Hudson County · New Jersey
Jersey City, NJ jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Jersey City, NJ earn a median of $65,805 a year, 48% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.8% against 5.2% nationally, and professional, scientific & management is the largest employer at 20.8% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $65,805#3 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.8%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 70.4%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 157,108Civilian employed, age 16+
What Jersey City does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Professional, scientific & management20.8%
- Education, health care & social assistance19.3%
- Finance, insurance & real estate14.9%
- Retail trade7.5%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities7.3%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food6.7%
- Manufacturing5.4%
- Information4.2%
- Construction4.1%
- Other services, except public administration3.9%
- Public administration3.3%
- Wholesale trade2.5%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.2%
Related data for Jersey City
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.