Mercer County, NJ

FIPS 34021 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Mercer County had an annual average of 264,155 jobs across 11,677 establishments, paying $23.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

264,155

+0.9% YoY

Establishments

11,677

Total Wages

$23.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$90,503

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 Mercer County, NJ, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 28,192 307 $1,942 $2,593.0M
541 NAICS 541 25,174 1,787 $3,008 $3,899.8M
922 NAICS 922 18,216 35 $2,619 $1,727.9M
561 NAICS 561 15,755 705 $1,880 $709.4M
722 NAICS 722 11,717 800 $550 $334.9M
622 NAICS 622 10,893 14 $1,837 $995.5M
621 NAICS 621 10,399 850 $1,536 $830.4M
624 NAICS 624 10,283 1,125 $1,646 $598.9M
623 NAICS 623 10,205 149 $1,414 $648.1M
921 NAICS 921 8,583 28 $2,628 $718.7M
926 NAICS 926 8,007 30 $2,271 $646.6M
923 NAICS 923 7,358 18 $2,544 $634.5M
523 NAICS 523 5,245 200 $4,102 $1,118.9M
445 NAICS 445 5,102 278 $614 $162.9M
551 NAICS 551 4,929 80 $4,051 $1,038.3M
325 NAICS 325 4,202 63 $4,661 $1,018.5M
238 NAICS 238 3,524 368 $1,750 $320.6M
423 NAICS 423 3,500 198 $2,328 $423.8M
813 NAICS 813 3,403 325 $1,929 $249.9M
424 NAICS 424 3,239 156 $2,628 $442.6M
455 NAICS 455 3,121 78 $598 $97.0M
812 NAICS 812 2,566 384 $1,010 $93.5M
924 NAICS 924 2,487 14 $2,088 $200.6M
492 NAICS 492 2,307 28 $867 $104.0M
531 NAICS 531 2,200 260 $1,511 $172.8M
237 NAICS 237 2,040 25 $2,368 $180.0M
713 NAICS 713 1,999 97 $675 $53.3M
441 NAICS 441 1,721 81 $1,423 $127.4M
456 NAICS 456 1,712 159 $1,119 $99.6M
459 NAICS 459 1,679 143 $603 $52.6M
444 NAICS 444 1,663 71 $792 $68.5M
236 NAICS 236 1,581 262 $1,940 $159.4M
458 NAICS 458 1,498 131 $542 $42.2M
485 NAICS 485 1,459 28 $1,544 $70.2M
333 NAICS 333 1,365 23 $1,194 $84.7M
491 NAICS 491 1,293 17 $1,447 $97.3M
811 NAICS 811 1,217 186 $1,067 $67.3M
513 NAICS 513 1,091 103 $3,938 $223.5M
925 NAICS 925 1,067 5 $1,448 $79.4M
457 NAICS 457 1,059 92 $725 $39.9M
334 NAICS 334 1,005 44 $2,479 $129.6M
721 NAICS 721 977 33 $811 $41.2M
449 NAICS 449 962 88 $1,138 $56.9M
712 NAICS 712 915 9 $893 $41.7M
221 NAICS 221 825 24 $3,289 $124.2M
562 NAICS 562 812 28 $1,642 $69.4M
311 NAICS 311 723 36 $911 $34.3M
999 NAICS 999 640 535 $1,206 $40.1M
928 NAICS 928 626 8 $1,682 $48.3M
517 NAICS 517 603 27 $1,751 $54.9M
484 NAICS 484 596 80 $1,312 $40.7M
512 NAICS 512 552 18 $685 $19.7M
711 NAICS 711 467 50 $854 $20.7M
481 NAICS 481 451 6 $1,592 $37.3M
488 NAICS 488 439 39 $1,547 $34.7M
332 NAICS 332 432 24 $1,651 $37.0M
532 NAICS 532 349 38 $1,174 $21.3M
518 NAICS 518 347 30 $2,728 $49.2M
814 NAICS 814 316 257 $802 $13.2M
336 NAICS 336 312 6 $1,729 $28.0M
323 NAICS 323 291 35 $1,659 $25.1M
519 NAICS 519 281 16 $3,209 $34.9M
322 NAICS 322 276 4 $1,463 $21.0M
522 NAICS 522 275 1 $1,716 $24.6M
516 NAICS 516 261 13 $3,670 $49.8M
326 NAICS 326 247 10 $1,314 $16.9M
327 NAICS 327 194 12 $1,546 $15.6M
425 NAICS 425 156 35 $2,123 $17.2M
335 NAICS 335 146 16 $1,370 $10.4M
339 NAICS 339 114 16 $2,396 $14.2M
312 NAICS 312 95 10 $494 $2.4M
111 NAICS 111 76 15 $546 $2.2M
112 NAICS 112 47 7 $527 $1.3M
493 NAICS 493 40 1 $881 $1.8M
115 NAICS 115 38 6 $735 $1.5M
337 NAICS 337 19 6 $1,421 $1.4M
927 NAICS 927 12 1 $2,643 $1.6M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,344

jobs · $97,653 avg pay

State Government

58,281

jobs · $84,639 avg pay

Local Government

17,091

jobs · $79,484 avg pay

Private

186,439

jobs · $93,256 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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