# Counties in New Jersey by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 21 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/new-jersey-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bergen County | 40,682 |
| 2 | Middlesex County | 40,681.2 |
| 3 | Morris County | 35,456.7 |
| 4 | Essex County | 35,200.5 |
| 5 | Hudson County | 30,201.2 |
| 6 | Somerset County | 24,144 |
| 7 | Mercer County | 23,916 |
| 8 | Monmouth County | 22,296 |
| 9 | Union County | 21,903.7 |
| 10 | Burlington County | 17,779.4 |
| 11 | Camden County | 16,123.8 |
| 12 | Ocean County | 12,405.1 |
| 13 | Passaic County | 12,357.2 |
| 14 | Atlantic County | 8,491.7 |
| 15 | Gloucester County | 8,069.8 |
| 16 | Hunterdon County | 4,241.6 |
| 17 | Cumberland County | 3,983.4 |
| 18 | Sussex County | 2,570.5 |
| 19 | Cape May County | 2,503.6 |
| 20 | Warren County | 2,443.7 |
| 21 | Salem County | 1,597 |