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Cities in New Jersey by employed residents

Jersey City, NJ had the highest employed residents of 38 cities in 2017, at 149,661. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 8,962. The median was 22,515. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest149,661Jersey City, NJ
Lowest8,962Bridgeton, NJ
Median22,51538 cities

All cities, 2017

Jersey City, NJ: 149,661 personsJersey City, NJ149,661Newark, NJ: 125,258 personsNewark, NJ125,258Paterson, NJ: 64,969 personsPaterson, NJ64,969Elizabeth, NJ: 62,766 personsElizabeth, NJ62,766Clifton, NJ: 44,573 personsClifton, NJ44,573Hoboken, NJ: 38,726 personsHoboken, NJ38,726Trenton, NJ: 34,798 personsTrenton, NJ34,798Union City, NJ: 33,144 personsUnion City, NJ33,144Bayonne, NJ: 32,936 personsBayonne, NJ32,936East Orange, NJ: 31,059 personsEast Orange, NJ31,059Passaic, NJ: 28,956 personsPassaic, NJ28,956West New York, NJ: 26,293 personsWest New York, NJ26,293Camden, NJ: 26,042 personsCamden, NJ26,042Plainfield, NJ: 25,498 personsPlainfield, NJ25,498New Brunswick, NJ: 25,269 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,269Hackensack, NJ: 24,953 personsHackensack, NJ24,953Perth Amboy, NJ: 24,604 personsPerth Amboy, NJ24,604Vineland, NJ: 24,157 personsVineland, NJ24,157Sayreville, NJ: 23,100 personsSayreville, NJ23,100Linden, NJ: 21,929 personsLinden, NJ21,929Kearny, NJ: 21,005 personsKearny, NJ21,005Fort Lee, NJ: 18,906 personsFort Lee, NJ18,906Fair Lawn, NJ: 16,662 personsFair Lawn, NJ16,662Garfield, NJ: 16,153 personsGarfield, NJ16,153Long Branch, NJ: 15,047 personsLong Branch, NJ15,047Englewood, NJ: 14,915 personsEnglewood, NJ14,915Atlantic City, NJ: 14,498 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,498Princeton, NJ: 14,482 personsPrinceton, NJ14,482Westfield, NJ: 14,472 personsWestfield, NJ14,472Bergenfield, NJ: 14,069 personsBergenfield, NJ14,069Rahway, NJ: 13,861 personsRahway, NJ13,861Lodi, NJ: 12,876 personsLodi, NJ12,876Ridgewood, NJ: 12,257 personsRidgewood, NJ12,257Cliffside Park, NJ: 11,771 personsCliffside Park, NJ11,771Paramus, NJ: 11,565 personsParamus, NJ11,565Millville, NJ: 11,553 personsMillville, NJ11,553Carteret, NJ: 11,445 personsCarteret, NJ11,445Bridgeton, NJ: 8,962 personsBridgeton, NJ8,962Jersey City, NJ: 149,661 personsJersey City, NJ149,661Newark, NJ: 125,258 personsNewark, NJ125,258Paterson, NJ: 64,969 personsPaterson, NJ64,969Elizabeth, NJ: 62,766 personsElizabeth, NJ62,766Clifton, NJ: 44,573 personsClifton, NJ44,573Hoboken, NJ: 38,726 personsHoboken, NJ38,726Trenton, NJ: 34,798 personsTrenton, NJ34,798Union City, NJ: 33,144 personsUnion City, NJ33,144Bayonne, NJ: 32,936 personsBayonne, NJ32,936East Orange, NJ: 31,059 personsEast Orange, NJ31,059Passaic, NJ: 28,956 personsPassaic, NJ28,956West New York, NJ: 26,293 personsWest New York, NJ26,293Camden, NJ: 26,042 personsCamden, NJ26,042Plainfield, NJ: 25,498 personsPlainfield, NJ25,498New Brunswick, NJ: 25,269 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,269Hackensack, NJ: 24,953 personsHackensack, NJ24,953Perth Amboy, NJ: 24,604 personsPerth Amboy, NJ24,604Vineland, NJ: 24,157 personsVineland, NJ24,157Sayreville, NJ: 23,100 personsSayreville, NJ23,100Linden, NJ: 21,929 personsLinden, NJ21,929Kearny, NJ: 21,005 personsKearny, NJ21,005Fort Lee, NJ: 18,906 personsFort Lee, NJ18,906Fair Lawn, NJ: 16,662 personsFair Lawn, NJ16,662Garfield, NJ: 16,153 personsGarfield, NJ16,153Long Branch, NJ: 15,047 personsLong Branch, NJ15,047Englewood, NJ: 14,915 personsEnglewood, NJ14,915Atlantic City, NJ: 14,498 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,498Princeton, NJ: 14,482 personsPrinceton, NJ14,482Westfield, NJ: 14,472 personsWestfield, NJ14,472Bergenfield, NJ: 14,069 personsBergenfield, NJ14,069Rahway, NJ: 13,861 personsRahway, NJ13,861Lodi, NJ: 12,876 personsLodi, NJ12,876Ridgewood, NJ: 12,257 personsRidgewood, NJ12,257Cliffside Park, NJ: 11,771 personsCliffside Park, NJ11,771Paramus, NJ: 11,565 personsParamus, NJ11,565Millville, NJ: 11,553 personsMillville, NJ11,553Carteret, NJ: 11,445 personsCarteret, NJ11,445Bridgeton, NJ: 8,962 personsBridgeton, NJ8,962
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2017
persons		Change on 2016
1Jersey City, NJ149,661+1.9%
2Newark, NJ125,258+0.2%
3Paterson, NJ64,969+0.8%
4Elizabeth, NJ62,766-0.2%
5Clifton, NJ44,573+0.7%
6Hoboken, NJ38,726+0.9%
7Trenton, NJ34,798+0.1%
8Union City, NJ33,144+1%
9Bayonne, NJ32,936+0.9%
10East Orange, NJ31,059-0.2%
11Passaic, NJ28,956+0.7%
12West New York, NJ26,293+1.1%
13Camden, NJ26,042+0.8%
14Plainfield, NJ25,498-0.2%
15New Brunswick, NJ25,269+0.4%
16Hackensack, NJ24,953+0.9%
17Perth Amboy, NJ24,604+0.6%
18Vineland, NJ24,157-0.3%
19Sayreville, NJ23,100+0.9%
20Linden, NJ21,929-0.1%
21Kearny, NJ21,005+0.9%
22Fort Lee, NJ18,906+0.6%
23Fair Lawn, NJ16,662+0.5%
24Garfield, NJ16,153+1.4%
25Long Branch, NJ15,047+0.1%
26Englewood, NJ14,915+2%
27Atlantic City, NJ14,498-2.3%
28Princeton, NJ14,482+1.1%
29Westfield, NJ14,472-0.8%
30Bergenfield, NJ14,069+0.8%
31Rahway, NJ13,861+0.9%
32Lodi, NJ12,876+0.5%
33Ridgewood, NJ12,257+0.4%
34Cliffside Park, NJ11,771+0.8%
35Paramus, NJ11,565+0.3%
36Millville, NJ11,553-0.4%
37Carteret, NJ11,445+0.4%
38Bridgeton, NJ8,962-0.9%

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 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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, 2017 [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=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Jersey City, NJ, with 149,661 in 2017, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 8,962 in 2017.

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 2017 and are not ranked.

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