State profile
New Jersey
United States · GDP 2025
#11 of 51 US states by GDP61st-percentile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$887.2B
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
3,945,019
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
237,968
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$80.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,249,063
Census PEP · 2022
New Jersey · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 21 by GDP · BEA 2024Bergen$105.8BMiddlesex$86.7BEssex$76.2BMorris$74.4BHudson$65.7BMercer$56.8BSomerset$54.5BMonmouth$52.7BUnion$51.9BBurlington$40.9BCamden$34.6BOcean$31.7BPassaic$29.1BAtlantic$19.4BGloucester$19.1BHunterdon$9.9BCumberland$8.5BCape May$7.8BSalem$7.4BSussex$6.7BWarren$6.2B
See all counties in New Jersey →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Johnson & JohnsonHealthcare$94.2B80B+2Merck & Co., Inc.Healthcare$65.0B84B+3Prudential Financial, Inc.Financial Services$60.8B66B4Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyHealthcare$48.2B85A5PBF Energy Inc.Energy$29.3B63C6Becton, Dickinson and CompanyHealthcare$21.8B83B+7Cognizant Technology Solutions CorporationTechnology$21.1B85A8Automatic Data Processing, Inc.Technology$20.6B82B+9Kenvue Inc.Consumer Defensive$15.1B59C10Public Service Enterprise Group IncorporatedUtilities$12.1B81B+11Avis Budget Group, Inc.Industrials$11.7B59C12Burlington Stores, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$11.5B74B13Quest Diagnostics IncorporatedHealthcare$11.0B88A14Campbell Soup CompanyConsumer Defensive$10.3B66B15Zoetis Inc.Healthcare$9.5B82B+16Versant Media Group, Inc. Class ACommunication Services$6.7B56C17Organon & Co.Healthcare$6.2B66B18Church & Dwight Co., Inc.Consumer Defensive$6.2B76B+19Selective Insurance Group, Inc.Financial Services$5.3B81B+20CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common StockTechnology$5.1B39D21American Water Works Company, Inc.Utilities$5.1B78B+22Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.Basic Materials$3.9B54D23Verisk Analytics, Inc.Technology$3.1B75B+24Conduent IncorporatedTechnology$3.0B56C25Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$3.0B75B+HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care28%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services14%
Wholesale trade12%
Transportation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$693.7B2021
$756.5B2022
$806.9B2023
$846.0B2024
$887.2B2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR315 filings from 102 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$80.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US states
nearest by GDPThe read
What is the GDP of New Jersey?
New Jersey's economy produced $887.2B in 2025, growing 4.9% year over year — faster than most US states. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.