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
Top industries Information & MediaProfessional & Technical ServicesEducational ServicesManufacturingFinance & InsuranceRetail Trade

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

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Princeton, NJ, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Princeton, NJ

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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.