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Cities in New Jersey by employed residents

Jersey City, NJ had the highest employed residents of 39 cities in 2024, at 168,424. Bridgeton, NJ had the lowest, at 9,203. The median was 22,875. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest168,424Jersey City, NJ
Lowest9,203Bridgeton, NJ
Median22,87539 cities

All cities, 2024

Jersey City, NJ: 168,424 personsJersey City, NJ168,424Newark, NJ: 130,844 personsNewark, NJ130,844Paterson, NJ: 70,159 personsPaterson, NJ70,159Elizabeth, NJ: 65,054 personsElizabeth, NJ65,054Clifton, NJ: 48,350 personsClifton, NJ48,350Hoboken, NJ: 41,135 personsHoboken, NJ41,135Bayonne, NJ: 37,232 personsBayonne, NJ37,232Trenton, NJ: 36,471 personsTrenton, NJ36,471Union City, NJ: 34,678 personsUnion City, NJ34,678East Orange, NJ: 32,778 personsEast Orange, NJ32,778Passaic, NJ: 31,141 personsPassaic, NJ31,141West New York, NJ: 28,934 personsWest New York, NJ28,934Hackensack, NJ: 26,915 personsHackensack, NJ26,915New Brunswick, NJ: 26,879 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,879Camden, NJ: 26,801 personsCamden, NJ26,801Plainfield, NJ: 26,543 personsPlainfield, NJ26,543Perth Amboy, NJ: 25,639 personsPerth Amboy, NJ25,639Vineland, NJ: 25,223 personsVineland, NJ25,223Sayreville, NJ: 24,283 personsSayreville, NJ24,283Linden, NJ: 22,875 personsLinden, NJ22,875Kearny, NJ: 21,800 personsKearny, NJ21,800Fort Lee, NJ: 21,124 personsFort Lee, NJ21,124Fair Lawn, NJ: 18,607 personsFair Lawn, NJ18,607Garfield, NJ: 17,757 personsGarfield, NJ17,757Englewood, NJ: 16,376 personsEnglewood, NJ16,376Long Branch, NJ: 15,959 personsLong Branch, NJ15,959Bergenfield, NJ: 15,397 personsBergenfield, NJ15,397Princeton, NJ: 15,339 personsPrinceton, NJ15,339Atlantic City, NJ: 14,898 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,898Westfield, NJ: 14,817 personsWestfield, NJ14,817Rahway, NJ: 14,690 personsRahway, NJ14,690Lodi, NJ: 13,806 personsLodi, NJ13,806Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,636 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,636Ridgewood, NJ: 13,397 personsRidgewood, NJ13,397South Plainfield, NJ: 12,675 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,675Paramus, NJ: 12,267 personsParamus, NJ12,267Carteret, NJ: 11,923 personsCarteret, NJ11,923Millville, NJ: 11,887 personsMillville, NJ11,887Bridgeton, NJ: 9,203 personsBridgeton, NJ9,203Jersey City, NJ: 168,424 personsJersey City, NJ168,424Newark, NJ: 130,844 personsNewark, NJ130,844Paterson, NJ: 70,159 personsPaterson, NJ70,159Elizabeth, NJ: 65,054 personsElizabeth, NJ65,054Clifton, NJ: 48,350 personsClifton, NJ48,350Hoboken, NJ: 41,135 personsHoboken, NJ41,135Bayonne, NJ: 37,232 personsBayonne, NJ37,232Trenton, NJ: 36,471 personsTrenton, NJ36,471Union City, NJ: 34,678 personsUnion City, NJ34,678East Orange, NJ: 32,778 personsEast Orange, NJ32,778Passaic, NJ: 31,141 personsPassaic, NJ31,141West New York, NJ: 28,934 personsWest New York, NJ28,934Hackensack, NJ: 26,915 personsHackensack, NJ26,915New Brunswick, NJ: 26,879 personsNew Brunswick, NJ26,879Camden, NJ: 26,801 personsCamden, NJ26,801Plainfield, NJ: 26,543 personsPlainfield, NJ26,543Perth Amboy, NJ: 25,639 personsPerth Amboy, NJ25,639Vineland, NJ: 25,223 personsVineland, NJ25,223Sayreville, NJ: 24,283 personsSayreville, NJ24,283Linden, NJ: 22,875 personsLinden, NJ22,875Kearny, NJ: 21,800 personsKearny, NJ21,800Fort Lee, NJ: 21,124 personsFort Lee, NJ21,124Fair Lawn, NJ: 18,607 personsFair Lawn, NJ18,607Garfield, NJ: 17,757 personsGarfield, NJ17,757Englewood, NJ: 16,376 personsEnglewood, NJ16,376Long Branch, NJ: 15,959 personsLong Branch, NJ15,959Bergenfield, NJ: 15,397 personsBergenfield, NJ15,397Princeton, NJ: 15,339 personsPrinceton, NJ15,339Atlantic City, NJ: 14,898 personsAtlantic City, NJ14,898Westfield, NJ: 14,817 personsWestfield, NJ14,817Rahway, NJ: 14,690 personsRahway, NJ14,690Lodi, NJ: 13,806 personsLodi, NJ13,806Cliffside Park, NJ: 13,636 personsCliffside Park, NJ13,636Ridgewood, NJ: 13,397 personsRidgewood, NJ13,397South Plainfield, NJ: 12,675 personsSouth Plainfield, NJ12,675Paramus, NJ: 12,267 personsParamus, NJ12,267Carteret, NJ: 11,923 personsCarteret, NJ11,923Millville, NJ: 11,887 personsMillville, NJ11,887Bridgeton, NJ: 9,203 personsBridgeton, NJ9,203
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Jersey City, NJ168,424+0.8%
2Newark, NJ130,844+1.1%
3Paterson, NJ70,159+0.5%
4Elizabeth, NJ65,054+0.2%
5Clifton, NJ48,350+0.5%
6Hoboken, NJ41,135+0.8%
7Bayonne, NJ37,232+3%
8Trenton, NJ36,471-1%
9Union City, NJ34,678+0.8%
10East Orange, NJ32,778+0.1%
11Passaic, NJ31,141+0.5%
12West New York, NJ28,934+1.5%
13Hackensack, NJ26,915+0.3%
14New Brunswick, NJ26,879+0.2%
15Camden, NJ26,801-0.5%
16Plainfield, NJ26,543+0.2%
17Perth Amboy, NJ25,639+0.2%
18Vineland, NJ25,223-1.3%
19Sayreville, NJ24,283+0.8%
20Linden, NJ22,875+0.1%
21Kearny, NJ21,800+0.9%
22Fort Lee, NJ21,124+0.5%
23Fair Lawn, NJ18,607+0.9%
24Garfield, NJ17,757+1.6%
25Englewood, NJ16,376+0.4%
26Long Branch, NJ15,959-0.3%
27Bergenfield, NJ15,397+0.6%
28Princeton, NJ15,339+0.7%
29Atlantic City, NJ14,898-0.5%
30Westfield, NJ14,817+1.6%
31Rahway, NJ14,690-0%
32Lodi, NJ13,806+0.4%
33Cliffside Park, NJ13,636+0.7%
34Ridgewood, NJ13,397+0.3%
35South Plainfield, NJ12,675+1%
36Paramus, NJ12,267+0.3%
37Carteret, NJ11,923-0%
38Millville, NJ11,887-1.6%
39Bridgeton, NJ9,203+0.2%

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. 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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest employed residents?

Jersey City, NJ, with 168,424 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Bridgeton, NJ, with 9,203 in 2024.

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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