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New Brunswick Counted Among Top Places in NJ for Job Seekers
Nerdwallet used statistics from the state's employment website Jobs4jersey.com to calculate good places for job seekers in New Jersey.
New Brunswick is a good place to be if you're looking for a job, according to one consumer advocacy website.Â
Nerdwallet looked at the state website for employment, Jobs4Jersey.com, and analyzed the unemployment rate of each town, the median household income, cost of maintaining a home and growth in the working-age population.Â
The numbers that came out resulted in a list of the top 15 towns in New Jersey for job seekers, including places like Woodbridge, Hoboken, Paramus, Cherry Hill, Lakewood and Fair Lawn.Â
New Brunswick was ranked fifth on the list.
According to the report, the working-age population in New Brunswick grew 9.2 percent between 2009 and 2011.
The city's unemployment rate was 7.5 percent in 2013, and the medium household income for 2011Â was $40,528.
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