Middlesex County, New Jersey has a civilian labor force of 438,300 with an unemployment rate of 8.5%, higher than the state and national rates. The county's largest private sector employers include Rutgers University, RWJ University Hospital, and Solaris Health Systems. Projected employment growth between 2008-2018 is 2.8%, matching the state rate. The county has a diverse population with the largest ethnic groups being White, Black, and Hispanic.

1. MIDDLESEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
OVERVIEW LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT CIVILIAN UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE RATE
438,300 8.5% 9.8% NJ
8.3% US
TOTAL EMPLOYED PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
401,000 $37,300 $35K NJ
$27K US
MAJOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS
HISTORY
Company Industry 2011 Employment
1683: Middlesex County founded Rutgers State University Colleges & University 6,400
1766: Queens College (renamed Rutgers RWJ Univ Hospital Gen Med/Surgical Hospital 6,000
College in 1825) was chartered, making Solaris Health Systems Gen Med/Surgical Hospital 5,000
the College the eighth oldest college/ Revlon Holding Cosmetics 4,000
university in America Telcordia Technologies Telecom 2,660
1877: Thomas Edison invented first St Peter’s University Gen Med/Surgical Hospital 2,474
phonograph at Menlo Park Colgate-Palmolive Tech Consumer Goods 750
1879: Edison invented incandescent lamp Chanel Cosmetics 750
1886: Johnson & Johnson began GE Healthcare Scientific Recording Equip 600
operations in New Brunswick Fuji Film North America Photo finish Laboratories 500
1918: NJ College for Women (Douglass
College) opened
FASTEST GROWING EMPLOYMENT SECTORS
Today: county ranks 63rd in US among
the highest-income counties by median Rank Industry % of new employment
household 1 Management of Companies and Enterprises 18%
2 Ambulatory Health Care Services 18%
CURRENT POPULATION: 3 Food Services and Drinking Places 17%
4 Administrative and Support Services 12%
809,858 5 Social Assistance 9%
LARGEST EMPLOYMENT SECTORS (TOP 5)
PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH Rank Sector Middlesex NJ U.S.
(2008-2018) 1 Trade, Transportation & Utilities 25% 21% 19%
2 Professional & Business Services 21% 15% 13%
New 3 Education & Healthcare Services 10% 23% 14%
2.8%
Brunswick 4 Manufacturing 9% 7% 10%
5 Financial Activities 6% 7% 6%
NJ 2.8%
LARGEST OCCUPATIONS (TOP 5)
Rank Occupation Middlesex NJ U.S.
1 Office & Admin Support 17% 17% 16%
LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES 2011 2 Sales & Related 10% 11% 11%
2 Transportation and Material Moving 10% 7% 7%
 Edison (99,967)
4 Production 6% 5% 7%
 Woodbridge (99,585)
5 Management 6% 6% 6%
 Old Bridge (65,375)
 Piscataway (56,044)
 New Brunswick*(55,181) ETHNICITY/DIVERSITY AGE MEDIAN AGE
59%
37
TAX INFORMATION 2011 33%
 Corporate Income Tax = 9% 29%
 Personal Income = 8.97% (max) 26%
 Sales Tax = 7% 21%
12%
18%
 Property Tax = $2,372 per capita 10%
Under 25
 Median Property Taxes Paid in 7%
Hispanic
/Latino
White
45-64
Black
25-44
Other
Asian
county = $5,892
65+
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2. MIDDLESEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT cont’d TRANSPORTATION/MOBILTY
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AVG COMMUTE TIME (MINS) AVAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
15% 12%
Less than H.S.
H.S. Diploma
32 30 NJ
25 US 247 Bus Routes
(statewide)
Some College CARPOOL
23% 29%
4 Yrs of College
> 4 Yrs of College 9.8% 3 Commuter Rail Lines
(Northeast
Corridor, North
USE PUBLIC TRANSIT Jersey Coast, Raritan
22% COUNTY: US: Valley)
COLLEGE DEGREE
38%
COLLEGE DEGREE
28%
9.9% 3 Light Rail Lines
(statewide)
MILES OF INTERSTATES & ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS
LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS HIGHWAYS (MILLIONS)
Edison
Grade 12
Enrollment
1,074
Average Combined
SAT score (US :1509)
1519
38,000 100 Within one
day drive
Woodbridge 1,036 1381 MILEAGE TO NEAREST AIRPORT ABOUT NEWARK INT’L AIRPORT
 14th busiest in US (37th worldwide)
Old Bridge
South Brunswick
Perth Amboy
790
673
537
1528
1644
1249
25 To Newark
Int’l Airport  34 million passengers (2011)
 812,000 short tons of cargo
INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT
48 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 University 4 Yr 29,095 8,271
Middlesex County CC
DeVry Univ-NJ
2 Yr
4 Yr
13,374
2,517
NA
179
50 To JFK Int’l
Airport
ABOUT JFK INT’L AIRPORT
 #17 busiest worldwide
 47.7 million passengers (2011)
UMDNJ 4 Yr 1,043 5,770  Leading freight gateway to US (by
Rabbi Jacob Joseph School 4 Yr 76 NA value of shipments)
New Brunswick Theo 4 Yr NA 223
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MILEAGE TO NEAREST PORT ABOUT PORT OF NY/NJ
 Busiest port on East Coast
Institute
High School Vocational
Post Secondary
Enrollment
2,020
463
26 To Port of
NY/NJ
 3rd Busiest port in the 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 Cost/Available Providers Rank Occupation Middlesex 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
Install, Maint, & Repair $49,160 $49,710
Management $130,750 $131,770
KEY RESOURCES & CONTACTS
Office & Admin Support $36,350 $36,810
TRACYE MCDANIEL | PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Production $35,880 $35,630
MICHAEL CHROBAK | CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Sales & Related $48,360 $43,760
Trnsp and Material Moving $32,130 $33,100
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Type Sq Ft/Acre Occupancy Costs
Land 1,242 acres $4.23 / sf
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
Industrial 30,151,000 sq ft $4.12 / sf
Magazine, 2010; NJ State Department of Education, Spring 2010; Board of Public Utilities; Office 9,407,000 sq ft $23.72 / sf
Tax Foundation; Infoplease.com; Travelmath; CoStar; Hoovers; Institute for Energy
Research; Data current as of May 2012
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