Jobs in Jersey City, NJ: pay, hiring and remote work
In Jersey City, 49.2% of the 134 job postings we track list a pay range, and the median posted pay is $147,500 a year. 7.5% are remote, 7.5% are entry level, and 35.7% have been open for more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $168,000 posted salary in the New York area buys about what $149,500 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 13% above the national average.
Housing costs run 49% above the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
65.6% of open job postings list a pay range, 2nd of 99 metro areas.
16.2% of postings are remote, 2nd highest of 99 metro areas.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($61,500) is worth $54,500 in average-US dollars, 21st of 99 metro areas.
New York compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
134open postings from 41 employers
49.2%list a pay range (#15 of 71 published cities)
$147,500median posted pay (middle half: $108,500 to $186,500), from 62 postings with pay
7.5%remote, 0% hybrid
30 daysmedian time a posting has been open; 35.7% over 60 days
$61,500official median wage for all jobs in the metro area (BLS)
7.5%entry-level postings
NJ requires employers to include a pay range in job postings (since 2025).
The metro area's unemployment rate was 4.7% in 2026-08 (5.4% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across New Jersey, employers had 172,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 3.8% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 15% below its February 2020 level and 0.6% lower than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Healthcare & Life Sciences
37
Retail & E-commerce
24
Software & Technology
20
Other
15
Employers with the most openings
Collectors: 19 postings
Eikontherapeutics: 13 postings
AvePoint: 11 postings
Scm: 9 postings
Forbes: 7 postings
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area run 13% above the national average, and housing runs 49% above it. The official median wage for all jobs is $61,500, which is worth $54,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $168,000 is worth $149,500.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Official median wage next to the median pay in open postings for the same jobs. Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
Postings that list several cities count in each one. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in Jersey City. Methodology · All cities (CSV)
