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Cities in New Jersey by employed residents

Jersey City, NJ had the highest employed residents of 38 cities in 2019, at 156,586. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,118. The median was 22,936. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest156,586Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,118Bridgeton, NJ
Median22,93638 cities

All cities, 2019

Jersey City, NJ: 156,586 personsJersey City, NJ156,586Newark, NJ: 129,483 personsNewark, NJ129,483Paterson, NJ: 67,430 personsPaterson, NJ67,430Elizabeth, NJ: 64,639 personsElizabeth, NJ64,639Clifton, NJ: 46,380 personsClifton, NJ46,380Hoboken, NJ: 40,022 personsHoboken, NJ40,022Trenton, NJ: 36,061 personsTrenton, NJ36,061Union City, NJ: 34,578 personsUnion City, NJ34,578Bayonne, NJ: 34,394 personsBayonne, NJ34,394East Orange, NJ: 32,061 personsEast Orange, NJ32,061Passaic, NJ: 30,022 personsPassaic, NJ30,022West New York, NJ: 27,627 personsWest New York, NJ27,627Camden, NJ: 26,304 personsCamden, NJ26,304Plainfield, NJ: 26,034 personsPlainfield, NJ26,034Hackensack, NJ: 25,707 personsHackensack, NJ25,707New Brunswick, NJ: 25,658 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,658Perth Amboy, NJ: 24,990 personsPerth Amboy, NJ24,990Vineland, NJ: 24,659 personsVineland, NJ24,659Sayreville, NJ: 23,465 personsSayreville, NJ23,465Linden, NJ: 22,406 personsLinden, NJ22,406Kearny, NJ: 21,785 personsKearny, NJ21,785Fort Lee, NJ: 20,265 personsFort Lee, NJ20,265Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,182 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,182Garfield, NJ: 16,737 personsGarfield, NJ16,737Englewood, NJ: 15,363 personsEnglewood, NJ15,363Long Branch, NJ: 15,241 personsLong Branch, NJ15,241Atlantic City, NJ: 15,205 personsAtlantic City, NJ15,205Princeton, NJ: 14,930 personsPrinceton, NJ14,930Westfield, NJ: 14,609 personsWestfield, NJ14,609Bergenfield, NJ: 14,532 personsBergenfield, NJ14,532Rahway, NJ: 14,293 personsRahway, NJ14,293Lodi, NJ: 13,287 personsLodi, NJ13,287Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,951 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,951Ridgewood, NJ: 12,620 personsRidgewood, NJ12,620Paramus, NJ: 11,852 personsParamus, NJ11,852Millville, NJ: 11,763 personsMillville, NJ11,763Carteret, NJ: 11,620 personsCarteret, NJ11,620Bridgeton, NJ: 9,118 personsBridgeton, NJ9,118Jersey City, NJ: 156,586 personsJersey City, NJ156,586Newark, NJ: 129,483 personsNewark, NJ129,483Paterson, NJ: 67,430 personsPaterson, NJ67,430Elizabeth, NJ: 64,639 personsElizabeth, NJ64,639Clifton, NJ: 46,380 personsClifton, NJ46,380Hoboken, NJ: 40,022 personsHoboken, NJ40,022Trenton, NJ: 36,061 personsTrenton, NJ36,061Union City, NJ: 34,578 personsUnion City, NJ34,578Bayonne, NJ: 34,394 personsBayonne, NJ34,394East Orange, NJ: 32,061 personsEast Orange, NJ32,061Passaic, NJ: 30,022 personsPassaic, NJ30,022West New York, NJ: 27,627 personsWest New York, NJ27,627Camden, NJ: 26,304 personsCamden, NJ26,304Plainfield, NJ: 26,034 personsPlainfield, NJ26,034Hackensack, NJ: 25,707 personsHackensack, NJ25,707New Brunswick, NJ: 25,658 personsNew Brunswick, NJ25,658Perth Amboy, NJ: 24,990 personsPerth Amboy, NJ24,990Vineland, NJ: 24,659 personsVineland, NJ24,659Sayreville, NJ: 23,465 personsSayreville, NJ23,465Linden, NJ: 22,406 personsLinden, NJ22,406Kearny, NJ: 21,785 personsKearny, NJ21,785Fort Lee, NJ: 20,265 personsFort Lee, NJ20,265Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,182 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,182Garfield, NJ: 16,737 personsGarfield, NJ16,737Englewood, NJ: 15,363 personsEnglewood, NJ15,363Long Branch, NJ: 15,241 personsLong Branch, NJ15,241Atlantic City, NJ: 15,205 personsAtlantic City, NJ15,205Princeton, NJ: 14,930 personsPrinceton, NJ14,930Westfield, NJ: 14,609 personsWestfield, NJ14,609Bergenfield, NJ: 14,532 personsBergenfield, NJ14,532Rahway, NJ: 14,293 personsRahway, NJ14,293Lodi, NJ: 13,287 personsLodi, NJ13,287Cliffside Park, NJ: 12,951 personsCliffside Park, NJ12,951Ridgewood, NJ: 12,620 personsRidgewood, NJ12,620Paramus, NJ: 11,852 personsParamus, NJ11,852Millville, NJ: 11,763 personsMillville, NJ11,763Carteret, NJ: 11,620 personsCarteret, NJ11,620Bridgeton, NJ: 9,118 personsBridgeton, NJ9,118
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2019
persons		Change on 2018
1Jersey City, NJ156,586+3%
2Newark, NJ129,483+2.7%
3Paterson, NJ67,430+3%
4Elizabeth, NJ64,639+2.6%
5Clifton, NJ46,380+3%
6Hoboken, NJ40,022+2.9%
7Trenton, NJ36,061+2.1%
8Union City, NJ34,578+3.5%
9Bayonne, NJ34,394+4%
10East Orange, NJ32,061+2.8%
11Passaic, NJ30,022+2.9%
12West New York, NJ27,627+3.8%
13Camden, NJ26,304+1.5%
14Plainfield, NJ26,034+1.9%
15Hackensack, NJ25,707+2.6%
16New Brunswick, NJ25,658+1.7%
17Perth Amboy, NJ24,990+1.6%
18Vineland, NJ24,659+2.1%
19Sayreville, NJ23,465+1.6%
20Linden, NJ22,406+2%
21Kearny, NJ21,785+3.3%
22Fort Lee, NJ20,265+5.1%
23Fair Lawn, NJ17,182+2.7%
24Garfield, NJ16,737+3.2%
25Englewood, NJ15,363+2.6%
26Long Branch, NJ15,241+1.6%
27Atlantic City, NJ15,205+3.4%
28Princeton, NJ14,930+2%
29Westfield, NJ14,609+1.3%
30Bergenfield, NJ14,532+2.7%
31Rahway, NJ14,293+2.5%
32Lodi, NJ13,287+2.6%
33Cliffside Park, NJ12,951+4.4%
34Ridgewood, NJ12,620+2.5%
35Paramus, NJ11,852+2.2%
36Millville, NJ11,763+2.1%
37Carteret, NJ11,620+1.6%
38Bridgeton, NJ9,118+2.2%

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 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. 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, 2019. 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=2019.

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, 2019 [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=2019 (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, 2019}},
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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Jersey City, NJ, with 156,586 in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,118 in 2019.

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 2019 and are not ranked.

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