State labor market
New Jersey labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for New Jersey. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
New Jersey hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in New Jersey.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where New Jersey workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Home health and personal care aides
117,080estimated employmentLaborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
97,230estimated employmentSecretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive
65,960estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the New Jersey figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$106,500/yr New Jersey median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$135,940/yr New Jersey median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$77,250/yr New Jersey median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$100,830/yr New Jersey median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$78,200/yr New Jersey median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$180,040/yr New Jersey median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How New Jersey occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated New Jersey workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Structural iron and steel workers$113,220/yr state median · 1,060 workers+80.3%vs. U.S. $62,780/yr
- Chiropractors$134,990/yr state median · 1,370 workers+70.4%vs. U.S. $79,200/yr
- General and operations managers$173,690/yr state median · 53,000 workers+64.2%vs. U.S. $105,770/yr
- Coaches and scouts$76,700/yr state median · 5,670 workers+62.1%vs. U.S. $47,320/yr
- Correctional officers and jailers$94,770/yr state median · 7,570 workers+60.8%vs. U.S. $58,940/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- General internal medicine physicians$89,990/yr state median · 2,920 workers-64.9%vs. U.S. $256,560/yr
- Psychiatrists$194,070/yr state median · 1,290 workers-31.1%vs. U.S. $281,870/yr
- Tax preparers$43,420/yr state median · 3,220 workers-20.9%vs. U.S. $54,920/yr
- Fire inspectors and investigators$60,100/yr state median · 1,290 workers-20.8%vs. U.S. $75,920/yr
- Education administrators, all other$79,980/yr state median · 1,110 workers-16.0%vs. U.S. $95,200/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in New Jersey
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for New Jersey. Links marked “New Jersey report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no New Jersey report is available.
688 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.