1. SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
OVERVIEW LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT CIVILIAN UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE RATE
181,200 7.4% 9.8% NJ
8.3% US
TOTAL EMPLOYED PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
167,800 $47,100 $35K NJ
$27K US
MAJOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS
Company Industry 2011 Employment
HISTORY
Verizon Business Telecommunications 3,500
1688: Somerset is one of America's Avaya Inc Telecommunications 2,000
oldest counties; named after the Cegedim Dendrite Software Publishing 2,000
English county of Somerset Chubb Insurance Company Fire/Casualty Insurance 2,000
Late 1800s: Somerset Hills became Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical 2,000
Sanofi-Aventis Us LLC Pharmaceutical 2,000
popular country home for wealthy
Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceutical 1,800
industrialists Somerset Medical Ctr. Gen Med/Surgical Hospital 1,500
1960s: Townships once Met Life Insurance 1,400
agricultural, transformed into suburban Bloomberg LP News Syndicates 1,381
communities
Today: 9th wealthiest county in the US FASTEST GROWING EMPLOYMENT SECTORS
by per capita income (highest in NJ) Rank Industry % of new employment
and 6th in terms of median income 1 Ambulatory Health Care Services 19%
2 Management of Companies and Enterprises 17%
CURRENT POPULATION: 3 Hospitals 15%
4 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 15%
323,444 5 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6%
LARGEST EMPLOYMENT SECTORS (TOP 5)
PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH Rank Sector Somerset NJ U.S.
(2008-2018) 1 Professional & Business Services 22% 15% 13%
2 Trade, Transportation & Utilities 20% 21% 19%
3 Education & Healthcare Services 12% 23% 14%
Somerset 5.7%
4 Manufacturing 10% 7% 10%
5 Financial Activities 8% 7% 6%
NJ 2.8% LARGEST OCCUPATIONS (TOP 5)
Rank Occupation Somerset NJ U.S.
1 Office & Admin Support 17% 17% 16%
LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES 2011
2 Sales & Related 12% 11% 11%
 Franklin Twp (62,300) 2 Management 9% 6% 6%
 Bridgewater Twp (44,464) 4 Bus. & Fin. Operations 7% 5% 5%
 Hillsborough Twp (38,303) 5 Computer & Mathematical 6% 3% 2%
 Bernards Twp (26,652)
 Montgomery Twp (22,254)
 Somerville*(12,098) ETHNICITY/DIVERSITY AGE MEDIAN AGE
70% 40
TAX INFORMATION 2011 32%
 Corporate Income Tax = 9% 29%
27%
 Personal Income = 8.97% (max) 14%
 Sales Tax = 7% 13% 12%
9%
 Property Tax = $2,372 per capita 4%
Under 25
Hispanic/
 Median Property Taxes Paid in
Latino
White
45-64
25-44
Asian
Black
Other
county = $7,421
65+
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2. SOMERSET COUNTY LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT cont’d TRANSPORTATION/MOBILTY
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AVG COMMUTE TIME (MINS) AVAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
8%
Less than H.S.
H.S. Diploma
31 30 NJ
25 US 247 Bus Routes
(statewide)
21%
Some College CARPOOL
23%
28%
4 Yrs of College
> 4 Yrs of College 9.9% 3 Commuter Rail Lines
(Raritan
Valley, Gladstone, Northea
20% USE PUBLIC TRANSIT st Corridor)
COUNTY: US:
COLLEGE DEGREE
50%
COLLEGE DEGREE
28% 5.7% 3 Light Rail Lines
(statewide)
MILES OF INTERSTATES & ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS
LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS HIGHWAYS (MILLIONS)
Bridgewater-Raritan
Grade 12
Enrollment
651
Average Combined
SAT score (US :1509)
1639
38,000 100 Within one
day drive
Hillsborough 595 1664 MILEAGE TO NEAREST AIRPORTS ABOUT NEWARK INT’L AIRPORT
 14th busiest in US (37th worldwide)
Franklin Township
Watchung Hills
Montgomery
477
464
411
1394
1678
1782
23 To Newark
Int’l Airport  34 million passengers (2011)
 812,000 short tons of cargo
INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
40 To LaGuardia
Airport
ABOUT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT
 24 million passengers (2011)
 20th Busiest in US
Institute Type Under Graduate  Generates $11 billion in economic
graduate activity for NY/NJ
Rutgers Univ (Middlesex) 4 Yr 29,095 8,271
Raritan Valley CC
College of NJ (Mercer)
2 Yr
4 Yr
8,458
6,237
NA
742 42 To JFK Int’l
Airport
ABOUT JFK INT’L AIRPORT
 #17 busiest worldwide
 47.7 million passengers (2011)
Princeton (Mercer) 4 Yr 5,113 2,479  Leading freight gateway to US (by
value of shipments)
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MILEAGE TO NEAREST PORT ABOUT PORT OF NY/NJ
Institute
High School Vocational
Post Secondary FT/PT Vocational
Enrollment
529
316
25 To Port of
NY/NJ
 Busiest port on East Coast
(3rd in US)
 Handled 5.3 million loaded and
unloaded 20 ft equiv units
 Value of cargo that moved
COST OF DOING BUSINESS through port exceeds $190 Billion
UTILITY COSTS 2011 WAGES
Type of Utility Utility Provider Cost Occupation Somerset NJ
Gas $2.63 2nd lowest Bus. & Fin. Operations $74,830 $74,470
Electric 14.8 cents / Deregulated 7th highest Computer & Mathematical $85,770 $85,590
Telecom Varies by location NA Food Prep & Serving Related $23,690 $23,650
Waste/Sewer Varies by location NA
Healthcare Practitioners $85,110 $83,800
Management $130,750 131,770
KEY RESOURCES & CONTACTS Office & Admin Support $36,350 $36,810
Production $35,880 $35,630
TRACYE MCDANIEL | PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Personal Care & Service $28,040 $27,970
MICHAEL CHROBAK | CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Sales & Related $43,360 $43,760
Trnsp and Material Moving $32,130 $33,100
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Type Sq Ft/Acre Occupancy Costs
SOURCES: NJ Department of Labor & US Bureau of Labor Statistics; American Land 1103 acres $3.52 / sf
Community Survey, 2005-2009 Estimates,; NJ State Police & FBI, Uniform Crime
Report; NJ Monthly Magazine, 2010; NJ State Department of Education, Spring 2010;
Industrial 4,331,000 sq ft $4.99 / sf
Board of Public Utilities; Tax Foundation; Infoplease.com; Travelmath; CoStar; Office 6,396,000 sq ft $23.48 / sf
Hoovers; Institute for Energy Research; Data current as of May 2012
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