New Jersey
State, USPS NJ · 40.19, -74.66
5 findings fired for New Jersey this run, against a typical home value of $580,353 in August 2026 and covered employment of 4,247,817 in 2026 Q1.
- 92nd pct · 5th of 51 US states · median $350,752
Zillow Home Value Index, state file: the middle third of the market, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 86th pct · 8th of 51 US states · median 2.1%
Zillow's own twelve-month change on the state row.
- 80th pct · 11th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
BLS QCEW covered employment, third month of the quarter, all ownerships.
- 88th pct · 7th of 52 US states · median $1,416
Total quarterly wages divided by average employment and by thirteen weeks; one covered job, not a household.
- 82nd pct · 10th of 52 US states · median 161,279
BLS QCEW reporting units, all ownerships.
- 70th pct · 13th of 52 US states · median -0.2%
BLS's own published over-the-year change. The newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so this is their figure, not a subtraction of ours.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $580,353 (Aug 2026), +3.9% over one year, +35.4% over five
- 92nd pct · 5th of 51 US states · median $350,752
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | $580,353 · +3.9% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rent #
Rather than print an empty row that suggests a number could arrive, the rows are omitted and the reason is stated. The rent figures for this state's counties are on their own pages.
Jobs & wages #
4.25 m jobs at 343,397 employers (2026 Q1); 0.0% jobs and +3.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 80th pct · 11th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 4.25 m jobs · $1,879/wk · 0.0% YoY |
| Sector | Jobs | Average weekly wage | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 698,537 | $1,349 | 1.09 |
| Retail trade | 416,824 | $896 | 1.01 |
| Professional and technical services | 334,900 | $3,168 | 1.14 |
| Accommodation and food services | 315,108 | $623 | 0.83 |
| Administrative and waste services | 275,323 | $1,263 | 1.14 |
| Manufacturing | 247,134 | $2,362 | 0.72 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 227,448 | $1,391 | 1.27 |
| Wholesale trade | 206,895 | $2,542 | 1.27 |
| Finance and insurance | 189,429 | $5,140 | 1.09 |
| Construction | 159,342 | $1,731 | 0.72 |
| Other services | 141,077 | $1,020 | 1.11 |
| Educational services | 93,384 | $1,214 | 1.02 |
| Management of companies | 79,055 | $5,781 | 1.11 |
| Information | 72,571 | $4,330 | 0.93 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 64,314 | $1,112 | 0.92 |
| Real estate and rental | 60,676 | $1,816 | 0.93 |
| Unclassified | 40,979 | $1,865 | 4.53 |
| Utilities | 14,823 | $3,540 | 0.88 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 10,111 | $929 | 0.33 |
| Mining, oil and gas | 1,418 | $2,314 | 0.09 |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Affordability #
A 30-year mortgage on the typical home at 7.28% costs about $3,177 a month in principal and interest.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $580,353 × 80% = $464,282, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $3,177/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,879 × 52 / 12 = $8,142) = 39% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $580,353 / ($1,879 × 52) = 5.9
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Trade gateways #
13 ports within 200 km, 0 land crossings within 250 km
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 5.34 m TEU 2023 · #2 US | 79 km |
| Baltimore | 740,638 TEU 2023 · #11 US | 194 km |
| Philadelphia | 605,079 TEU 2023 · #14 US | 48 km |
| Wilmington | 188,551 TEU 2023 · #21 US | 91 km |
| Camden | 70,349 TEU 2023 · #29 US | 48 km |
These are the gateways near the state’s centroid, within the radii named above, not every port and crossing inside the state boundary. lib/economy searches a disc around a point; there is no clip-to-boundary path.
NGA World Port Index harbours (medium and large, or any with BTS statistics) and BTS Border Crossing Entry Data ports; BTS Port Performance volumes for the latest reporting year.
National pulse #
1 national series, latest 2026-10-01
FRED series (Freddie Mac, Census, BEA, EIA, BLS, S&P) and BTS Supply Chain and Freight Indicators; each item carries its own date and source.
Largest counties #
The 12 counties of New Jersey with the most covered jobs.
| County | Jobs | FIPS |
|---|---|---|
| Bergen County | 431,949 | 34003 |
| Middlesex County | 428,581 | 34023 |
| Essex County | 357,671 | 34013 |
| Morris County | 297,982 | 34027 |
| Hudson County | 269,588 | 34017 |
| Monmouth County | 267,846 | 34025 |
| Mercer County | 259,660 | 34021 |
| Union County | 234,131 | 34039 |
| Burlington County | 214,709 | 34005 |
| Camden County | 206,012 | 34007 |
| Ocean County | 188,702 | 34029 |
| Somerset County | 186,950 | 34035 |
Ranked by BLS QCEW third-month covered employment from the same nationwide table the screener uses. A county whose cell BLS withheld is absent from the ranking, not last in it.
Metropolitan areas #
6 metropolitan statistical areas lie wholly or partly in New Jersey.
| Metropolitan area | CBSA |
|---|---|
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 10900 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 12100 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 35620 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 37980 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 45940 |
| Vineland, NJ | 47220 |
From the bundled place manifest, which derives its metro table offline from the committed BLS OEWS metro index. A metro that spans a state line appears on both states' pages.
Water #
Drought, reservoirs, stream gauges and groundwater wells are reported around a point, with every row's distance printed. That is a county page's section, not a state's.
National indicator context #
None of these series is keyed to this state. They are national, gauge, single-state or port series, shown as context for the numbers above.
| Indicator | Latest | Unit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage | 16.50 | ft | ok |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) | 5,170.00 | ft³/s | ok |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full | 71.30 | % | ok |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly | 258,700.00 | trucks | ok |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual | 10,513,167.00 | TEU | watch |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports | 6.00 | ships | ok |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate | 6,830.00 | $ per 40 ft box | watch |
| US diesel retail price | not published | $ per gallon | no data |
| WTI crude oil, spot | 96.16 | $ per barrel | watch |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate | 7.28 | % | watch |
| Housing starts, annual rate | 1,275.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Building permits, annual rate | 1,403.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Case-Shiller US home price index | 337.31 | index, Jan 2000 = 100 | ok |
| Unemployment rate | 4.10 | % | ok |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly | -88,576.00 | $ millions | ok |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly | 646,347.00 | $ millions | ok |
lib/indicators has no geographic selection: every registry entry is a United States, gauge, Texas, port, crossing or world series. Reading these as this state's own readings would be wrong.
What changed #
New Jersey: 5 findings, 5 noted
noteNew Jersey's average weekly wage was 3.3% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +3.3 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteNew Jersey's typical home value rose 0.4% from $578,009 in July 2026 to $580,353 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.4% = (580353.0254597333 - 578008.5742340329) / 578008.5742340329 × 100
- 580353.0254597333 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 578008.5742340329 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteNew Jersey's typical home value of $580,353 ranks 5th of 51 US states, against a median of $350,752.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 92 on the 0-to-100 scale across 51 US states that published home.latest
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteThe next Unemployment rate (BLS Employment Situation, monthly) covering New Jersey is due between 2026-09-25 and 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-09, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
noteThe next Zillow ZHVI typical home value (monthly) covering New Jersey is due between 2026-10-14 and 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern.
Show the arithmetic
- window = 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21, estimated from the publisher's past release pattern
estimated from the publisher's past release pattern; not an announced date
The full New Jersey brief, with the arithmetic behind every sentence.
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