Hudson County, NJ

FIPS 34017 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Hudson County had an annual average of 273,729 jobs across 19,208 establishments, paying $26.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

273,729

+0.3% YoY

Establishments

19,208

Total Wages

$26.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$94,901

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Hudson County, NJ, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 21,497 266 $1,527 $1,637.1M
722 NAICS 722 19,158 1,580 $628 $624.4M
522 NAICS 522 18,869 253 $3,876 $3,803.4M
561 NAICS 561 14,924 809 $1,351 $811.8M
541 NAICS 541 14,770 1,946 $2,833 $2,171.8M
523 NAICS 523 13,733 249 $4,449 $3,176.2M
621 NAICS 621 13,076 1,147 $2,324 $803.8M
921 NAICS 921 11,179 16 $2,507 $868.2M
624 NAICS 624 10,795 3,692 $2,095 $342.4M
424 NAICS 424 8,389 334 $1,974 $861.3M
622 NAICS 622 7,438 10 $1,515 $557.8M
492 NAICS 492 7,253 64 $944 $356.2M
455 NAICS 455 6,173 111 $695 $223.1M
524 NAICS 524 6,126 170 $3,699 $1,178.2M
484 NAICS 484 5,665 460 $1,347 $396.9M
445 NAICS 445 5,648 620 $683 $200.5M
493 NAICS 493 4,615 81 $1,156 $277.5M
423 NAICS 423 4,572 314 $1,927 $458.3M
488 NAICS 488 4,445 134 $2,151 $492.1M
551 NAICS 551 4,383 95 $3,729 $849.9M
491 NAICS 491 4,191 32 $1,356 $295.5M
531 NAICS 531 4,086 620 $1,513 $317.9M
713 NAICS 713 3,902 140 $1,233 $248.8M
812 NAICS 812 3,536 718 $657 $120.2M
238 NAICS 238 2,852 377 $1,793 $265.9M
458 NAICS 458 2,778 252 $941 $136.0M
456 NAICS 456 2,601 326 $852 $115.2M
459 NAICS 459 2,596 233 $1,007 $136.0M
518 NAICS 518 2,576 71 $3,444 $461.3M
485 NAICS 485 2,304 65 $2,200 $189.3M
813 NAICS 813 2,284 209 $2,079 $247.0M
623 NAICS 623 2,168 52 $923 $104.1M
513 NAICS 513 2,146 263 $3,100 $346.0M
311 NAICS 311 1,849 104 $991 $95.3M
922 NAICS 922 1,742 11 $2,840 $228.0M
721 NAICS 721 1,609 62 $993 $83.1M
811 NAICS 811 1,493 280 $1,306 $101.3M
441 NAICS 441 1,469 100 $1,426 $108.9M
444 NAICS 444 1,438 55 $832 $62.2M
562 NAICS 562 1,376 47 $1,907 $136.4M
236 NAICS 236 1,102 323 $1,450 $83.1M
516 NAICS 516 1,075 21 $2,141 $119.7M
325 NAICS 325 986 30 $3,678 $188.6M
449 NAICS 449 840 132 $1,079 $47.1M
457 NAICS 457 818 118 $732 $31.1M
323 NAICS 323 812 34 $1,787 $75.4M
315 NAICS 315 730 22 $771 $29.3M
519 NAICS 519 563 36 $2,107 $50.2M
327 NAICS 327 551 16 $1,377 $39.5M
339 NAICS 339 534 38 $1,641 $45.5M
923 NAICS 923 503 8 $2,147 $37.2M
332 NAICS 332 500 26 $1,299 $33.8M
483 NAICS 483 460 14 $1,730 $41.4M
925 NAICS 925 459 12 $1,434 $28.9M
926 NAICS 926 444 15 $2,344 $50.3M
517 NAICS 517 439 38 $2,541 $58.0M
221 NAICS 221 382 3 $1,192 $23.7M
814 NAICS 814 356 387 $811 $15.0M
326 NAICS 326 331 8 $1,464 $25.2M
335 NAICS 335 305 11 $1,643 $26.1M
337 NAICS 337 303 19 $1,453 $22.9M
324 NAICS 324 214 5 $1,801 $20.0M
314 NAICS 314 212 8 $1,742 $19.2M
321 NAICS 321 177 6 $1,216 $11.2M
333 NAICS 333 165 15 $1,676 $14.4M
322 NAICS 322 154 5 $1,318 $10.5M
336 NAICS 336 99 8 $1,400 $7.2M
312 NAICS 312 94 12 $1,827 $8.9M
316 NAICS 316 93 8 $1,016 $4.9M
525 NAICS 525 54 17 $19,567 $54.9M
237 NAICS 237 42 4 $1,655 $3.6M
331 NAICS 331 31 4 $1,345 $2.2M
712 NAICS 712 18 1 $1,863 $1.7M
928 NAICS 928 17 2 $1,761 $1.6M
924 NAICS 924 14 2 $2,025 $1.5M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

4,526

jobs · $73,800 avg pay

State Government

4,316

jobs · $104,760 avg pay

Local Government

29,802

jobs · $78,179 avg pay

Private

235,085

jobs · $97,246 avg pay

NJ Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

4.8%

April 2026

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