Essex, New Jersey Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January 2022, the number of payroll employment in Essex, New Jersey for all private business establishments was 263,789. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 1,769.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2010 to January 2022. This information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar information for different types of businesses establishments and industries.

You can see similar information for other New Jersey counties, and for New Jersey.

Essex, New Jersey Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Essex, New Jersey Number of Jobs Added to All Private Business Establishments
Essex, New Jersey Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2010 259687
February 2010 259580 -107
March 2010 261720 2140
April 2010 262919 1199
May 2010 263855 936
June 2010 264448 593
July 2010 259586 -4862
August 2010 258233 -1353
September 2010 260614 2381
October 2010 264177 3563
November 2010 264617 440
December 2010 267340 2723
January 2011 258016 -9324
February 2011 259285 1269
March 2011 261311 2026
April 2011 262924 1613
May 2011 262760 -164
June 2011 264439 1679
July 2011 261426 -3013
August 2011 259700 -1726
September 2011 263647 3947
October 2011 265201 1554
November 2011 266697 1496
December 2011 269122 2425
January 2012 260409 -8713
February 2012 261211 802
March 2012 262871 1660
April 2012 262164 -707
May 2012 263627 1463
June 2012 266318 2691
July 2012 261668 -4650
August 2012 261018 -650
September 2012 263978 2960
October 2012 265954 1976
November 2012 265869 -85
December 2012 268338 2469
January 2013 256282 -12056
February 2013 257526 1244
March 2013 259460 1934
April 2013 261568 2108
May 2013 262080 512
June 2013 263685 1605
July 2013 257957 -5728
August 2013 257709 -248
September 2013 260100 2391
October 2013 261578 1478
November 2013 263781 2203
December 2013 263986 205
January 2014 253467 -10519
February 2014 253545 78
March 2014 255215 1670
April 2014 257547 2332
May 2014 260833 3286
June 2014 261913 1080
July 2014 256692 -5221
August 2014 255819 -873
September 2014 257553 1734
October 2014 261224 3671
November 2014 263524 2300
December 2014 265545 2021
January 2015 258502 -7043
February 2015 258319 -183
March 2015 259645 1326
April 2015 262306 2661
May 2015 263900 1594
June 2015 265425 1525
July 2015 262624 -2801
August 2015 260896 -1728
September 2015 262702 1806
October 2015 267178 4476
November 2015 269309 2131
December 2015 270433 1124
January 2016 260824 -9609
February 2016 262499 1675
March 2016 263789 1290
April 2016 266761 2972
May 2016 267100 339
June 2016 269415 2315
July 2016 266952 -2463
August 2016 265215 -1737
September 2016 267599 2384
October 2016 269726 2127
November 2016 271423 1697
December 2016 272202 779
January 2017 265087 -7115
February 2017 266972 1885
March 2017 267722 750
April 2017 270146 2424
May 2017 272601 2455
June 2017 274525 1924
July 2017 270708 -3817
August 2017 269010 -1698
September 2017 271833 2823
October 2017 273958 2125
November 2017 275462 1504
December 2017 275940 478
January 2018 267492 -8448
February 2018 269147 1655
March 2018 269986 839
April 2018 271294 1308
May 2018 273373 2079
June 2018 275004 1631
July 2018 272075 -2929
August 2018 270017 -2058
September 2018 273161 3144
October 2018 275627 2466
November 2018 276750 1123
December 2018 277176 426
January 2019 270613 -6563
February 2019 271669 1056
March 2019 273144 1475
April 2019 275565 2421
May 2019 276965 1400
June 2019 277961 996
July 2019 275519 -2442
August 2019 274013 -1506
September 2019 275298 1285
October 2019 277329 2031
November 2019 279350 2021
December 2019 279908 558
January 2020 272413 -7495
February 2020 272773 360
March 2020 271345 -1428
April 2020 221084 -50261
May 2020 223030 1946
June 2020 228322 5292
July 2020 232650 4328
August 2020 234923 2273
September 2020 238123 3200
October 2020 242560 4437
November 2020 241869 -691
December 2020 240740 -1129
February 2021 239670 -1070
March 2021 239188 -482
April 2021 241315 2127
May 2021 245151 3836
June 2021 246773 1622
July 2021 249548 2775
August 2021 248960 -588
September 2021 249029 69
October 2021 250976 1947
November 2021 258771 7795
December 2021 262020 3249
January 2022 263789 1769