,032-3.5%
26Atlantic City, NJ14,842+6.6%
27Englewood, NJ14,618+0.2%
28Westfield, NJ14,582+4%
29Princeton, NJ14,321-7%
30Bergenfield, NJ13,960-3.3%
31Rahway, NJ13,741-3.5%
32Lodi, NJ12,808+5.3%
33Ridgewood, NJ12,207+4.2%
34Cliffside Park, NJ11,677-5.6%
35Millville, NJ11,595-6.7%
36Paramus, NJ11,525-7.8%
37Carteret, NJ11,396+1.8%
38Bridgeton, NJ9,043+17.7%

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 2016 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, 2016) [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, 2016. 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=2016. 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, 2016. 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=2016.

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, 2016 [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=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Jersey City, NJ, with 146,931 in 2016, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,043 in 2016.

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 2016 and are not ranked.

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