Manufacturing in Middlesex County, New Jersey

As of 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports annual payroll of $3.0 billion for the 19 of 21 manufacturing subsectors it publishes for Middlesex, New Jersey. Listed in the register are 801 facilities across 54 cities, with 395 of those facilities reporting they are currently operating.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

Map, cities and benchmark

Biggest cities

Edison89 South Plainfield88 Piscataway84 Cranbury53 New Brunswick38 Middlesex36 Perth Amboy30 Dayton28 Avenel28 North Brunswick26 Carteret25 Metuchen22

Federal labor statistics counted at least 815 manufacturing establishments in Middlesex County in 2024, employing about 30,823 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 801, about 98% of that figure.

What Middlesex County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Chemical Manufacturing280 Food Manufacturing89 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing73 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing58 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing55 Paper Manufacturing36 Miscellaneous Manufacturing32 Primary Metal Manufacturing31 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing24 Wood Product Manufacturing22 Printing and Related Support Activities20 Machinery Manufacturing18 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing17 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing15 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing15 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing11 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing9 Textile Product Mills5 Apparel Manufacturing3 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing3 Textile Mills1

Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count in this county. Each row links to that industry across all of New Jersey — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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