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Newark, NJ

Newark, NJ is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 105 tracked employers at a $120,000 median H-1B wage across 2,114 LCAs.

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105
Employers
$120,000
Median H-1B wage
2,114
H-1B filings

Newark, NJ: 105 tracked employers at a $120,000 median H-1B wage across 2,114 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Newark, NJ (NJ), PlainEmployers rolls up 105 employers at a $120,000 disclosed median with 2 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 105 employers
  • $120,000 median H-1B
  • 2,114 H-1B LCAs
  • 2 WARN employers

Where Newark, NJ's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$120,000 Top 54% higher than 46% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Newark, NJ $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Newark, NJ (105 employers) sits beside Jersey City, NJ, Edison, NJ, Princeton, NJ in NJ's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Newark, NJ ranks #111 of 6906 by employer count (about the 98th percentile).

Jersey City, NJ 573 Edison, NJ 218 Princeton, NJ 207 Piscataway, NJ 111 Iselin, NJ 102 Parsippany, NJ 97
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesFinance & InsuranceInformation & MediaHealthcare & Social AssistanceEducational Services

What the data says about Newark, NJ

Corpus placement: Newark, NJ ranks #111 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 98th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 53 of 105 tracked employers (~50%); next sectors in the mix are Finance & Insurance and Information & Media. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Bank Of America N.A., and AECOM Technical Services Inc (528 filings combined, ~25% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Newark, NJ: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 2 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Bank Of America N.A., and AECOM Technical Services Inc, together 528 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Newark, NJ reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 50% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey plus Bank Of America N.A. account for about 25% of Newark, NJ's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Newark, NJ, 2 carry WARN Act history (4 notices, about 287 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Newark, NJ: Jersey City, NJ (573 employers); Edison, NJ (218 employers); Princeton, NJ (207 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Newark, NJ

2 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 4 WARN notices , naming about 287 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Newark, NJ

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyEducational Services190$85,588
2Bank Of America N.A.188$163,149
3AECOM Technical Services IncProfessional & Technical Services150$122,160
4The Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaFinance & Insurance134$182,400
5Audible, INC.Information & Media120$158,100
6ValueMomentum, Inc.Professional & Technical Services102$137,500
7Broadridge Financial Solutions, INC.Finance & Insurance83$133,536
8GFT Infrastructure, Inc.Professional & Technical Services66$74,256
9cyberThink IncProfessional & Technical Services50$95,300
10The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia50$74,672
11Altimetrik Corp.Professional & Technical Services47$119,382
12Agiletal Technologies INC.Professional & Technical Services45$105,310
13New Jersey Institute of TechnologyEducational Services43$117,759
14Info Keys INCProfessional & Technical Services41$86,383
15Systechcorp, INC.Professional & Technical Services35$96,000
16RGA Enterprise Services CompanyFinance & Insurance33$133,469
17Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.Professional & Technical Services33$102,000
18Ven Solutions LLCProfessional & Technical Services33$83,221
19Walbrydge Technologies IncProfessional & Technical Services32$132,084
20Tek Tree LLCProfessional & Technical Services31$112,923
21MH Sub I LLCProfessional & Technical Services27$127,500
22Standard Chartered BankFinance & Insurance25$191,500
23Bankers Healthcare Group LLCFinance & Insurance24$135,000
24Relevance Lab, INCProfessional & Technical Services23$131,997
25Eia Technologies INC.Professional & Technical Services20$106,039
Sources, citation, and related links for Newark, NJ

Disclaimer: The Newark, NJ overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Newark, NJ from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.