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Women
in Business
Median
Median
All
Male
Female
Female-to-
County Workers
Male Gap %
Earnings
Earnings
y
t
Fast Facts ATLANTIC 83,440
83.5%
$46,525
$38,832
n
u
BERGEN 325,679
77.5%
$66,279
$51,352
BURLINGTON 154,452
76.7%
$63,384
$48,622
o
C
2,416,535 CAMDEN 167,277
78.3%
$53,728
$42,082
Currently, men and
y
CAPE MAY 27,434
78.4%
$52,656
$41,258
2,170,715 women work in New Jersey.
CUMBERLAND 43,055
78.6%
$45,601
$35,830
b
y
ESSEX 251,149
85.1%
$51,334
$43,691
The women’s civilian labor force is predicted
9 percent nt
GLOUCESTER 95,651
75.4%
to grow at a rate of across the $62,265
$46,946
HUDSON 238,867
85.0%
United States over the next decade.
$50,843
$43,241
u
o
HUNTERDON 44,972
69.2%
$88,375
$61,190
C
From 2002-2007, the number of businesses
MERCER 121,553
78.3%
$61,957
$48,525
owned by women in New Jersey increased p:
MIDDLESEX 284,951
78.2%
$63,499
$49,630
by 15.6 percent, while businesses owned
MONMOUTH 208,530
68.2%
$75,236
$51,299
a
by males increased by jus
t 3.3 percent.
G
MORRIS 176,020
68.4%
$81,285
$55,584
Nationally, businesses owned by women y
OCEAN 155,012
72.7%
$59,713
$43,427
increased by 20.1 percent during that
PASSAIC 161,930
79.6%
$48,328
$38,445
Ner
same period.
w Ja
SALEM 19,039
76.1%
$53,113
$40,396
ersl
ey a
SOMERSET 119,386
77.1%
$76,258
$58,777
Sources: The MIDJersey Chamber and DepS
SUSSEX 52,068
67.4%
$68,901
$46,408
MIDJersey Center for Economic Develop- art
me
UNION 185,914
79.7%
$53,837
$42,903
ment. For more info, contact Nicol Nicola nt o
at nicol@midjerseychamber.org.
f L
WARREN 37,542
75.3%
$63,512
$47,833
abo
r
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