Metro area · NJ
Princeton, NJ
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 176 employers in the Princeton, NJ metro.
- 176
- Employers
- $121,222
- Median H-1B wage
- 1,976
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Princeton, NJ, NJ aggregates 176 tracked employers at a $121,222 median H-1B wage and 1,976 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Information & Media and Professional & Technical Services.
- 176
- employers
- $121,222
- median H-1B wage
- 1,976
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
What the data says about this metro
Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.
Princeton, NJ, NJ aggregates 176 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $121,222, with hiring concentrated in Information & Media, Professional & Technical Services, Educational Services. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Bloomberg L.P., State Street Bank and Trust Company, and ZS Associates, Inc., together 526 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.
Employer mix in Princeton, NJ
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
113 employers
- Finance & Insurance 12
Finance & Insurance
12 employers
- Manufacturing 11
Manufacturing
11 employers
- Information & Media 9
Information & Media
9 employers
- Educational Services 4
Educational Services
4 employers
- Administrative & Waste Ser… 3
Administrative & Waste Services
3 employers
- Management of Companies 1
Management of Companies
1 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Princeton, NJ, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Princeton, NJ
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bloomberg L.P. Information & Media | 224 | $151,311 |
| 2 | State Street Bank and Trust Company Finance & Insurance | 159 | $134,035 |
| 3 | ZS Associates, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 143 | $189,190 |
| 4 | The Trustees of Princeton University Educational Services | 116 | $93,782 |
| 5 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company Manufacturing | 90 | $155,971 |
| 6 | Genesis Corp Professional & Technical Services | 84 | $123,027 |
| 7 | PIONEER CONSULTING SERVICES LLC Professional & Technical Services | 71 | $112,634 |
| 8 | MITCHELL/MARTIN, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 45 | $142,411 |
| 9 | Educational Testing Service Professional & Technical Services | 40 | $136,508 |
| 10 | NK TECHNOLABS, LLC Professional & Technical Services | 39 | $124,635 |
| 11 | SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC. Other Services | 38 | $150,047 |
| 12 | Unicon Pharma Inc Administrative & Waste Services | 35 | $86,611 |
| 13 | Karwell Technologiies Inc Professional & Technical Services | 29 | $97,711 |
| 14 | University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Professional & Technical Services | 27 | $98,559 |
| 15 | Markit North America, Inc. Information & Media | 27 | $133,587 |
| 16 | Visionet Systems Inc Professional & Technical Services | 25 | $102,027 |
| 17 | BlackRock Investment Management, LLC Finance & Insurance | 24 | $153,296 |
| 18 | S&P Global Market Intelligence Inc. Information & Media | 23 | $139,095 |
| 19 | iPivot LLC Professional & Technical Services | 20 | $216,923 |
| 20 | TekInvaderZ LLC Professional & Technical Services | 18 | $102,888 |
| 21 | SLIQ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 18 | $118,543 |
| 22 | INDEGENE, INC Professional & Technical Services | 17 | $100,076 |
| 23 | Validation Associates LLC Professional & Technical Services | 17 | $81,844 |
| 24 | HIGHDATA SOFTWARE CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services | 16 | $99,353 |
| 25 | Munich Re America Services, Inc. Finance & Insurance | 15 | $160,496 |
What this means if you work in Princeton, NJ
Use Princeton, NJ's $121,222 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.
- A same-role H-1B offer well below $121,222 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 176 tracked employers.
- Bloomberg L.P. leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
- Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs
Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.