Trenton Jobs

Trenton is the capital of the State of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of 2005, the City of Trenton had a population of 84,639. Trenton is the home of the Trenton Thunder Eastern League AA minor league baseball team, which is affiliated with the New York Yankees and plays in Mercer County Waterfront Park, and the Trenton Devils which plays in the Sovereign Bank Arena. The New Jersey State Prison, which has two maximum security units and houses the state's most dangerous criminals, is also located in Trenton. In the year 2000 Trenton was designated as an anchor city for the New York Metropolitan Area. The rapid growth of suburban New York into Northern and Central New Jersey has brought Trenton under New York City's sphere of influence. During the Constitutional Convention in 1787, James Madison referred to the war-raged Trenton as "a dismembered torso bleeding into Philadelphia and New York" thus sealing its fate as an important port city in the eastern United...more

Among the most common occupations in Trenton are Service occupations, 29%; Sales and office occupations, 21%; and Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 14%. Approximately 65 percent of workers in Trenton, New Jersey work for companies, 18 percent work for the government and 3 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in Trenton, New Jersey are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 14%; Public administration, 11%; and Construction, 9%. Simply Hired's Trenton job listings indicate that the following industries in Trenton are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Trenton, New Jersey is $30,294, and the median income of households in Trenton was $34,356.

According to our Trenton Trends data, the number of Trenton, New Jersey jobs has decreased by 12% since October 2011.

Population of Trenton Total population 77,471 Male 47.89% Female 52.11% Median age 32.6     Trenton Housing Owner-occupied homes 42.0% Median cost of a home $112,100 Median mortgage payment $601 Renter-occupied homes 58.0% Vacant housing 18.4% Median monthly rent $813     Average Income Median for all workers $22,577 Median for all male full-time $29,657 Median for all female full-time $30,932     Household Income Less than $10,000 14% $10,000 to $14,999 13% $15,000 to $24,999 13% $25,000 to $34,999 11% $35,000 to $49,999 12% $50,000 to $74,999 21% $75,000 to $99,999 9% $100,000 to $149,999 5% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 1%

Education Less than 9th grade 17% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 23% High school graduate 34% Some college, no degree 13% Associate's degree 3% Bachelor's degree 6% Graduate degree 4%     Marital Status Never married 43% Currently married 33% Separated 5% Widowed 8% Divorced 11%     Race White 32% Black or African American 48% Asian 1% Other 18%     Trenton Commute Carpool 23.1% Public transportation 16.2% Average travel time 24 minutes