In Middlesex County, jobs in the other nonferrous metal production pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the other nonferrous metal production industry had the highest average wages in Middlesex County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Middlesex County earned an annual wage of $211,490 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage rate in New Jersey of $104,225 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $55,101.

Other top-pay jobs in Middlesex County, New Jersey may be found in glass and glass product manufacturing ($189,172), management of companies and enterprises ($158,077), support activities for water transportation ($157,832) and isps and web search portals ($107,519) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Middlesex County Wages have increased by 14.3% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Middlesex County, New Jersey by a total of 14.3%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of New Jersey and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Middlesex County Industry Wages Exceed New Jersey, and Wages Exceed the United States

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The overall industry wages in Middlesex County, New Jersey when analyzed can be understood as being relatively high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 7 percent higher than the with an state average of $48,393. The overall industry wage was greater than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Middlesex County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Middlesex County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Management of companies and enterprises industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,944 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Management of companies and enterprises industry makes up 6.4 percent of the total growth in Middlesex County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (1,944 new jobs)
2. Grocery stores (1,656 new jobs)
3. Nursing care facilities (1,149 new jobs)
4. Employment services (1,022 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (998 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Middlesex County

Given the industries in the area, the Scientific research and development services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 4,529 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Scientific research and development services industry make up 11.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Top 5 Industries
1. Scientific research and development services (4,529 jobs lost)
2. Other general merchandise stores (3,082 jobs lost)
3. Computer systems design and related services (2,679 jobs lost)
4. Business support services (2,101 jobs lost)
5. Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg. (1,803 jobs lost)

From the 196 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 91 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 104 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Middlesex County, New Jersey, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 10,602 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total employment has decreased by 3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than percent in the State of New Jersey, which experienced a gain of 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Middlesex County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Used merchandise stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 198.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Middlesex County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in New Jersey, where the industry took a gain of 24.7 percent. The Used merchandise stores industry in Middlesex County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Used merchandise stores (198.4 percent gain)
2. Facilities support services (185.0 percent gain)
3. Wireless telecommunications carriers (175.7 percent gain)
4. Private households (171.8 percent gain)
5. Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing (170.5 percent gain)

Middlesex County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 88.3 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the New Jersey, where the industry reported a loss of 31.9 percent. The losses in the Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry in Middlesex County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 15.4 in percent of workers in the Motor vehicle parts manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (88.3 percent decline)
2. Other heavy construction (87.7 percent decline)
3. Other general merchandise stores (74.3 percent decline)
4. Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg. (67.8 percent decline)
5. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (62.1 percent decline)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Middlesex County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Middlesex County

The Computer systems design and related services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,148 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Computer systems design and related services industry makes up 8.1 percent of the total growth in Middlesex County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (1,148 new jobs)
2. Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (940 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (820 new jobs)
4. Book, periodical, and music stores (724 new jobs)
5. Employment services (695 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Middlesex County

The Other general merchandise stores industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1,062 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Other general merchandise stores industry make up 11.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (1,062 jobs lost)
2. Scientific research and development services (540 jobs lost)
3. Other support services (527 jobs lost)
4. Other financial investment activities (514 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (512 jobs lost)

In Middlesex County, New Jersey, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 4,523 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 204 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 93 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 110 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total employment has increased by 1.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in New Jersey, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Middlesex County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Facilities support services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 160.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Middlesex County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of New Jersey, where the industry took a gain of 17.5 percent. The Facilities support services industry in Middlesex County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 5.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Facilities support services (160.7 percent gain)
2. Book, periodical, and music stores (135.4 percent gain)
3. Waste collection (54.9 percent gain)
4. Commercial and service industry machinery (42.5 percent gain)
5. Social advocacy organizations (38.2 percent gain)

Middlesex County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 49.9 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the New Jersey, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 17.3 percent. The losses in the Other general merchandise stores industry in Middlesex County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.3 percent in terms of employment in the Other general merchandise stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (49.9 percent decline)
2. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (47.9 percent decline)
3. Boiler, tank, and shipping container mfg. (41.5 percent decline)
4. Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks (37.7 percent decline)
5. Activities related to credit intermediation (35.3 percent decline)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Middlesex County, New Jersey

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Middlesex County, New Jersey can be recognized as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 6.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 18.6 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Middlesex County, having 8.6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $68,080, posting a 5.3 percent decline. Middlesex County, New Jersey, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 7 of 17 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of New Jersey. Middlesex County ranks 448 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income level for the United States.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 7.4 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $66,606. Hispanic headed households in Middlesex County, New Jersey , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $55,392, this median is 23 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $90,807. This median income level is 26.3 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Middlesex County reported a median household income of $48,599, this level was 32.4 percent less than the median for all households. In Middlesex County, New Jersey White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $71,375 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 0.7 percent less than the median income in 2000.

