New Jersey · NAICS 48-49 · Annual, 2025
Transportation and Warehousing in New Jersey
Employment, establishments and average pay for NAICS 48-49 in New Jersey, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.
In 2025, Transportation and Warehousing (NAICS 48-49) employed about 263,400 people in New Jersey across roughly 8,952 establishments, with average annual pay of $71,250.
Employment in Transportation and Warehousing in New Jersey grew 13.3% from 2020 to 2025. The industry is 1.3× as concentrated in New Jersey as in the nation as a whole (location quotient 1.26). Quarterly values, full industry detail and projections to 2036 for New Jersey are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 263,400Employment, 2025
- 8,952Establishments
- $71,250Avg. annual pay
- 6.2%Share of New Jersey jobs
- 1.26Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 197,300; 2005 196,100; 2006 198,800; 2007 200,800; 2008 199,200; 2009 187,800; 2010 182,400; 2011 182,100; 2012 180,800; 2013 179,800; 2014 181,700; 2015 189,200; 2016 201,000; 2017 215,600; 2018 224,500; 2019 233,800; 2020 232,400; 2021 246,700; 2022 271,900; 2023 268,100; 2024 264,700; 2025 263,400.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Estab. | Avg. annual pay | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 263,406 | 8,952 | $71,246 | 0.5% | pub. |
| 2024 | 264,700 | 9,249 | $67,391 | 1.3% | pub. |
| 2023 | 268,140 | 9,619 | $64,789 | 1.4% | pub. |
| 2022 | 271,883 | 9,812 | $61,706 | 10.2% | pub. |
| 2021 | 246,677 | 9,343 | $60,547 | 6.1% | est. · 1.00 |
| 2020 | 232,416 | 8,519 | $57,702 | 0.6% | est. · 1.00 |
| 2019 | 233,757 | 8,289 | $56,894 | 4.1% | est. · 1.00 |
| 2018 | 224,458 | 8,026 | $56,025 | 4.1% | est. · 1.00 |
| 2017 | 215,605 | 7,630 | $54,775 | 7.2% | est. · 1.00 |
| 2016 | 201,039 | 7,793 | $55,386 | 6.3% | est. · 1.00 |
† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
By subsector, 2025
3-digit NAICS · 11 shown
| Code | Subsector | Employment | Share of transportation and warehousing | LQ | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481 | Air Transportation | 17,590 | 6.7% | 1.12 | pub. |
| 482 | Rail Transportation | 31 | 0.0% | 0.78 | est. · 0.62 |
| 483 | Water Transportation | 1,275 | 0.5% | 0.65 | pub. |
| 484 | Truck Transportation | 37,416 | 14.2% | 0.92 | pub. |
| 485 | Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation | 29,150 | 11.1% | 1.26 | pub. |
| 486 | Pipeline Transportation | 503 | 0.2% | 0.32 | est. · 0.93 |
| 487 | Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation | 477 | 0.2% | 0.55 | est. · 0.96 |
| 488 | Support Activities for Transportation | 32,907 | 12.5% | 1.33 | pub. |
| 491 | Postal Service | 18,726 | 7.1% | 1.13 | pub. |
| 492 | Couriers and Messengers | 49,092 | 18.6% | 1.59 | pub. |
| 493 | Warehousing and Storage | 76,240 | 28.9% | 1.45 | pub. |
† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Where QCEW withheld a value, the marked figure is an estimate that DTG produced under the constraints of the published record; suppression is a property of QCEW, not of DTG, and a withheld value is marked rather than silently omitted. Two things DTG itself holds back, and says so where it does: an estimate that cannot be given a reliability score is not shown, and average pay is not shown where fewer than three jobs are reported. The row is marked withheld, with the reason in a note beneath the table. The mark is on every row that carries a value: the headline, the yearly history, the subsectors and the other states. An estimated value that rounds below one is shown as less than one, not as zero. Quarterly figures, county figures and projected years are in the app.
How this figure was built
Employment is the average of the three monthly counts in each quarter, averaged across the year, and establishments are averaged across the year the same way. Average annual pay is the year’s total wages divided by that average employment. Each of these is DTG’s value: QCEW’s published figure where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate, marked, where it did not. How withheld values are estimated, and what the reliability score beside a figure means, are described on the industry data and disclosure and provenance pages.
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Transportation and Warehousing in New Jersey, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for transportation and warehousing in New Jersey. A free account shows every detailed industry beneath it, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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