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Cities in New Jersey by employed residents

Jersey City, NJ had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2022, at 161,432. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,103. The median was 22,109. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest161,432Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,103Bridgeton, NJ
Median22,10939 cities

All cities, 2022

Jersey City, NJ: 161,432 personsJersey City, NJ161,432Newark, NJ: 127,231 personsNewark, NJ127,231Paterson, NJ: 68,290 personsPaterson, NJ68,290Elizabeth, NJ: 63,392 personsElizabeth, NJ63,392Clifton, NJ: 47,131 personsClifton, NJ47,131Hoboken, NJ: 39,831 personsHoboken, NJ39,831Trenton, NJ: 36,518 personsTrenton, NJ36,518Bayonne, NJ: 34,775 personsBayonne, NJ34,775Union City, NJ: 33,603 personsUnion City, NJ33,603East Orange, NJ: 31,882 personsEast Orange, NJ31,882Passaic, NJ: 30,369 personsPassaic, NJ30,369West New York, NJ: 27,719 personsWest New York, NJ27,719New Brunswick, NJ: 26,482 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,482Camden, NJ: 26,461 personsCamden, NJ26,461Hackensack, NJ: 26,240 personsHackensack, NJ26,240Plainfield, NJ: 25,939 personsPlainfield, NJ25,939Vineland, NJ: 25,501 personsVineland, NJ25,501Perth Amboy, NJ: 25,225 personsPerth Amboy, NJ25,225Sayreville, NJ: 23,580 personsSayreville, NJ23,580Linden, NJ: 22,109 personsLinden, NJ22,109Kearny, NJ: 21,112 personsKearny, NJ21,112Fort Lee, NJ: 20,590 personsFort Lee, NJ20,590Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,961 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,961Garfield, NJ: 17,085 personsGarfield, NJ17,085Englewood, NJ: 15,970 personsEnglewood, NJ15,970Long Branch, NJ: 15,737 personsLong Branch, NJ15,737Princeton, NJ: 15,140 personsPrinceton, NJ15,140Bergenfield, NJ: 14,965 personsBergenfield, NJ14,965Atlantic City, NJ: 14,838 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,838Rahway, NJ: 14,355 personsRahway, NJ14,355Westfield, NJ: 14,327 personsWestfield, NJ14,327Lodi, NJ: 13,460 personsLodi, NJ13,460Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,242 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,242Ridgewood, NJ: 13,073 personsRidgewood, NJ13,073South Plainfield, NJ: 12,391 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,391Millville, NJ: 12,102 personsMillville, NJ12,102Paramus, NJ: 12,021 personsParamus, NJ12,021Carteret, NJ: 11,683 personsCarteret, NJ11,683Bridgeton, NJ: 9,103 personsBridgeton, NJ9,103Jersey City, NJ: 161,432 personsJersey City, NJ161,432Newark, NJ: 127,231 personsNewark, NJ127,231Paterson, NJ: 68,290 personsPaterson, NJ68,290Elizabeth, NJ: 63,392 personsElizabeth, NJ63,392Clifton, NJ: 47,131 personsClifton, NJ47,131Hoboken, NJ: 39,831 personsHoboken, NJ39,831Trenton, NJ: 36,518 personsTrenton, NJ36,518Bayonne, NJ: 34,775 personsBayonne, NJ34,775Union City, NJ: 33,603 personsUnion City, NJ33,603East Orange, NJ: 31,882 personsEast Orange, NJ31,882Passaic, NJ: 30,369 personsPassaic, NJ30,369West New York, NJ: 27,719 personsWest New York, NJ27,719New Brunswick, NJ: 26,482 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,482Camden, NJ: 26,461 personsCamden, NJ26,461Hackensack, NJ: 26,240 personsHackensack, NJ26,240Plainfield, NJ: 25,939 personsPlainfield, NJ25,939Vineland, NJ: 25,501 personsVineland, NJ25,501Perth Amboy, NJ: 25,225 personsPerth Amboy, NJ25,225Sayreville, NJ: 23,580 personsSayreville, NJ23,580Linden, NJ: 22,109 personsLinden, NJ22,109Kearny, NJ: 21,112 personsKearny, NJ21,112Fort Lee, NJ: 20,590 personsFort Lee, NJ20,590Fair Lawn, NJ: 17,961 personsFair Lawn, NJ17,961Garfield, NJ: 17,085 personsGarfield, NJ17,085Englewood, NJ: 15,970 personsEnglewood, NJ15,970Long Branch, NJ: 15,737 personsLong Branch, NJ15,737Princeton, NJ: 15,140 personsPrinceton, NJ15,140Bergenfield, NJ: 14,965 personsBergenfield, NJ14,965Atlantic City, NJ: 14,838 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,838Rahway, NJ: 14,355 personsRahway, NJ14,355Westfield, NJ: 14,327 personsWestfield, NJ14,327Lodi, NJ: 13,460 personsLodi, NJ13,460Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,242 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,242Ridgewood, NJ: 13,073 personsRidgewood, NJ13,073South Plainfield, NJ: 12,391 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,391Millville, NJ: 12,102 personsMillville, NJ12,102Paramus, NJ: 12,021 personsParamus, NJ12,021Carteret, NJ: 11,683 personsCarteret, NJ11,683Bridgeton, NJ: 9,103 personsBridgeton, NJ9,103
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Jersey City, NJ161,432+9.6%
2Newark, NJ127,231+4.2%
3Paterson, NJ68,290+6.3%
4Elizabeth, NJ63,392+4.8%
5Clifton, NJ47,131+6.4%
6Hoboken, NJ39,831+5.9%
7Trenton, NJ36,518+3.2%
8Bayonne, NJ34,775+7.8%
9Union City, NJ33,603+5.8%
10East Orange, NJ31,882+5.3%
11Passaic, NJ30,369+6.4%
12West New York, NJ27,719+5.8%
13New Brunswick, NJ26,482+3.9%
14Camden, NJ26,461+3.1%
15Hackensack, NJ26,240+6.9%
16Plainfield, NJ25,939+4.2%
17Vineland, NJ25,501+3.7%
18Perth Amboy, NJ25,225+4.3%
19Sayreville, NJ23,580+4.6%
20Linden, NJ22,109+4.3%
21Kearny, NJ21,112+5.7%
22Fort Lee, NJ20,590+6.6%
23Fair Lawn, NJ17,961+7.6%
24Garfield, NJ17,085+6.8%
25Englewood, NJ15,970+8.8%
26Long Branch, NJ15,737+4.2%
27Princeton, NJ15,140+3.3%
28Bergenfield, NJ14,965+7.1%
29Atlantic City, NJ14,838+4.7%
30Rahway, NJ14,355+4.2%
31Westfield, NJ14,327+4.3%
32Lodi, NJ13,460+6.3%
33Cliffside Park, NJ13,242+6.7%
34Ridgewood, NJ13,073+6.9%
35South Plainfield, NJ12,391+4.1%
36Millville, NJ12,102+3.6%
37Paramus, NJ12,021+6.6%
38Carteret, NJ11,683+4.3%
39Bridgeton, NJ9,103+2.7%

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. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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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, 2022. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/new-jersey-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Jersey City, NJ, with 161,432 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,103 in 2022.

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.

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