The poverty rate in Middlesex County, New Jersey has increased by 1.2 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 6.6 percent to 7.8 percent.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Middlesex County had a very high median income for all households of $71,892 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 10.3 percent higher than the household income median in State of New Jersey of $64,521 and the median is 31.7 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Middlesex County, New Jersey, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in median income was the Black or African American category. This category saw a decline of 20.9 percent since 2000. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Middlesex County, encountering a 0.4 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Middlesex County, New Jersey

In Middlesex County, New Jersey according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 28.4 percent of the White Alone, 26.2 percent of Black or African American, 70.4 percent of the Asian alone and 11.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Middlesex County, New Jersey is made up of a very highly-educated working age population, with 33 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Middlesex is reported having a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of New Jersey's proportion of 29.8 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 5.8 percent. As reported in 2005, 41.8 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 5.8 percent. By 2005, a total of 35.6 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Since 2000, Middlesex has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population percent has grown by 5.6 percent to a total of 38.6 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the 2005 State of New Jersey percent of 34.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Middlesex County, New Jersey, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 36.4 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Middlesex have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 36.4 percent (Men) versus 29.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 31 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Middlesex County, New Jersey

Since 2000, a extremely high number of individuals have migrated to Middlesex internationally. The international migration into Middlesex makes up 15 percent of the total international migration into the State of New Jersey. This level of international migration can be considered extremely high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Middlesex County, New Jersey has a population that is made up of 55.3 percent White, 9 percent African American, 18.1 percent Asian, and 16.2 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a very high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 43.3 percent of the population being minorities. This is greater than the State of New Jersey percent of 35.6. Since 2000, Middlesex has increased in diversity when 36.6 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Middlesex County, New Jersey had an estimated population of 789,516 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, since the population in 2000 of 753,076. This growth shows an increase of 4.8 percent. Middlesex ranks 2 of 21 counties in terms of population growth in New Jersey and the county ranks 92 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Middlesex County, New Jersey to be 36.5 years old. The median age in Middlesex is less than the median age in New Jersey of 38.0. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, when it was 35.7 years of age. With a total of 24.1 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Middlesex can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 64.1 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 11.9 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

By measuring total land area, Middlesex spans a total of 310 square miles. The county has a very high average area density of 2,549 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Dallas, TX (2,621 per sq. mile ), DuPage, IL (2,785 per sq. mile ), Cuyahoga, OH (2,912 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Fairfax, VA (2,548 per sq. mile ), DeKalb, GA (2,528 per sq. mile ), Orleans, LA (2,519 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Middlesex County, New Jersey

The residential home values in Middlesex County, New Jersey have increased sharply from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $163,700, or 97.2 percent, from when in 2000 they were valued at $168,500.

Middlesex County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $332,200, published by the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the overall New Jersey 2005 median home value of $333,900 and greater than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

In Middlesex County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 282,858 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding all together 6,783 housing units since the year 2001, or 2.5 percent.

Middlesex County may be be described as having a relatively high percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 12.7 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

The State of New Jersey, Middlesex County is positioned 15 of 21 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 1,635 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

It can be understood that there is a limited amount of affordable housing in Middlesex County, New Jersey. In 2005, 5.3 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Middlesex County, New Jersey -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Mining is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Middlesex County, moving a total of 132.1 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 4.7 percent. The State of New Jersey faced a industry job change of -3.7 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

Management of companies and enterprises has the largest employers in Middlesex County. The industry averages 118 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's national average of 40 and greater than the New Jersey typical size of 82 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

Manufacturing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Middlesex County. The sector dealt with a loss of 12,595 jobs, or 23.1 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 51.8 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

In Middlesex County, Wholesale trade, Transportation and Warehousing and Professional and technical services industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Wholesale trade industry has a US LQ in the county of 1.91. This means the percent of total employment in the Wholesale trade industry is 1.91 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Middlesex may be an exporter of products or services of Wholesale trade.

In Middlesex County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Administrative and waste services sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 12.5 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 41,964 people employed. The Retail Trade and Administrative and waste services industries total 12.2 and 10.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.







Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).