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New Jersey jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

New Jersey’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. 6,743 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 119 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

New Jersey economy

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.5% the month before

  • 4,918,162

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 9,267,014

    people in New Jersey

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $101,050

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 47%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

New Jersey layoffs

  • 119

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 13,930

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 90

    employers

WARN notices filed in New Jersey, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods LLCTakes effect Dec 30, 2026Elmwood Park168—State record
Acme Markets Inc.Takes effect Jan 2, 2027Hillsdale122—State record
FRC Balance LLC, DBA The Food KitchenTakes effect Jan 3, 2027Hackensack89—State record
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationTakes effect Oct 1, 2026Jersey City75—State record
Atlantic City Linen Supply LLCTakes effect Jan 3, 2027Atlantic City67—State record
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, IncTakes effect Feb 1, 2027Fairfield61—State record
Mars Information ServicesTakes effect Jan 31, 2027Newark55—State record
Wonder Group, Inc.Takes effect Sep 16, 2026Parsippany533—State record
Bristol Myers SquibbTakes effect Dec 17, 2026Princeton265—State record
Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaTakes effect Nov 28, 2026Newark125—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in New Jersey

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Amazon101 open roles
  2. Hackensack Meridian Health88 open roles
  3. Robert Half76 open roles
  4. L3HARRIS Technologies64 open roles
  5. JPMorgan Chase60 open roles
  6. DTCC59 open roles
  7. Becton Dickinson56 open roles
  8. Sanofi-aventis Patient Assistance Foundation56 open roles
  9. BAE Systems51 open roles
  10. Confidential50 open roles
  11. Legend Biotech48 open roles
  12. Fiserv44 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in New Jersey

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in New Jersey

  • 54

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 398,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in New Jersey

Largest colleges in New Jersey
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Montclair State UniversityMontclairPublic 4-year20,000+
Rowan UniversityGlassboroPublic 4-year20,000+
Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew BrunswickPublic 4-year20,000+
Kean UniversityUnionPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewarkPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Rutgers University-NewarkNewarkPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Beth Medrash GovohaLakewoodPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneckPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
New Jersey City UniversityJersey CityPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Princeton UniversityPrincetonPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwahPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Rutgers University-CamdenCamdenPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

All 54 New Jersey colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving New Jersey. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

26 American Job Centers in New Jersey

Job fairs and business events in New Jersey

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in New Jersey.

Conferences in New Jersey

Industry conferences and trade shows held in New Jersey, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 10 with dates announced.

All conferences

New Jersey counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

New Jersey cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in New Jersey?

See what to do first, what New Jersey unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from New Jersey’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. New Jersey unemployment benefits.