New Brunswick, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers

Employers filed 3 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. New Brunswick is in Middlesex County.

Largest employers headquartered in New Brunswick

Johnson & Johnsonabout 136,000 employees (2021)

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

New Brunswick layoffs

3
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
261
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers

WARN notices filed in New Brunswick, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Sep 1, 2026	Johnson & Johnson Services IncTakes effect Dec 18, 2026	New Brunswick	88	—	State record
Sep 1, 2026	Johnson & Johnson Services IncTakes effect Dec 18, 2026	New Brunswick	87	—	State record
May 1, 2026	Johnson & JohnsonTakes effect Aug 21, 2026	New Brunswick	86	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in New Brunswick

Colleges in New Brunswick
College	Type	Students
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Public 4-year	20,000+
New Brunswick Theological Seminary	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Development Board of Middlesex County, Inc.
Middlesex

Middlesex County One-Stop Career Center - New Brunswick
New Brunswick · Comprehensive · 732-937-6200
8:30-4:30 Monday - Friday In - person and/or virtual services available

Middlesex County economy

4.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.9% the month before
463,483
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
861,535
people in Middlesex County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$109,028
median household income
Source: Census ACS
49%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

More cities in Middlesex County

Iselin142 jobs
Edison140 jobs
Piscataway125 jobs
Woodbridge74 jobs
Plainsboro52 jobs
Cranbury41 jobs
Perth Amboy15 jobs
Dayton13 jobs
Port Reading13 jobs
Old Bridge12 jobs
Fords10 jobs
Sayreville7 jobs

All of New Jersey

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Sources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.