1. SALEM COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
OVERVIEW LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT CIVILIAN UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE RATE
31,600 9.8% 9.8% NJ
8.3% US
TOTAL EMPLOYED PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
28,500 $27,300 $35K NJ
$27K US
MAJOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS
HISTORY Company Industry 2011 Employment
1694: Founded named by John Fenwick Memorial Hospital Salem County Gen Med/Surgical Hospital 1,495
1735: Old Salem County Court House Mannington Mills Inc Floor Covering Stores 800
Anchor Glass Container Corp Glass containers 376
built, 2nd oldest in use in the US
J.E. Berkowitz, LP Insulating Glass 210
1738: 1st successful glass factory in Cooper Crouse Hinds LLC Electronic Connectors 135
America was in Salem County Salem Community College Community College 137
1891: The DuPont Company established G4s Secure Solutions USA Security Guard Services 115
a plant for the production of smokeless
powder FASTEST GROWING EMPLOYMENT SECTORS
1970-80s: Hope Creek Nuclear Power
Rank Industry % of new employment
Plant & Salem Nuclear Power Plant was
constructed. Today, these plants 1 Ambulatory Health Care Services >20%
produce half the energy used in NJ 2 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing 22%
3 Crop Production 12%
CURRENT POPULATION: 4 Truck Transportation 10%
5 Educational Services 6%
66,342 LARGEST EMPLOYMENT SECTORS (TOP 5)
Rank Sector Salem NJ U.S.
PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
(2008-2018) 1 Trade, Transportation, & Utilities 24% 21% 19%
2 Education & Healthcare Services 14% 23% 14%
Salem 0.6% 3 Manufacturing 13% 7% 10%
4 Professional & Business Services 9% 15% 13%
5 Leisure & Hospitality 8% 9% 10%
NJ 2.8%
LARGEST OCCUPATIONS (TOP 5)
Rank Occupation Salem NJ U.S.
LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES 2011 1 Office & Admin Support 16% 17% 16%
2 Transportation & Material Moving 12% 7% 7%
 Pennsville Twp (13,409)
3 Install, Maintenance, & Repair 8% 4% 4%
 Pittsgrove Twp (9,393)
4 Production 7% 5% 7%
 Carneys Point Twp (8,049)
5 Food Prep & Serving Related 5% 6% 8%
 Penns Grove Borough (5,147)
 Salem*(5,146)
ETHNICITY/DIVERSITY AGE MEDIAN AGE
TAX INFORMATION 2011 80%
39
31%
 Corporate Income Tax = 9%
28% 28%
 Personal Income = 8.97% (max)
 Sales Tax = 7%
 Property Tax = $2,372 per capita 14% 14%
 Median Property Taxes Paid in 7% 1% 3%
Under 25
Other
county =$3,994
Hispanic
Asian
/Latino
45-64
25-44
White
Black
65+
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2. SALEM COUNTY LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT cont’d TRANSPORTATION/MOBILTY
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AVG COMMUTE TIME (MINS) AVAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
6%
14%
Less than H.S.
H.S. Diploma
29 30 NJ
25 US 4 Bus Routes
12% CARPOOL
Some College
29% 39%
4 Yrs of College
> 4 Yrs of College 9% 11 Commuter Rail Lines
(statewide)
US: USE PUBLIC TRANSIT
COUNTY:
COLLEGE DEGREE
18%
COLLEGE DEGREE
28%
1.5% 3 Light Rail Lines
(statewide)
MILES OF INTERSTATES & KEY ROADS
LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT
HIGHWAYS  NJ Turnpike
38,000
Grade 12 Average Combined  Interstate 295
Enrollment SAT score (US :1509)
Woodstown 187 1520
Pennsville Memorial 150 1445
Arthur P. Schalick 139 1464
MILEAGE TO NEAREST AIRPORT ABOUT ATLANTIC CITY INT’L AIRPORT
Penns Grove 135 1308
Salem 116
INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
1367
45 To Atlantic City
Airport
 Joint civil-military public airport
 5,300-acre site
 1.4+ million passengers annually
18
ENROLLMENT To Philadelphia ABOUT PHILADELPHIA INT’L AIRPORT
Institute Type Under Graduate Int’l Airport  30.8 Million passengers (2011)
graduate  Ranked 11th in world for Aircraft
Rowan (Gloucester) 4 Yr 9,665 1,342 movements
Salem County CC 2 Yr 1,514 NA MILEAGE TO NEAREST PORT ABOUT PORT OF CAMDEN
Institute
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
Enrollment
31 To Camden
Port
 4 Terminals
 35 Tenants
 Specializes in handling break-
ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS bulk and container cargo
High School Vocational 587 (MILLIONS)  Nation’s leader in handling
import wood products
COST OF DOING BUSINESS 100 Within one
day drive
2011 WAGES SPACE AVAILABILITY
Occupation Salem NJ Type Sq Ft/Acre Occupancy Costs
Bus. & Fin. Operations $71,400 $74,740 Land 2,520 acres $0.58 / sf
Construction & Extraction $47,640 $56,400 Industrial 257,000 sq ft $3.76/ sf
Food Prep & Serving Related $22,090 $23,650 Office 112,000 sq ft $20.13 / sf
Healthcare Practitioners $80,980 $83,800
Install, Maint, & Repair $46,780 $49,710
Office & Admin Support $36,540 $36,810
UTILITY COSTS
Production $40,580 $35,630
Protective Services $40,150 $54,750 Type of Utility Utility Provider Cost
Sales & Related $39,760 $43,760 Gas $2.63 2nd lowest
Trnsp & Material Moving $34,430 $33,100 Electric 14.8 cents / Deregulated 7th highest
Telecom Varies by location NA
Waste/Sewer Varies by location NA
KEY RESOURCES & CONTACTS
TRACYE MCDANIEL | PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MICHAEL CHROBAK | CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
SOURCES: NJ Department of Labor & US Bureau of Labor Statistics; American Community
EconDev@choosenj.com Survey, 2005-2009 Estimates,; NJ State Police & FBI, Uniform Crime Report; NJ Monthly
Magazine, 2010; NJ State Department of Education, Spring 2010; Board of Public Utilities;
609-297-2200 Tax Foundation; Infoplease.com; Travelmath; CoStar; Hoovers; Institute for Energy
www.ChooseNJ.com Research; Data current as of May 2012
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