Salem County, NJ jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Salem County’s unemployment rate is 6.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 21 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Salem County economy

6.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
7.5% the month before
30,859
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
64,973
people in Salem County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$78,412
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Salem County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Salem County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Salem County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Quince8 open roles
PSEG Long Island Public Service Enterprise Group4 open roles
Bancroft A New Jersey Nonprofit3 open roles
Amazon1 open role
NFI Industries1 open role
QualSpec1 open role
Safeway1 open role
Siegfried1 open role
SN Consulting1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cumberland-Salem-Cape May Workforce Development Board
Cape May, Cumberland, Salem

Salem County One Stop Career Center
Penns Grove · Comprehensive · 856-299-7200
8:30-4:30 Monday - Friday

Cities in Salem County

Other New Jersey counties

All of New Jersey

Laid off or looking for work in Salem County?

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from New Jersey’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.