1. ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
OVERVIEW LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT CIVILIAN UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE RATE
372,300 10.5% 9.8% NJ
8.3% US
TOTAL EMPLOYED PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
333,200 $31,500 $35K NJ
$27K US
MAJOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS
HISTORY Company Industry 2011 Employment
1666: Newark was founded Univ of Med.& Dentistry Medical/Surgical Univ 6,000
1683: County founded by CT families on Prudential Financial Ins Agencies & Brokerages 5,785
the Passaic River Gateway Group One Facilities Support Svc 3,500
1895: Essex was the 1st county in US to ADP Payroll Services 2,000
Verizon NJ Telecommunications 1,400
create County Park System
Myers Groups LLC Leather Goods 1,375
1920: Port Newark, Newark City Subway PSEG Energy Holdings Electric Power Distribution 1,000
and Newark Airport opened Roche Laboratories Inc Medical Laboratories 800
1997: NJ Performing Arts Center opened Broadview Networks Data Communication Svs 600
in Newark, rivaling NYC as a cultural American Airlines Transportation 500
center for music and dance
FASTEST GROWING EMPLOYMENT SECTORS
Today: Essex County is the industrial
and financial hub of New Jersey Rank Industry % of new employment
1 Educational Services >20%
2 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 15%
3 Telecommunications 11%
CURRENT POPULATION: 4 Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 10%
769,156
5 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 9%
LARGEST EMPLOYMENT SECTORS (TOP 5)
Rank Sector Essex NJ U.S.
PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH 1 Trade, Transportation & Utilities 21% 21% 19%
(2008-2018) 2 Education & Healthcare Services 16% 23% 14%
3 Professional & Business Services 14% 15% 13%
Essex 0.8% 4 Financial Activities 7% 7% 6%
5 Manufacturing 6% 7% 10%
NJ 2.8% LARGEST OCCUPATIONS (TOP 5)
Rank Occupation Essex NJ U.S.
1 Office & Admin Support 19% 17% 16%
LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES 2011 2 Sales & Related 8% 11% 11%
2 Bus. & Fin. Operations 7% 5% 5%
 Newark*(278,154)
4 Transportation and Material Moving 7% 7% 7%
 East Orange (64,270)
5 Protective Services 7% 3% 2%
 Irvington Twp (53,926)
 Bloomfield Twp (47,315)
 West Orange Twp (46,207) ETHNICITY/DIVERSITY AGE MEDIAN AGE
43%
37
TAX INFORMATION 2011 41% 35%
 Corporate Income Tax = 9% 28%
 Personal Income = 8.97% (max) 20% 26%
 Sales Tax = 7% 12%
8%
 Property Tax = $2,372 per capita 5%
Under 25
Hispanic/
 Median Property Taxes Paid in
White
Latino
Black
Other
45-64
25-44
Asian
county = $7,489
65+
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2. ESSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT cont’d TRANSPORTATION/MOBILTY
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AVG COMMUTE TIME (MINS) AVAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
12%
Less than H.S.
H.S. Diploma
31 30 NJ
25 US 247 Bus Routes
(statewide)
19% CARPOOL
Some College
19%
30%
4 Yrs of College
> 4 Yrs of College 11% 11 Commuter Rail Lines
(statewide)
21% USE PUBLIC TRANSIT
County: US:
COLLEGE DEGREE
32%
COLLEGE DEGREE
28%
21% 3 Light Rail Lines
(statewide)
MILES OF INTERSTATES & ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS
LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS HIGHWAYS (MILLIONS)
Montclair
Grade 12
Enrollment
448
Average Combined
SAT score (US :1509)
1617
38,000 100 Within one day
drive
West Orange 441 1439
MILEAGE TO NEAREST AIRPORT ABOUT NEWARK INT’L AIRPORT
Columbia 433 1550
Bloomfield
East Orange Campus
404
398
1341
1058
6 To Newark
Int’l Airport
 12th busiest in US (29th worldwide)
 34 million passengers (2010)
 860 million short tons of cargo
Institute
INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Type
ENROLLMENT
Under Graduate
18 To LaGuardia
Airport
ABOUT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT
 25 million passengers (2010)
 Smallest of 3 NY Metro Airports
graduate
 Generates $11 billion in economic
activity for NY/NJ
Montclair State Univ. 4 Yr 14,139 4,032
Essex County CC
Rutgers University- Newark
NJ Institute of Technology
2 Yr
4 Yr
4 Yr
13,314
7,307
5,924
NA
4,194
2,916
25 To JFK Int’l
Airport
ABOUT JFK INT’L AIRPORT
 #18 busiest worldwide
 47.4 million passengers (2010)
Seton Hall University 4 Yr 5,213 4,403  Leading freight gateway to US
Bloomfield College 4 Yr 2,156 NA (value of shipments)
Caldwell College 4 Yr 1,609 675 ABOUT PORT OF NY/NJ
MILEAGE TO NEAREST PORT
Univ. of Medicine/Dentistry 4 Yr 797 5,258  Largest port on East Coast
Eastern Int’l College 2 Yr 187 NA 4 To Port of
NY/NJ  3rd Largest port in the US
 Handled 5.3 million loaded and
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS unloaded 20 ft equiv units
Institute Enrollment
 Value of cargo that moved
High School Vocational 1,846 through port exceeds $190
Billion
COST OF DOING BUSINESS
UTILITY COSTS 2011 WAGES
Type of Utility Cost/Available Providers Rank Occupation Essex NJ
Gas $2.63 2nd lowest Bus. & Fin. Operations $77,430 $74,470
Electric 14.8 cents / Deregulated 7th highest Construction and Extraction $59,770 $56,400
Telecom Varies by location NA Food Prep & Serving related $23,600 $23,650
Waste/Sewer Varies by location NA Healthcare Practitioners $83,890 $83,800
Healthcare Support $29,040 $28,450
Management $136,180 $131,770
KEY RESOURCES & CONTACTS Office & Admin Support $37,870 $35,660
Production $36,600 $36,810
TRACYE MCDANIEL | PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Protective Services $51,850 $54,750
MICHAEL CHROBAK | CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Sales & Related $46,080 $43,760
EconDev@choosenj.com Trnsp and Material Moving $34,170 $33,100
609-297-2200
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Type Sq Ft/Acre Occupancy Costs
SOURCES: NJ Department of Labor & US Bureau of Labor Statistics; American Community
Survey, 2005-2009 Estimates,; NJ State Police & FBI, Uniform Crime Report; NJ Monthly Land 278 acres $10.76 / sf
Magazine, 2010; NJ State Department of Education, Spring 2010; Board of Public Utilities; Industrial 7,685,000 sq ft $5.78 / sf
Tax Foundation; Infoplease.com; Travelmath; CoStar; Hoovers; Institute for Energy Office 6,863,000 sq ft $24.26 / sf
Research; Data current as of May2012
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