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New Jersey workforce development boards and American Job Centers

New Jersey has 17 workforce boards and 26 American Job Centers. Job seekers get free help with search, training and benefits there; employers get hiring and layoff support.

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New Jersey at a glance

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

  • 125

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

    naming 15,205 workers

  • 26

    American Job Centers

  • 54

    colleges in the IPEDS directory

    public and private nonprofit

See every New Jersey layoff notice

Laid off in New Jersey? How to file for unemployment in New Jersey (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Workforce boards

American Job Centers

American Job Centers in New Jersey
CenterCityTypePhone
Camden County Career CenterCherry HillComprehensive856-549-0600
Essex County One Stop CenterEast OrangeComprehensive973-395-3220
Monmouth County One-Stop Career CenterEatontownComprehensive
Union County One Stop Career Center - ElizabethElizabethComprehensive
Bergen One Stop Career CenterHackensackComprehensive201-329-9600
Hudson County One Stop Career Center - Jersey CityJersey CityComprehensive201-217-7008
Morris County One Stop Career CenterMorris PlainsComprehensive862-397-5604
Monmouth County One Stop Career CenterNeptuneComprehensive
Middlesex County One-Stop Career Center - New BrunswickNew BrunswickComprehensive732-937-6200
Newark One-Stop Career CenterNewarkComprehensive973-648-3370
Sussex County One Stop Career CenterNewtonComprehensive973-383-2775
Passaic County One Stop Career CenterPassaicComprehensive
Passaic County One Stop Career CenterPatersonComprehensive973-742-9226
Salem County One Stop Career CenterPenns GroveComprehensive856-299-7200
Middlesex County One Stop Career CenterPerth AmboyComprehensive732-293-5016
Warren County One Stop Career CenterPhillipsburgComprehensive908-329-9190
Union County One Stop Career - PlainfieldPlainfieldComprehensive908-412-7970
Atlantic County One-Stop Career CenterPleasantvilleComprehensive609-813-3932
Morris County One Stop Career CenterRandolphComprehensive1-862-397-5600
Cape May County One Stop Career CenterRio GrandeComprehensive609-224-2000
American Job Center Gloucester CountySewellComprehensive856-384-3700
Greater Raritan One-Stop Career CenterSomervilleAffiliate908-704-3000
Ocean County One Stop Career CenterToms RiverComprehensive732-286-5616
Mercer County One Stop Career CenterTrentonComprehensive609-989-6523
Cumberland County One Stop Career CenterVinelandComprehensive856-696-6600
Burlington County One Stop Career CenterWestamptonComprehensive609-518-3900

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Sources: board and job center listings from CareerOneStop (U.S. Department of Labor); unemployment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics; layoff notices from New Jersey’s published layoff record. New Jersey by county and city. For employers: rapid response and layoff support in New Jersey.